Dear Colleague,

Explore a variety of AI-themed events at the Pistoia Alliance:

• Register for the webinar “Playing FAIR with AI” by Joe Mullen, SciBite, on November 7^th at 7 am PST (10 am EST, 3 pm GMT). To harness the full potential of cutting-edge technologies, it is imperative to have your house, or more specifically, your data, in order. Here, we discuss the importance of foundational data management and the role of FAIR in enabling organisations, specifically within the life sciences, are agile enough to adapt to, and make use of, state-of-the-art technologies. We will specifically discuss how the SciBite FAIR factory can be used to enable the application of large language models (LLMs) to democratise scientific data, and expedite the extraction of insight.
• Register for the webinar “Unpacking Unstructured Data: Extracting Insights from Neuropathological Reports of Parkinson’s Disease Patients Using Large Language Models”, on November 8^th at 8 am PST (11 am EST, 4 pm GMT). Linking pathology data with molecular and clinical data allows for a deeper understanding of disease, more accurate diagnosis, and ultimately better patient treatment. Pathology data needs to be structured in order to achieve this. The aim of this study was to make unstructured neuropathological data, located in the NeuroBioBank (NBB), follow FAIR (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability) principles, and investigate the potential of Large Language Models (LLMs) in wrangling unstructured neuropathological reports. By making the currently inconsistent and disparate data findable, our overarching goal was to enhance research output and speed. Our speakers are Daniel Miller (NIH) and Oleg Stroganov (Rancho Bioscience).
• Come to the virtual panel on “Generative AI in Drug Discovery” on October 26^th, 1 to 4 pm EST.
• Come to the Pistoia Alliance Fall Conference in Boston (November 14^th and 15^th). This is a members-only event. Attendance is free.
• In winter of 2024 we may have an opportunity to conduct a webinar on the intellectual property (IP) law issues that arise with use of artificial intelligence technologies (such as ChatGPT, but not limited to it). Do you have any questions on AI that you would like to discuss with a lawyer? Please email them to me at vladimir.makarov@pistoiaalliance.org
• Have a look at these recent publications on AI:
  • Pistoia Alliance Lab of the Future survey reveals AI is the top tech investment in life sciences
  • A Framework for Estimating The Value Of Patient Data. A LinkedIn post by Chris Wayman, Director, Life Sciences, EY
  • “AI and Science: What 1600 Researchers Think” A survey by the Nature magazine
  • “First fully-automated AI/ML virtual screening cascade implemented at a drug discovery centre in Africa”. Nature
  • “Hospital bosses love AI. Doctors and nurses are worried” by Washington Post
  • “We need a Weizenbaum test for AI”. Science. A Weisenbaum test defines utility of technology from the viewpoint of the common citizen
  • “Drug Repurposing - Advances, Scopes and Opportunities in Drug Discovery”. An on-line book
  • “How to Build Trustworthy AI Systems” by DataIKU
  • “Knowledge graphs and LLMs” video

As always, please get in touch.

Best wishes,

Vladimir Makarov, PhD, MBA
Project Manager, Pistoia Alliance
Email: vladimir.makarov@pistoiaalliance.org
Mobile: +1-626-222-5642
Skype: vladimir_makarov

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