Usher Guest Speaker: Renata Vieira,The AI in Healthcare Research Group at PUCRS, Brazil

Title: The AI in Healthcare Research Group at PUCRS, Brazil.

Abstract: In this talk I will present an overview of ongoing research developed at the newly created AI in Healthcare Research Group at PUCRS. A few areas of AI and some specific applications are involved, such as analysis of both structured data and free text in EHR for adverse events identification, multi-agent systems for assisted living, and dialog based assistance in hospital bed allocation procedures.

Biography: Renata Vieira has a PhD in Cognitive Science from University of Edinburgh. She coordinates the AI research group at PUCRS Post Graduate Programme in Computer Science. As a member of the AI in health research group she has collaborated in local initiatives regarding AI in healthcare, involving university, hospitals and government. Her visit is supported by the Internationalisation Programme funded by CAPES Brazil.