June 10, 2023 — In order to survey the current frontier of the interface between AI methodology and biology and to chart future directions and challenges, we held an "NSF-NIH Joint Workshop on Emerging AI in Biology" in June 2023 that gathered approximately 40 experts on the intersection of research in AI and biology.
New techniques in artificial intelligence (AI) are rapidly being developed, extended and applied to challenging problems in biology. At the same time, as new assays, new data collection efforts, and greater understanding are developed in biology, the scope of problems that are amendable to AI approaches is growing.
The workshop included scientific presentations about cutting-edge applications and computational methodology relating to the use of AI in biological sciences, many of which were subsequently publicly posted to the web. The workshop also included significant discussion time, during which participants collaborated on drafting a report to the NIH and NSF that communicated some of the opportunities and challenges in applying AI in biology. These insights were shaped into a final report that was delivered to the NSF and NIH.
Videos of some of the talks are available here.