Invited Talk Sat, Apr 25, 2026 • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PDT Amphitheater

Artificial Intelligence for Open Science

Pablo Arbelaez

Abstract

Overflow Room: 201 A/B - I will present our latest research on Artificial Intelligence for Open Science at the Center for AI at the Universidad de los Andes, Colombia (CinfonIA). We will focus on our ongoing collaborative projects in scientific disciplines such as robotic surgery, spatial transcriptomics, drug discovery, geology, and nature conservation.

Speaker

Pablo Arbelaez

Pablo Arbeláez obtained his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics with honors from Paris-Dauphine University in 2005. From 2007 to 2014, he served as a senior research scientist with the Computer Vision Group at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2014, Pablo Arbeláez joined the faculty of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Universidad de los Andes. Since 2020, he has been the director of the Center for Research and Formation in Artificial Intelligence (CinfonIA) at Universidad de los Andes, the first AI-focused academic center in Latin America, underscoring his commitment to transformative AI solutions and to empowering Latin American talent in the global AI community. He has made significant contributions to fundamental problems in Computer Vision, and his main research focus is on applications of Artificial Intelligence for Social Good.