The 4th edition of the Soph.I.A Summit will be held from November 17 to 20, 2021 in Sophia Antipolis. Organized by the Université Côte d’Azur, the Communauté d’Agglomération de Sophia Antipolis and the Sophia Club Entreprises with the support of the Alpes Maritimes department, this annual international event will unveil the latest advances in the field of artificial intelligence and its applications.
The event will bring together French and international experts in Artificial Intelligence, both in its fundamentals and in its application in biology, health, mobility or intelligent territories, will present their work in conferences, debates, round tables or posters. They have until August 30, 2021 to submit their contributions.
High-level programs and experts
Researchers, academics, institutions and private companies from all over the world will have numerous opportunities to meet and exchange ideas both live in Sophia Antipolis and online.
The Soph.I.A. Summit 2021 will focus on the following five themes:
▪ Developments in the fundamentals of AI
▪ AI and health,
▪ AI and biology,
▪ AI and mobility,
▪ AI and smart territory.
And two additional sessions:
▪ AI and sustainable development (“sustainable AI”),
▪ Relations between AI and management.
Prestigious French and international experts have already confirmed their participation in this 4e edition: ▪ Francesca Rossi, Global Head of AI Ethics at IBM and research staff member at the T.J. Watson IBM Research Lab,
▪ Lucille Siolli, Director “AI and Digital Industry” at the European Commission, ▪ Anna Kreshuk, postdoctoral research at the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing, within the University of Heidelberg, Germany.
▪ Matthias Nessner professor at the Technical University of Munich (Germany), ▪ Laurent Daudet, professor of physics at the University of Paris Diderot (France) and former member of the French University Institute, but also technical director,
▪ Joshua Gans, Professor of Strategic Management at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto (Canada).
Discover some of the internationally renowned speakers who have already participated in previous editions: Barry O’Sullivan (Vice Chair of the European Commission High-Level Expert Group on AI), Michael Bronstein (Imperial College London), Vince Madai (Charity Hospital Berlin), Mike Brady (Oxford University), Olivier Clatz (Commissariat Général Investissement), Stegano Ermon (Stanford), Jean-Marie Bonnin (IMT Atlantique), Paola Goatin (3IA Côte d’Azur, Inria), Pr. Christoph Meinel (Hasso Plattner Institut), Stéphane Canu (Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, National Institute of Applied Sciences), Elena Di Bernardino (3IA Côte d’Azur, Université Côte d’Azur), Leopold Parts (Sanger Institute Cambridge), Carolina Wahlby (Uppsala University, Sweden), Lucilla Sioli (AI and Digital Industry – European Commission), Philippe Beaudoin (Element AI).
Terms of participation
Submissions must be written in English and can be work in progress, reviews or even contributions that have already been presented/published in other conferences. Each submission should include up to 6 keywords for classification purposes. All selected papers may be presented at the conference venue, or online via video conference.
Submissions for a paper should be in the form of an abstract of 4,000 characters (including spaces) with 3 to 5 bibliographic references. An appendix in PDF format (e.g., to provide a figure or image) may be added.
Poster submissions take the form of an abstract of 2,500 characters (including spaces) with 3 to 5 bibliographic references. An appendix in PDF format (e.g., to provide a figure or image) may be added to the submission. If the poster is selected for presentation, a 180s video will be requested later.
Demonstration submissions take the form of a 2,500 character (including spaces) abstract. Demonstrations of commercial AI tools will not be considered. The abstract must justify how the demonstrated AI tools apply to use cases that raise questions of public interest.
Apply until August 30, 2021 at: https://univ-cotedazur.fr/events-uca/sophia-summit
About Soph.I.A Summit
The SophI.A Summit is the reference meeting place for A.I. experts. experts, international experts from the academic world from the academic world and leading companies. Each year, for 3 days, international experts from the academic world and and leading companies come to present their research and share their thoughts on Artificial Intelligence, its development and Artificial Intelligence, its development and its impact on several current and future fields.
To find out more about the Soph.I.A Summit: https://univ-cotedazur.fr/events-uca/sophia-summit
To discover the highlights of the 2020 edition: https://youtu.be/lFZ2y_I4nyk
