Hallym-Uppsala: AI in Healthcare at joint symposium
Vice-Chancellor Anders Hagfeldt welcomed the delegation from Hallym. Pictured are Yanghee Choi, President of Hallym University, and Anders Hagfeldt, Vice-Chancellor of Uppsala University, during a lunch meeting at Uppsala Castle. Photo: Marcus Holmqvist, Uppsala University.
For the past 15 years, Uppsala University has had close contact with Hallym University in Seoul, South Korea. For a couple of days in September, a delegation was welcomed here to Uppsala by Mats Larhed, Vice-Rector for the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, together with Uppsala University Vice-Chancellor Anders Hagfeldt. During the visit, a full-day symposium was arranged with the title AI in Healthcare.
The delegation visited, among other places, the Uppsala University Library at Carolina Rediviva. Photo: Marcus Holmqvist.
During the symposium, researchers from Uppsala and South Korea presented different aspects of how artificial intelligence, AI, can be used in medical science. Ever since the collaboration began, Uppsala and Hallym have shared a desire for development and solutions in the life sciences to contribute to a better world, and AI is a highly topical area where we share expertise and interest. At the symposium, the Swedish and Korean researchers generously shared their research and knowledge.
“The field of artificial intelligence is one that many people find interesting, inspiring and worrying. It provokes debate. The ability to process enormous quantities of data, analyse information and instantaneously deliver a precise interpretation creates staggering possibilities – but challenges as well. The new applications and functions already generated by developments in AI, and now well on the way to becoming a reality, will affect all of humanity”, Vice-Chancellor Anders Hagfeldt stated at the opening of the symposium.
Kyung-Ho Yu, Director of Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital. Photo: Agneta Mattsson.
The full-day symposium was divided into sessions with the chairs from Uppsala and Hallym respectively. The day was rounded off by Eva Tiensuu Janson, Deputy Vice-Rector of the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Uppsala University, and Kyung-Ho Yu, Director of Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital.
The symposium was well received by participants, who appreciated the relevance of the event and the generous exchange of knowledge. It provided space for broadened perspectives, networking and open discussion.
“I hope to find opportunities for joint projects, preferably in the form of future exchanges where we can benefit from each other’s areas of expertise”, says Johan Kreuger. Marie Allen agrees: “My research area of forensic science can also benefit from a continued collaboration with Hallym”, she concludes.
The collaboration between Hallym University and Uppsala University has many points of contact in relevant future areas, and the representatives of both organisations expressed a desire to continue the fine collaboration.
Study visit at the Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology. Photo: Marcus Holmqvist, Uppsala universitet
Ebba Burman