6th European COST Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Industry and Finance

We would like to invite you to the «6^th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Industry and Finance» on September 9, 2021, 12:30-17:15 (CET, online) hosted by Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW).

We are excited to have 25 distinguished speakers from academia and industry in four thematic sessions:

• Artificial Intelligence in Industry
• Artificial Intelligence in Finance
• Ethical Questions in Artificial Intelligence
• Academia-Industry research cooperations: Best practices and use-cases

Keynote speaker: Dr. Alessandro Curioni, Director of the IBM Research Lab in Zurich

Selected topics:

• What’s Next in AI
• Using R for Machine Learning in a Multi-Lingual World
• Model free Deep Hedging
• A Meta-Learning approach to Model Uncertainty in Financial Time Series
• Thematic Investing in GreenTech: Patent-data-driven Identification of Green Technology Trends and Sustainable Investment Opportunities
• Correlation scenarios and correlation stress testing
• Applications for AI in Image Formation for Radiation Therapy at Varian
• Deep Learning for quality inspection of injection molding parts
• Machine learning in the GMP regulated industries
• AI Superpowers for Sustainability – how do we leverage AI-driven insights to speed up our climate change strategy?
• Surveying the Opinion of European Citizens on AI
• Fairness of insurance premiums: May personalized risk models lead to discrimination and social injustice
• Bringing Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence together – but is it trustworthy?
• Definition of Wrong
• Deep Generation of financial data
• Explainable AI in Finance
• Use Case „Interpretable Machine Learning for Diversified Portfolio Construction“

Schedule (times in CET):

• Warm-up: 12:30-13:00
• Welcome and Keynote: 13:00-13:40
• Break: 13:40-14:00
• Thematic Sessions Part 1: 14:00-15:00
• Break: 15:00-15:30
• Thematic Sessions Part 2: 15:30-16:10
• Break: 16:10-16:45
• Closing panel: 16:45-17:15