Long-range AI: China and Galicia come together through research in artificial intelligence applied to health
The Vice-Rector of Central South University (CSU), Li Zhihong, led a visit to CiTIUS today to learn first-hand about the research lines in intelligent technologies applied to medicine. The Chinese delegation was interested in the potential collaborations with the University of Santiago de Compostela in the fields of health and biotechnology.
CiTIUS received today a visit from a delegation of Central South University (CSU, China), a bilateral meeting in which the USC research center hosted the committee led by Professor Li Zhihong, vice-rector of the institution and chief physician of Xiangya Hospital, one of the most prestigious university hospitals in China, associated with Yale School of Medicine since 1914. Accompanying him on the visit were Tan Sipin, deputy director of the Department of Pathophysiology at the Xiangya School of Basic Medical Sciences; Ji Hailong, deputy director of the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange; Gao Dongbo, secretary of the Party Committee of the Dundee International Institute; and Tian Hong, partner of Axperia Ventures - based in Paris - and Government Representative of Hunan for Spain and Portugal.
During the meeting, the scientific director of CiTIUS, Sen én Barro, and the deputy director, Paula López, presented the work of the center and its main lines of research, with a special focus on projects related to Health Sciences that are active and led by CiTIUS (a center co-financed by the European Union through the Galicia Feder Program 2021–2027), such as the CAME&IA Chair -focused on the application of artificial intelligence to biomedical research- or the USC – Televés Chair of Microelectronics.
In turn, the Ramón y Cajal researcher at the center, Marta Núñez, also shared the advances of her research work, linked to the use of machine learning techniques and classical image processing methods applied to multimodal cardiac imaging. Particularly, the CiTIUS researcher elaborated on her work in developing multimodal and standardized heart models for the statistical analysis of cardiac data. The meeting highlighted the various initiatives of the center in these areas, aimed at improving the diagnosis and treatment of complex diseases through machine learning technologies and biomedical data analysis.
The visit is part of an institutional program promoted by the Cluster Saúde de Galicia (CSG), with the aim of strengthening ties between Galicia and China's Hunan province and promoting new opportunities for academic, medical, and scientific cooperation with the University of Santiago de Compostela.