Designathon Ai in transdisciplinary research

Introduction

ECTS: 1.5 
Number of sessions: 1
Hours per session: 8

Gaming for cancer research: every cell counts

As an emergent field, cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence technologies are evolving rapidly, with a tremendous impact on society and scholarship. Academia, however, is a notoriously slow field due to the high quality of dedicated thinking and scientific rigor. How to keep up with new developments, when research and publishing takes time and how do we adopt new ways of working?

During this Designathon, we are aiming to combine multi-disciplinary approaches within these new possibilities of AI, allowing participants to explore and develop new ways of problem solving. Our main challenge: if we join forces, are we able to design a personalised gaming experience which helps players to make impact by contributing to actual cancer research?

Designathon
During this full day hands-on cooking pressure session, we bring together PhD’s with various skills and expertise to collaborate on solving a specific challenge or problem within a limited time frame, using digital tools and creativity as an inspirational catalyst. Participants tackle specific issues and are challenged to look at the case study from different perspectives, get creative and share their knowledge. The designathon is hosted by an educator in collaboration with specialist co-facilitators.