On October 10, 2024 (Thursday), from 9 a.m. in the NAS of Belarus (66 Niezaliezhnasci Praspiekt, first floor hall), a large-scale exhibition will unfold of the 3rd Forum of the Artificial Intelligence in Belarus IT Academgrad. More than 100 projects of 65 organizations of the country will be presented at it.

The results of their scientific research will be demonstrated by the country's organizations of various fields of activity and forms of ownership. These are scientific organizations engaged in research in the field of artificial intelligence methods, representatives of technoparks, residents of the Hi-Tech Park, Belarusian enterprises, private companies, educational institutions, and the Military Academy of the Republic of Belarus. The main highlight of the exhibition will be the participation of Belarusian schoolchildren with their developments in the field of robotics.

The main organizer of the exhibition, the United Institute of Informatics Problems of the NAS of Belarus, will present the latest developments in the field of artificial intelligence, medicine, bioinformatics, robotics, and speech technologies. This year, special emphasis will be placed on developments in the field of medicine. Among them, there is a project on computer modelling of potential medicines. The peculiarity of this development is the use of a generative autoencoder in combination with molecular modelling to identify new powerful inhibitors of the main protease of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which play an important role in the replication of virus transcription. Separately, it is worth noting another development in the field of medicine. It is a neural network software package for decision support in the diagnosis of lung diseases based on X-ray and tomographic images (LungExpert). This complex is designed to automate the processes of diagnosing lung diseases using computed tomography and X-ray images based on deep learning and artificial intelligence methods. Thanks to it, the tasks of segmentation of the lungs, isolation of neoplasms are solved, as well as a quantitative assessment of lesions. The application is designed as a website: https://lungs.org.by. The next innovative solution from the United Institute of Informatics Problems of the NAS of Belarus is especially necessary in the context of the rapid growth of data volumes and the need for their effective management – a Software package for collecting, storing and processing Earth remote sensing data based on the ‘data cube’ technology (BYCube). It allows you to: minimize the time and special knowledge needed to access and prepare satellite data; accumulate free and open satellite data for the Republic of Belarus in one place; make open source software solutions for processing Earth remote sensing data available, which are promoted thanks to the contribution of the community; use consistent data structures that allow the sharing of code, tools and algorithms; to share several heterogeneous Earth remote sensing datasets.

The Institute of Experimental Botany of the NAS of Belarus will present its developments in the field of artificial intelligence for studying the state and forecasting the dynamics of vegetation cover. The developed product allows for early diagnosis of diseases of coniferous trees, predicting the dynamics of vegetation cover and the likelihood of emergencies due to climate change, as well as automated classification of vegetation cover.

Scientific and Practical Centre of the NAS of Belarus on Bioresources will present at the exhibition the Sounds NET (Гукі NET) AI model, which performs acoustic identification of animal species in the wild. Sounds NET provides specialists with a tool for analysing large amounts of data and involves the population in the practice of civil science for monitoring wildlife. The current version of Sounds NET is specialized in forest bird species and is available through the website and mobile application.

On October 10, 2024, at 10.00 a.m., the NAS of Belarus (66 Niezaliezhnasci Praspiekt) will host the grand opening of the 3rd Forum of the Artificial Intelligence in Belarus IT Academgrad, dedicated to the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Day.

PROGRAM
The 3rd Forum of the Artificial Intelligence in Belarus IT Academgrad, dedicated to the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Day

October 10 (Thursday) 2024
09.00-18.00 – the work of the exhibition of the 3rd Forum of the Artificial Intelligence in Belarus IT Academgrad (NAS of Belarus, 66 Niezaliezhnasci Praspiekt, first floor hall);
09.40-10.00 – press approach (NAS of Belarus, Minsk, 66 Niezaliezhnasci Praspiekt, 1st floor foyer);
10.00-10.30 – opening of the 3rd Forum of the Artificial Intelligence in Belarus IT Academgrad. Awarding of the winners of the Leaders of Artificial Intelligence in Belarus open competition (NAS of Belarus, 66 Niezaliezhnasci Praspiekt, first floor hall);
13.30-18.00 – plenary session ‘Topical Issues of Artificial Intelligence Development in the Republic of Belarus’ (United Institute of Informatics Problems of the NAS of Belarus, Minsk, Surganava Vulica, 6, assembly hall).
October 11 (Friday), 2024
09.00-18.00 – exhibition of the 3rd Forum of the Artificial Intelligence in Belarus IT Academgrad (NAS of Belarus, 66 Niezaliezhnasci Praspiekt, first floor hall);
The entire business program will be held at: (United Institute of Informatics Problems of the NAS of Belarus, Minsk, Surganava Vulica, 6)
9.00-12.20 – BREAKOUT SESSIONS AND ROUND TABLES:
Breakout session ‘Practical Aspects of the Introduction of Artificial Intelligence Technologies’ (assembly hall, 1st floor)
Round table ‘Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Spheres, Technologies and Prospects, Information Protection’ (room 206, 2nd floor)
Round table ‘Artificial Intelligence Technologies in the Republic of Belarus: Legal Regulation, Problems and Prospects’ (room 203, 2nd floor)
12.30-12.40 – OFFICIAL CEREMONY OF JOINING NEW PARTICIPANTS TO THE CODE OF ETHICS IN THE FIELD OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (assembly hall, 1st floor)
12.40-13.00 – SUMMING UP THE RESULTS OF THE 3rd FORUM OF THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN BELARUS IT ACADEMGRAD (assembly hall, 1st floor)
16.00-18.00 – official meeting of the scientific community dedicated to the National Academy of Sciences Day (Conference Hall of the NAS of Belarus No. 2, 4th floor (Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Akademichnaja Vulica, 1).