TIA Centre: Events

Prof Peter Boor

RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany (click here for a short bio)

14th April 2025

Title: Towards ecologically sustainable AI for pathology

Abstract: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already widespread in medical research and will expectedly revolutionize clinical practice and health care. AI methods can be employed to analyze large medical data collections, to diagnose disease or to perform prognosis of disease progression. This is particularly true for pathology, a medical diagnostic field mainly relying on image data Pathology might be one of the first areas of medicine substantially transformed by AI. At the same time, the growing energy consumption and CO2 emissions associated with both development and large-scale application of AI models become a concern. AI promises benefits for the patient, but comes at the cost of accelerating climate change. In this talk, I will discuss the environmental consequences of using AI in pathology. I will also touch upon potential approaches to consider and mitigate this towards a more environmentally friendly “green” AI.