Speaker Bio
Atia Cortés is a recognised researcher at the Social Link Analytics Unit of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS) since 2019. She holds a bachelor degree in computer sciences (2009), a MsC in Artificial Intelligence (2012) and a PhD also in Artificial Intelligence (2018) all from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). She has been involved in EU and national funded research projects since 2007 mainly applying Artificial Intelligence to assistive technologies and health. During the last years, her research interests include the ethical, legal, socio-economic and cultural aspects of Artificial Intelligence (ELSEC-AI) that she has applied in different H2020, ICT-48 and Horizon Europe funded projects. In particular, she was the co-director of the AI4EU Observatory on Society and AI from 2019 to 2021.
Atia is member of the National Bioethics Committee since 2022. She is also member of the executive board of the Bioinfo4Women program, an initiative of the Life Science department of BSC to promote the visibility of women in bioinformatics, HPC and AI careers. Within this program she co-leads the research line of sex and gender bias in AI and healthcare, which promotes the inclusion of an intersectional perspective in biomedical research and clinical practice.