AI + Aging (a2) Coordinating Center for the NIA Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratories for Aging Research (AITCs)

项目总结/摘要 Rose Li & Associates，Inc. (RLA)建议建立“NIA人工智能合作实验室， 健康老龄化”或AHA协作室-一个协调中心，负责开展一系列补充活动， 倍增人工智能和老龄化研究技术合作实验室的集体影响 （AITC）改善美国老年人的护理和健康结果，包括痴呆症患者（PWD） 和他们的照顾者。基于RLA在卓越研究/活动管理方面的声誉， 协调和通信支持服务，AHA协作承诺将美国建立为一个 老龄化创新的国家连接器，促进人工智能研究的更大多样性和包容性， 在个人数据和机器学习算法中，尽可能地，并在此过程中， 数以百万计的美国老年人。AHA的研究经理和业务发展专业人员 合作团队将努力扩大NIA AITC的生产力和影响力。AHA协作将利用 增加资源，以促进研究人员、政策制定者、开发人员和从业人员之间的讨论 并将提供与技术和业务的各个方面有关的全面支持和建议 发展，包括道德，导航监管和付款人景观，规模，传播， 商业化具体目标是（1）成为人工智能和老龄化研究的国家中心和催化剂， 通过汇集学术界、卫生界、风险投资界、工业界和政府， 成功地将研究转化为应用;（2）创造一种协调、沟通和交流的文化， 与AITC、NIA和相关NIA研究中心以及更广泛的科学界合作; （3）建立健全的国家基础设施，以实现和评估多样化和多方面的目标。 AHA合作伙伴这一国家基础设施将包括吸引试点项目的能力。 申请和管理试点项目的竞争过程;通过 AHA组合器，提供资源和指导，帮助试点项目实现其商业和/或 采用潜力;推出一个用户友好和引人入胜的网站，作为人工智能的国家资源， 健康老龄化;为人工智能和健康老龄化创新者提供一个网络、分享和学习平台， 自由协作;创建营销引擎，以促进试点项目竞赛、研讨会和行业 成果;举办实际和虚拟会议和活动;制定评价计划 为AHA协作提供基准和进度指标。将AHA协作室建立为一个动态中心， 学术孤岛之外的创业启动心态将产生兴奋和动力， 合作和示范的提高影响，并将充分加强AITC的成功。

Project Summary/Abstract Rose Li & Associates, Inc. (RLA) proposes to establish the “NIA Collaboratories for Artificial Intelligence and Healthy Aging” or AHA Collab—a coordinating center to undertake a complementary set of activities to multiply the collective impact of the Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratories for Aging Research (AITCs) to improve care and health outcomes for older Americans, including persons with dementia (PWD) and their caregivers. Building on RLA’s reputation for exceptional research/event management, program coordination, and communications support services, AHA Collab promises to establish the United States as a national connector in aging innovation, promote greater diversity and inclusion in AI research, and counter bias in personal data and machine learning algorithms wherever possible, and in the process, improve the lives of millions of older Americans. The research managers and business development professionals on the AHA Collab team will work to magnify the productivity and impact of the NIA AITCs. AHA Collab will leverage additional resources to facilitate discourse among researchers, policymakers, developers, and practitioners and will provide overarching support and advice related to all aspects of technology and business development, including ethics, navigating the regulatory and payor landscape, scaling, dissemination, and commercialization. Specific Aims are to (1) Become a national hub and catalyst for AI and aging research and development by bringing together the worlds of academia, health, venture, industry, and government to ensure the successful translation of research to application; (2) Create a culture of coordination, communication, and collaboration with the AITCs, NIA, and relevant NIA research centers and the broader scientific community; and (3) Implement a robust national infrastructure to accomplish and evaluate the diverse and multifaceted responsibilities of AHA Collab. This national infrastructure will include capabilities for attracting pilot project applications and managing the competition process for pilot projects; incubating ideas and projects through the AHA-Combinator that provide resources and mentorship to help pilot projects realize their commercial and/or adoption potential; launching a user-friendly and engaging website to serve as a national resource for AI and Healthy Aging; hosting a networking, sharing, and learning platform for AI and healthy aging innovators to collaborate freely; creating a marketing engine to promote pilot project competitions, workshops, and industry achievements; producing both physical and virtual meetings and events; and establishing an evaluation plan for AHA Collab with baseline and progress metrics. Establishing AHA Collab as a dynamic hub with an entrepreneurial startup mentality outside of academic silos will generate excitement and impetus for fruitful collaborations and demonstrations of heightened impact, and will fully potentiate the success of the AITCs.