{"id":231154,"date":"2026-03-23T16:51:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T02:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=231154"},"modified":"2026-03-23T17:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T03:06:21","slug":"google-ai-research-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/23\/google-ai-research-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center, Google Cloud host <abbr>AI<\/abbr> research workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_126104\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-126104\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/manoa-cancer-center-exterior-1.jpg\" alt=\"exterior shot of cancer center\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-126104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/manoa-cancer-center-exterior-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/manoa-cancer-center-exterior-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/manoa-cancer-center-exterior-1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-126104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uhcancercenter.org\">University of <span lang=\"haw\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Cancer Center<\/a>, in partnership with Google Cloud, will host a landmark full-day workshop on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, titled, &ldquo;Accelerating Research in the Age of <abbr title=\"artificial intelligence\">AI<\/abbr>: A Synergistic Workshop with Google.&rdquo; The event will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Sullivan Conference Center, <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center, 701 Ilalo Street, Honolulu.<\/p>\n<p>Designed to reflect the <abbr>UH<\/abbr>&#8216;s unique geographic and cultural context, the workshop will highlight how academic-industry partnerships can strengthen research capacity by expanding access to advanced <abbr>AI<\/abbr> tools, high-performance computing and specialized technical expertise. The program is open to <abbr>UH<\/abbr> faculty, investigators, trainees and students across biomedical, population, ocean, earth and computational sciences. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/shepherdresearchlab.org\/event\/collaborative-workshop-with-google\/\">Register for online participation by March 24<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;This workshop represents an exciting opportunity for <abbr>UH<\/abbr> researchers to engage directly with Google&#8217;s leading <abbr>AI<\/abbr> scientists and tools,&rdquo; said John Shepherd, chief scientific officer at the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center, who is organizing the workshop. &ldquo;We are committed to building the infrastructure and partnerships that will propel our research into the next generation of discovery.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Workshop highlights<\/h2>\n<p>The agenda features a lineup of renowned speakers and interactive sessions, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Keynote:<\/strong> &ldquo;<abbr>AI<\/abbr> Co-Scientist System and Gemini-Based Research Tools,&rdquo; presented by Charlie Elliot, lead of rapid innovation, Google Public Sector;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flash Talks: Great Challenges Across Disciplines<\/strong>&#8212;featuring Peter Sadowski (associate professor, Department of Information and Computer Sciences, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> <span lang=\"haw\">M\u0101noa<\/span>), Istv&#225;n Szapudi (theoretical cosmologist, Institute for Astronomy, <abbr>UH<\/abbr>), and Justin Stopa (associate professor, Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> <span lang=\"haw\">M\u0101noa<\/span>);<\/li>\n<li><strong>Deep Dive Sessions<\/strong> covering your &ldquo;Modern Research Toolkit&rdquo; (Francisco Gonzalez, application modernization specialist architect, Google Public Sector) and &ldquo;Federated Learning for Global Collaboration&rdquo; (Tom Denton, research scientist, Google DeepMind\/Google Research);<\/li>\n<li><strong>Student Poster Competition<\/strong>, with Google-sponsored awards for the best presentations, judged during the Google-sponsored lunch break;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Co-Designing Breakouts<\/strong> in which participants brainstorm high-impact solutions in three focus areas: <abbr>AI<\/abbr> for hypothesis generation, Google&#8217;s cloud tools and federated learning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The workshop will conclude with a panel discussion and vision synthesis identifying a roadmap for future <abbr>UH<\/abbr>-Google collaboration, along with the announcement of poster competition award winners.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shepherdresearchlab.org\/event\/collaborative-workshop-with-google\/\">More information and registration details<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Full-day event brings together <abbr>UH<\/abbr> researchers and Google experts to explore <abbr>AI<\/abbr>-powered tools, federated learning, interdisciplinary collaboration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":126104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[1602,218,1363,169],"class_list":["post-231154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-ai","tag-cancer","tag-manoa-research","tag-uh-cancer-center","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/manoa-cancer-center-exterior-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231154"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231161,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231154\/revisions\/231161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}