SAS President M. Venhart Welcomes American Neuroscientist A. Qutub
On Friday, 26 September 2025, Dr. Martin Venhart, President of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), welcomed Dr. Amina Qutub, neuroscientist and artificial intelligence expert from the University of Texas, USA.
At the beginning of the meeting, Dr. Venhart introduced the Slovak Academy of Sciences to the American expert, outlining its structure, institutes, and their fields of activity. He also spoke about the Academy’s internal and external goals aimed at supporting the growth of SAS and its researchers. He highlighted the importance of the social sciences and humanities in today’s world, particularly with regard to the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) and adaptation to climate change. Dr. Venhart and Dr. Qutub also discussed scientific security, possibilities for data sharing, and regulatory approaches in the EU and the USA.
Dr. Qutub emphasized how AI systems can assist medical professionals, enabling individuals and communities to live healthier, safer, and more productive lives.
On the same day, Dr. Qutub delivered a lecture at the Biomedical Research Center SAS, titled Healthcare and Artificial Intelligence: From Data to Clinical Decision-Making and Oncology and Bioinformatics: Predicting Treatment Outcomes from Data. In her talk, she addressed the identification of patient characteristics based on molecular data, the integration of knowledge from computational and clinical experts to predict chemotherapy responses, the identification of effective biomarkers, and the inclusion of advanced AI methods into bioinformatics approaches.
Dr. Amina Qutub is a Professor of Engineering Design – funded by the Burzik Foundation – and Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). She serves as Co-Director of the Center for Precision Medicine, Associate Director for Strategic Partnerships and Head of Research at the MATRIX Artificial Intelligence Consortium, and Director of the joint UTSA–UT Health graduate program in Biomedical Engineering. She is also co-founder of the AI-focused biotech startups PaloBio and Leah.
Prepared by: Ivana Janíková Stavrovská
Photo: Marcel Matiašovič