uss2021 · oleksost · Sep 11, 2022 · Sep 13, 2022 · Sep 13, 2022 · Sep 13, 2022
diff --git a/CNAME b/CNAME
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+aihelpsukraine.cc
diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
@@ -13,19 +13,19 @@
 # you will see them accessed via {{ site.title }}, {{ site.email }}, and so on.
 # You can create any custom variable you would like, and they will be accessible
 # in the templates via {{ site.myvariable }}.
-title: USS 2021
-tagline: UNIQUE Student Symposium 2021
-email: [email protected]
-twitter_username: ai_unique
-github_username: uss2021
+title: AI Helps Ukraine
+tagline: AI Helps Ukraine Charity Conference
+email: [email protected]
+twitter_username: alhelpsukraine
+github_username: aihelpsukraine
 twitter:
-  - username: ai_unique
-description: USS (UNIQUE Student Symposium) is a student-oriented, student-organized conference at the crossroads of neuroscience and AI research. The goal is to provide graduate students in those fields with an event tailor made to their needs and presenting the state of the art of what is done in neuro-AI research.
-author: UNIQUE Student Symposium 2021
+  - username: alhelpsukraine
+description: A student-run charity conference on AI for good to raise funds for medical equipment to help Ukraine
+author: AI Helps Ukraine
 baseurl: ""
 url: ""
-logo: assets/img/unique-logo-white-favicon.png
-favicon: assets/img/unique-logo-white-favicon.png
+logo: assets/img/logo-mini.png
+favicon: assets/img/logo-mini.png
 
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       layout: page
-      hero_image: ./assets/img/network-372248-grad.png
+      hero_image: ./assets/img/bg-sunflowers-005bbbc4-crop.png
 
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diff --git a/_data/partners.yml b/_data/partners.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+  - photo: institute.png
+    link: https://unci.org.ua/en/
+  - photo: Mila_LOGO.png
+    link: https://mila.quebec/en/
+  - photo: UAMC_logo_clean.png 
+    link: https://uams.ca/
diff --git a/_data/speakers.yml b/_data/speakers.yml
diff --git a/_data/team.yml b/_data/team.yml
@@ -1,129 +1,49 @@
 - affiliation: "Mila, Universit\xE9 de Montr\xE9al"
   bio: I am a postdoc at Mila. I am interested in the fundamental aspects of learning,
-    both in brains and machines. I currently work also on applications of machine
+    both in brains and machines and in applications of machine
     learning to fight climate change.
-  committee: Communication Committee
+  committee: General Committee
   email: [email protected]
   fullname: Alex Hernandez-Garcia
   photo: alex_hernandez-garcia.jpg
-  pronouns: "he/him/\xE9l"
+  pronouns: "he/il/\xE9l"
   alttext: Alex has white skin, green eyes, a thick dark beard and dark long hair though with noticeable receding hairline.
   twitter: https://twitter.com/alexhdezgcia
   website: alexhernandezgarcia.github.io
-- affiliation: "Universit\xE9 de Montr\xE9al, CRIUGM, Projet Courtois NeuroMod"
-  bio: "I am a master student in psychology at Universit\xE9 de Montr\xE9al. Having\
-    \ backgrounds in both music composition and cognitive neurosciences, my research\
-    \ interests include auditory perception, music perception and creation, and noise\
-    \ pollution's effects on perception and health (physical and mental). I'm currently\
-    \ part of the auditory perception and protection branch of the Projet Courtois\
-    \ NeuroMod (CRIUGM)."
-  committee: Logistics Committee
-  email: [email protected]
-  fullname: Eddy Fortier
-  photo: eddy_fortier.jpg
-  alttext: none
-  pronouns: he/him
-  twitter: none
-  website: none
-- affiliation: "Universit\xE9 de Montr\xE9al"
-  bio: "I am a Ph.D. student at Universit\xE9 de Montr\xE9al. I am studying how the\
-    \ brain makes action decisions. I am interested in how the brain changes our behaviour\
-    \ based on who is around, and why."
-  committee: Logistics Committee
-  email: [email protected]
-  fullname: Ayuno Nakahashi
-  photo: ayuno_nakahashi.jpg
-  alttext: Ayuno is an Asian woman with long dark hair and glasses.
-  pronouns: she/her
-  twitter: https://twitter.com/ayuno_n
-  website: none
-- affiliation: "Universit\xE9 de Montr\xE9al, CRIUGM"
-  bio: "I am a master's student at Universit\xE9 de Montr\xE9al. I am interested in\
-    \ the neural correlates of pain, and more broadly, in neuroimaging data analysis\
-    \ techniques. "
-  committee: Educational Committee
-  email: [email protected]
-  fullname: Marie-Eve Picard
-  photo: marie-eve_picard.jpg
-  alttext: Marie-Eve is a Caucasian female with brown hair, freckles and glasses.
-  pronouns: she/her
-  twitter: none
-  website: none
-- affiliation: Mila, McGill
-  bio: 'PhD student at Mila/McGill; interested in probabilistic generative models
-    and their application in real world problems. '
-  committee: Coordinator
-  email: [email protected]
-  fullname: Nazanin Sepahvand
-  photo: nazanin_sepahvand.jpg
-  alttext: none
-  pronouns: she/her/elle
-  twitter: https://twitter.com/NazSepahvand
-  website: none
-- affiliation: "LIONlab, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center, Universit\xE9 de Montr\xE9\
-    al"
-  bio: 'I am a Master''s student at the University of Montreal, currently doing my
-    research at the CHU Sainte-Justine''s research center (LIONlab). At the moment,
-    I am studying the development of the brain via neuroimagery in neurotypical infants
-    as well as in clinical populations such as premature babies and babies born asphyxiated.
-    My research focuses primarily on neuroscience but I am very interested in AI as
-    well and most of all, the intersection between the two. '
-  committee: Chair
-  email: [email protected]
-  fullname: Laurence Petitpas
-  photo: laurence_petitpas.jpg
-  alttext: Laurence is a white woman with long blond hair, blue eyes and glasses.
-  pronouns: she/her
-  twitter: none
-  website: none
-- affiliation: 'Concordia University '
-  bio: I'm a PhD student in Emily Coffey's lab. I'm working on understanding how brain
-    state affects sensory representation, exploring the function of sleep spindles,
-    and trying to characterize the role of spindle-slow-oscillation coupling in memory
-    consolidation across the lifespan.
-  committee: Program Committee
-  email: [email protected]
-  fullname: Hugo Jourde
-  photo: hugo_jourde.jpg
-  pronouns: he/him
-  alttext: Hugo is a Caucasian male with longish brown hair assembled in something supposed to look like a man bun.
-  pronouns: he/him
-  twitter: https://twitter.com/HugoJourde
-  website: none
-- affiliation: McGill University, Mila
-  bio: I am a Ph.D. student at McGill and Mila. I am fascinated by the fundamental
-    principle of both biological and artificial intelligence. I build computational
-    models of the brain, mainly with neural networks nowadays.
-  committee: Communication Committee
-  email: [email protected]
-  fullname: Xiaoxuan Lei
-  photo: xiaoxuan_lei.jpg
-  alttext: Xiaoxuan is an Asian woman with long dark hair and glasses
-  pronouns: she/her
-  twitter: none
-  website: none
-- affiliation: McGill University
-  bio: "I am a Master\u2019s student in the Integrated Program in Neuroscience at\
-    \ McGill University. My research is on the application of machine learning for\
-    \ the prediction of recovery of consciousness after traumatic brain injury. I\
-    \ am fascinated about the philosophy and neuroscience of (human) consciousness."
-  committee: Educational Committee
-  email: [email protected]
-  fullname: Charlotte Maschke
-  photo: charlotte_maschke.jpg
-  pronouns: she/her
-  alttext: none
-  twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlotteMaschk
-  website: none
-- affiliation: "Universit\xE9 de Montr\xE9al"
-  bio: I am a master's student at the SIMEXP and Jacquemont labs, working on the impact
-    of rare genetic mutations on functional connectivity and how it can help us understand
-    psychiatric conditions.
-  committee: Program Committee
-  email: [email protected]
-  fullname: Annabelle Harvey
-  photo: annabelle_harvey.jpg
-  alttext: none
-  pronouns: she/her/elle
-  twitter: none
-  website: none
+- affiliation: "Mila, Universit\xE9 de Montr\xE9al"
+  bio: I am a third-year Ph.D. student at Mila. My main research interest lies in developing systems that can accumulate and transfer knowledge throughout their lifetime. 
+  committee: General Committee
+  email: [email protected]
+  fullname: Oleksiy Ostapenko
+  photo: oleksiy_ostapenko.png
+  alttext: Oleksiy Ostapenko
+  pronouns: "he/\xE9l/er/він"
+  twitter: https://twitter.com/ostap__alex
+  website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oleksiy-ostapenko/
+- affiliation: "Mila, Universit\xE9 de Montr\xE9al"
+  bio: I am a second-year Ph.D. student at Mila. My research interests are evolving and currently they include generative models, drug discovery, material design, bayesian methods, causality.
+  committee: General Committee
+  email: [email protected]
+  fullname: Alexandra Volokhova
+  photo: alexandra_volokhova.jpg
+  pronouns: "she/elle"
+  alttext: Alexandra is...
+  twitter: https://twitter.com/@alex_volokhova
+  website: alexandravolokhova.github.io
+- affiliation: "Mila, Universit\xE9 de Montr\xE9al"
+  bio: I am a third-year Ph.D. student at Mila working on environmental applications of AI. My current research focuses on biodiversity monitoring using remote sensing and citizen science data.
+  committee: General Committee
+  email: [email protected]
+  fullname: Mélisande Teng
+  photo: melisande_teng.jpg
+  pronouns: "she/elle"
+  twitter: https://twitter.com/melisandeteng
+  website: melisandeteng.github.io
+- affiliation: ""
+  bio: Graduated in Law and Journalism. I am interested in international politics, cooperation and social field. Currently working in the philanthropic field in Montréal.
+  committee: General Committee
+  email: [email protected]
+  fullname: Marta Pereira de la Infanta
+  photo: marta_pereira-de-la-infanta.jpg
+  pronouns: "she/ella/вона"
+  alttext: Marta is...
diff --git a/_includes/partner-logo.html b/_includes/partner-logo.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<div class="level">
+{% assign partners = site.data.partners | sample: site.data.team.size %}
+{% for partner in partners %} 
+    <a class="level-item has-text-centered" href="{{ partner.link }}">
+      <img src="assets/img/partners/{{ partner.photo }}"  alt="" style="height: 128px;">
+    </a>
+  {% endfor %}
+</div>
diff --git a/_includes/speaker-card.html b/_includes/speaker-card.html
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@
             {% else %}
             {% capture talk %}
               {% assign date = session | slice: 0, 8 %}
-              {% if date == "20210607" %}
-                <a href="schedule"><em>Monday, June 7th, {{ session | slice: 8, 2 }}:{{ session | slice: 10, 2 }} (EDT)</em></a>
-              {% elsif date == "20210608" %}
-                <a href="schedule"><em>Tuesday, June 8th, {{ session | slice: 8, 2 }}:{{ session | slice: 10, 2 }} (EDT)</em></a>
+              {% if date == "202211DD" %}
+                <a href="schedule"><em>Online talk in November, {{ session | slice: 8, 2 }}:{{ session | slice: 10, 2 }} (EDT) - TBA</em></a>
+              {% elsif date == "20221208" %}
+                <a href="schedule"><em>Thursday, December 8th, {{ session | slice: 8, 2 }}:{{ session | slice: 10, 2 }} (EDT) - TBA</em></a>
               {% endif %}
             {% endcapture %}
             <p class="subtitle is-6">{{ talk }}</p>

diff --git a/_includes/team-card.html b/_includes/team-card.html
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
           <div class="media-content">
             <p class="title is-4">{{ person.fullname }}</p>
             <p class="subtitle is-6">{{ person.pronouns }}</p>
-            <p class="subtitle is-5">{{ person.committee }}</p>
-            <p class="subtitle is-6">{{ person.affiliation }}</p>
+            <p class="subtitle is-5">{{ person.affiliation }}</p>
           </div>
         </div>
         <div class="content">

diff --git a/_pages/about.md b/_pages/about.md
@@ -1,25 +1,16 @@
 ---
 layout: page
 title: About
-subtitle: UNIQUE and USS
+subtitle: AI Helps Ukraine
 permalink: /about
 ---
-### Territorial acknowledgement
-
-We, the organisers, acknowledge that the lands and waters where most of us live and where our universities are located---[Université de Montréal](https://www.umontreal.ca/en/indigenouspeoples/), [McGill University](https://www.mcgill.ca/circ/land-acknowledgement) and [Concordia University](https://www.concordia.ca/indigenous/resources/territorial-acknowledgement.html)---are the traditional and unceded territories of Indigenous peoples. The Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) Nation call Tiohtiá:ke the site commonly known as Montréal. Since long before the arrival of European settlers, this territory has been and continues to be a gathering place for many Indigenous peoples. We respect the continued connections with the past, present and future in our ongoing relationships with Indigenous and other peoples within our communities. 
-
-### UNIQUE
-
-[UNIQUE (Unifying Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence in Québec)](https://sites.google.com/view/unique-neuro-ai) is a research centre working at the intersection of neuroscience and artificial intelligence research. It consists of more than 80 researchers affiliated with several universities and research centres from different regions of the province, and even from outside of it. The main goal of UNIQUE is to promote and facilitate exchanges between research teams working at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and neuroscience.
 
-### USS
+AI Helps Ukraine is a charity conference organised for raising funds to support Ukrainian oncological hospitals and non-profit organisations. The ongoing war dramatically affects the accessibility to essential supplies and medicines for cancer treatment in Ukraine. As AI researchers, we believe that collective efforts of our broad international community can make a real difference for those who are in need and save lives. Therefore, we are bringing together brilliant artificial intelligence experts, an empathetic audience and responsible companies to attract attention and collect money for oncological patients in Ukraine.
 
-USS (UNIQUE Student Symposium) is a student-oriented, student-organized conference at the crossroads of neuroscience and AI research. The goal is to provide graduate students in those fields with an event tailor made to their needs and presenting the state of the art of what is done in neuro-AI research.
+Our mission is to bring the AI community together and get the money on the table needed for humanitarian aid in Ukraine. Sometimes tech and AI can help most effectively with financial means and material resources. In the case of providing access to cancer treatments, this means that we are looking for the following donations: Money, medicines, and equipment. Whatever medicine and equipment we cannot get directly will be bought with the donations.
 
-### USS 2021
-
-Unfortunately, in the actual global circumstances, it is not possible to organize events for people to attend in person. However, this year's event will still take place, though in a virtual format. Both the keynote speakers and the workshop are going to be accessible through online platforms. Information and links will be provided following your registration.
+---
 
-### Past Event
+### Territorial acknowledgement
 
-The recordings of the past event, USS 2020, are available on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOoOsSZfudHl5vcUnCE3jrA/live).
+We, the organisers, acknowledge that the lands and waters where most of us live and where our universities are located---[Université de Montréal](https://www.umontreal.ca/en/indigenouspeoples/), [McGill University](https://www.mcgill.ca/circ/land-acknowledgement) and [Concordia University](https://www.concordia.ca/indigenous/resources/territorial-acknowledgement.html)---are the traditional and unceded territories of Indigenous peoples. The Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) Nation call Tiohtiá:ke the site commonly known as Montréal. Since long before the arrival of European settlers, this territory has been and continues to be a gathering place for many Indigenous peoples. We respect the continued connections with the past, present and future in our ongoing relationships with Indigenous and other peoples within our communities. 
diff --git a/_pages/coc.md b/_pages/coc.md
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ permalink: /coc
   <a href="/coc_fr.html">Lire en français</a>
 </div>
 
-# USS 2021 Code of conduct
-In order to have safe and pleasant exchanges during this event, it is required from every participant to read and follow this USS 2021 Code of conduct. Since USS 2021 applies a strict zero tolerance policy, participants who fail to follow the Code of conduct will be banned or expelled from the event, the same way they would be removed during an in-person event.
+# AI Helps Ukraine Code of conduct
+In order to have safe and pleasant exchanges during this event, it is required from every participant to read and follow this AI Helps Ukraine Code of conduct. Since AI Helps Ukraine applies a strict zero tolerance policy, participants who fail to follow the Code of conduct will be banned or expelled from the event, the same way they would be removed during an in-person event.
 
 The main important concept ruling this code of conduct is respect. Respect can take many forms:
 - respect of the origins (physical appearance, nationality, ethnicity, etc.)
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ The main important concept ruling this code of conduct is respect. Respect can t
 Difference is what makes each individual unique, and what allows each of us to bring our special contribution to our research community. It shouldn’t be used to discriminate, it should be encouraged and supported. It is also important to acknowledge that not everyone has the same level of understanding of every field of interest covered by this conference and that we all bring a different academic background to the community. This variety is important and allows us to push forward the boundaries of science research. We all have our specialties and we can all learn from each other.
 
 ## Reporting
-Should you encounter a situation that makes you or anyone else feel unsafe or unwelcome, please report it as soon as possible to `{{ site.email }}` or to any member of the [organization committee](/team.html). The USS 2021 committee will contact you for a follow-up, and proceed to appropriate actions to reestablish safe and pleasant exchanges.
+Should you encounter a situation that makes you or anyone else feel unsafe or unwelcome, please report it as soon as possible to `{{ site.email }}` or to any member of the [organization committee](/team.html). The AI Helps Ukraine committee will contact you for a follow-up, and proceed to appropriate actions to reestablish safe and pleasant exchanges.