MobiliT.AI 2022

IVADO, l'IRT Saint Exupéry, l'IIDthe CRIAQ and ANITI invite you to the 3rd edition of the MobiliT.AI forum, to be held in Quebec City (Canada) on May 17, 18 and 19, 2022.
MobiliT.AI is an international event that brings together a community of experts in artificial intelligence (AI) for mission-critical systems in transportation and mobility (aeronautics, automotive, rail, space, drones, and more).
This community is made up of researchers from academia and industry, as well as players from the technology and transport sectors, and experts in operational safety and critical embedded systems engineering.
In 2019, Montreal hosted the 1st edition of MobiliT.AI, which brought together some 170 experts and 26 speakers and panellists. For its part, the 2021 edition, presented in virtual mode, brought together nearly 450 participants.
In 2022, in Quebec City, the 3rd edition of the forum will bring together some thirty speakers on a range of topics, from AI certification issues, to its implementation in embedded systems, to the challenges associated with its explicability.
- Aude Rondepierre, Senior Lecturer, INSA - Toulouse
- Béatrice Laurent-Bonneau, Professor, Department of Mathematical Engineering and Modeling, INSA - Toulouse
- Édouard Pauwels, Senior Lecturer, Université Toulouse 3 - Paul Sabbatier
- Foutse Khomh, Full Professor, Department of Computer and Software Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal
- Giuliano Antoniol, Full Professor, Department of Computer and Software Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal
- Grégory Flandin, Program Director - Artificial Intelligence and Critical Systems, IRT Saint Exupéry
- Mario Marchand, Director, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Université Laval
- Mathieu Barreau, Director - Partnerships and Business Development, CRIM
- Sébastien Gambs, Professor, Computer Science Department, UQAM
- Yann Pequignot, Data Scientist, Institut intelligence et données (IID), Université Laval
- Lionel Briand, Canada Research Chair in Compliance and Intelligent Software Reliability and Professor at the University of Ottawa
- Vera Liao, Senior Researcher - FATE Group, Microsoft Research Montréal
- Stan Matwin, Director of Dalhousie University's Big Data Analytics Lab and Canada Research Chair in Machine Learning Interpretability
- Caroline Pernelle, Artificial Intelligence Strategist at CAE
- Emmanuel Rachelson, Professor of Machine Learning and Optimization at ISAE SUPAERO and member of ANITI
- François Pomerleau, Norlab co-director and professor at Université Laval's Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Ruxendra Botez, Canada Research Chair in Aircraft Modeling and Simulation Technology and Professor at ÉTS Montréal

This event is presented with the support of the Quebec government.
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Opening speeches
- Eugénie Brouillet, Vice-Rector, Research and Creation, Université Laval
- Grégory Flandin, Program Director - Artificial Intelligence and Critical Systems, IRT Saint Exupéry
Conference "Trustworthy Machine Learning-Enabled Systems"with Lionel Briand, Canada Research Chair in Intelligent Software Compliance and Reliability, University of Ottawa
Conference block
- "Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Aircraft Modeling, Simulation and Controls at the LARCASE Laboratory"with Ruxandra Botez, Canada Research Chair in Aircraft Modeling and Simulation Technology, ÉTS Montréal
- "The Importance of Field Testing in Autonomous Vehicle Research - Lessons Learned from Subarctic to Subterranean Environments"with François Pomerleau, Director of the Laboratoire de recherche nordique (Norlab), Université Laval
- "Practical Guidelines and Methods to Verify and Validate AI/ML Based System for Safety Critical Application"with Reza Pedrami, Senior System Safety Expert, CS Group
Discussion on the Confiance AI initiative
- "The industrialization of trusted AI"with Philippe Molaret, Technical Director, Thales
- "A plea to support change towards trusted AI in organizations" with Abdé Essaidi, Executive Vice President, Axionable
Panel: "AI and aerospace in Quebec: issues and prospects", moderated by Alain Aubertin, President and CEO of the Consortium de recherche et d'innovation en aérospatial du Québec (CRIAQ). Panelists :
- Yuri Fattah, Program Manager - Multidisciplinary Priorities, The International Civil Aviation Organization;
- Rémi Duquette, vice-president Innovation & Industrial AI, Maya HTT;
- and Margit Kaesser, Data Scientist and Consultant - Digital Aerospace Transformation, IRT Saint Exupéry Canada.
Conference "Towards product optimization driven by explainable AI."with Caroline Pernelle, AI Strategist, CAE
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Opening address
- Sylvie Barcelo, Deputy Minister, International Relations and Francophonie, Government of Québec
- Frédéric Sanchez, Consul General of France in Quebec City
Conference "Human-Centered Explainable AI (XAI): From Algorithms to User Experiences"with Vera Liao, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research Montreal
Conference block
- "Interpretability in an Industrial Context - A Sensitivity Analysis Perspective" with Sébastien Da Veiga, AI team leader for design and simulation, Safran
- "Don't Lie to Me: Robust and Efficient Explainability with Verified Perturbation Analysis"with David Vigouroux, AI Research Engineer, IRT Saint Exupéry
- "Transfer Learning in Industry"with Mathilde Mougeot, Professor of Data Science, ENS Paris-Sarclay
Conference "A Few Perspectives on Reliability in Reinforcement Learning"with Emmanuel Rachelson, Professor of Machine Learning and Optimization, ISAE-SUPAERO
Discussion: "A look at the DEEL research initiative in Quebec", with Mario Marchand, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Université Laval, and Giuliano Antoniol, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal
Conference block
- "Interpretable Multiclass Text Classification Using Column Generation"with Krunal Patel, Ph.D. student in applied mathematics, Polytechnique Montréal
- "Domain-Aware Deep Learning Testing for Aircraft System Models"with Houssem Ben Braiek, PhD student in computer science, Polytechnique Montréal
- "Can we Derive Insight from Post-Hoc Explanations of Uncertain Models?" with Gabriel Laberge, PhD student in applied mathematics, Polytechnique Montréal
Thursday, May 19, 2022
Opening address
- Nancy Laramée, Director of Partnerships, IVADO
- Alain Aubertin, President and CEO, CRIAQ
Conference "AI, Mobility, Privacy, Ethics - A Conundrum"with Stan Matwin, Director of the Big Data Analytics Lab, Dalhousie University
Conference block
- "Privacy and ethical issues in the age of massive data"with Sébastien Gambs, Professor, Computer Science Department, UQAM
- "Hiccups on the road to XAI"with Ulrich Aïvodji, computer science professor, ÉTS Montréal
- "Thinking about data governance in the general interest: the potential and challenges of the social utility trust" with Jessica Leblanc, lawyer and project manager, TIESS
Panel: "Ethical issues linked to the use of data for mobility" moderated by Sébastien Gambs, professor at UQÀM, with :
- Naomi Ayotte, Lawyer, Commission d'accès à l'information (CAI) du Québec
- Tara D'Aigle-Curley, lawyer, ROBIC
- and Francis Nadeau, President and CEO of HydraLab.
Closing address
- Christian Gagné, Director, Institut intelligence et données (IID), Université Laval
Caroline Pernelle, AI Strategist at CAE Lionel Briand, Canada Research Chair in Compliance and Intelligent Software Reliability, University of Ottawa Vera Liao, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research Montréal Stan Matwin, Director of the Big Data Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University
Abdé Essaidi, Executive Vice-President, Axionable Alain Aubertin, President and CEO, Consortium de recherche et d'innovation en aérospatial du Québec (CRIAQ) David Vigouroux, AI Research Engineer, IRT Saint Exupéry Emanuel Rachelson, Professor of Machine Learning and Optimization, ISAE-SUPAERO Francis Nadeau, President and CEO, HydraLab François Pomerleau, Director, Laboratoire de recherche nordique (Norlab), Université Laval Gabriel Laberge, Ph, D. student in applied mathematics, Polytechnique Montréal Giuliano Antoniol, professor, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal Houssem Ben Braiek, Ph.D. student in computer science, Polytechnique Montréal Jessica Leblanc, lawyer and project manager for Territoires innovants en économie sociale et solidaire (TIESS) Krunal Patel, Ph.D. student in applied mathematics, Polytechnique Montréal Mario Marchand, professor, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Université Laval Margit Kaesser, Data Scientist and consultant in Digital Aerospace Transformation, IRT Saint Exupéry Canada Mathilde Mougeot, researcher and professor in data science at ENS Paris-Sarclay Naomi Ayotte, lawyer at the Commission de l'accès à l'information (CAI) du Québec Philippe Molaret, Technical Director, Thales Rémi Duquette, Vice President - Innovation & Industrial AI, Maya HTT Reza Pedrami, Senior System Safety Expert, CS Group Ruexandra Botez, Canada Research Chair in Aircraft Modeling and Simulation Technology, ÉTS Montréal Sébastien Da Veiga, AI Team Leader for Design and Simulation, Safran Sébastien Gambs, Canada Research Chair in Privacy and Ethical Analysis of Massive Data, UQAM Tara D'Aigle-Curley, Lawyer, ROBIC Ulrich Aïvodji, Computer Science Professor, ÉTS Montréal Yuri Fattah, Program Manager - Multidisciplinary Priorities, International Civil Aviation Organization
Christian Gagné, Director, Institut intelligence et données (IID), Université Laval Eugénie Brouillet, Vice-Rector, Research and Creation, Université Laval Frédéric Sanchez, Consul General of France in Québec Grégory Flandin, Program Director - Artificial Intelligence and Critical Systems, IRT Saint Exupéry Nancy Laramée, Director of Partnerships, IVADO Sylvie Barcelo, Deputy Minister, International Relations and Francophonie, Government of Québec