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FAITH is a Horizon 2020 EU-funded research project that aims to provide an artificial intelligence application that remotely identifies depression markers in cancer patients using federated learning.
On 18 October 2022, the FAITH project had its second interim review with the European Commission (EC) and their chosen experts. This was a virtual review, whereby the Walton team and consortium partners presented the project outputs to 3 industry experts selected by the EC, to review and evaluate the project’s progress in meeting its objectives.
Some of the key elements completed in Walton as part of this project periodical review were:
· Creation of the back-end infrastructure
· Voice module development for integration into the FAITH app
· Verification and Validation of the software outputs
· Research and development of the core AI features required by FAITH, such as
o Federated AI methodology and framework
o Definition of the AI models to predict negative trends in mental health
o AI that is explainable and interpretable
Federated learning is a technique for training AI models without allowing anyone to see or touch your data. It enables AI models to be collaboratively trained, iteration after iteration with data that never leaves your phone, laptop, or private server until the model is fully developed.
Using this approach, a localised machine learning system will be built within FAITH, in which individual patient devices will run their own personalised artificial intelligence (AI) models. A global AI model will combine each local personalised model’s learnings and synchronise them with an updated and improved global model. This global AI model will then analyse depression markers such as activity, sleep, nutrition and voice which have been recognised as key identifiers by the project. This will help predict negative trends and allow for timely intervention for those exhibiting depression markers. Trials will be conducted in several European countries as part of the project to assess and validate the adoption and use of this FAITH platform.
As part of this review, work was presented on the key project objectives:
Overall, the review was a success, with the EC and its invited experts applauding the progress and engaged in very productive discussions that will provide insight and guidance into the project’s final phase.
For more information on the FAITH project please visit the project website: https://www.h2020-faith.eu/