PhD student Kate Kondrateva wins scientific dance competition with AI-assisted entry
Kate Kondrateva, PhD candidate at Maastricht University, is one of the winners of ‘Dance Your PhD’, a dance competition organised by Science Magazine. Kondrateva won in the AI category, which was included in the competition for the first time this year. She created her entry using ChatGPT and Veo.
Since 2008, PhD researchers have been able to participate in Science Magazine's annual Dance Your PhD competition. Science is a leading scientific journal published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). PhD students are challenged to express the findings of their research through dance.
This year, scientists could participate in four traditional categories: biology, physics, chemistry and social sciences. For the first time, a new exciting category was added: AI. PhD students who wanted to participate had to create part of their submission using AI. The dance did not have to reflect the results of the thesis, but could also explore a related concept.
Small differences
In her dance video, Kondrateva creatively demonstrates why information from MRI scanners varies slightly from machine to machine. This means that a doctor who wants to interpret a scan using AI may overlook important details. Her research therefore focuses on comparing brain volume measurements between different scanners and at different times.
AI played a supporting role in her video. Kondrateva used ChatGPT to write a shot-for-shot script for her three-part dance about AI, MRIs, brain health and diagnostics. She then used Google's AI video generator Veo to add visual effects such as lighting and more intense colours.
Watch her winning video here.
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