ROCHESTER — More than 200 computer scientists, health researchers and medical professionals are in Rochester this weekend for the Machine Learning for Healthcare conference.

The goal: more collaboration between the scientists who create artificial intelligence algorithms and the health care providers who will ultimately use them.

"Historically, the conference has been primarily scientists, I would say," said Shauna Overgaard, Mayo Clinic's senior director of AI strategy and frameworks. "It's fairly recent that they've really tried to include clinicians, which is, in part, why they sought out Mayo Clinic to be the host this year."

Mayo Clinic's hosting duties come as the health system emphasizes its role in health care AI development and partnerships. Last month, Mayo Clinic and NVIDIA

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