Events
Can you do UX Research on machine learning systems? Can you get feedback from real users before the AI has been built? Can you even test a machine learning system before you have a production-ready model? Read more “Lecture by Michelle Carney of Google AI 4/21”
Lectures & Seminars
Join us for a lively conversation about the intersection of business strategy and artificial intelligence (AI). The SingularityU Miami Chapter wraps its three-part online/Zoom artificial intelligence series with two seasoned experts: Philip Evans, Senior Advisor and Fellow at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and Roy Lowrance, Founder and CEO of Applied Data Science, LLC. Read more ““Best Practices in Applied AI” with Philip Evans and Roy Lowrance 3/18″
Data Citizens is a series of in-depth talks by experts in the field of data science on a wide variety of topics including data visualization, big data, artificial intelligence, and predictive analytics. Join us on March 11 as we welcome Sheldon Brown for a talk on AI. Read more “The Fiction Science of AI: Sheldon Brown Data Citizens Lecture 3/11”
Events - Past
Data Citizens is a series of in-depth talks by experts in the field of data science on a wide variety of topics including data visualization, big data, artificial intelligence, and predictive analytics. Join us on March 11 as we welcome Sheldon Brown for a talk on AI. Read more “The Fiction Science of AI: Sheldon Brown Data Citizens Lecture 3/11”
Magazine-Fall 2020
Yelena Yesha, PhD, an award-winning researcher and technology industry leader, has joined IDSC as Innovation Officer and Head of International Relations. She was also named Visiting Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Science. Read more “Yelena Yesha Joins UM as IDSC Innovation Officer”
Publications
Contemporary bioethics was fledged and is sustained by challenges posed by new technologies. These technologies have affected many lives. Yet health informatics affects more lives than any of them. The challenges include the development and the appropriate uses and users of machine learning software, the balancing of privacy rights against the needs of public health and clinical practice in a time of Big Data analytics, whether and how to use this technology, and the role of ethics and standards in health policy. Read more “Yearbook of Medical Informatics: Ethics in Health Informatics”
Data Ethics
During the last decade, enhanced computing power and the availability of large amounts of data have prompted the practical use of artificial intelligence in health care. Health and medical journals now commonly include reports on machine learning and big data, and descriptions of the risks posed by, and the governance required to manage, this technology. Read more “Balancing Risks and Benefits of Artificial Intelligence in the Health Sector”
Publications
Effective implementation of artificial intelligence in behavioral healthcare delivery depends on overcoming challenges that are pronounced in this domain. Self and social stigma contribute to under-reported symptoms, and under-coding worsens ascertainment. Health disparities contribute to algorithmic bias. Read more “Stigma, Biomarkers, and Algorithmic Bias: Recommendations for Precision Behavioral Health with AI”
Publications
In past years, medical oncology has witnessed an unprecedented explosion in the understanding of cancer pathophysiology and pathogenesis. With the advancement of next-generation sequencing technologies such as single-cell RNA sequencing, we are better equipped to explore and model complex phenomena such as cancer heterogeneity, resistance, and etiologies at a granular level. Read more “Machine and Deep Learning Approaches for Cancer Drug Repurposing”
News
Research projects by students in the computer science undergraduate research program are wrapping up this week at the University of Miami. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the Research Experience for Undergraduates program provided 10-week grants for college students from across the country to come study with University of Miami professors and help them advance their research goals. Read more “AI and Computer Simulations Lift Research Experience”