DePaul Symposium on AI in Healthcare and Scientific Discovery

The DePaul AI Institute held a symposium exploring the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare and scientific discovery, on Friday, October 25. Below you can find the program for the Symposium and links to recorded presentations and other resources.

Symposium Goals

Exploring AI applications in healthcare and scientific discovery
Learning how our colleagues across the university are using AI
Networking with colleagues and external stakeholders
Showcasing AI use cases from diverse disciplines

Program

1:00 PM – 1:10 PM – Symposium Opening

1:10 PM – 1:55 PM – Keynote Address: James Evans, Max Palevsky Professor of Sociology & Data Science, Director of Knowledge Lab, and Founding Faculty Director of Computational Social Science at the University of Chicago.

Title: “Augmenting Biomedical Intelligence through Generative Models As Observatories & Labs” [Abstract]

Watch the Video of Evans’ Keynote Presentation:

2:00 PM – 3:15 PM — Panel Discussions

Panel on AI in Scientific Discovery:
- - Dr. Kaiwen Kam, Associate Professor of Cell Biology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
  - Dr. Jamshid Sourati, Assistant Professor, School of Computing, DePaul University
  - Moderator: Dr. Thiru Ramaraj, School of Computing, DePaul University
Watch the Video of this Panel Discussion:
Panel on AI in Healthcare:
- - Dr. Raj Shah, Rush University Medical Center
  - Ms. Kelly McCabe, Associate Director of Community Health Innovations at Sinai Urban Health Institute
  - Dr. Joanna Buscemi, Associate Professor of Psychology, DePaul University
  - Dr. Dan Shober, Associate Professor of Public Health, DePaul University
  - Moderators: Dr. Roselyne Tchoua and Dr. Casey Bennet, School of Computing, DePaul University
Watch the Video of this Panel Discussion:

3:20 PM – 4:00 PM – Lightning Round Presentations

This session featured 3-minute presentations showcasing innovative research ideas or novel scholarly questions on the applications or the impact of AI technologies in healthcare and scientific discovery.
Watch the video of the this session and see the list of selected lightning round presentations

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM – Networking Reception (DePaul Club on the 11th floor of the DePaul Center)