Oge Marques, PhD

The field of artificial intelligence (AI) has experienced a revival in recent years, thanks to advancements in software and hardware and the emergence of a set of techniques collectively known as deep learning, which have enabled better-than-human performance in many challenging tasks, including visual object recognition and speech understanding. One of the richest fields for AI applications is healthcare, where hundreds of companies, from startups to technology behemoths, are working on AI-powered solutions to multiple problems, including medical imaging and diagnostics. In the field of medical image analysis, many recent works by world-renowned research teams have performed at a level comparable to highly trained human experts, prompting questions as to whether (or how soon) such systems could replace the human radiologist. Similar concerns exist in other fields of medicine and healthcare, due to the disruptive potential of AI technologies. This talk will provide an overview an introduction to fundamental aspects of the current state of AI in medicine to a general audience, including a large number of examples of applications of AI in medicine that will broaden the participants’ view of the field and allow a better understanding of its foundations, risks, applications, and implications.

The NSS lecture series is made possible by generous contributions from Con Edison.