IEEE EMBS Lone Star Section Workshop on AI and Healthcare
December 6, 2024 / Texas State University
Texas State University
VISION
IEEE Lone Star Section EMBS Chapter will host a daylong workshop on AI and Healthcare featuring our Keynote Speaker, Dr. Stephen Wong, Panel Discussion, Networking and Poster session at the Texas State University STAR Park Conference facility in San Marcos, Texas on December 6, 2024.
IMPORTANT DATES
Poster title and abstract submission: November 30, 2024.
Program Agenda
8:30 AM: Registration and breakfast
9:00-9:15 AM: Introduction and Welcome by TXST
9:15-10:15 AM: Keynote
10:15-11:15 AM: Panel Discussion – Ethics in AI
11:15-11:45 AM: IEEE Lone Star Section Presentation – Dr. Walt Downing, Section Chairman
11:45-12:45 PM: Lunch (BBQ)
12:45-2:15 PM: Poster presentations
2:15 PM: Wrap up and closing remarks
2:30 PM: Workshop Adjourn
Keynote Speaker
Stephen T.C. Wong
Weill Cornell Medicine, United States
Dr. Stephen Wong has over three decades of experience in academia medicine and healthcare industry. He holds John S. Dunn Sr. Presidential Distinguished Chair and is the Founding Chair of Systems Medicine and Bioengineering Department, Director of T.T. & W.F. Chao Center for BRAIN, Director of the Center for Precision Oncology, Chief of Medical Physics, and Associate Director of Cancer Center at Houston Methodist. He is a Professor of Radiology, Neurosciences, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. Previously, he was a Professor at UCSF and Harvard, handling major biomedical information and imaging system design and implementation at UCSF, Harvard Medical School, and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Stephen has also served in executive roles in major technology-driven companies including HP, AT&T Bell Labs, Philips Healthcare, where he headed clinical product development, and Charles Schwab, where his group delivered an electronic trading platform. His laboratory investigates new methods to understand biological functions and disease etiology at the systems level and translates research findings into clinics. Wong received his B.Eng. (hons) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Western Australia, M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Lehigh University, and executive education from Stanford University, MIT, and Columbia University. He is a Fellow of IEEE, AIMBE, AMIA, and AAIA and a licensed professional engineer. Stephen lived and worked in Hong Kong, Manila, Canberra, Singapore, Orlando, Tokyo, Amsterdam, San Francisco, Boston, and now Houston. He dedicates the second half of his life in solving disease problems.
Panelists
Jose Salinas,
Research Scientist,
U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research
Hakima Ibaroudene,
Research and Development Manager,
Southwest Research Institute
Robert Teague,
Chief Medical Officer,
Green Room Technologies
Brett Bowman,
Research Physicist,
Air Force Research Lab
Panel Discussion – Ethics in AI will be moderated by Sean Bauld.
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