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December 17, 2020

BC’s First-ever AI Showcase Drew Over 700 Registrants

Original article from UBC's Department of Computer Science BC’s First-ever AI Showcase Drew over 700 Registrants We were all moving around the virtual showcase like characters in a retro video game. ‘Up arrow’ to walk forward. ‘Right arrow’ to walk right. Bump into another avatar to talk to them by...

November 27, 2020

Join us November 30th for the Data Science and Health Workshop Series

JOIN US FOR AN INTRODUCTORY AI WORKSHOP November 30th, 2020 from 10:00am to 11:30am, Online Engineering Perspective This workshop will cover the basics of AI and its potential and limitations to address clinical problems. We'll cover necessary inputs and feasible outcomes, while clarifying what AI...

October 19, 2020

Join us Nov 25th for BC's AI Showcase

Join us for an Industry Event focused on the development of disruptive technologies in BC! UBC's Centre for Artificial Intelligence Decision-making and Action (CAIDA) invites you to the conference "Emerging Technologies: BC's AI Showcase". November 25th, 2020 | 8:30 am (PST) Register The conference...

September 18, 2020

Public Health Preparedness and Response: Social Implications of Technology used for Healthcare and Public Health Purposes

The IEEE Vancouver Chapter of the SSIT will be presenting Dr. Luis Kun, a distinguished lecturer, as he presents thoughts and ideas on the use of technology in the healthcare system. Date: 24 Sep 2020 Time: 05:00 PM to 06:30 PM (PST) Topic: Public Health Preparedness and Response: Social...

September 2, 2020

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS

Artificial Intelligence for Medical Students Hosted by UBC's AI in Medicine and Queen's Innovation in Medicine Clubs Artifical intelligence and computer-aided anlaysis have been progressing rapidly, with many potential applications to address clinical problems. This course aims to introduce key AI...

August 19, 2020

Join us for a Research Day focused on the Future of Health

We’re pleased to announce our 2nd Annual Tri-Cluster Research Day will be taking place virtually, November 4th. Presented by the Dynamic Brain Circuits in Health and Disease , Women's Health and Biomedical Imaging and AI clusters, we invite you to join us for a morning of multi-disciplinary...

June 23, 2020

BMI-AI Students Rohit Singla and Prashant Pandey Receive 2020 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships

Original story posted by UBC's School of Biomedical Engineering here . The SBME is excited to announce that graduate students Rohit Singla and Prashant Pandey have been named 2020 recipients of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, which is granted to outstanding students based on their academic...

May 26, 2020

BMI-AI members develop portable ultrasound scanner network for COVID-19

May 26, 2020 | Original story posted by UBC News For more information, contact Lou Corpuz-Bosshart Scanner expected to speed up diagnoses in rural and remote areas UBC researchers have designed a network of portable, handheld ultrasound scanners that can soon accelerate COVID-19 diagnosis in B.C...

May 20, 2020

Save the Date! June 25th: Image Guided Therapeutics: from Conception to Commercialization

Along with colleagues from Ryerson University, Sunnybrook Research Institute and the Universities of Colorado and British Columbia, we are proud to invite you to our virtual research seminar; “ Image Guided Therapeutics: from Conception to Commercialization ". The virtual event will bring together...

April 14, 2020

Forbes covers Drs. Nicolaou and Parker's work with AWS for COVID-19 research

Reprint, original article on Forbes The lung scans of coronavirus patients coming out of Wuhan, China had the tell-tale signs of infection. While healthy lungs would usually show up as dark, these were showing the white haziness doctors describe as “ground glass” on chest x-rays and CT scans,...

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