Elana J. Fertig joins panel of WSE experts to discuss opportunities and challenges of AI

From 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July 28, in the next installment of Johns Hopkins Congressional Briefing Series,AI experts from Johns Hopkins University’s Whiting School of Engineering, School of Medicine, Applied Physics Laboratory, and Berman Institute of Bioethics will offer their insights into the opportunities and challenges presented by AI. These every-other-month briefings offer policymakers, their staff, and the public the chance to hear top experts’ views on important and relevant topics, such as gun violence, maternal health, and COVID-19. Registration is required, and attendees can submit questions in advance or during the briefing, which will be live-streamed here.

The session, titled “Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities and Challenges,” will be moderated by KT Ramesh, Alonzo G. Decker Jr. Professor of Science and Engineering, director of the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute, and senior advisor for AI to Johns Hopkins University President Ronald Daniels.

Johns Hopkins experts participating are:

• Lori Graham-Brady, professor of civil and systems engineering and associate director of the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI)
• Elana J. Fertig, associate professor of oncology, biomedical engineering, and applied mathematics and statistics, division director and associate cancer center director of quantitative sciences, and co-director of the Convergence Institute
• Cara E. LaPointe, co-director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy
• Debra Mathews, associate professor, genetic medicine, and assistant director for science programs at the Berman Institute of Bioethics