Using AI to Improve Patient-Provider Communication
Simplify, a team of students in the Penn State College of Medicine, will present a free public lecture titled “Using AI to Improve Patient-Provider Communication" at 11 a.m. Saturday, February 5th. The lecture is part of the 2022 Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lectures in the Eberly College of Science and will be held live via Zoom Video Webinar.
This year’s series consists of six weekly lectures with the theme of “The AI Revolution: Using Artificial Intelligence for Socially Responsible Science.” Admission is free and no registration is required. Previous lectures can be viewed at the Ashtekar Frontiers of Science website.
In 2021, the team of Penn State students won the very first Big Ten Augmented Intelligence Bowl with its Simplify project. Health literature is frequently too complicated for patients to understand, leading to frequent non-adherence with discharge instructions. The Simplify team will share how their project could lead to better health outcomes and reduced readmission.
The two remaining events in the 2022 Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lectures, all of which begin at 11:00 a.m., are as follows:
- Feb 12: “Mathematical Understanding of Artificial Intelligence” by Jinchao Xu, Verne M. Willaman Professor of Mathematics at Penn State
- Feb 19: “Importance of Human Agency in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” by S. Shyam Sundar, Director of CSRAI and James P. Jimirro Professor of Media Effects at Penn State
About the Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lectures
The Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science was founded by Abhay Ashtekar in 1995, soon after he arrived at Penn State as director of a new research center that subsequently evolved to become the Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos. It owes its success to tireless efforts and meticulous planning by Barbara Kennedy, who presided over the series during its first 25 years, making it one of the most successful science outreach events in central Pennsylvania.
For more information or access assistance, contact the Eberly College of Science Office of Communications at sci-comm@psu.edu.