Feb 2023
Host: KAUST Smart-Health Initiative (KSHI) - Prof. Slim Alouini
Abstract:
Despite
investing over $38 billion in electronic health records since 2011 in
the US, many healthcare professionals continue to express
dissatisfaction with the technology. Our current approach of simply
'adding technology' into healthcare has not been successful.
In this talk, I will address the need for technology to align with our values, social norms, and existing infrastructure in order to integrate seamlessly with healthcare processes and improve access and equity. I will argue that the issue with health AI is not technical but rather an adaptive one. Closing the loop on smart health will involve people themselves to change rather than trying to 'anesthetize' them so we can go off and solve it using our AI.
I
will provide examples from our work on how collaboration between
technology experts and healthcare professionals can lead to effective AI
solutions, such as using AI to quantify movement disorders remotely via
a webcam and improve empathy and listening skills for doctors assisting
terminally ill patients or using AI to help individuals with autism
improve their social skills. By adopting the principle of "AI in the
loop: Humans in Charge," we can ensure that technology is developed to
serve and empower patients and healthcare professionals.
Bio:
Ehsan
Hoque is an associate professor of computer science at the University
of Rochester, where he co-leads the Rochester Human-Computer Interaction
(ROC HCI) Group. Ehsan earned his Ph.D. from MIT in 2013, where the MIT
Museum highlighted his dissertation—the development of an intelligent
agent to improve human ability — as one of MIT's most unconventional
inventions. Building on the work/patent, Microsoft released "Speaker
Coach" available in PowerPoint. Ehsan is best known for introducing and
extensively validating the idea of using AI to train and enhance
elements of basic human ability.
Ehsan
and his students' work has been recognized by NSF CAREER Award, MIT
TR35, Young Investigator Award by the US Army Research Office (ARO). In
2017, Science News named him one of the 10 scientists to watch, and in
2020, the National Academy of Medicine recognized him as one of the
emerging leaders in health and medicine. Ehsan is a distinguished member
of ACM and a winner of the Presidential Early Career Award for
Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)—the highest honor bestowed by the US
Government to young scientists and engineers.