DMS Statistics and Data Science Seminar

Speaker: Dr. James Zou (Associate Professor of Biomedical Data Science, Computer Science, and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University)

Title: Generative AI agents for science and medicine 

Abstract: This talk will explore how we can develop and use generative AI to help researchers. I will first discuss how generative AI can act as research co-advisors. We will then discuss how genAI can expand researchers' creativity by designing and experimentally validating new drugs. Finally, I will present how visual-language AI helps clinicians aggregate and interpret noisy data. I will conclude by sharing some thoughts on the future of AI agents for science. 

Mini Bio: James Zou is an associate professor of Biomedical Data Science, CS and EE at Stanford University. He is also the faculty director of Stanford AI4Health. He works on advancing the foundations of ML and in-depth scientific and clinical applications. Many of his innovations are widely used in tech and biotech industries.  He has received a Sloan Fellowship, an NSF CAREER Award, two Chan-Zuckerberg Investigator Awards, a Top Ten Clinical Achievement Award, several best paper awards, and faculty awards from Google, Amazon, and Adobe. His research has also been profiled in popular press including the NY Times, WSJ, and WIRED.