Events

11:45am - 1:00pm, Zoom
Meeting ID: 963 2560 9671
Passcode: 698339

Brian Caffo, PhD

Professor, Department of Biostatistics
John Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health

Does AI Need to be Artificial? Does it Need to be Intelligent?

In this talk we consider the fascinating possibility of organoid intelligence (OI). Organoid intelligence using human derived pluripotent stem cells to create neural clusters with measurable neuronal activity. We discuss a recent JHU effort in OI from a team of neuroscientists, engineers, signal processors and statisticians. The goal is to use organoids to perform complex computing tasks through stimulation and response. Measurement is obtained from an electrode shell custom designed for three dimensional measurements. Apart from OI, organoids electrophysiology experiments are useful for  studying human genetic disorders and toxicity through another phenotype in vitro. Here, we will focus on the statistical challenges underlying this novel form of measurement. Time permitting, we will discuss other efforts in biocomputing.

Biostatistics Departmental Seminars & Lectures

During the Fall and Spring semesters, the Department of Biostatistics holds regular seminars on Thursdays, called the Levin Lecture Series, on a wide variety of topics which are of interest to both students and faculty. Over each semester, there are also often guest lectures outside the regular Thursday Levin Lecture Series, to provide a robust schedule the covers the wide range of topics in Biostatistics. The speakers are invited guests who spend the day of their seminar discussing their research with Biostatistics faculty and students.