Events

David Clark, PhD, MS, An Inventor of the Internet; Technical Director at MIT Internet Policy Research Initiative

Landmark Ideas Series

February 13, 2020 at 4:00PM - 5:30PM

In the early days of the Internet, technical innovation shaped its future. Today, issues of economics, market dynamics, incentives, and some fundamental aspects of networked systems shape the future. This talk will summarize eleven forces that are shaping the future of the Internet and make an argument that we are at a point of inflection in the character of the Internet, as profound as the change in the 1990’s when the Internet was commercialized.

Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH, Scientist and Physician at Yale University

Landmark Ideas Series

December 16, 2019 at 4:00PM - 5:30PM

Human beings choose their friends, and often their neighbors and co-workers, and they inherit their relatives; and each of the people to whom we are connected also does the same, such that, in the end, we humans assemble ourselves into face-to-face social networks. Why do we do this? How has natural selection shaped us in this regard? What role do our genes play in the topology of our social ties? And how might a deep understanding of human social network structure and function be used to intervene in the world to make it better?

Maxine Mackintosh, PhD, Winston Churchill Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute and University College London

Landmark Ideas Series

October 21, 2019 at 4:00PM - 5:30PM

A day does not go by without a new framework for ethics in AI, particularly in health and social care. But when your health system is based on need versus ability to pay, yet the skills, computational power and often data lies in tech companies, from SMEs to multinationals, it can be difficult to see how a health system can digitize in an equitable and ethical manner. Maxine’s talk will share some examples of the learnings, attitudes and practical ways the UK has approached data stewardship, partnerships, “intangible assets" and transparency of health data organizations looking to work with the NHS. These examples will include learnings from DeepMind Health’s Independent Review Board, the use of consumer data in the UK for health research, and how the UK is approaching some of these discussions at a national, policy level.

Separating the Signal from the Noise: Establishing the Foundation for Healthcare in 2044

Chip 25th Anniversary Symposium

October 20, 2019

The Boston Children’s Hospital Computational Health Informatics Program celebrated our 25th Anniversary last year with a Symposium “Separating the Signal from the Noise: Establishing the Foundation for Healthcare in 2044” at the Harvard Club of Boston.