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Date: Thursday, 9 January 2025
Time: In-person: 6:30-8:00 PM (PDT), Online: 7:00-8:00 PM (PDT)
Speaker: Dr. Ronjon Nag
Location: Heafey 225, Santa Clara University. Hybrid (online info). Sandwiches/drinks provided for in-person attendees.
In-person Cost (pre-order): $15.00 general admission, $10.00 IEEE Members
In-person Cost (at the door): $20.00, no IEEE discount
Online Cost: Free
Co-host: IEEE SCV EMBS Chapter

Abstract: Artificial Intelligence approaches could be transformative toward identifying strategies for preservation of good health with advancing age. AI researchers can exploit computationally intense algorithms to assist humans in making sense of large, complex data sets with patterns that may not be detected using parametric statistical methods. An overarching question now in the aging field is whether AI, machine learning (ML), and deep learning (DL) approaches would be useful tools for identifying the genetic basis of exceptional health and life span.

With this background, Dr. Ronjon Nag will discuss the following areas during this presentation:

• Can AI make you live longer with better, smart diets?
• Can AI help you exercise better?
• Can AI detect cancerous cells and destroy them?
• Can you upload your brain to a machine and live forever?

Speaker Bio: Ronjon Nag (SMIEEE) is a renowned inventor, entrepreneur, and educator, with over 40 years of experience in developing AI technologies for smartphones, neural networks, and biotechnology. He is Managing Director and Founder of R42 Group, a family office and venture group that invests primarily in AI, biotechnology, and science, and supports pre-seed stage companies in their growth journey.

He is also an Adjunct Professor in Genetics in the Stanford School of Medicine and a Visiting Fellow at the Stanford Center for Language and Information (CSLI), where he teaches popular courses on AI, Genes, Ethics, Longevity Science, and Venture Capital. He is a Fellow and Trustee of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and a Lifetime Member of the ACM. He has won multiple prestigious awards, including the IET Mountbatten Medal, the Verizon Powerful Answers Award, the COGX AI Lifetime Achievement Award, the MIT Great Dome Award and is the 2024 Silicon Valley Engineering Council Hall of Fame Inductee. He is a founder, advisor, board member, and part owner of some 100 AI and Biotech start-ups, and has sold his companies to Apple, BlackBerry, and Motorola. He is passionate about inventing, informing, and investing in the future of humanity.

Professor Nag has a Ph.D from Cambridge, an M.S from M.I.T and a B.Sc. from Birmingham in the UK.