The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) released a new program Guaranteeing AI Robustness against Deception (GARD) to aid Artificial Intelligence (AI) developers in testing their models’ defenses against attacks. A team of large technology players from academia and industry, including IBM, MITRE, University of Chicago and Google Research collaborated to make a set of open source testing tools. The tools, ranging from a virtual evaluation testbed, a benchmark dataset, and “test dummies” help identify vulnerabilities in AI systems and make systems more robust against an increasingly complex range of attacks. The growing field of Machine Learning (ML) enables a large range of opportunities for societal and technological growth, but […]

A new episode of the Computing Community Consortium‘s (CCC) official podcast, Catalyzing Computing, is now available. Khari Douglas interviews Gregory D. Hager, a professor of computer science at Johns Hopkins University and the founding director of the Johns Hopkins Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare. In this episode, Hager discusses medical applications for AI and robotics, tactile perception, the founding of the Malone Center, and data privacy. This will be the​ last episode of Catalyzing Computing hosted and produced by Khari, because he will be joining the editorial team at Overheard at National Geographic, “a podcast which follows explorers, photographers, and scientists to the edges of our big, weird, beautiful world.” Thanks for listening […]

Announced on December 9th, 2021, Moderna Inc., a biotechnology company and a key player in mRNA vaccines, is partnering with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to launch an Artificial Intelligence Academy. The academy aims to teach Moderna employees to identify and integrate AI and machine learning solutions into the company ecosystem and into the vaccine distribution pipeline.  CMU Professors across the university, including those from CMU’s Department of Statistics & Data Science and the Tepper School of Business, are collaborating to design and implement Moderna’s AI Academy. The academy will be made up of an immersive curriculum tailored to working professionals and focusing on a broad range of topics including data […]

The Office of Science and Technology Policy’s (OSTP) AI.gov just launched the AI Researchers Portal. This portal was established by the National AI Initiative Office, in partnership with Federal departments and agencies and the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development National Coordination Office. The platform provides a central location for researchers to explore Federal AI resources. This exciting new resource will make it easier for new and experienced researchers to explore what is available to those working on AI innovations and research. Some of the tools include: Navigating Federal Research Funding Processes – information about the federal grant and funding processes for new researchers. AI Research Program Repository – a directory […]

A new episode of the Computing Community Consortium‘s (CCC) official podcast, Catalyzing Computing, is now available. Khari Douglas interviews Gregory D. Hager, a professor of computer science at Johns Hopkins University and the founding director of the Johns Hopkins Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare. In this episode, Hager discusses medical applications for AI and robotics, tactile perception, the founding of the Malone Center, and data privacy. Watch the interview on Youtube (embedded below) or listen on your preferred podcasting app: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Soundcloud.

Bayer, the pharmaceutical company that owns big name brands such as Aspirin, Aleve, Midol, Cenesten and Iberogast, recently partnered with Ada Health, an AI-based assessment platform. This free app uses an AI chat robot to collect information on symptoms, patient history and other user targeted questions to generate data-driven suggestions for next steps and proper care. “Ada’s technology is based on a custom-built reasoning engine and a highly comprehensive medical knowledge base, covering thousands of conditions. In fact, in a recent vignettes study testing the eight most popular online symptom assessment apps, Ada was proven to have the most comprehensive condition coverage, providing a condition suggestion 99% of the time, […]