Misc

Cybathlon
“The CYBATHLON is a unique championship in which people with physical disabilities compete against each other to complete everyday tasks using state-​of-the-art technical assistance systems.”

Stanford HAI
Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

The Future of Human Augmentation
“Presentation of the technologies, trends, and issues around Human Augmentation”

Human-Centered AI (MIT)
“Integrate Human Intelligence into the loop of training and real-world operation of AI Systems.”

Tracey du Laney, Director of Science and Technology Development, North Carolina Biotechnology Center

Tracey du Laney’s research interests encompass tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, cell/biomaterial interfaces, and artificial microvascular grants. She currently manages, among other projects, several translational-stage research grants designed to advance promising scientific discoveries across all areas of the life sciences, including human diagnostics/therapeutics, tissue engineering/regenerative medicine, medical devices, agtech, and industrial biotech. She also coaches elementary school teams in Science Olympiad competitions. Du Laney earned a Ph.D. in biochemical engineering from Duke University.

Samira Kiani, Assistant Professor of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University

Samira Kiani’s career is built around her passion for applying the CRISPR technology to synthetic biology — in particular, developing safer and more controllable gene therapies. She is the recipient of the Young Faculty Award from DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) and several highly competitive grants from the National Institutes of Health. She is collaborating with Rhumbline Media and award-winning filmmaker Cody Sheehy to produce a documentary film and communication campaign called “Code of the Wild,” as a platform for conversation between scientists and the public on the subject of genome modification. She completed her M.D. at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences.

Christopher D. Lynn, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Alabama

Christopher Lynn’s interests lie in biocultural medical anthropology and evolution education. One of his current projects is a biocultural study of tattooing and immune response among Pacific Islanders. He developed and manages a program called “Anthropology is Elemental,” which trains college students to develop curricula that they in turn teach in local elementary schools. Lynn created an Evolutionary Studies minor at the University of Alabama and established the Southeastern Evolutionary Perspectives Society. He co-hosts a bimonthly podcast called The Sausage of Science, and blogs on several platforms. He obtained his Ph.D. in anthropology from the State University of New York at Albany.

Jin Kim Montclare, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, New York University

Jin Kim Montclare has led groundbreaking research in engineering proteins to mimic nature and, in some cases, work better than nature – much of it with the aim of targeting human disorders, drug delivery and tissue regeneration. As the director for the Convergence of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) Institute, she is integrating entrepreneurship within the engineering curriculum as well as across the entire university for undergraduate and graduate students. Montclare develops K-12 outreach programs with an emphasis on women and minority students. She actively communicates about her research, entrepreneurship, and diversity in STEM with the public through videos, blogposts, podcasts, op-eds and social media (@jkmontclare). She earned her Ph.D. in bioorganic chemistry from Yale University.

Leia Stirling, Associate Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan

Leia Stirling is Core Faculty in the Center for Ergonomics and Affiliate Faculty in the Robotics Institute at the University of Michigan. Her research quantifies human performance and human-machine fluency in operational settings through advancements in the use of wearable sensors. She applies these measures to assess human performance augmentation, advance exoskeleton control algorithms, mitigate injury risk, and provide relevant feedback to experts across many domains, including clinical, space, and military applications. Stirling is a member for the ASTM F48 Committee on Exoskeletons and Exosuits, developing standards and guidelines for evaluating these systems with a human factors perspective. She is involved with K-12 learning opportunities, including recent efforts with the MIT Museum. She has a Ph.D. in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

MIT Human-Centered AI
Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence at MIT

The Dawn Of New Technology
What Potential Does Human Augmentation Hold?

Humane AI | Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
“We are designing the principles for a new science that will make artificial intelligence based on European values and closer to Europeans.”