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Abstract
Clark Kerr, the first chancellor of UC Berkeley, personified the golden age of higher education in the mid-20th century and defined the modern university. The advent of generative AI offers an unprecedented opportunity to fulfill Kerr’s ambitions. It also prompts reflections on how best to prepare students for a world enabled by generative AI.
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About Our Speaker
Gerald Chan is a scientist and global leader in biotechnology. In his career as a venture capitalist, he has started over a dozen companies with intellectual property spun out from universities. His work has resulted in first-in-class drugs, diagnostics, and medical devices approved by regulatory agencies for use in the clinic.
In recent years, his work has focused on using AI to develop digital biomarkers, digital diagnostics and therapeutics for dementia, autism, and behavioral disorders. Deployed at the population level, his work is changing healthcare by concurrently improving clinical outcomes for patients, lowering healthcare costs, making healthcare more accessible, and streamlining the workload of healthcare workers.
Chan was trained in engineering at UCLA and medical physics and radiation biology at Harvard University. For his contributions to science and public health, he has been awarded seven honorary degrees and elected to fellowships at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Trinity College of Cambridge University, and Wolfson College of Oxford University. He is the Honorary Professor of Translational Medicine at University of Manchester.
About the CDSS Dean’s Distinguished Lecture on Shared Futures
The Dean's Distinguished Lecture on Shared Futures, in the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS), brings global speakers to UC Berkeley to provide perspectives on the most urgent issues shaping society.
The lecture series aims to foster dialogue between students, faculty, industry and government leaders, and the broader academic community, encouraging critical reflection on how data-driven innovations can be developed in ways that benefit humanity. Invited speakers address topics of importance to society and our shared futures. Lectures focus on themes such as ethical use of artificial intelligence, data privacy, and algorithmic fairness, as well as the role of computing, data science, and statistics in addressing global issues such as biomedicine and health, climate and sustainability, and human welfare. The lectures underscore the importance of collaboration across fields – social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, law, engineering, and public policy – recognizing that technological advancements cannot be fully understood or leveraged without considering societal impacts.
The College of Computing, Data Science, and Society hosts the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture on Shared Futures as a platform for sharing knowledge and ideas, providing inspiration for new interdisciplinary collaborations aimed at solving some of the world’s most pressing challenges. The Dean’s Distinguished Lecture on Shared Futures is funded by a generous gift from Allan Spivack.