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LABMP 590: Technology and the Future of Medicine
CCIS 1-160, T R 2:00 - 3:20 pm
Lecture Schedule
Winter 2013 Schedule for LABMP 590 “Technology and the Future of Medicine” CCIS L1-160, Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:00 - 3:20 pm.
Note: Schedule subject to change
January 8 Introduction/The Future of Medicine
Kim Solez
10 The Technological Singularity Explained and Promoted
Kim Solez
15 Promise and Perils of AI
Osmar Zaiane (KS)
17 Promise and Perils of AI
Osmar Zaiane (KS)
22 Promise and Perils of AI
Osmar Zaiane (KS)
24 Evil As A Treatable Disease
Earl Waugh (KS)
(Discusses Simon Baron-Cohen, Zero Degrees of Empathy)
29 Promise and Perils of Nanotech
Michael Woodside (KS)
31 Promise and Perils of Nanotech
Michael Woodside (KS)
February 05 Promise and Perils of AI
Osmar Zaiane (KS)
07 Whales, Robots and You: How Technology May Change What You Think Of As A Person.
Heather Graves (KS)
12 Medical Ethics in a World of Robots
(What will we allow when everything is possible)
Earl Waugh (KS)
14 General AI, The Singularity Inside & Out
Marcus Hutter (from Australia via skype) (KS)
(Reading week Feb. 18-22)
26 Quantum Biology
Jack Tuszynski (KS)
28 Genome Engineering and Transhumanism
Mark Pallen (from UK via Skype) (KS)
(March 1st Evening – Future Day – student presentations and social event)
March 05 Will Humanity's Successors Be Our Descendants?
David Pearce (from UK via skype) (KS)
07 Futurehype
Geoffrey Rockwell (KS)
12 Is Technology Making Us Fat?
Arya Sharma (KS)
14 The Singularity and The Have Nots
(The example of Nepal)
Bibiana Cujec (KS)
19 Entrepreneurship in Medicine/Innovation
Shawna Pandya (KS)
21 Privacy of Medical Information in the Future
Neelam Sandhu (KS)
26 Entrepreneurship Workshop
Shawna Pandya (KS)
28 Using Software for Cognitive Enhancement
Peter Rothman (from US via skype) (KS)
April 02 AI and Games
Jonathan Schaeffer (KS)
04 Student Presentations
09 Technology and the Body
Jonathan White (KS)
11 Promise and Perils of Biotech
Robert Rennie (KS)
(Anthrax infection used as focus for discussion)
(April 11th student presentation evening and guest lecture)
Lecture hours:
Kim Solez 26
Osmar Zaiane 4
Earle Waugh 2
Michael Woodside 2
Shawna Pandya 2
Geoffrey Rockwell 1
Jonathan Schaeffer 1
Heather Graves 1
Robert Rennie 1
Jack Tuszynski 1
Neelam Sandhu 1
Abdullah Saleh 1
Jonathan White 1
Marcus Hutter 1 (from Australia via Skype)
James Hughes 1 (from US via Skype)
David Pearce 1 (from UK via Skype)
Mark Pallen 1 (from UK via Skype)
Bibiana Cujec 1
For further information:
Preeti Kuttikat or Kim Solez, M.D.
780-407-8385 banffap@ualberta.ca 780-710-1644 Kim.Solez@Ualberta.ca
Last Modified: Tuesday August 27, 2013 12:12:00 PM | kim.solez@ualberta.ca |