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Three Academic/Industry Events on Artificial Intelligence Amplify the Gabelli School’s Thought Leadership in the Field

The Gabelli School of Business recently hosted three major events on artificial intelligence that explored the topic through a variety of different lenses—AI’s impact on healthcare, business, and society at large.

On September 26, under the leadership of Falguni Sen, Ph.D., professor of strategy and statistics and director of the Gabelli School of Business, Global Healthcare Innovation Management Center, the School, in collaboration with Maynooth University (Ireland), held a full-day, multi-session workshop titled “AI for Good Health: Transforming Data Into Decisions and Outcomes.” Sessions covered topics from hospital efficiency to patient care, diagnostics, drug discovery, and entrepreneurship. It convened the top thought leaders across industry to provide a comprehensive view of the AI-driven developments that are revolutionizing healthcare.

Speakers included Navid Asgari, Ph.D., associate director, Global Healthcare Innovation Management Center, associate professor, Grose Family endowed chair in business, Gabelli School of Business; Jan Beger, head of AI Advocacy, GE Healthcare; Doni Bloomfield, J.D., associate professor of Law, Fordham University, School of Law; Martin Curley, Ph.D., professor of innovation, Maynooth University; Sanjay Doddamani, M.D., founder and CEO, Guidehealth; Anand Iyer, Ph.D., chief AI officer, WellDoc; Ryl Jensen, CEO, Digital Health Association (DHA); Richard A.D. Jones, president, C2-Ai; Sean Khozin, M.D., CEO, CEO Roundtable on Cancer, founder of Phyusion; Suyash Khubchandani, MBBS, clinical solutions architect, CARP.ai; Richard Mulry, president and CEO Northwell Holdings & Ventures; John Sheehan, M.D., clinical director of Radiology, Blackrock Health; and Stanley Shaw, M.D, Ph.D., associate vice president, Digital Medicine Amgen.

On October 24, the Gabelli School hosted The Flaum Leadership Speaker Series, titled “Democratization of AI: Impact on Business, Economy, and Society.” The event, which was organized by Nemmara Chidambaran, PhD., professor and associate dean of research and faculty development, Gabelli School of Business, featured Pulak Ghosh, Ph.D., a tenured faculty member at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) and a leading tech economist.

The talk focused on how the past and present dominance of artificial intelligence by a few large internet-based tech firms is finally being changed by large language models (LLMs), which will ultimately shepherd in an “AI for ALL” era. During the lecture, Ghosh explored this transformational wave and offered examples of the ways in which these new AI systems will provide opportunities for the current and future economy. He noted that, while we are on the brink of a democratized technological revolution which could jumpstart productivity, boost global growth, and raise incomes around the world, it is also of critical importance to recognize the role of regulators in responsible AI practices to help ensure equality and ethical standards.

On October 29, under the leadership of Aditya Saharia, Ph.D., professor of information systems and director of the Gabelli School’s Center for Digital Transformation, the School hosted an event titled “Enterprise Applications of AI: Challenges and Opportunities,” a panel discussion that focused on where businesses will find true AI-led transformation, what capabilities beyond foundation models are needed to be built in-house in order to exploit the full potential of AI, what types of challenges businesses will face as AI legislation takes shape, and whether or not AI will lead to further inequalities within and across countries.

The discussion was moderated by Alistair Bruce, CIO, Government Public Sector (GPS) Practice, EY, and featured Kenneth Adler, chair, technology and outsourcing group, Loeb & Loeb, LLP; Joseph Bonanno, managing director, global head of data analytics & innovation, Citi Wealth; Brian Smith, managing director, Alvarez & Marsal, corporate performance improvement; and Mahendra Vyas, vice president and global head of the enterprise architecture, GSK.

—Paola Curcio-Kleinman