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MIT IMES is thrilled that Geoffrey Hinton, the “godfather of AI”, will be delivering the Judith Richter Lecture in Education, Science, and Peace. Hinton, professor emeritus, University of Toronto, VP & Engineering Fellow Google and the Physics Nobel Prize recipient 2024--will give a "brief and biased history of AI." He will talk about the risks of , especially the risk that AI will take over. He will speculate on why the public is not more scared of this, and will reframe how we can co-exist with superintelligent AI. Reception to follow.

When: Tuesday, May 26th, 3:30 pm
Where: Room 32-123
For more info: https://imes.mit.edu/news-events/distinguished-speaker-series-richter-lecture

Join us for the next MIT IMES Distinguished Seminar Series Founder's Lecture: "Review of the Past, Present and Potential Future of Biomedical Research" by Dr. Elias Zerhouni, professor emeritus of Johns Hopkins University, former NIH director. When: April 29, 3:30 pm, at Building 3-270. Faculty host is Lydia Bourouiba, reception to follow. MIT Mechanical Engineering MIT School of Engineering Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology - HST

It's time for the 24-hour challenge! Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) moves breakthroughs from discovery to real-world impact. Your generous participation makes that possible. Be one of the 600 supporting MIT School of Engineering and the Institute for Medical Engineering Science (IMES) today. Your gift to IMES supports novel research and graduate programs that advance health and train the next generation of biomedical engineers and clinician-scientists. To unlock a $100K matching donation: https://bit.ly/4sybVWk and also, the IMES Founders' Fund: https://imes.mit.edu/support

HST alums + students: Don't miss the upcoming HST 55th Anniversary Celebration, fast approaching on Nov. 7-8! Registration for current HST students will open in October, so stay tuned. Friday events are Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Saturday is at Harvard Medical School in Boston, culminating in a dinner at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

It's going to be a wonderful opportunity to connect with classmates, friends, staff, faculty and current students! The agenda is full of scientific talks and great presentations, including a fireside chat with MIT President Sally Kornbluth and Harvard University President Alan Garber, moderated by HMS Dean George Daley (and HST alum!) More info here: https://hst.mit.edu/hst-55th-anniversary

At 4:30pm ET today, join us for the next installment of the seminar series hosted by the Advancing Humans with AI (AHA) research program at the Media Lab! Our guest speaker will be Julian De Freitas, Assistant Professor and Director of the Ethical Intelligence Lab at Harvard Business School. This discussion will be moderated by Auren Liu, a PhD student in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology - HST program and member of the Fluid Interfaces group at the Media Lab.
https://www.media.mit.edu/events/aha-speaker-series-julian-de-freitas/

Calling all HST alumni: would you like to share some cheer with old friends, colleagues and classmates? Would you be interested in celebrating and honoring a program that has stimulated discovery and innovation for 55 years, as Bill Kettyle has so aptly put it? Then join us for the HST 55th Anniversary event Friday Nov. 7-Saturday, Nov. 8!

It will be an exciting, uplifting, inspiring event – and will be a great way to reconnect with the HST community – including a fireside chat with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) President Sally Kornbluth and Harvard University President Alan Garber, moderated by George Q. Daley, Dean of Harvard Medical School and an HST alum. Check your email for the invitation link, or contact the planning committee at [email protected] if you have any questions. Don't miss this chance to reminisce, and to learn more about how HST is thriving at 55!

Updated info here: https://hst.mit.edu/hst-55th-anniversary

Happy National Student Parent Month! Each week this month OGE will feature a grad student parent. Read about Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology - HST Diana Grass, mom to two littles and passionate advocate for global health and equity in education! 💪🌎
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Spread the word: IMES is hiring! We're looking for a junior tenure-track faculty candidate interested in a position in the area of . IMES at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is at the convergence of and and aims to transform for all. MIT School of Engineering Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology - HST Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3N0IU3a

Congrats to the recent 2024 Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology -HST grads! There were 57 clinician-scientists in this year’s graduating class. We're so proud and we know they'll all go on to do spectacular things to make the world a better place! MIT IMES Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3S750Up

We're going to miss Julie E. Greenberg, but we know she's going to have a wonderful retirement and will come back and visit us! MIT IMES Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Harvard Medical School https://hst.mit.edu/news-events/julie-greenberg-career-research-mentoring-and-advocacy