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Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the healthcare landscape. From the development of new drugs and treatments to the delivery of care, AI has the potential to improve the lives of patients and providers alike. However, with this transformation comes a new set of ethical challenges. The Healthcare Engineering Lab is an informal gathering of like-minded faculty and students. Our areas of interest include:
Machine Learning and AI applied to the analysis of health insurance data,
Medical image processing using DeepLearning/AI,
The ethics of Artificial Intelligence (in general and in relation to medical data and devices), and
Generative AI in the Classroom
We believe that our R&D work will help to ensure that AI is used to improve the lives of patients and providers, while also protecting the rights and interests of individuals. We invite you to join us in this important work.
Currently the University of Maryland, Baltimore County's Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering offers a PBS (Post-Baclaureate Certificate) and an MPS (Master of Professional Studies) in Data Science. The admissions requirements can be found on the Registrar's website.
PBC students need 4 courses whereas MPS students need 10 courses in total. After finishing the first 7 required courses, MPS students can choose various pathways in their MPS program to take 3 more courses.
More information about the University of Maryland, Baltimore County's MPS in Data Science admission requirements can be found on the Registrar's website.
For more information about various pathways available to students, check https://professionalprograms.umbc.edu/data-science/masters-of-professional-studies-data-science/.
The two most relevant pathways to the lab are listed below (the third one is in the making):
Healthcare Analytics Pathway (via MPS in Health IT courses at UMBC*)
Bioinformatics Pathway (via UMBC* - NIH** - CARD*** - FAES**** Collaboration)
Clinical Informatics (via UMBC* - UMB***** Collaboration)
For more information about various other pathways available to the students, check https://professionalprograms.umbc.edu/data-science/masters-of-professional-studies-data-science/.
Students can take many courses in this track, including
HIT 658: Health Informatics I
HIT 664: Health IT Law and Ethics
HIT 674: Process and Quality Improvement within Health IT
HIT 723: Public Health Informatics
HIT 750: Data Analytics
HIT 751: Introduction to Healthcare Databases
HIT 759: Health Informatics II
For more information, see https://professionalprograms.umbc.edu/health-information-technology/masters-of-professional-studies-health-it/
Students can take many courses in this track, including
BIOF 450: Bioinformatics, Evolutionary Genomics, and Computational Biology
BIOF 518: Theoretical and Applied Bioinformatics
BIOF 521: Bioinformatics for Analysis of Next Generation Sequencing,
BIOF 556: Advanced Topics in Single Cell Analyses, etc.
For more information, see https://dil.umbc.edu/pathways-and-certificates/bioinformatics-pathway/
We have another collaboration in the making that will expand the course offerings and research opportunities for students at both institutions. Students can take many coures in this track, including
INFO 601: Foundations in Clinical and Health Informatics (3 Credits) [Offered: 1st 8-week session Fall Semester (Fall A)]
INFO 602: Clinical Information Systems (3 Credits) [Offered: 2nd 8-week session Fall Semester (Fall B)]
INFO 603: Computer Literacy and Programming for Healthcare Professionals (3 Credits) [Offered: 1st 8-week session Spring Semester (Spring A)]
INFO 604: Decision Support Systems in Healthcare (3 credits) [Offered: 2nd 8-week session Spring Semester (Spring B)]
For more details, see
University of Maryland Clinical Informatics Group, Department of Emergency Medicine, http://www.umcig.com/
Clinical and Translational Research Informatics Center (CTRIC), https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/ctric/
Certificate Program, https://graduate.umaryland.edu/ClinicalInformaticsCert/?fbclid=IwAR16nY6pPlxu7ths7xNiL-C_RzC47L49gvMMAUtImWs9AIHRCjHjLmp5PXA
A more detailed list of courses can be found at: https://graduate.umaryland.edu/ClinicalInformatics/Academics/Courses/
* UMBC = University of Maryland, Baltimore County, https://umbc.edu/
** NIH = National Institute of Health, https://www.nih.gov/
*** CARD = Center for Alzheimer's and Related Dementias, https://card.nih.gov/
**** FAES = The Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences, https://faes.org/
***** UMB = University of Maryland, Baltimore, https://www.umaryland.edu/
The primary areas of interest for the group revolve around healthcare. This includes: Medical Image Processing, Cancer detection and cure (radiotherapy), and the most recent one is Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
However, affiliated students have worked in many other areas including Retail markets, Stocks, Geophysics, Crime prediction, etc.
The group is also interested in Engineering Education, including AI in Education. For papers/presentations on Education, see the tab "Educational Research" above.
Here is a short note on How to Start a Research Project.
If you are a student and need help with your research, check https://shadygrove.umd.edu/library/researchhelp
If you are interested in artificial intelligence, check out https://ai.umbc.edu/, a new website by UMBC (not me). It covers AI news, events, resources, and opportunities at UMBC.
With TPHS, FL
With ANAST LLC, TN
With UMI Verrazzano, France
With JHMI, MD
With JHU Sports Surgery, MD
With Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN
With JHMI Division of Surgery
With FacetLINK, NJ
Engineering education research is a field of inquiry that creates knowledge that aims to define, inform, and improve the education of engineers*.
We have been active in this area for 20+ years mainly because we want to train our students in the best possible way, using the best technologies and techniques available. Some of the questions that we try to answer are:
How can engineering be taught most effectively?
How can engineering learning be assessed fairly and accurately?
How can engineering education be made more accessible and inclusive for all students? etc.
How can AI, in particular Generative AI, can be used to enhance classroom experience of learners with different learning styles and challenges
[*] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering_education_research
Artificial Intelligence in Skardu, Pakistan: More than 60 students are currently members of the WhatsApp group. A few online presentations were already given by me and other volunteer scientists on Data Science
TELENT – Technical Education in Gilgit, Pakistan: A program to help students in Gilgit city who need help in deciding a career path, some online training, and coaching in the areas of technical education.
Physics, Mathematics, and Machine Learning Enrichment Program in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan: Proposal submitted to the ‘Physics Without Frontiers’ program of the International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. 4 international collaborators (all work on Machine Learning, Quantum Computing, etc).
High School Students in Machine Learning: A program to train local Montgomery County students in the field of Machine Learning.
MA Yousuf, MN Belfiore, and A Ali, “AI tools to make class activities more inclusive and accessible for students with learning challenges.” To be presented at the Teaching and Learning with AI Conference, July 2024, Orlando, FL.
MA Yousuf, MN Belfiore, and A Ali, “A rubric for grading assignments that explicitly allows students to use GenAI.” To be presented at the Teaching and Learning with AI Conference, July 2024, Orlando, FL.
MA Yousuf, "Data Management, Ethical and Legal Issues in Data Science (including Generative AI)," Montgomery County Leadership Academy (MCLA), November 2023
MA Yousuf, A Ali, B Bashir, "Using Generative AI to Develop and Promote Open Educational Practices," 2023 Maryland OER Summit: Cultivating Agency through Open Educational Practices, Salisbury University, Maryland. Dec 2023/ Google slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JxoMFOncwk2HDDGneLsNcXkLHsgGEmbPXzWcICG1a8E/edit?usp=sharing
B Bashir, A Ali, and MA Yousuf, "Involving Students in Developing Learning Material for Science and Humanities Courses Using Generative AI," Teaching & Learning with AI, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL Sept 2023. Google slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11OU2dpJN2U81RrNXso2BTIP3L9YB65PHcBjeIWWBg68/edit?usp=sharing. Paper / Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cefsDSAYjCYXUYm2pWTTWz4OfchKsv5HMqjNUobrkXg/edit?usp=sharing
A Ali, V Gupta, B Bashir, and MA Yousuf, "Class Activities to Engage Students in the Debate on the Role AI May Play in the Future," Teaching & Learning with AI, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL Sept 2023. Google slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ixOMYzdwwrNG0cakyret4ZKyL3s9yisW8-pkyPPsbNw/edit?usp=sharing Paper / Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17G3iNNPKtpdQdsuQJ5nWVsRXuKK8YKOdtK9PpeFrnqQ/edit?usp=sharing
N G Gray, M A Yousuf, “Engage Young Students on Social Justice Matters”, 2022 Diversity and Inclusion Conference, Thursday, October 20, 2022, and October 21, 2022.
A Ali, H Ali and M A Yousuf, “Simple Image Processing in Excel,” presented at the 2019 IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC), March 16, Princeton, NJ.
M A Yousuf and I Woiciechowski, “Equations that changed the world,” NCTM 2019, San Diego.
M A Yousuf, “Physics of Sports and a Tale of Two Olympians,” NSTA 2019, St. Louis.
M A Yousuf and Laura Saxton, “STEAMy Spreadsheets”, NSTA Regional Baltimore, October 5–7, 2017
M A Yousuf, R Villastrigo and I Woiciechowski, “Developing the Postulates of Special Relativity in Group Discussions,” NSTA Los Angeles, April 2017
M A Yousuf and R Haugh, “The Poetry of Science and the Science of Poetry,” NAGC Florida, Nov 3-6, 2016.
M A Yousuf and I Woiciechowski, “Space-time diagrams and Einstein’s Theory for Dummies,” NAGC Florida, Nov 3-6, 2016.
M A Yousuf and V Schneider, “Benefits and Challenges of Mixing Sports into a Physics Course,” presented at the 62nd Annual NAGC Convention, Phoenix, Arizona, Nov 12-15, 2015.
M A Yousuf and C Murray, “Science in a Global Perspective – Understanding the Science Policy Process,” presented at the 62nd Annual NAGC Convention, Phoenix, Arizona, Nov 12-15, 2015.
M A Yousuf, Using LEGO Robots to Create Smileys, Presented at the 61st Annual NAGC Convention (National Association for Gifted Children), Baltimore, Maryland, November 13-16, 2014.
R M Chaveznava, M A Yousuf, V C Hernandez and I Caldelas, “Internet en la Enseñanza de Conceptos en Ingeniería,” IADIS Conferencia Ibero-Americana WWW/Internet (CIAWI 2008).
S F Rosales, R E G Vara, G Olivera, K Harris, L C Albiztegui, J C Pérez, V C Hernandez, R M Chaveznava and M A Yousuf, “Educational Robots for Economically Challenged Communities,” International Conference on Engineering Education, Pécs-Budapest, Hungary, 27-31 July 2008.
M A Yousuf, “Solving Physics Problems Using Variable Flow Diagrams,” International Conference on Engineering Education, Pécs-Budapest, Hungary, 27-31 July 2008.
R M Chaveznava, M A Yousuf, I Caldelas, “Project Proposals to Improve Engineering Learning,” International Conference on Engineering Education, Pécs-Budapest, Hungary, 27-31 July 2008.
R M Chaveznava, M A Yousuf, I Caldelas, “Strategies to Motivate Engineering Learning,” poster presentation at the International Conference on Engineering Education, Pécs-Budapest, Hungary, 27-31 July 2008.
R M Chaveznava, V C Hernandez and M A Yousuf, “Web Technology for Engineering and Computer Science Learning,” Conference on Information Technology, Organisations and Teams, Lisbon, Portugal, May, 19-20, 2007.
M A Yousuf, V C Hernández and R M Chaveznava, “Learning Two-Dimensional Physics and Mathematics through their Applications in Robotic Manipulators,” International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering, (CIS2E 06), December 4 - 14, 2006, IEEE – University of Bridgeport.
R M Chaveznava, V C Hernandez and M A Yousuf, “Learning Control Architectures by Robotics Application,” 5th WSEAS International Conference on Education and Educational Technology, Tenerfie, Canary Islands, Spain, Dec 16-18, 2006.
M A Yousuf, R M Chaveznava, and V C Hernández, “Robotic Projects to Enhance Student Participation, Motivation and Learning,” IV International Conference on Multimedia and Information & Communication Technologies in Education (m-ICTE2006), 22-25 November 2006, Sevilla, Spain. ISBN Vol. III (13): 978-84-690-2474-4.
M P Díaz and M A Yousuf, “Learning Differential Equations using Simple Laboratory Experiments,” Active Learning in Engineering (ALE) Conference, Monterrey, 7-9 June 2006. Published in the proceedings.
M A Yousuf, “Problem Solving Strategies in Physics and the Variable Flow Diagrams,” Congreso de experiencia professional, Tec de Monterrey – Campus Santa Fe, December 2005.
M A Yousuf, “An Inclusive Education,” Invited talk at “Artificial Intelligence and Educational Robotics in the Technology in the Classroom Mini-conference”, Decision Sciences (DSI) Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, November 22-25, 2008.
M A Yousuf, “The Emerging Trends in Private Education,” HRCP Workshop on Private Education, April 2000, Karachi, Pakistan.
M A Yousuf, “Online Office – Prospects for Pakistani Women,” at the University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan, 1999.
M A Yousuf, “Robots in Education,” chapter published in the “Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence”, (Eds.) J R Rabuñal, J Dorado and A Pazos, Information Science Reference, USA, 2008. ISBN: 978-1-59904-849-9.
M A Yousuf, V C Hernandez, and R M Chaveznava, “Learning Two-Dimensional Physics and Mathematics through their Applications in Robotic Manipulators,” in “Innovations in E-learning, Instruction Technology, Assessment, and Engineering Education,” ed. M Iskander. Springer 2007. ISBN: 978-1-4020-6261-2.
M A Yousuf, “Elementary Techniques of Integration,” 1985.
M A Yousuf, “To Prove” (a collection of proofs of most commonly used formulas in undergraduate mathematics), 1984.
Over the last 30 years, I have taught a wide range of courses on artificial intelligence and big data. The course materials for these courses are either available via Blackboard LMS or have been removed due to their age. This page lists all of the courses I have taught and provides information about some of the free resources that are still available.
Introduction to Data Science
Introduction to Data Analysis and Machine Learning
Platforms for Big Data Processing
Capstone Project in Data Science
Deep Learning with MATLAB
Artificial Intelligence in Films
Robotics
Robotics and Cybernetics
Intelligent Manufacturing
Image Processing
Advanced Robotics
Parallel Robots and their Control
Parallel Supercomputing
Genetic Algorithms
Artificial Neural Networks
These are the most useful books for ML:
Machine Learning with PyTorch and Scikit-Learn, https://www.packtpub.com/product/machine-learning-with-pytorch-and-scikit-learn/9781801819312
GitHub page to download code, https://github.com/rasbt/machine-learning-book
Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow
First Edition of the book: Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques to Build Intelligent Systems 1st Edition
Latest Edition: https://www.amazon.com/Hands-Machine-Learning-Scikit-Learn-TensorFlow-dp-1098125975/dp/1098125975/ref=dp_ob_title_bk
GitHub page of the book with code as jupyter notebooks: https://github.com/ageron/handson-ml3
See the book page: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920052289.do
Download the full book sample code: https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Python+Machine+Learning-p-9781119545637
Free: Introduction to Machine Learning by Alex Smola and S.V.N. Vishwanathan, https://alex.smola.org/drafts/thebook.pdf
Free: An Introduction to Statistical Learning. with Applications in R. G. James, D. Witten, T. Hastie and R. Tibshirani, https://www.statlearning.com/
Python Data Science Handbook, in the form of (free!) Jupyter notebooks
Deep Learning by I. Goodfellow, Y. Bengio & A. Courville, https://www.deeplearningbook.org/
TigerGraph is a fast and scalable graph database,
Web page, https://www.tigergraph.com/
Github page, https://github.com/tigergraph
YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/@TigerGraph
Neo4j provides powerful native graph storage, data science, and analytics,
Webpage, https://neo4j.com/
Github page, https://github.com/neo4j
YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/neo4j
CogDB is a Micro Graph Database for Python Applications (Free Python Library)
Web page, https://cogdb.io/
Github page, https://github.com/arun1729/cog
Following references taken from a post by Maryam Miradi.
Graph Networks: Traditional Methods to extract features from the of Graph, https://medium.com/@aishweta/graph-networks-traditional-methods-to-extract-features-from-the-of-graph-2e6cd86e5c10
NetworkX: A Practical Introduction to Graph Analysis in Python, https://soumenatta.medium.com/networkx-a-practical-introduction-to-graph-analysis-in-python-cc72f3dda916
Graph Networks Visualization with pyvis and keyword extraction, https://medium.com/@stephanhausberg/graph-networks-visualization-with-pyvis-and-keyword-extraction-cd973d372e2c
Fraud Detection with Graph Analytics, https://towardsdatascience.com/fraud-detection-with-graph-analytics-2678e817b69e
NetworkX Tutorial, https://networkx.org/documentation/stable/tutorial.html
Different Graph Neural Network Implementation using PyTorch Geometric, https://arshren.medium.com/different-graph-neural-network-implementation-using-pytorch-geometric-23f5bf2f3e9f
A complete course on MACHINE LEARNING FOR HEALTHCARE at MIT https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-s897-machine-learning-for-healthcare-spring-2019/
2022 - AI in Healthcare, https://www.marktechpost.com/ai-magazine/ ; https://www.marktechpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/AI-in-Healthcare-Magazine-Marktechpost.pdf
2022 - A Clinician's Guide to Artificial Intelligence - Steven Lin, https://www.jabfm.org/content/35/1/175
2022 - Guidelines and quality criteria for artificial intelligence-based-prediction models in healthcare: a scoping review - Hond, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-021-00549-7
2021 - AI In Focus - The Healthcare Technology Roadmap - PYMNTS, https://www.pymnts.com/study/ai-in-focus-healthcare-technology-artificial-intelligence-data/
2020 - Working Group on Digital and AI in Health Reimagining Global Health through Artificial Intelligence: The Roadmap to AI Maturity, https://www.broadbandcommission.org/publication/reimagining-global-health-through-artificial-intelligence/
2020 - Healthcare AI Trends To Watch - CB Insights, https://www.cbinsights.com/reports/CB-Insights_AI-Trends-In-Healthcare.pdf?utm_campaign=ai-healthcare-trends_2018-09&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=99753836&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--PpB3sn0upMLxAlqgJJochcx-5PJeQ9l9K497i_1D3-1EdC__Hhyr2iDUGIjNzU8aIlTR2SIYFhR0Esfvei6pGipzTgQ&utm_content=99753836&utm_source=hs_automation
2020 - Bringing Analytics and AI into the Clinical Setting - Databricks-WEP, https://techresearchonline.com/wp-content/uploads/white-papers/HC_Asset_1.pdf
Note: Advertised (but never offered) at JHU, Summer 2023. You can find the course announcement here: https://events.jhu.edu/form/odysseyyousafsummer23
See my Youtube playlist (movies are not free, just their trailers), https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtIUKRnuBVlP1a3ivmDFMBTeGq70krafW
Introduction to the Short Course
The purpose of this short course is to discuss the ethics of AI, using movies as examples. Starting from the sci-fi movie Metropolis, attempts have been made to depict a world dominated by technology, venturing into a future where intelligent robots roam the earth and underprivileged citizens suffer due to the high cost of living. The discussion will revolve around a few movies, each related to AI/Robotics but focused on a different theme. The course will end with a final class on the new wave of generative AI models like ChatGPT and the ethical issues they raise.
This course will blend a study of the AI roadmaps of some developed countries vs sci-fi movies to understand the ethical, scientific, and political decisions we have to make now for a better and sustainable future.
Potential List of Topics
Robot-Dominated Societies in Movies
Peaceful Robot-Human Encounters
Violent Robot-Human Encounters
AI Virtual Partners like CarynAI, https://caryn.ai/?utm_source=neonpulse.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=virtual-girlfriends-alien-hunting-and-meta-s-new-ai-ad-tools
AI Hallucination, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucination_(artificial_intelligence), Watch the video: Why LLMs Hallucinate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfqtFvWOfg0
Selected Movies
We'll be discussing some of the following movies/shows:
Film: Metropolis (1927)
Why?: It is known as the science fiction masterpiece by Fritz Lang, created almost a century ago. It depicts the conflict between the upper class and the lower class.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gCeu3BRvuk&list=PLtIUKRnuBVlP1a3ivmDFMBTeGq70krafW&index=1
or rent full movie https://kinonow.com/film/the-complete-metropolis/5c9b92935fcac10fabaf0a30
not sure if this version is legal but it is kino's copy on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_4no842TX8
Read the summary here: https://julianwhiting.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/metropolis.pdf
Film: Ex Machina (2014)
Why?: The plot is around romantic interest developed by an AI female robot with a computer scientist
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBSYCM1oTNg&list=PLtIUKRnuBVlP1a3ivmDFMBTeGq70krafW&index=4
Read the summary here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_Machina_(film)
and https://www.gradesaver.com/ex-machina-film/study-guide/summary
Film: Her (2013)
Why?: Similar to the above but here the movie depicts a real man who develops a relationship with a female AI virtual assistant.
Watch here (not free): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C51B50Qh6sI
Read the summary here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her_(film) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her_(film)
The Philosophy of 'her' Explored, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGcBNACe80M
TV series: Westworld
Why?: The movie talks about the use of AI and robots for amusement, by rich humans. These systems do evolve beyond the expectations of developers.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/show/SCqjql1E2-B6Yq__sFuM53vA?season=1&sbp=CgEx
Westworld explained, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb7r9m-DYpU
Read the summary here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westworld_(TV_series)
Film: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Why?:
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peMX_zlIIA4
Read the summary here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(film)
Film: AI (2001)
Why?: The movie revolves around the innocent love of a child for her mother but brings in many philosophical issues into it, in particular about human experiences.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idBXGr5VRec
Movie Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4s7EzMeat8
Read the summary here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.I._Artificial_Intelligence
(For US-based persons) The case for building expertise to work on US AI policy, and how to do it, https://80000hours.org/articles/us-ai-policy/
(US), National research and development strategy for artificial intelligence (2023), https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/National-Artificial-Intelligence-Research-and-Development-Strategic-Plan-2023-Update.pdf
(Europe based) Guide to working in AI policy and strategy, https://80000hours.org/articles/ai-policy-guide/
2021 - The Chinese approach to artificial intelligence: an analysis of policy, ethics, and regulation, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00146-020-00992-2
2018 - A government-issued white paper describing China’s approach to standards setting for AI, https://cset.georgetown.edu/publication/artificial-intelligence-standardization-white-paper/
AI Standardization and Foreign Policy - How European Foreign Policy Makers Can Engage with Technical AI Standardization https://www.stiftung-nv.de/sites/default/files/ai-standardization-and-foreign-policy.pdf
US Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/ai-bill-of-rights/
Cities Coalition for Digital Rights, https://citiesfordigitalrights.org/
Guidance for generative AI in education and research, https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000386693
State of AI Regulation in Africa: Trends and Developments, https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7176143031929028609/
Top 10 resources to build your AI governance framework (thanks to the LinkedIn post by Oliver Patel, https://www.linkedin.com/posts/oliver-patel_top-10-resources-to-build-your-ai-governance-activity-7170342288777293824-JcG2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
At the recent AI Governance Professional (AIGP) training course, I highlighted 10 key resources which organizations should leverage when developing their AI governance policy framework:
1. EU AI Act
Leaked text, not yet adopted: https://lnkd.in/ejawABqr
2. NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0) and Playbook
https://lnkd.in/eRwhsnZe
https://lnkd.in/e46dqGrH
3. OECD AI Principles
https://lnkd.in/eEcydZ6j
4. ISO/IEC 42001 - Artificial Intelligence Management System
https://lnkd.in/er8mH7cu
5. OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems
https://lnkd.in/ekDM637W
6. Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, White House OSTP
https://lnkd.in/eke_VWGQ
7. President Biden Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence
https://lnkd.in/dfzHbsHb
8. ISO/IEC 23894 Artificial Intelligence Guidance on Risk Management
https://lnkd.in/enUZZjMg
9. AI Standards Hub
https://lnkd.in/erVdP4g7
10. IAPP - Global AI Law and Policy Tracker
https://lnkd.in/exT3jg4U
1. EU AI Act Cheat Sheet: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/oliver-patel_eu-ai-act-cheat-sheet-understand-activity-7139895340735844352-ZD6p?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
2. China AI Law Cheat Sheet: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/oliver-patel_china-ai-law-cheat-sheet-understand-activity-7143563710836457472-TBHC?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
3. U.S. Federal AI Policy Cheat Sheet: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/oliver-patel_us-federal-ai-policy-cheat-sheet-activity-7152578889167302656-mubu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
4. U.S. State AI Law Cheat Sheet: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/oliver-patel_us-state-ai-law-cheat-sheet-by-oliver-activity-7154032196264030208-D_SZ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
5. Gulf Countries AI Policy Cheat Sheet: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/oliver-patel_gulf-countries-ai-activity-7166051154857033728-G6tg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
6. UK AI Policy Cheat Sheet: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/oliver-patel_uk-ai-policy-cheat-sheet-after-activity-7161328616373432320-F9WE?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
10 Great Places to Find Free Datasets for Your Next Project, https://careerfoundry.com/en/blog/data-analytics/where-to-find-free-datasets/
Google data search: https://datasetsearch.research.google.com/
70 Amazing Free Data Sources You Should Know, https://www.kdnuggets.com/2017/12/big-data-free-sources.html
Registry of Open Data on AWS, https://registry.opendata.aws/
More than 4000 datasets available via AWS Data Exchange,
UCI Machine Learning Repository, https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/index.php
10 Popular Datasets For Sentiment Analysis, https://analyticsindiamag.com/10-popular-datasets-for-sentiment-analysis/
US Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/
Kaggle, https://www.kaggle.com/datasets
Awesome Public Datasets, https://github.com/awesomedata/awesome-public-datasets?ck_subscriber_id=2064140805
Machine learning datasets, https://www.datasetlist.com/
ICPSR Sharing data to advance science, https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/pages/
The Social Science Data Archive at UCLA, https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/ssda_ucla
UN Data, https://data.un.org/
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance, https://bniajfi.org/
World Bank Data, https://data.worldbank.org/
Data Is Plural: Search its archive via a Google Sheet or web app.
The home of the U.S. Government's open data, https://www.data.gov/. It includes over 197,747 data sets which, among others, include health, public safety, and scientific research data sets from across the Federal Government.
ROPER for public opinion research at Cornell, https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/
Data and metadata for OECD countries and selected non-member economies, https://stats.oecd.org/
Links to various Poverty & Social Justice datasets, https://elon.libguides.com/c.php?g=553597&p=5095797#s-lg-box-8785116
Social Justice & Big Data Repository at Grand Valley State University, https://www.gvsu.edu/bigdata/social-justice-big-data-repository-29.htm
CMU Multimodal Opinion Sentiment and Emotion Intensity (CMU-MOSEI) dataset is the largest dataset of multimodal sentiment analysis and emotion recognition to date, http://multicomp.cs.cmu.edu/resources/cmu-mosei-dataset/#:~:text=CMU%20Multimodal%20Opinion%20Sentiment%20and,The%20dataset%20is%20gender%20balanced.
DataKind - Harnessing the power of data science in the service of humanity, https://www.datakind.org/
Statistics Without Borders, https://swb.wildapricot.org/
OpenNeuro, a free and open platform for validating and sharing BIDS-compliant MRI, PET, MEG, EEG, and iEEG data, https://openneuro.org/
OpenFDA, launched by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, allows developers to access public FDA data through open APIs, provides raw data downloads, and offers documentation and examples. https://open.fda.gov/
VAERS - Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, https://vaers.hhs.gov/index.html
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Diabetes, https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/index.html
Heart Disease, https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/heart-disease.htm
Center for Disease Control and Prevention datasets, https://www.cdc.gov/datastatistics/index.html
National Health Interview Survey, https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/index.htm
Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.html
National Health and Nutrition and Examination Survey (NHANES), https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/index.htm
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), https://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/
Center for Aging and Population Health, https://www.caph.pitt.edu/research/epidemiologic-research/
Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS), https://hints.cancer.gov/
COVID-19 data from Johns Hopkins JUH, https://github.com/CSSEGISandData
COVID-19 real-time information, reporting on cases, testing, and exposure sites in Australia, https://crisper.net.au/
An integrated database of CRISPR-CAS9 screening experiments for human cell lines, https://www.kobic.re.kr/icsdb/
Bioinformatics Databases, https://subjectguides.lib.neu.edu/c.php?g=948457&p=6839134
PhysioNet is a repository of freely-available medical research data, managed by the MIT Laboratory for Computational Physiology,
For example, MIMIC-III Clinical Database, https://physionet.org/content/mimiciii/1.4/
Maryland Medicaid DataPort (Not open to the public), https://hilltopinstitute.org/data/dataport/
Asclepius-Synthetic-Clinical-Notes, https://huggingface.co/datasets/starmpcc/Asclepius-Synthetic-Clinical-Notes
Augmented-clinical-notes, https://huggingface.co/datasets/AGBonnet/augmented-clinical-notes?row=12
National Cancer Institute (NC) Data Catalog, https://datascience.cancer.gov/resources/nci-data-catalog
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, https://seer.cancer.gov/data-software/
Data.World (There are 42 cancer datasets available , https://data.world/datasets/cancer
Cancer Data and Statistics, https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/dcpc/data/index.htm
Cancer Genomics Cloud, https://www.cancergenomicscloud.org/
The mini-MIAS database of mammograms, http://peipa.essex.ac.uk/info/mias.html
Cancer Imaging Archive, https://www.cancerimagingarchive.net/
OpenNeuro for MRI, MEG, EEG, iEEG, ECoG, ASL, and PET data, https://openneuro.org/
Radiology AI Lab, https://rail.jhu.edu/
STructured Analysis of the Retina, https://cecas.clemson.edu/~ahoover/stare/
Objaverse, a massive open dataset of text-paired 3D objects, https://huggingface.co/datasets/allenai/objaverse , https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.08051
Open Images Dtaset V7 and Extensions, https://storage.googleapis.com/openimages/web/index.html
Open Images is a dataset of ~9M images that have been annotated with image-level labels and object bounding boxes, https://www.tensorflow.org/datasets/catalog/open_images_v4
Open Image Dataset: https://storage.googleapis.com/openimages/web/index.html
Dataset from fundus images for the study of diabetic retinopathy (Downloadable data set of images), https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340921003528
Best 13 Free Financial Datasets for Machine Learning, https://www.iguazio.com/blog/best-13-free-financial-datasets-for-machine-learning/
50 free Machine Learning datasets: finance and economics, https://blog.cambridgespark.com/50-free-machine-learning-datasets-part-two-financial-and-economic-datasets- 6620274ee593
Data sets available on data.world, https://data.world/datasets/finance
Yahoo Finance on Crypto: https://finance.yahoo.com/crypto/
25 Best Retail, Sales, and Ecommerce Datasets for Machine Learning, https://imerit.net/blog/25-best-retail-sales-and-ecommerce-datasets-for-machine-learning-all-pbm/
The UCI Machine Learning Repository is a database of datasets for machine learning research. The repository includes a number of retail and sales datasets, including datasets on online retail and sales forecasting.
Kaggle is a platform for machine learning and data science competitions. Kaggle hosts a number of retail and sales datasets, including datasets on eCommerce and customer behavior.
266 food datasets available on data.world, https://data.world/datasets/food
Machine Learning Food Datasets Collection, https://hackernoon.com/machine-learning-food-datasets-collection-db21e38ea225
3 food-related datasets & ideas for analyzing them, https://medium.com/visual-analytics-field-notes/3-food-related-datasets-ideas-for-analyzing-them-29496dc441df
Sentiment140, http://help.sentiment140.com/for-students/
Online test data generator, https://www.onlinedatagenerator.com/
Synthetic data, https://mostly.ai/synthetic-data-platform/
Center for Alzheimer's and Related Dementias (CARD), also a part of NIH, https://card.nih.gov/data-resources/access-data
There are many data sources and tools available at CARD. Large population/cohort scale data:
Biobank datasets, https://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/enable-your-research/research-analysis-platform
GP2, https://gp2.org/
NIA epidemiological cohorts, https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/alzheimers,
Mexican biobank, http://www.mxbiobank.org/
Alzheimer’s disease data initiative, ADDI https://www.alzheimersdata.org/
AMP-PD/GP2 - https://amp-pd.org/federated-cohorts/gp2 (minimal paperwork required)
AMP-AD - https://adknowledgeportal.synapse.org/Explore/Programs/DetailsPage?Program=AMP-AD (minimal paperwork required)
Fox Insight - https://foxden.michaeljfox.org/insight/explore/insight.jsp (minimal paperwork required)
Deep molecular data
iNDI, https://card.nih.gov/research-programs/ipsc-neurodegenerative-disease-initiative
FOUNDIN, https://www.foundinpd.org/#Foundinpd
CRISPRBrain, https://crisprbrain.org/
Accelerating Medicines Partnerships, https://www.nih.gov/research-training/accelerating-medicines-partnership-amp
These can be accessed through LON (https://ida.loni.usc.edu/)
PPMI
ADNI
A4 study
Public expression data- GEO: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/
Data science is an interdisciplinary field that uses scientific methods, processes, algorithms, and systems to extract knowledge and insights from noisy, structured and unstructured data, and apply knowledge from data across a broad range of application domains. (From Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_science).
Here are some tips for students who are struggling to learn Machine Learning. To start in the field, you need to know a few things
Take advantage of online resources, like those listed below. Since this is a collection from various sources, the videos/articles may not appear coherent. But that is the cost of free tutorials!
Find a mentor. A mentor can provide you with guidance and support. A mentor can help you understand the material, troubleshoot problems, and find resources.
Join a study group. Studying with other students can help you stay motivated and learn from each other.
Calculus 1 - Khan Academy - https://www.khanacademy.org/math/calculus-1
If you are not ready for Calculus 1, start with Precalculus - https://www.khanacademy.org/math/precalculus
Statistics and probability - https://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics-probability
If you are not ready for that much statistics, perhaps start with High school statistics, https://www.khanacademy.org/math/probability
Learn Python with Jupyter https://learnpythonwithjupyter.com/
Linear Algebra Review by Andrew Ng (~1 hour), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pm-htIGVMQ
Calculus 1 - Full College Course (~12 hours), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfACrKJ_Y2w
Statistics - A Full University Course on Data Science Basics (~ 8 hours video), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxpc-HPKN28
OR
Statistics for Data Science (~7 hours), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfo5le26IhY&t=5s
Python for Beginners - Learn Python in 1 Hour (Using PyCharm), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqtD5dpn9C8
Data Analysis with Python and Jupyter Notebooks (including Pandas etc), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5O7jlR9zaU
Python NumPy Tutorial for Beginners, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUT1VHiLmmI
Complete Python Pandas Data Science Tutorial, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmEHCJofslg
Python Object Oriented Programming (OOP) - For Beginners, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeznW_7DlB0
How to Do Data Cleaning (step-by-step tutorial on real-life dataset), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxpKCBV60U4
Grouping and Aggregating - Analyzing and Exploring Your Data, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txMdrV1Ut64
Python Data Visualization Tutorial, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt84_TzRkbo
Intro to Data Science - Crash Course for Beginners (~2 hours), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6BghzuFLIg
Linear Regression vs Logistic Regression | Machine learning Algorithms Explained, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWYkQDvCo4Y
Feature Selection in Python, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ5c-XoHPFo
Introduction to Data Ethics, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVo9oApl4Rs
Week 1 – Course overview and introduction to data science and Python
Intro to Data Science - Crash Course for Beginners, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6BghzuFLIg
Week 2 – Basic python programming
Python for Beginners - Learn Python in 1 Hour (Using PyCharm), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqtD5dpn9C8
Data Analysis with Python and Jupyter Notebooks (but including Pandas etc), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5O7jlR9zaU
Week 3 – Introduction to Numpy
Python NumPy Tutorial for Beginners, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUT1VHiLmmI
Week 4 – Introduction to Pandas and data-frames
Complete Python Pandas Data Science Tutorial, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmEHCJofslg
Week 5 – Object-oriented programming and automation
Python Object Oriented Programming (OOP) - For Beginners, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeznW_7DlB0
Week 6 – Data loading, cleaning, summarization
How to Do Data Cleaning (step-by-step tutorial on real-life dataset), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxpKCBV60U4
Week 7 – Data aggregation and transformation
Grouping and Aggregating - Analyzing and Exploring Your Data, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txMdrV1Ut64
Week 8 – Data visualization
Python Data Visualization Tutorial, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt84_TzRkbo
Week 9 – Review of basics statistics
Statistics For Data Science, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv0xcdeXaGU
Week 10 – Statistical and exploratory data analysis and outlier detection
Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) Using Python, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o3AxdVcUtQ
Week 11 – Linear Algebra Review
Linear Algebra review by Andrew Ng, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pm-htIGVMQ
Week 12 – Linear and Logistic Regression
Linear Regression vs Logistic Regression | Machine learning Algorithms Explained, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWYkQDvCo4Y
Week 13 – Feature Selection
Feature Selection in Python, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ5c-XoHPFo
Week 14 – Data Ethics
Introduction to Data Ethics, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVo9oApl4Rs
Genetics is an important topic to learn for people interested in AI applications in genetics for a few reasons:
Understanding the data: Genetics provides the foundation for understanding the data AI uses in this field. AI analyzes genetic information, and knowing what this information represents (genes, mutations, etc.) is crucial for interpreting the AI's results.
Identifying patterns: AI is effective at finding patterns in large datasets. Genetic knowledge helps researchers understand the biological significance of the patterns AI detects in genetic data.
Developing new applications: Understanding genetics allows researchers to develop new AI applications in the field. For example, using AI to design gene therapies or predict disease risk factors based on an individual's genetic makeup all require a strong foundation in genetics.
References:
GenAI (Gemini) and RS Vilhekar and A Rawekar, "Artificial Intelligence in Genetics," Cureus. 2024 Jan; 16(1): e52035. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10856672/
(Topics taken from https://onlinelearning.hms.harvard.edu/hmx/courses/hmx-genetics-2/ )
Introduction to Genetics and Human Genome.
The Central Dogma and Genetic Variation (The relationship between genotype and phenotype; Structure of a human gene and the effects of genetic variation). See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whV_CkKT7F0 and
Mendelian Genetics. Very good video introduction https://youtu.be/NWqgZUnJdAY?si=xivJTA6T9blwUyv3
Mendelian Inheritance of Disease. (Meiotic segregation, Modes of inheritance, Pedigree analysis, Penetrance and expressivity)
Identifying Mendelian Disease Genes (Haplotypes and linkage studies, Determining causation of a variant, Targeted genetic testing)
Chromosomal Aberrations (DNA segregation machinery, Whole chromosome and structural aneuploidy, Diagnostic techniques for chromosomal disorders)
The Genetics of Cancer (Germline and somatic mutations, Tumor suppressors and oncogenes, Two hit hypothesis, Precision cancer treatments)
Common Complex Traits (Architecture of a complex trait, Genome-wide association studies, Heritability and missing heritability, Understanding risk in common complex traits)
Human Population Genetics (Emergence and history of human traits, Evolutionary forces and population dynamics, Ancestry testing and population-specific risk)
Beyond the Genome Sequence (Mitochondrial inheritance, Unstable repeats, Epigenetic inheritance and imprinting, Gene dosage and X-inactivation)
Genetics and Precision Medicine (Whole genome sequencing, Pharmacogenomics, Genome editing)
Ensemble (The Human Genome). Ensembl is a genome browser for vertebrate genomes that supports research in comparative genomics, evolution, sequence variation and transcriptional regulation. Ensembl annotate genes, computes multiple alignments, predicts regulatory function and collects disease data. Ensembl tools include BLAST, BLAT, BioMart and the Variant Effect Predictor (VEP) for all supported species.
GenBank/DDBJ/EMBL (Nucleotide sequence, Protein sequence, etc). The National Center for Biotechnology Information advances science and health by providing access to biomedical and genomic information. https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
SWISS-PORT or Expasy. Swiss Bioinformatics Resource Portal, https://www.expasy.org/
InterProScan (Protein domains), EMBL-EBI, Unleashing the potential of big data in biology, https://www.ebi.ac.uk/
GenomeNet, GenomeNet is a Japanese network of database and computational services for genome research and related research areas in biomedical sciences, operated by the Kyoto University Bioinformatics Center. https://www.genome.jp/en/
BioPython
Biopython is a set of freely available tools for biological computation written in Python by an international team of developers. https://biopython.org/
Bioinformatics with Biopython - Full Course | 1 hour Python for Bioinformatics tutorial, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocA2IMe7dpA
PubChem
Quickly find chemical information from authoritative sources, https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
PubChemPy - PubChemPy provides a way to interact with PubChem in Python. It allows chemical searches by name, substructure and similarity, chemical standardization, conversion between chemical file formats, depiction, and retrieval of chemical properties. https://pypi.org/project/PubChemPy/
Awesome Bioinformatics
A curated list of awesome Bioinformatics software, resources, and libraries. Mostly command line based, and free or open-source. https://github.com/danielecook/Awesome-Bioinformatics
(partially generated by GenAI tools)
DNA: Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the genetic material that contains the instructions for building and maintaining an organism. Imagine it as the instruction manual.
RNA: Ribonucleic acid (abbreviated RNA) is a nucleic acid present in all living cells that has structural similarities to DNA. Unlike DNA, however, RNA is most often single-stranded. An RNA molecule has a backbone made of alternating phosphate groups and the sugar ribose, rather than the deoxyribose found in DNA.
mRNA: Messenger RNA is genetic material that tells your body how to make proteins.
Proteins: Proteins are the workhorses of the cell. They carry out most of the functions in a cell and are made based on the instructions in genes. Proteins are like machines built using the instructions in the manual. They are a sequence of amino acids.
Genes: Genes are specific sections of DNA that code for proteins. Think of them as chapters in the instruction manual, each with instructions to build a specific part.
Genome: The genome is the entire set of DNA instructions found in an organism. This includes all the genes and the non-coding DNA, like the chapters and the binding in the instruction manual.
Genotype: An organism's genetic information, or makeup is coded for in its DNA, the hereditary material of the cell. Organisms' DNA is organized into sections that code for proteins, called genes. The letters that make up the individual, like TT or Tt.
Phenotype: Set of observable traits.
See a more detailed list here: https://www.greeleyschools.org/cms/lib2/CO01001723/Centricity/Domain/5219/punnett%20sq%20cheat%20sheet.pdf
I am a researcher, administrator, and professor with 25+ years of higher education experience. This includes teaching and research on engineering design, industrial consulting in the area of AI/ML/Robotics, institutional development, and curriculum work. My areas of interest include medical image processing, medical device designing, mathematical modeling of physiological processes, and the applications of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to Healthcare Data. In recent times I have started focusing on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
Education and Training
Senior Research Fellow in Biomedical Engineering, Department of General Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, 2011-2012.
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Medical Physics and AI/ML Applied to Healthcare Data, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 2008-2011.
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Big Data and Parallel Supercomputing, State University of New York at Albany, New York, 2000-2001.
Ph.D. in Intelligent Control Systems and Robotics (incomplete), Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 2004-2005
Ph.D. in Physics & Analysis of Particle Detectors Data, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, 1997.
DICTP/M.S. in High Energy Physics and Cosmology, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 1992.
Other Appointments
Professor of Medical Physics and Health Informatics, Higher Education Commission, Pakistan.
Adjunct Professor of Physics, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at JHU.
Adjunct Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences at Towson University, Baltimore, Maryland.
Adjunct Professor of Mathematics and Engineering Design, Various local colleges and Universities, USA.
Other Professional Activities
Data Science consultant, 2019-to date
Vice-President of Education, Johns Hopkins University Toastmaster Club at Eastern, 2017-2018
Founding Member of the MS Advanced Technology program, Tec de Monterrey, Mexico, 2008
Chief Organizer, Year of Einstein, Mexico City, Mexico, 2005
Founding Member, GIRATE (Robotics, Automation, and Educational Technologies Research Group), Tec de Monterrey, Mexico City, Mexico, 2004-08
Founding Member, Parallel Robotics Research Group, Tec de Morelia, Morelia, Mexico, 2002-04
Elected Member, National Academies of:
Mechatronics,
Electronics,
Digital Art,
Industrial and Systems Engineering,
Mechanics,
Industrial Design, and
Physics, 2005-2008, ITESM, Mexico
Member, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), USA.
Founder Member, Philosophical Society, Quaid-i-Azam University, 1991-1996
Founder Member and General Secretary, Science Society, Quaid-i-Azam University, 1991-1996
Founder Member and General Secretary, Solar Group, Karachi, 1983-1986
YouTube Playlists
The videos in these collections were made by others, only the collection is ours.
Data Science Collection, http://tinyurl.com/DataScienceCollection
Medical Devices - Animations, http://tinyurl.com/MedicalDeviceAnimations
Medical Devices - Lectures, http://tinyurl.com/MedicalDeviceLectures
Twitter and Twitter Lists (X)
M Ali Yousuf, https://twitter.com/M_Ali_Yousuf
Data Science and AI, https://tinyurl.com/DataScienceAndAI
Medical Devices, https://twitter.com/#!/M_Ali_Yousuf/medical-devices
Science & Technology Policy, https://twitter.com/M_Ali_Yousuf/lists/science-education-policy
Amazon Book Lists
Machine Learning, Deep Learning, AI, and Related Topics, https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1E16NY75ML9H4?ref_=wl_share
Ethical and Legal issues in AI and Data Science, https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2J361QVA8R9WT?ref_=wl_share
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