Joseph E. Aoun, a leader in higher education policy and a renowned scholar in linguistics, is the seventh President of Northeastern University.
President Aoun has strategically aligned the University’s research enterprise with three global imperatives—health, security, and sustainability. Northeastern’s faculty focus on interdisciplinary research, entrepreneurship, and transforming academic research into commercial solutions for the world’s most pressing problems. During President Aoun’s tenure, the University has realized a 189 percent growth in external research funding, along with approximately 1,500 patent applications filed by faculty and students.
The next generation of AI is poised to transform the world, much in the way the Internet changed everything. But there are already warning signs that this powerful new technology could create a society that is less inclusive than today’s. Globe columnist Shirley Leung will moderate a panel with leading AI scientist and entrepreneur Rana el Kaliouby; Miriam Vogel, CEO of EqualAI and chair of the congressionally-mandated National AI Advisory Committee; and physician-researcher Dr. Jorge Rodriguez of Brigham and Women’s Hospital on how to ensure AI systems in business, healthcare, and government can be designed with equity in mind.
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