MLSys Seminar Episodes 73 + 74: Raphael Townshend, Rob Reich [Mon, Wd 3:30-4:20 pm PT]
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Dan Fu
Feb 13, 2023, 12:34:54 AM2/13/23
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Hi everyone,
Bio: Raphael Townshend is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Atomic AI, a biotechnology company using artificial intelligence to enable the next generation of RNA drug discovery. Prior to founding Atomic AI, Raphael studied his PhD at Stanford University, where he wrote his thesis on Geometric Learning of Biomolecular Structure and taught in Stanford’s machine learning and computational biology programs. He has been recognized in Forbes 30 Under 30, and his work has been featured on the cover of Science, recognized by a Best Paper award at NeurIPS, and published in other top venues such as Nature, Cell, and ICLR. During his PhD program, Raphael also held positions at DeepMind and Google on their artificial intelligence and software engineering teams, and founded the inaugural workshop on machine learning and structural biology.
This week we'll have two episodes of the MLSys Seminar -- Monday 3:30-4:20pm PT, and Wednesday 3:30-4:20pm PT.
Monday will be Raphael Townshend from Atomic AI, and Wednesday will be Rob Reich!
Livestream links:
Talk details below!
Raphael Townshend
Title: Unlocking the RNA Universe
Abstract: In this talk we will discuss how Atomic AI is developing foundation models integrated in a virtuous cycle with purpose-designed, in-house wet-lab assays, to discover and design RNA drugs. By tightly coupling both algorithmic development and large-scale data generation, we will explore how we can build on AI-augmented structural biology tools such as AlphaFold to transform the design of RNA-targeted and RNA-based medicines. Such applications reveal the ability of large language models to unlock novel therapeutics to treat undruggable diseases in cancer, neurodegeneration, infectious disease, and other areas. Bio: Raphael Townshend is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Atomic AI, a biotechnology company using artificial intelligence to enable the next generation of RNA drug discovery. Prior to founding Atomic AI, Raphael studied his PhD at Stanford University, where he wrote his thesis on Geometric Learning of Biomolecular Structure and taught in Stanford’s machine learning and computational biology programs. He has been recognized in Forbes 30 Under 30, and his work has been featured on the cover of Science, recognized by a Best Paper award at NeurIPS, and published in other top venues such as Nature, Cell, and ICLR. During his PhD program, Raphael also held positions at DeepMind and Google on their artificial intelligence and software engineering teams, and founded the inaugural workshop on machine learning and structural biology.
Rob Reich
Bio: Professor of Political Science, director of the Center for Ethics in Society, co-director of the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, and associate director of the Institute for Human-Centered AI. He is the author of System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot (with Mehran Sahami and Jeremy M. Weinstein) and Just Giving: Why Philanthropy is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better (2018); Digital Technology and Democratic Theory (edited with Lucy Bernholz and Hélène Landemore, 2021). His teaching and writing these days focuses on ethics, policy, and technology.
See you all there!
Best, Dan
Dan Fu
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We're live with Raphael in 10!
Dan
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