Artificial Intelligence and Biomedicine

This learning journey is designed to introduce artificial intelligence (AI) in the field of biomedicine. Caveats and limitations of AI are discussed. Specific examples of AI applications in healthcare and drug discovery are also explored in this journey.


1. Where can AI help? – the knowledge ladder

By Prof. John Fox – University of Oxford, UK

An excerpt from Artificial intelligence in medicine: history & state of the art


2. Machine learning and its methods

By Prof. John Fox – University of Oxford, UK

An excerpt from Artificial intelligence in medicine: scaling & deployment of applications


3. Where should human users be?

By Prof. James Giordano – Georgetown University Medical Center, USA

An excerpt from Big data, artificial intelligence and biosecurity on the global stage 1


4. Caveats of AI and big data

By Prof. James Giordano – Georgetown University Medical Center, USA

An excerpt from Big data, artificial intelligence and biosecurity on the global stage 2


5. Identifying patients for diagnosis and treatment using AI

By Prof. Richard E. Gliklich – OM1, USA

An excerpt from AI for medical devices


6. Big data in drug discovery

By Mr. Ed Addison – Chairman of Cloud Pharmaceuticals and Adjunct Professor at North Carolina State University, USA

An excerpt from AI and big data in drug discovery


7. How can AI help drug discovery?

By Dr. Olexandr Isayev – Carnegie Mellon University, USA

An excerpt from Accelerating drug discovery with machine learning and AI