Ram D. Sriram  : Transforming Health Care Through IoT and Omics Revolutions
Channel: AI Institute at UofSC - #AIISC
Date: 2018-03-09

Date: Mar 2, 2018
Time: 10:30 am
Place: 366 Joshi

Abstract:
The Internet, which has spanned several networks in a wide variety of domains, is having a significantimpact on every aspect of our lives. The next generation of networks will utilize a wide variety of resourceswith significant sensing capabilities. Such networks will extend beyond physically linked computers toinclude multimodal-information from biological, cognitive, semantic, and social networks. This paradigmshift will involve symbiotic networks of smart medical devices, and smart phones or mobile personalcomputing and communication devices (mPCDs). These devices – and the network -- will be constantlysensing, monitoring, and interpreting the environment; this is sometimes referred to as the Internet ofThings (IoT). Additionally, we are also witnessing considerable interest in the “Omics” paradigm, whichcan be viewed as the study of a domain on a massive scale, at different levels of abstraction, in anintegrative manner. The IoT revolution combined with the Omics revolution (genomics and sociomics orsocial networks) will have significant implications on the way health care is delivered in the United States.In this talk I will discuss the following: 1) The P7 concept of smart health care; 2) The evolution of IoT –sensing, monitoring, and interpreting the environment; 3) The omics revolutions – genomics andsociomics; and 4) Modeling and interoperability issues.