#AcademicRunPlaylist - 5/26/24

I was able to get out a bit on a lovely day, and I was also able to fit in some time for talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

First was an interesting panel on the degree to which patents have a chilling effect on overall R&D at the UCL Faculty of Laws with Robin Jacob, Nikolaus Thumm, John Howells, Ken Shadlen, and David Rosenberg. While there wasn't enough examination of the challenges of market entry for my tastes, this is still a good review of evidence in favor of the current patent system https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BNaHJzt_Aw

Next was a nice talk by Wei Jiang on disagreement on company valuations at Columbia Business School https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj2qU0trvx8

Next was an intriguing talk by John Lindsay on the history of information science at the University of London School of Advanced Study https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wHVasyQHtg

Next was a great symposium on clinical trial data sharing and reproducibility at the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics with Jeffrey Drazen, Harlan Krumholz, and Ameet Sarpatwari. The implications of this discussion go far beyond medicine, applying to many data-intensive disciplines where data collection is labor intensive, ethically fraught, and devalued by the academic community https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThbJJC2kOdc

Next was a short talk by Sheena Erete on applying an intersection analysis of structural oppression and power in HCI and design at the Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMgguEXG3E8

Next was an excellent talk by Jonathan Lazar on born-accessible design and the inclusion efforts underway at UMD at the HCIL. The breadth of activities in this area frankly puts most other labs to shame, and should be applauded and emulated/built upon widely https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmkscqh34L4

Next was a fascinating talk by Carolina López-Ruiz on the Phoenicians and the development of the Mediterranean seen through the lens of archaeological sites of Tartessos (southern Iberia) at Brown University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ffcFY8Ssgs

Last was an engaging panel on incorporating AI into team workflows at the HCIL with Susan G. Campbell, Marine Carpuat, Susannah Paletz, and Stephanie Valencia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYujvkvSp5g