Clemson University and the 石榴视频黄色版 have joined forces to harness the power of artificial intelligence to improve health care in South Carolina.

Artificial Intelligence, or AI, has the power to sift through the billions of chemical and electrical signals in the brain to differentiate a simple blink of an eye from an abnormality that may diagnose neurological diseases like Alzheimer鈥檚, for example. AI can analyze complex medical images to detect early signs of a tumor. Or it could predict a stroke or early onset cancer.聽

These are a few examples of limitless potential, but to put the power of AI to use in health care, research collaborations between AI experts, medical researchers and clinicians are essential. The new聽Clemson-MUSC AI Hub聽aims to build those collaborations, invest in promising research projects and equip researchers with the knowledge, tools and experts to apply AI to their work.聽

The Clemson-MUSC AI Hub features two key components: an AI Advocates cohort of experts; and an Augmentation Grant program to invest in interdisciplinary research. Additionally, the leadership team plans to hold an AI Summit in January for researchers to share ideas and form collaborations.聽

The Clemson-MUSC AI Hub is led by Brian Dean, professor and chair of the Division of Computer Science at Clemson; Christopher McMahan, an associate professor in the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at Clemson; and pediatric cardiologist at MUSC Health.聽

鈥淲e want to be a catalyst between the fields of public health, medical research and AI and machine learning to advance science,鈥� said McMahan, who is using AI to understand how genetics impact addiction, in hopes of developing customizable individual treatment plans.聽

鈥淭he reality is we use AI in lots of places already, most people just don鈥檛 realize it,鈥� said Baker, who currently uses AI to study language processing. 鈥淭here are so many projects out there that could benefit tremendously from what we鈥檙e doing.鈥�

鈥淭he AI Hub will help grow the baseline of research teams conducting AI medical research. Recruiting faculty will be very important,鈥� Dean said. 鈥淚f you are involved in research that is generating a ton of data, AI is something you should consider, particularly if key patterns of interest in the data are very subtle. Modern advancements in AI can be gamechangers.鈥澛�

The online聽Clemson-MUSC AI Hub聽will include details on both programs, a list of upcoming events, tutorials and other information.