Speaker Details

Jean Kossaifi leads research at NVIDIA in the field of AI for Scientific Simulation, where he advances new algorithmic paradigms to solve complex physics-based problems. His core research focuses on fundamental algorithms, including combining tensor methods with deep learning, to develop efficient and powerful neural architectures.

To help democratize advanced computational techniques and accelerate scientific discovery, he created two widely used open-source libraries: TensorLy, for tensor methods, and NeuralOperator, for scientific machine learning.

Prior to NVIDIA, Jean was a founding member of the Samsung AI Center in Cambridge. His academic foundation includes a French Engineering Diploma in Mathematics, Computer Science, and Finance and a BSc in advanced mathematics. Jean then completed my PhD in Artificial Intelligence at Imperial College London. For more on his work, including his publications and open-source projects, please visit his personal website and Google Scholar profile.

Dr. Taylor is an adjunct professor in the Department of Physics and Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, and is a former co-director of QuICS. He is also a scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and a Fellow in the Joint Quantum Institute.

Dr. Taylor has published more than 50 peer-reviewed articles and developed a number of original theories that are on the cutting-edge of theoretical physics. His research involves understanding the fundamental and practical limits to building quantum information devices, studying novel approaches to entangling atomic, photonic and solid state systems, and exploring potential applications of quantum information systems to metrology and measurement science.

He has received a Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal (Sammies) for his advanced scientific research, which has potential for advances in health care, communications, computing and technology.

Dr. Alterovitz is an AI and innovation leader across multiple sectors.

He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is also President of the Presidential Innovation Fellows Foundation, a nonprofit organization focusing on fostering the White House Presidential Innovation Fellows Program and associated innovation.

He has a PhD in electrical and biomedical engineering from MIT. Throughout his career, Dr. Alterovitz has worked on national and international collaborative initiatives for developing and applying AI approaches from research to point-of-care. He serves as an internationally-recognized subject matter expert in the field.

At Harvard, lab works on artificial intelligence and informatics for precision medicine. He has led an international consortium focused on drug resistance and validated drug compounds with resulting intellectual property. He has over 100 publications and four books, including bestsellers. 

Dr. Ramanathan is a computational biologist in the Data Science and Learning Division at Argonne National Laboratory and a senior scientist at the University of Chicago Consortium for Advanced Science and Engineering (CASE). His research interests are at the intersection of data science, high performance computing and biological/biomedical sciences.

His research focuses on three areas focusing on scalable statistical inference techniques: (1) for analysis and development of adaptive multi-scale molecular simulations for studying complex biological phenomena (such as how intrinsically disordered proteins self assemble, or how small molecules modulate disordered protein ensembles), (2) to integrate complex data for public health dynamics, and (3) for guiding design of CRISPR-Cas9 probes to modify microbial function(s).

He has published over 30 papers, and his work has been highlighted in the popular media, including NPR and NBC News. He obtained his Ph.D. in computational biology from Carnegie Mellon University, and was the team lead for integrative systems biology team within the Computational Science, Engineering and Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

CDR Jacob Cole is a native of Pennsylvania. He graduated with merit from the US Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry.

He was commissioned in 2012 into the US Navy Medical Corps andsubsequently attended the Uniformed Services University (USU). Upon graduation as a Doctor of Medicine, CDR Cole completed both internship training in internal medicine and residency training in anesthesiology at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP). Following his internship training he was selected as the NMCP Intern of the Year. In his final year of residency, he was selected as Chief Anesthesiology Resident. Concurrent with his residency training, CDR Cole completed a fellowship in Academic Clinical Education from Eastern Virginia Medical School. Following graduation from residency, CDR Cole served as an attending anesthesiologist and Associate Program Director of the anesthesiology residency at NMCP where he was selected as the Anesthesiology Residency Teacher of the Year. He then completed a Fellowship of Surgical Critical Care Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA before deploying as the Director of Surgical Services and Partner Force Medical Liaison at the Role 2 Expeditionary Medicine Facility aboard Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, Africa.

Following a brief tour as the Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Naval Medical Forces Atlantic, he returned to USU as the Assistant Dean for Digital Transformation in the School of Medicine. In this role he led and executed a comprehensive digital transformation strategy aligned with the university’s mission, vision, and goals, encompassing areas such as education, research, administration, and healthcare delivery.

He now serves as the Director of Health Informatics at the US Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. As the chief informaticist for the US Navy, he is responsible for leveraging data and technology to improve the health and readiness of sailors and marines worldwide.

He has been awarded the rank of Associate Professor of both Anesthesiology and Military & Emergency Medicine at USU. His research interests include the use of emerging technologies in both clinical care and healthcare education, as well as trauma resuscitation and advanced noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring. He has published over 30 scientific manuscripts on various topics including the use of artificial intelligence to enhance education, translational animal model optimization and novel airway management devices.

CDR Cole has achieved board certification in both anesthesiology and critical care medicine from the American Board of Anesthesiology, as well as board certification in Clinical Informatics from the American Board of Preventive Medicine. He has received a Master of Public Health from Purdue University and a Master of Business Administration from Brenau University. He is a qualified Fleet Marine Force Warfare Officer, and his personal decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (four awards), Army Commendation Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, the Joint Service Achievement Medal, as well as various unit and service awards.