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Head of AI Innovation, Ministry of Defense (KSA) Prof. @UofR & Co-Director @ROCHCI (on-leave) Human-Centered AI PECASE | MIT Alum | 2×IRONMAN

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7 months
I am deeply humbled to have been awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) by President Biden. This is the highest recognition by the U.S. government to scientists and engineers. There's an interesting paradox in academia where students.
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RT @UofR: What if Alexa detected Parkinson's?. Grad students at @ur_engineering have outlined a speech-based AI tool to screen for signs of….
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A speech-based AI tool developed at the University of Rochester offers a new way to screen for indicators of the neurodegenerative disease.
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RT @parkinsonstory: Researchers developed an AI algorithm that uses speech analysis to detect subtle markers of Parkinson's disease. https:….
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RT @Ghoshal_G: Why does so much academic innovation come from outside elite circles?.After 2 years, rejections, and a few bruises, our pape….
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🧾 NEW in @NEJM_AI:.“Facial Analysis Using AI to Screen for Parkinson’s Disease”.🔗 Paper spotlight: 👉 Our study (n=1,452) finds AI can detect Parkinson’s from a simple smile with:.• 87.9% accuracy.• AUROC of 89.3. [WHY THIS MATTERS].Smiling is
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RT @MichaelOkun: Say cheese to detect Parkinson’s? Can AI see what doctors and healthcare providers miss? What if a simple smile could scre….
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RT @aipulserx: Can a simple smile captured on video serve as an effective, accessible screening tool for Parkinson's disease when clinical….
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RT @Bob_Wachter: There are few in this world who were such forces for good as @atulbutte. His dazzling intellect, relentless curiosity, gen….
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RT @URMC_DeptMed: Congrats to our 2025 Research & Education Pilot awardees!. Awardees will tackle a wide range of topics, from microplastic….
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So happy to graduate my 9th PhD student — Dr. Kurtis Haut!. Kurt's technical brilliance and genuine people skills led to SOPHIE, an AI system helping doctors practice difficult conversations with terminal cancer patients. In a tech world focused on replacing humans, he found a
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Flew across the Atlantic to attend an in-person meeting of the @theNASEM Health Sciences Policy board—and it was worth every mile. We met in the historic Board Room, where President Lincoln signed the charter establishing the National Academy of Sciences in 1863. A powerful
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Disappointed @NSF isn't funding REU programs this year due to budget uncertainty. I (and many others) relied on these programs to mentor talented US undergrads into CS research and PhD paths. Cutting this pipeline of future scientists harms innovation.
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4 months
Sporting my @aaas T-shirt at the #RamadanRun 5K race organized by @RaceArabia in Riyadh. During Ramadan, work hours reduce to 6 hours in Saudi Arabia, creating time to prioritize health, family, and spiritual reflection—widely considered the region's most cherished season,
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Wonderful to cheer on my PhD students, Md. Saiful Islam and Tariq Adnan at #AAAI in Philadelphia today. The work demonstrates the real-world impact of multimodal AI via Parkinson’s disease. FYI: the yearly economic burden for Parkinson’s disease in the US is $50B (and projected
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RT @pliang279: This spring I am teaching a new class at MIT called **How to AI (Almost) Anything**. Its name is a play on 2 seminal @medial….
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Ran the Riyadh marathon for 2nd year in a row, cherishing the memories of Abie, our spin instructor who left us too soon. #RiyadhMarathon2025
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RT @fadeladib: One of the most important skills I teach my students&postdocs is how to communicate their research. Last week at NSF, I gave….
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RT @RosalindPicard: Congratulations, Ehsan! Your @mit @medialab family is so proud of the great work you and the teams you've led have don….
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RT @sbmaruf: Apart from every nitty-gritty detail of research, I know few people who can drive impact and @ehsan_hoque is one of them. Wis….
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