Ian Scheffler
Researchers at Penn Engineering and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM) have received a $7-million, four-year award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to develop artificial intelligence (AI) systems that support personalized medical treatment.
The project, which will be led by Rajeev Alur, Zisman Family Professor in Computer and Information Science (CIS) at Penn Engineering and Director of the AI-enabled Systems: Safe, Explainable, and Trustworthy (ASSET) Center, will focus on breast cancer, heart attacks and sepsis.
In each case, the project will develop systems that help clinicians predict treatment response, leading to better health outcomes for patients. “We are excited to take on the challenge of building AI models for clinical predictions that are not only highly accurate but also accompanied with explanations that clinicians can trust,” says Alur.