Old Dominion University Week on The Academic Minute
Monday
George McLeod, director of the Center for Geospatial Science, Education, and Analytics, shows how virtual worlds can help us protect our own.
Tuesday
Tiffany Zhu, assistant professor of global ethics and technology, examines why AI chatbots can spread generalizations.
Wednesday
Maryam Golbazi, research assistant professor of climate science, examines where the heat hits the hardest on hot days.
Thursday
Hong Qin, associate professor in the School of Data Science and the Department of Computer Science at Old Dominion University, analyzes the data to examine how fast a viral variant can spread.
Friday
Khan Iftekharuddin, Professor and Eminent Scholar, delves into a non-invasive method for detecting an aggressive brain tumor.
Catch up with The Academic Minute from 5/12 - 5/16
Monday
Edison Bicudo - Aston University
How Language and Cognition Shape Our Societies and Political Life
Dr Edison Bicudo is a Lecturer in the Department of Society and Politics, Aston University, in the UK. He is interested in the regulation, governance, digitalisation, and financialisation of health technology development. With background in sociology, political economy, and geography, he is also interested in the ideological and cognitive underpinnings of technology governance.
Tuesday
Raymond Goodrich - Colorado State University
Testing a Promising New Cancer Immunotherapy in Ovarian Cancer Patients
Former Executive Director of the Infectious Disease Research Center, Ray Goodrich has been investigating vaccine candidates to combat the pathogens that cause COVID-19, tuberculosis and influenza. He also led the development program for a cancer vaccine targeting solid organ tumors.
Wednesday
Indranil Bardhan - University of Texas at Austin
A Positive Lesson From COVID-19 Clinical Trials and IT Capabilities Decreased Death Rates in Hospitals
Indranil Bardhan is the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Regents Chair in Health Care Management in the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin. He is a professor of management information systems and teaches courses in the MBA program as well as the M.S. program.
Thursday
Carlena Ficano - Hartwick College
Systemic Barriers Faced By Minority and Women Entrepreneurs
Dr. Ficano’s areas of expertise include: labor economics, applied econometrics, social policy on low income family well-being, the economics of higher education and, most recently, local economic development.
Friday
Jinglu Jiang - Binghamton University
Multitasking and Phishing Emails
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