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SUMMARY:UCI PHIT Summit 2026: Digital & Public Health Informatics & Technology: Workforce of the Future
DESCRIPTION:The UCI PHIT Summit 2026: Digital & Public Health Informatics & Technology – Workforce of the Future is a two-day interdisciplinary summit bringing together leaders from academia\, industry\, government\, standards organizations\, healthcare\, public health\, and technology to explore the rapidly evolving landscape of digital health and public health informatics.\nHosted at the University of California\, Irvine (UCI) College of Health Sciences on September 10–11\, 2026\, the Summit will focus on the technologies\, standards\, workforce capabilities\, and interdisciplinary collaboration required to build the next generation of healthcare and public health systems.\nThe program combines keynote presentations\, moderated expert panels\, student poster presentations\, technical training\, professional-development activities\, industry roundtables\, and networking opportunities. Sessions will examine how emerging technologies—including Artificial Intelligence\, Machine Learning\, Large Language Models\, Generative AI\, Agentic AI\, wearable and medical devices\, cloud technologies\, interoperability standards\, FHIR\, and digital health platforms—are transforming healthcare delivery\, public health\, research\, and the future health technology workforce.\nEach major 90-minute technical session will follow a 30/30/30 format\, consisting of a session keynote\, an industry-focused discussion\, and an academic/government perspective. This structure is designed to connect technological innovation with real-world deployment\, research\, policy\, standards\, and workforce development.\nKey areas of discussion include Emerging Technologies; Devices & Apps; Aging\, Longevity & Lifestyle; Healthcare & Public Health Systems; Standards and Interoperability; Informatics\, Technology & Standards; Society & Mental Health; and Disease Informatics.\nA strong emphasis will also be placed on student and early-career workforce development. Participants will have opportunities to engage in hands-on technical learning\, including cloud architecture\, DevOps/CI-CD\, integration using sandbox environments and Postman\, FHIR\, notebooks\, LLMs\, GenAI\, Agent-to-Agent technologies\, and Model Context Protocol (MCP). Professional-development activities will include industry roundtables\, resume and LinkedIn guidance\, AI-assisted job-search strategies\, soft-skills development\, and direct interaction with employers.\nThe Summit will also feature the PHIT Student Poster Program\, allowing students to showcase their projects and research while engaging with professionals\, researchers\, technology leaders\, and prospective employers.\nSupported by UCI PHIT and academic partners\, HL7\, IEEE\, ISO TC215\, and industry partners\, the Summit seeks to strengthen collaboration across the health technology ecosystem while preparing students and professionals for the emerging workforce needs of Digital Health\, Public Health Informatics\, Healthcare AI\, Interoperability\, and Health Information Technology.\n[]\nCo-sponsored by: Pradyumna Kodgi\nAgenda:\nINDUSTRY/ACADEMIA EXPERTS TALK/PANEL @ UCI COHS Sue Gross Auditorium\nAgenda\nDay 1 — September 10\, 2026\n8:00 AM – 9:00 AM\nRegistration\, Breakfast & Networking\n9:00 AM – 9:30 AM\nDay 1 Opening Keynote\nDean Dr. Bernadette Boden-Albala\nFounding Dean\, Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health\, UC Irvine\n9:30 AM – 11:00 AM\nSession 1: Emerging Technologies\nNatural Language Processing\, Machine Learning\, Large Language Models\, Generative AI\, Agentic AI\, and emerging technologies in healthcare and public health.\nSpeakers: Dan Desmond\, Anupam Thakur\, Gora Datta\n11:00 AM – 11:15 AM\nBreak\n11:15 AM – 12:45 PM\nPHIT Student Poster Session\nStudent research\, innovation\, and projects in digital health and public health informatics.\n12:45 PM – 2:00 PM\nLunch & Networking\n2:00 PM – 3:30 PM\nSession 2: Devices & Apps\nWearables\, home-care devices\, hospital and laboratory technologies\, SaMD\, SiMD\, and connected health applications.\nSpeakers: Dr. Susan L. Ivey\, Dr. Mohammad Usman\, Marc Mar-Yohana\n3:30 PM – 3:45 PM\nBreak\n3:45 PM – 5:15 PM\nSession 3: Aging\, Longevity & Lifestyle (A2L)\nNutrition\, physical activity\, preventive care\, precision healthcare\, healthy aging\, and longevity.\nSpeakers: Dr. Ramesh Jain\, Dr. Amir Rahmani\, Dr. Stavroula Mougiakakou\n3:45 PM – 5:15 PM — Parallel Training (Room#1020 @ COHS)\nPHIT Technical Training: LLMs & Emerging AI Technologies\n5:30 PM – 6:30 PM\nIndustry Roundtables / Meet-the-Employers\n6:30 PM – 8:00 PM\nDay 1 Closing Keynote\, Dinner & Networking\n—————————————————————\nDay 2 — September 11\, 2026\n8:00 AM – 9:00 AM\nRegistration\, Breakfast & Networking\n9:00 AM – 9:30 AM\nDay 2 Opening Keynote\n9:30 AM – 11:00 AM\nSession 4: Healthcare & Public Health Systems\nElectronic Health Records\, Practice Management\, patient portals\, laboratory systems\, and modern digital health infrastructure.\nSpeakers: Nadine Afari\, Dr. Heather Readhead\, Sameer Halai\, Dr. Kamiar Alaei\n9:30 AM – 11:30 AM — Parallel Training (Room#1020 @ COHS)\nPHIT Technical Training: FHIR & Healthcare Interoperability\nHands-on FHIR\, healthcare APIs\, sandbox environments\, and Postman.\n11:00 AM – 11:15 AM\nBreak\n11:15 AM – 12:45 PM\nSession 5: Standards Interoperability at Work\nHL7\, ISO\, IEEE-SA\, FHIR\, terminology\, healthcare APIs\, cloud technologies\, and interoperability standards.\nSpeakers: Todd Cooper\, Rachel Dunscombe\, Maria Palombini\n12:45 PM – 2:00 PM\nLunch & Networking\n2:00 PM – 3:30 PM\nSession 6: Society & Mental Health\nPublic policy\, mental health\, social and environmental determinants of health\, resilient healthcare\, and community health.\nSpeakers: Dr. Orlando Lopez\, Dr. Yuri Quintana\, Dr. Saugat Karki\n2:00 PM – 3:30 PM — Parallel Professional Development (Room#1020 @ COHS)\nBuilding the Future PHIT Workforce\nResume and LinkedIn development\, AI-assisted job search\, Prompt Engineering\, soft skills\, and career readiness.\n3:30 PM – 3:45 PM\nBreak\n3:45 PM – 5:15 PM\nSession 7: Disease Informatics\nRemote Patient Monitoring\, chronic care\, transitional care\, disease surveillance\, communicable and non-communicable diseases\, epidemics\, and pandemics.\nSpeakers: Dr. Manijeh Berenji\, Dr. Angel Desai\, Dr. Bryant T. Karras\n5:30 PM – 6:30 PM\nAwards\, Certificates & Meet-the-Employers\n6:30 PM – 8:00 PM\nDay 2 Closing Keynote\, Dinner & Networking\nThroughout Both Days\nProgram and speaker lineup are subject to change. Awaiting confirmation from some invited speakers.\n856 Health Sciences Road\, Irvine\, California\, United States\, 92697\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/571968
URL:https://svec.org/event/uci-phit-summit-2026-digital-public-health-informatics-technology-workforce-of-the-future/
LOCATION:856 Health Sciences Road\, Irvine\, California\, United States\, 92697\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/571968
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SUMMARY:Decoding the Invisible: Latent Representation and the Future of Human-AI Interaction
DESCRIPTION:Modern AI does not understand pixels or words. It understands latent structure. As these invisible representations become the language through which humans and machines communicate\, they will fundamentally redefine how we create\, discover\, and collaborate. This lecture reveals the mathematics behind these hidden spaces and explores why they may become the most important interface between human intelligence and artificial intelligence.\nThis lecture explores the evolution of latent representations from Variational Autoencoders\, which first learned meaningful probabilistic embeddings\, to Generative Adversarial Networks\, which demonstrated photorealistic generation while exposing challenges in stability and control\, and finally to diffusion models and Stable Diffusion\, which combine exceptional image quality with unprecedented controllability and robustness.\nBeyond the algorithms\, the talk examines how latent representations are transforming human-AI interaction. By enabling AI systems to reason\, generate\, and collaborate through shared abstract representations\, they are reshaping creativity\, scientific discovery\, healthcare\, education\, and engineering. Understanding these hidden spaces offers not only insight into how modern AI works\, but also a glimpse into a future where humans and intelligent machines communicate and co-create in entirely new ways.\nNote:\n– You will require a Zoom account (free to obtain) to join the meeting. This requirement is to avoid Zoom bombing. Please sign in using the email address tied to your Zoom account\, not necessarily the one you used to register for the event.\n– By registering for this event\, you agree that IEEE and the organizers are not liable to you for any loss\, damage\, injury\, or any incidental\, indirect\, special\, consequential\, or economic loss or damage (including loss of opportunity\, exemplary or punitive damages). The event will be recorded and will be made available for public viewing.\nCo-sponsored by: Vishnu S. Pendyala\, SJSU\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Narayan Srinivasa\, IEEE Fellow \, Dr. Vishnu S. Pendyala\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/570049
URL:https://svec.org/event/decoding-the-invisible-latent-representation-and-the-future-of-human-ai-interaction/
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