Toby Walsh is a Laureate Fellow and Scientia Professor of AI at the University of New South Wales and Data61, and adjunct professor at QUT. He was named by an Australian newspaper as one of the "rock stars" of Australia's digital revolution. Professor Walsh is a strong advocate for limits to ensure AI is used to improve our lives. He has been a leading voice in the discussion about autonomous weapons (aka "killer robots"), speaking at the UN in New York and Geneva on the topic. He is a Fellow of the Australia Academy of Science. He appears regularly on TV and radio, and has authored two books on AI for a general audience, the most recent entitled "2062: The World that AI Made".
In many ways, the future of diagnostics lies in technology, machine learning, molecular biology and cutting-edge R&D. According to the Future Healthcare Journal, AI will be increasingly applied within healthcare , especially for the tasks of diagnosis and treatment recommendations, patient engagement and adherence, and administrative activities of the healthcare workforce. What does this mean for the treatment and prediction of future pandemics and for cutting edge research across medicine? Our diverse panel of experts seeks answers for you.