David Golan, PhD, is the co-founder and chief technology officer of Viz.ai, a digital healthcare company harnessing deep learning to analyze medical data and improve clinical workflow. Prior to founding Viz.ai, David was a Fulbright postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University, working on leveraging deep learning for the analysis of medical imaging and genetic data. David holds a PhD in Statistics and Machine learning from Tel-Aviv University, and has co-authored more than 20 scientific papers including three publications in the journal Science. Prior to his academic career, David founded the ML team of b-hive Networks, an Israeli startup which was acquired by VMWare in 2008.
Hidden biases, reduced privacy, and over-reliance on non-transparent, decision-making black boxes can cut against democratic values, potentially putting our civil rights at risk. This means that the effective and equitable use of AI will be based on solving inherent ethical, safety, data privacy and cybersecurity challenges.