Emerging Technologies
Why artificial intelligence is vital in the race to meet the SDGs
From vaccine development to climate change, artificial intelligence can accelerate progress to meeting the UN's sustainable development agenda by 2030.
Alice Gast
Educated at the University of Southern California and Princeton University. 1985-2001, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, and affiliated with the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory. 2001-06, Vice-President, Research and Associate Provost and Robert T. Haslam Chair in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2006-14, President, Lehigh University. Since 2014, President, Imperial College London. Member: Board of Directors, Chevron Corporation; Board of Trustees, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST); Academic Research Council, Singapore Ministry of Education; Board Member, UK Research & Innovation. United States Science Envoy to the Caucasus and Central Asia. Co-Author of numerous scientific publications and a classic textbook on colloid and surface phenomena. Academic interest: surface and interfacial phenomena, in particular the behaviour of complex fluids.
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Education and Skills
四种方法，让大学为未来的教育保驾护航
大学通过加速即将发生的变化来应对疫情危机。现在，展望未来，我们必须充分利用这些变化，开拓新的领域。当世界大部分地区进入封锁状态，大学加强了研究并将教学转移到了网络空间。这场危机激发了各种发明，并带来了新的教学和学习方式、创新的新思想和技术的进步。随着我们对校园学习进行现代化改造，许多变化将继续伴随着我们。
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Four ways universities can future-proof education
The COVID-19 crisis accelerated changes that were on the horizon for universities. Now they must keep the best of those changes and forge new frontiers.
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Por qué tenemos que hablar de macrodatos
Los grandes datos y la IA pueden usarse como una fuerza para el bien, pero existe la preocupación de que revelemos demasiada información personal.
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Why we need to talk about big data
Big data and AI can be used as a force for good but there is concern we give away too much of our personal information.
Let’s redistribute the future: reversing the inverse tech equation
The availability of technology decreases in those areas that need it most. In these places, lack of access can have life or death consequences.
面对质疑，大学如何重拾公信力
在过去的几年中，人们对于大学、专家的信任程度不断下降。“大学”、“专家”等名字似乎也不如以往那样得到尊重。
Universities are not ivory towers. Here's the role they can play today
Many in society think universities have nothing to offer them. By listening and collaborating, we can rebuild bonds with those who feel alienated and left behind
Education and Skills
A Magic Pony and America's unicorns: how immigrants spark innovation
Some of the West's most exciting developments in tech and science are being led by immigrants. How can we encourage greater collaboration between homegrown and immigrant minds?
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Will the digital revolution make it tougher for women leaders?
How does today’s competitive, connected and collaborative environment affect women leaders?
我们如何才能创造奇迹般的新技术？
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The breakthroughs of the future are beyond our dreams
This “fourth industrial revolution” could transform our lives, but only if fundamental research is embedded at its core.
Jobs and the Future of Work
Why business leaders should think like scientists
