The School of Science and Engineering of Ateneo de Manila University cordially invites everyone to a lecture on:
"Mobile Phone Technologies for Health in the Third World: Applications and Opportunities"
by
Luis F. G. Sarmenta, Ph.D.
MIT Computer Science and A.I. Laboratory
and Ateneo de Manila University
16 August 2007, 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Dean's Conference Rooom, School of Science and Engineering
ABSTRACT:
As mobile phone technologies become increasingly available and affordable, a new opportunity arises for us to use these technologies not just for communication or entertainment, but for improving both personal and public health around the world.
This talk presents the many ways in which people are already using mobile phone technologies in health care applications today, and identifies further opportunities to do even more. Mobile phone technologies have already changed lives around the world. Now, they can actually save lives as well.
This talk hopes to inspire and encourage us Filipinos to explore this areaand make original contributions to world-wide efforts using thistechnology. And by doing so, we can save lives not only within the Philippines, but around the world as well.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
DR. LUIS F. G. SARMENTA is a Research Scientist from the Computer Scienceand Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He is also a faculty member of the Department of Information Systems and Computer Science of the Ateneo.
For inquiries, please call:
Office of the Dean
School of Science and Engineering
Ateneo de Manila University
Tel. 4266001 locals 5600 and 5602
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