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UCLA - PolyU Innovation and Technology Collaborative Research & Technology
Development Lecture Series Development Seminar
“Deep Learning Microscope for “Advancing Food Safety and Integrity
Label-free Cancer Diagnostics” through Public-Private Partnerships and
Collaborations with the Academia”

Date Date
10 Apr 2017 20 Apr 2017

Speaker Speaker

• Prof. Bahram Jalali, Northrop-Grumman Optoelectronics • Mr. Yves Rey, Senior Advisor to Danone Board of
Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering at UCLA Directors

Abstract Abstract

ITDO jointly organized a public lecture entitled “Deep Learning ITDO invited Mr. Yves Rey to share with audiences how public-
Microscope for Label-free Cancer Diagnostics” with the private partnerships (PPPs) can help industry in leveraging
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). diverse expertise among government, academic, and industry
researchers to address food and safety-related research
Prof. Bahram Jalali shared the label-free classification challenges that will ultimately benefit the public health.
of cancer cells in blood with record accuracy using the
artificial intelligence with photonic time stretch technique Through PPPs, business can share the cost with government
augmented microscope. This new cell diagnostics method in R&D projects and adopt government assessment
has the potential to open up a new path to data-driven cancer mechanisms for funding support to eliminate overlapping
diagnostics. The public lecture was successfully held at PolyU investments with other similar projects, utilize the academia’s
with approximatively one hundred attendees. expertise to enhance the efficiency of R&D and stimulate
additional spillovers from research.

Innovation & Technology Lecture Series 39