Ben Lengerich - Machine Learning & AI in Healthcare | Ep. 3

Show Notes

In this conversation, Ben Lengerich and Arseniy explore computational biology, focusing on deep learning, context-adaptive models, and AI interpretability in healthcare. They discuss challenges in foundation models, causality, anomaly detection, and balancing personalization with generalizability.

00:00 Intro

00:50 What is Computational Biology

01:35 Advice for Students

03:18 Deep Learning in Bio: 2018 vs 2025

06:49 Lengerich Lab

08:17 Context-Adaptive ML

11:52 Why Interpretability Matters

19:45 Do LLMs possess Intelligence?

24:35 Model's Over-Personalization

26:54 Support the Pod!

27:27 Industry & Academia in Comp Bio

34:05 Medical Data Anomalies

40:29 How to Catch Counter-Causalities

46:18 The Hospital of the Future

49:38 Who Funds the Research

54:36 Are There Leading Institutions?

59:30 Vision for Medicine in 10 Years

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