Harvard IT Summit 6 June 2023

  • Panel Discussion on AI
    • As disruptive as Internet, cell phones, Netflix, etc.
    • Legislators have all seen Terminator.
    • TX just passed a responsible AI bill
    • Questions
      • When we should use it
      • When we shouldn’t it
    • usefulness of chatbots
      • When does a a lack of emotional connection hamper chat/service interactions
    • It will both take away jobs and create them
    • LogicMonitor’s use of AI
      • Chatbots
      • Predictive analytics on alert trends
    • AI impact on Data Science
      • Student success predictive analytics
      • Automation / efficiency gains
      • The importance of training your model
    • How do you prepare your data for GAPrivacy
      • You should be cautious with the data you expose
    • Future trends for IT professionals
      • Getting away from core developers
      • QA is becoming much more automated
      • Re-skill
      • Python, java, data science, ML
      • AI skillset
      • “Be like water,” go with the flow
      • Don’t be the curmudgeon
  • CIO/CTO Panel
    • IT trends at Harvard
      • AI of course
      • Data mgmt
      • Science enablement
      • Platform independence, scale wherever you need to
      • Post-pandemic
        • Simplification
        • Rest
        • Hybrid work, hybrid learning
      • User Experience
      • Get used to rapid change and innovation, less focus on stability
    • we do ourselves a disservice when we think about change as something that is happening to us
      • We should be accountable for it
      • Calibrate the impact of change