AAAS 2015 Annual Meeting

Advances in information and imaging technologies are generating novel applications in fields such as biochemistry, computer science, particle physics, genomics, and oceanography, and creating ways to interpret data across disciplines. This transformation makes scientific information more open, available, and accessible globally. The escalating amount of data, and advances in data analysis, are changing the ways we discover answers to scientific and societal problems. Thoughtful consideration of how information is used for societal benefit, evaluated for potential risks, and communicated beyond the scientific community will allow this revolution to reach its full potential.

Plenary speakers will include the President's Address by Gerald Fink;  The Online Revolution: Learning Without Limits by Daphne Koller, President and Co-Founder Coursera; Post-Evolutionary Biology: Design of Novel Protein Structures, Functions, and Assemblies, David Baker, Professor of Biochemistry University of Washington; Optical Deconstruction of Fully-Assembled Biological Systems, Karl Deisseroth, D.H. Chen Professor of Bioengineering and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University; Finding Your Inner Fish, Neil Shubin, Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy University of Chicago.