About MIA
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MIA weekly meetings feature a primer, breakfast, seminar, and discussion; these meetings are interactive and have a pedagogical focus. Instead of an emphasis on research results, speakers dive into the methods — their mechanics, intuition, and philosophy — in the context of their research, so that participants can leave the talk having absorbed new ideas and potentially apply them in their own research. Other MIA functions include hosting workshops, developing educational resources, advising leadership, and supporting the computational community. Schmidt Center fellows are actively involved in the organization of talks, taking on roles in the Initiative’s steering committee.
MIA Overview
Watch this introduction video to learn about the past 10 years of MIA at Broad.
To learn more, check out this video to learn more about the past, present, and future of MIA, and how you can help drive the fusion of machine learning and biomedicine. Learn more about founders Jon Bloom and Alex Bloemendal and check out the Kendall Square Codebreakers in the Harvard Crimson.
Talking Machines: Listen to interviews with Eric Lander, Aviv Regev, and Nick Patterson.
Current Steering Committee and Organizers
Current co-chairs: Orr Ashenberg (since Sept '23), Lauren Golden (since May '25).
MIA's efforts are driven by the Steering Committee: Orr Ashenberg, Tavor Baharav, Jessika Baral, Salil Bhate (co-chair, Jan '23 - May '24), Alex Bloemendal (co-chair, Sept '15 - Jan '22), Sebastiano Cultrera di Montesano, Pinar Demetci (co-chair, Jan '24 - May '25), Laura Drepanos, Lauren Golden, Sumaiya Iqbal, Tanvi Jain, Ruitong Li, DR Mani, Marie-Madlen Pust, Martin Stražar, Akshaya Thoutam, Sam Zimmerman.
Admin: Suus Bergenhenegouwen, Nadya Karpova, Jennifer Kratochwill.
Founders: Alex Bloemendal, Jon Bloom (fall 2015).
Past Steering Committee Members
Matthew Amodio, Mehrtash Babadi, David Benjamin, Eli Bingham, Jon Bloom (co-chair, Sept '15 - July '19), Juan Caicedo, Brian Cleary, Ashley Mae Conard, Hilary Finucane, David Fischer, Samuel Friedman, Aleksandrina Goeva (co-chair, Jan '21 - Dec '22), Allen Goodman, Anika Gupta, Marzieh Haghighi, Martin Jankowiak, Wengong Jin, Ray Jones, Dylan Kotliar, Debora Marks, James McFarland, Arnav Mehta, Mollie Morg, Mor Nitzan, Yakir Reshef, Sam Riesenfeld, Gopal Sarma (co-chair, July '19 - Jan '21), Max Shen, Emma Stickgold, Martin Strazar, Aviad Tsherniak, Ursula Widocki, Elizabeth Wood, Anna Yeaton.
A Few Details
- View our current schedule.
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- For questions, email mia-team@broadinstitute.org.
- Stay updated by following MIA on Twitter and on the Schmidt Center LinkedIn.
- Check out our MIA Playlist of past talks.
