A Conversation on Philosophy, Science and Technology

In this installment of the TechTalk Speaker Series, Sharena Rice, PhD, neuroscientist and cybernetician, will share stories of finding purpose through combining disciplines, gathering insights that lead to innovation, and frameworks for systems thinking. An audience Q&A will follow, moderated by Earle Charles, PhD, program director for the MS in Information Technology program.

Rice tinkered with electronics as a child and wrote a documentary on human behavior in middle school. At Cal Lutheran, she majored in biochemistry while double-minoring in philosophy and psychology. She looks to invert suffering by expanding what humans and machines can do together. She had a 22-month residency at the Zen Buddhist Temple in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In her dissertation research in the OmarLab at the University of Michigan, she studied neural circuits and brain rhythms during navigation, learning, memory and sleep. She was the co-founder/chief scientific officer of Intvo, which creates computer vision automotive software for pedestrian behavior prediction.

Rice currently is a consulting adviser for Evolve Living Labs, a new game platform for sustainable living, and a scientific adviser for Valence Vibrations, which transmits emotions from tone of voice as wristband haptics.

The event is free but registration is required. Participants will receive the Zoom link information via email prior to the event.

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