STA Engineering Challenge 2023 - Machine Learning for Characterization of Slurred Speech Following Anesthesia
The Engineering Challenge is a regular feature of the Annual Meeting, and will be held Saturday, January 14, 2023. As always, the intent of the Challenge is to educate the membership on an area of technology.
All anesthesiologists are familiar with the tendency of anesthesia to produce a period of slurred speech during recovery. While slurred speech is a frequently employed endpoint for conscious sedation with benzodiazepines, no systematic assessment of recovery from anesthetic effects has employed slurred speech as a marker. An objective measure of the time course of recovery from anesthesia utilizing machine learning approaches is the subject of the 2023 STA Engineering Challenge. As always, the intent of the Challenge is to educate the membership and to foster the entry of talent into the specialty and the Society.
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STA Engineering Challenge Contact Information:
For questions on the challenge specifications contact:
Jeff E. Mandel, MD, MS
Chair, STA Engineering Challenge
jemandel@verizon.net
2020 Engineering Challenge Participants
Christopher Connor, MD, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Austin Culp, Pennsylvania State University
Eileen Petros, Case Western Reserve University
Kevin Wang, MD, MSc
2019 Engineering Challenge Participants
Deepak Agarwal, DO, MPH, Cleveland Clinic
Michael Burns, MD, PhD, University of Michigan
Christopher Connor, MD, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Angad Kalra, BSc, MSc, University of Toronto
David Robinowitz, MD, MHS, MS, University of California San Francisco
2018 Engineering Challenge Participants:
Priya Ramaswamy, MD, M Eng, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Deepak Agarwal, DO, MPH, Cleveland Clinic
Mark Korenke, MD, University of Michigan
Giuseppe Grossi, B Eng, Sickkids Hospital
2017 Engineering Challenge Participants:
Rami Saab, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Nirav Bhasar, MD, University of Miami
Elie Sarraf, MDCM, B Eng, University of Vermont
Ryan Durk, MD, Washington University, Saint Louis
Krithika Anand, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2016 Engineering Challenge Winner:
Ali Jalali, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2015 Engineering Challenge Winner:
Hassanpour Ali, MD, Temple University
2014 Engineering Challenge Winners: