Big Data Zone Report – November 2019

Read the report: Big Data Zone Report – November 2019 [PDF]

The Big Data Zone was a themed zone supported by the Institute of Physics. It featured five scientists:

  • Sreejita Ghosh is a PhD student developing a machine learning program which can identify rare diseases of the adrenal gland.
  • Sam Lawrence is a space scientist looking at patterns of galaxies to try and understand the physical laws that govern the universe.
  • Kate Winfield is an environmental data scientist archiving and preserving data from weather reports.
  • Anastasia Aliferi is a PhD student in forensic genetics, working on methods to find out how old someone is by looking at drops of their blood.
  • Adam Wootton is teaching AI systems to search through data and find damage, in order to repair roads and bridges.
Posted on January 15, 2020 by modemily in 2019, IOP, Zone Reports. Comments Off on Big Data Zone Report – November 2019

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