Episodes
Monday Apr 27, 2020
Data trusts: Power to the people in the digital age
Monday Apr 27, 2020
Monday Apr 27, 2020
How can groups of people be empowered to share sensitive personal data such as medical records, with transparency about how they will be used? This is a question of particular relevance during the Covid-19 pandemic, when scientific research into the disease can greatly benefit from data collection at scale. In this episode, we're talking to Sylvie Delacroix, Turing Fellow and Professor in Law and Ethics at Birmingham Law School (University of Birmingham) about the concept of data trusts and how they enable the sharing and safeguarding of data. https://datatrusts.uk/
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
Tracking the Pandemic
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
How can data science support us in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic? Our Researcher at Large, Jon Crowcroft, speaks about how smartphones can be mobilised to track the Covid-19 pandemic. He also discusses how data science and AI research is playing a crucial role in finding solutions during the crisis.
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
AI for the Skies
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
Recorded a few months ago, in our first episode we speak to Dr Radka Jersakova, Research Data Scientist at The Institute about her project that applies AI to air traffic control simulators. Join us as we discuss how advances in AI may go some way paving the way towards putting more planes (safely) in the sky.