The New Era of Informatics: Data science with heterogeneous sources

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2-690 Moos Tower

Speakers:

Jiang Bian
Dr. Jiang Bian
Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics,
Director of Cancer Informatics and eHealth Core Programs,
University of Florida

Bio: Dr. Bian is currently an Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Florida, and the Director of Cancer Informatics and eHealth Core Programs for the UF Health Cancer Center. He has a diverse yet strong multi-disciplinary background in data science, semantic web and ontology, natural language processing, social media, network science, data privacy, eHealth and user-centered design, and software engineering.

Synopsis: This talk will discuss the importance of recognizing, using and integrating heterogeneous data sources in biomedical research, from precision medicine to precision public health to learning health systems.