Big data: a big deal for cardiology?

Heart Podcast

English - July 13, 2016 11:55 - 14 minutes - 20.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 34 ratings
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In this episode of the Heart podcast, Associate Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at Oxford University’s Internet Institute. He is an expert in 'Big Data' and recently delivered the opening keynote lecture at the British Cardiovascular Society's annual meeting in Manchester, entitled ‘Big data: a big deal for cardiology?'

Viktor shares his knowledge about how 'Big Data' is rapidly changing the way we do scientific research. Topics range from 'flu prevention using Google searches to predicting the timing of heart attack and stroke.

Links
http://www.big-data-book.com/
http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/content/37/12/996.long

http://www.bcs.com/conference/webcasts1.asp?talkid=5307&confyear=2016