The Rise of Data-Driven Societies and the Importance of an Interdisciplinary Approach—Philip E. Bourne, PhD—Stephenson Chair of Data Science and Director of Data Science Institute, University of Virginia
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2018
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
By combining the knowledge, tools, and approaches of computer science, engineering, and environmental studies, several students at the Data Science Institute at the University of Virginia are implementing drones in the collection of geospatial data involving ozone levels across the Blue Ridge Mountains. This is just one example of the practical applications of interdisciplinary studies, and the nature of the work being led by Philip E. Bourne, who serves as Stephenson Chair of Data Science, Director of the Data Science Institute, and professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Virginia.
Intrigued by the development of data science and its increasing number of important applications in modern society, Dr. Bourne runs an institute that thrives off of the benefits of interdisciplinary work and carries out projects in the fields of digital humanities, social sciences, finance, transportation, environmental studies, biomedicine, and engineering.
Dr. Bourne discusses a variety of exciting topics, including aspects of evolutionary computation, what distinguishes data science from computer science, ethics associated with the use of data, the connection between the study of proteins and precision medicine, and how an analysis of electronic health record and DMV data could lead to more accurate, potentially life-saving interventions in trauma surgery.
Tune in for the full conversation and reach out with questions via email at peb6a@virginia.edu.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Almost Here, Around the Corner of Future Technology Podcasts with Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:07.0 | Future Technologies is to transform our lives for better or worse or the focus of this podcast. |
| 0:13.0 | Almost here means these technologies are now here and starting to be used. |
| 0:17.0 | Or just around the corner, for Bitcoin to artificial intelligence, |
| 0:21.0 | 3D printing, blockchain, virtual reality, and more. |
| 0:25.0 | Hello this is Richard Jacobs with the Future Tech and Future Tech Health |
| 0:31.0 | podcast and I guess today, Philip Bourne, |
| 0:35.0 | he's the Stevenson chair of Data Science, |
| 0:37.0 | the director of the Data Science Institute, |
| 0:39.0 | and a professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering |
| 0:42.0 | at Virginia. |
| 0:44.0 | So Phil, looking at your bio, it's so extensive that probably would be better to ask you more |
| 0:50.1 | about your background directly, but I want to welcome you first so thanks for coming on the |
| 0:53.2 | podcast. Oh pleasure thank you very much. Yeah tell me a little bit more about your background because they can see it's |
| 0:58.9 | super extensive and maybe you can relate it far better than I could. |
| 1:02.8 | Well, that just means I'm very old. |
| 1:04.6 | I, |
| 1:07.6 | I actually was born in the UK and I grew up in Australia so my which means no one |
| 1:16.0 | understands me at all but I I did all my undergraduate and graduate work in Australia. I have a PhD in physical |
| 1:26.9 | chemistry which is very little to do with what I do these days but that's the way it |
| 1:32.0 | goes. I then went on to post-doc in my PhD was really looking |
| 1:39.8 | at crystallography and structural-related materials, particularly organic compounds. |
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