Sigma Xi Seminar: Life and death in big data: what you don’t know may save your life – or kill you

Modern scientific methods, such as metabolomics, can generate terabytes of data that must be extensively processed to identify the small subset of biologically-meaningful signals. These complex analyses are playing an increasingly important role in both routine science and evidence-based medicine. Although these state-of-the-art techniques will unquestionably contribute to saving lives, they present serious technical challenges. I will illustrate both the enormous potential and hidden dangers lurking in metabolomics, and other modern scientific methods that generate big data, and illustrate the surprising impact data handling can have on human health. This seminar is sponsored by the Univ of Calgary local chapter of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. Thursday noon 12-12:50 pm in BI211.

Location:

Biological Sciences Room 211

Speaker:

Dr. Ian Lewis, Assistant Professor, Univ. of Calgary, Department of Biological Sciences, AIHS Chair in Translational Health – Metabolomics

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/sigma-xi-seminar-life-and-death-big-data-what-you-dont-know-may-save-your-life-or-kill-you