Details

Saturday, 9 January 2019,
Timings: 10 am – 4 pm

Location

Institute of Bioinforamtics and Applied Biotechnology
Biotech Park, Electronics City Phase I, Bengaluru 560 100, India

The programme was formally launched by Mr. Kris Gopalakrishnan, Co-founder of Infosys. Mr. Gopalakrishnan spoke about the capability of Machine Learning to get actionable information from the data, from DNA sequencing, wearable devices, mobile phones and sensors used in IoT (Internet of Things). He congratulated IBAB and IIIIT-B for the thought leadership in initiating the programme in this niche area. A one-day symposium on ‘Big Data in Biology and Healthcare’ was also held. Eminent speakers from GE Global Research, Philips Healthcare, Strand Life Sciences and Tata Chemicals spoke on topics from Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Medical Imaging, Genomics and Personal Medicine.