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written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-11-10
This trip & conference was a productive one! I'm glad I went for it and didn't have to miss out on much (even though WebJet/Turkish Airlines (still can't sort out which) messed up my initial flight booking big-time).
My biggest takeaways... (read more)
(462 words, approximately 3 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-11-06
At IMED 2016, I heard a lot of talks surrounding surveillance efforts. Most of it has been syndromic surveillance, because that's what's currently collectable. For digital disease surveillance, search queries (a marker of "interest" in a disease)... (read more)
(829 words, approximately 5 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-11-05
Today (Day 1) was the day that talks and posters really started. Hackathon participants missed the first day, in which there was a plenary session of "high-level speakers". A bit of a pity to miss it, but that's okay - the hackathon was more... (read more)
(536 words, approximately 3 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-11-04
Yesterday and today, I was at the IMED 2016 hackathon, jointly organized by Hacking Medicine at MIT and the International Society for... (read more)
(581 words, approximately 3 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-11-01
What a twist! A paper that I contributed to is behind a Wiley paywall.
(click on the... (read more)
(136 words, approximately 1 minute reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-10-29 | tags: pycon conferences python
Registered for PyCon 2017, and tutorial & talk proposals submitted!
PyCon remains my favourite annual conference. What makes a conference great really is the people, and the PyCon community... (read more)
(196 words, approximately 1 minute reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-10-28
Just got back reviewer comments for the 2nd attempt at an NIH R21 grant that I led the writing for. Reading the comments, I was at happy that the reviewers did at least read through how we addressed the first round's comments - you can never tell,... (read more)
(358 words, approximately 2 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-10-23 | tags: statistics data science
How we might make progress communicating statistics better.
Read on... (695 words, approximately 4 minutes reading time)written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-10-18 | tags: hobbies 3d printing
Who would have thought that making stuff could be so fun? (Particularly when the tediousness of actually building it is removed!) I think that the 3D printer I just bought for the lab might really open up new doors for us.
We have the
written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-10-16
Just found out about OpenTrons, which is a company that produces open source robotic liquid handlers for less than $5000. In terms of research budgets, this is amazing!
While some may contend that... (read more)
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