DSI Wednesday Lunch Time Talk - Chris Jewell
Wednesday 8 December 2021, 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Venue
Online Microsoft TeamsOpen to
All Lancaster University (non-partner) students, External Organisations, Postgraduates, Public, Staff, UndergraduatesRegistration
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Event Details
Dr Chris Jewell Title: Is Lancaster equipped for rapid data research translation? Experiences of SARS-CoV-2 modelling in a hurry!
Modelling the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in the UK since February 2020 has been
an "interesting" experience. How does one go about new statistical
development at the same time as operationalising analyses to run
overnight within the University setting? Do we have the right equipment
and software environment on campus to allow rapid translation of
research into mainstream use? How do we ensure that analysis pipelines
remain agile to new methodological innovations, whilst retaining
robustness against dirty data and hardware failure? In this talk I will
describe the approach my team took in CHICAS to operationalise our
SARS-CoV-2 model, providing daily automatic analysis for SPI-M, the SAGE
modelling sub-committee. In particular, I will highlight perceived gaps
in our translational data research capability at Lancaster, with the aim
of opening a discussion around how we can enable our researchers to more
effectively operationalise their innovations.
Teams link here
Contact Details
Name | Julia CARRADUS |