Data-Driven In Vivo Research

Lecture

Speaker(s)

Timothy L. Robertson

Tim has more than 20 years experience in all stages of the technology start-up process, from invention and product development to commercialization and monetization. Most recently, he was VP of product applications at Proteus Digital Health, responsible for the management of alliances with global pharmaceutical companies, core technology coordination, and software development. He is the holder of more than a dozen US patents and author of more than 40 scholarly publications in diverse fields. Tim has an AB in experimental physics and cosmology from Princeton University and PhD in quantum physics from the University of California, Berkeley.

Friday, January 20, 2017

BIDS Data Science Lecture Series | January 20, 2017 | 1:10-2:30 p.m. | 190 Doe Library, UC Berkeley

Animal studies are an essential component of biomedical research, with 100 million animals used worldwide every year. Despite these large numbers, the field has largely been untouched by advances in digital technology and big data processing. At Vium, we have created a network for continuously monitoring rodents with HD video cameras and other sensors. Data is streamed continuously to the cloud, where computer vision and machine learning techniques are applied to extract physiologic and behavioral information that is relevant to drug development. The system is operating at scale today, with thousands of video streams and petabytes of data. Researchers are using it to better understand therapies for diverse medical conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, aging, and liver disease.

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