From Here Forward

Big Data, Big Issues: Should we be worried?


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Scientific innovation is accelerating at a breathtaking rate, with big data and related disciplines such as genomics opening up new possibilities in areas including health, sustainability and the environment.
As advances are made though, as a population, are we even aware of the types of moral, ethical and scientific questions that we should be asking?
As part of the UBC University Killam Professor Lecture series, hear from three of UBC's newest Killam professors and world-leading scientists Dr. Sarah Otto, Dr. Loren Rieseberg and Dr. Bob Hancock in a discussion on the impact and implications of big data and genomics within their fields.
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