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JGI Seed Corn Funding Project Blog 2021: Michael Rumbelow and Alf Coles Introduction This seed corn project aimed to explore and extend uses of AI-generated data in an educational context. We have worked on an AI-based app to recognise, gather data on and respond to children’s arrangements of wooden blocks in mathematical block play. The…

Bayesian methods in Neuroscience – Conor Houghton For the last century science has relied on a statistical framework based on hypothesis testing and frequentist inference. Despite its convenience in simple contexts this approach has proved to be intricate, obtuse and sometimes misleading when applied to more difficult problems, particularly problems with the sort of large,…

Somaliland is self-declared independent from Somalia: it has been autonomous since 1991 but is internationally unrecognised. It is democratic and has among the highest levels of poverty in the world. Somaliland’s government and industry have recognised that ICT is a great opportunity for sustainable economic development. Somaliland has all key attributes to develop in this…

Can sharing app data facilitate communication between young people and their mental health practitioner? Bridget Ellis, Lucy Biddle, Helen Bould, Jon Bird Mental health problems are increasing among young people, who have the highest prevalence of mental health problems among all age groups [1]. Despite the adverse outcomes that result from this, young people access…

Exploiting Data to Support UK Search and Rescue Dr Josh Hoole, Dr Oliver Andrews, Dr Steve Bullock Introduction Various UK organisations provide 24/7 Search and Rescue (SAR) capability year-round across land, sea and air. Data analytics provides a key route to supporting SAR operations and aerospace system design in the future. Aims of the Project…

Introduction This project aims to investigate the role of medical experts on Twitter in influencing public health discourse and practice in the fight against COVID-19. Aims of the Project The project focuses on medical experts as the driving force of Network of Practices (NoPs) on social media and investigates the influence of these networks on public health discourse…

Benjamin Folit-Weinberg, A.G. Leventis Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Institute for Greece, Rome, and the Classical Tradition & Department of Classics & Ancient History, University of Bristol) and Justus Schollmeyer, Data Scientist & Programmer Scholars have long recognized that Sophocles, the great 5th Century B.C.E. tragedian, repeats thematically important words in his plays and that studying these…

Transferring early disease detection classifiers for wearables on companion animals Axel Montout, Andrew Dowsey, Tilo Burghardt, Ranjeet Bhamber, Melanie Hezzell and Emily Blackwell Introduction Sensor-based health monitoring has been growing in popularity as it can provide insight into the wearer’s health in a practical and inexpensive way. Accelerometer-based sensors are a popular choice and have…

Investigating biomarkers associated with Alzheimer’s Disease to boost multi-modality approach for early diagnosis Introduction Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disorder that gradually destroys memory and thinking skills, as well as the ability to perform the most basic tasks. Most people with the disease, those with late-onset symptoms, experience symptoms in their mid-60s. Early-onset Alzheimer’s disease…