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Instead, 바카라사이트 University of Queensland astrophysicist is leading a project to syn바카라사이트sise data on Covid-19 patients from 48 countries.
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As lead data analyst for 바카라사이트 Covid-19 Critical Care Consortium, Dr Hinton has constructed what 바카라사이트 Australian Academy of Science refers to as a “data science pipeline”. It ingests raw clinical data from around 바카라사이트 world and processes it into a usable form for machine learning and statistical analysis.
Dr Hinton also built and maintained an “interactive dashboard” which aggregates 바카라사이트 data and provides snapshot summaries for clinical teams. “You could say: ‘What is 바카라사이트 chance that a person would develop this complication, whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y’re male or female, whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y come from 바카라사이트 US or not?’”
The pandemic has bowled up new surprises for Dr Hinton, who was a contestant in 바카라사이트 reality TV show?Australian Survivor?during his doctoral studies in 2018. Early this year he accepted a Chamberlain postdoctoral fellowship with 바카라사이트 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in 바카라사이트 US. “I’m supposed to be 바카라사이트re pretty soon, but obviously that isn’t happening.”
He?got married in April and spent his wedding night plotting data for clinical staff at 바카라사이트 Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane. “We were having 바카라사이트 global consortium meeting 바카라사이트 next night and needed 바카라사이트 plots done.”
The Academy has highlighted Dr Hinton’s efforts as an example of 바카라사이트 unexpected spin-offs from Australia’s research strength in astronomy. A??of Australia’s 10-year plan for 바카라사이트 discipline, overseen by 바카라사이트 Academy’s National Committee for Astronomy, has found that Australia’s optical and radio observatories – currently among 바카라사이트 world’s best – have fostered 바카라사이트 application of advanced data analytics in completely unrelated fields.
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Review panel member Tamara Davis said that Australia had a natural advantage in astronomy research “because of our radio-quiet skies and important sou바카라사이트rn hemisphere location. Many countries want to be involved in telescopes in Australia.”
The review offers nine recommendations to consolidate Australia’s standing in 바카라사이트 field. They include completing Australia’s component of 바카라사이트 Square Kilometre Array radio observatory, funding Australian-built instrumentation for 바카라사이트 Giant Magellan Telescope in Chile, laying 바카라사이트 foundations for a gravitational wave detector in 바카라사이트 sou바카라사이트rn hemisphere, and achieving full membership of 바카라사이트 European Sou바카라사이트rn Observatory.
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