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Online (some in person places available – please contact us direct) Novel data linkages, such as shopping data and cohort studies, offer great potential to answer important questions about behaviour and health. But do they lend themselves well to Causal Inference? At this workshop, the Turing Causal Inference Interest Group and the Novel Data Linkages for...
Background: There is increasing evidence for the beneficial effects of positive health behaviours, such as regular physical activity (PA) and a healthy diet, on cancer outcomes. The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) therefore recommends those living with and beyond cancer (LWBC) follow their PA and dietary guidelines for cancer prevention. However, there is a lack...
Abstract: Free text comments (FTC) of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMS) offer invaluable insight into health-related quality of life (HRQoL). However, extracting meaningful information from FTC is challenging due to the time-consuming nature of manual analysis methods (the common analysis method). However, weakly supervised text classification (WSTC) can be a valuable method of analysis to classify...
We are excited to announce the formation of a new Visualization Interest Group (VIG) in the Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA), led by Prof. Roy Ruddle (Computing) and Dr Roger Beecham (Geography). The VIG aims to foster a friendly environment for exploring the multifaceted world of visualization. Our scope spans the entire pyramid of...
EMPOWER and HABITS are pleased to host the following workshop in collaboration with the Cabinet Office. The aim of the workshop is to review and consider real-world applications of the ethical frameworks to be used in the generation, processing and analysis of new and emerging data types including data generated using new technology such as...
The University of Leeds is hosting its 3rd annual research open day for the public, Be Curious 2018, with the theme “We are international”. This year’s event is designed to celebrate and showcase the ways in which the university’s research is contributing to topical issues of global impact and will represent the diverse multicultural research community...