Data-Driven In Vivo Research
Channel: Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS)
Date: 20/01/2017

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

Speaker: Tim Robertson, CEO and Co-Founder, Vium, Inc.

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.