Big data and societal challenges

Summary form only given. Massive data sets produced by smart cities, science and health systems throw up challenges of storing, analyzing and visualizing data for the purposes of benefitting society. We look at how advances in knowledge representation, brain information processing and knowledge manipulation can enable health professionals to organize, visualize and draw inferences from patient-specific data. Case examples from medical images from MRI and CT scans will be used to illustrate the challenges of detecting small pathological features. The presentation will also focus on data analysis, problem solving, decision making and the need for active engagement of health professionals in the analytical process.