Big data for medical research
The use of computers and big data is becoming increasingly important within medical research. It can be seen as an entirely new way of approaching problems that complement theoretical and experimental research. A conference at Karolinska Institutet will hold discussions on the possibilities of big data as well as challenges in the form of technology, legislation and ethics.“The medical research of the future will use computers.“ ”We are inexorably dependent on computers and we want to reinforce computer-based methods within medical research”, says Ola Spjuth, coordinator at Swedish e-