At this year's Big Data in Biomedicine conference, a crowd of close to 500 people gathered at Stanford to discuss how advances in computational processing power and interconnectedness are changing medical research and the practice of medicine. Another 1,000 virtual attendees joined in the discussion via the live webcast, and several hundred participated in the conversation on social media.
We've captured a selection of the tweets, photos, videos and blog posts about the conference on the School of Medicine’s Storify page. On the page, you'll find an interview with Philip Bourne, PhD, associate director for data science at the National Institutes of Health, talking about on the importance of “data to the biomedicine enterprise," news stories on how big data holds the potential to improve everything from drug development to personalized medicine, and official conference photos and twitpics from attendees. You'll also find a conference group photo and recap of the event written by my colleague Bruce Goldman.
For those of you missed the event, and for those who want to participate again, our next Big Data in Biomedicine conference has been scheduled for May 20-22, 2015.
Previously: Videos of Big Data in Biomedicine keynotes and panel discussions now available online, Rising to the challenge of harnessing big data to benefit patients and Discussing access and transparency of big data in government
Photo by Saul Bromberger
