Posts Tagged ‘big data’
Tara Thiagarajan, Founder of Brainnovations Winner Sapien Labs, on building a global platform for brain research that truly captures the diversity of humanity
___ What surprised you the most from the Judges’ questions and feedback during the Brainnovations Pitch Contest? I was pleasantly surprised to see the significant range and depth of knowledge shown by the judging panel, leading to very specific and useful questions around the key challenges to build our global research platform. In a nutshell,…
Read MoreWEKIT, Sapien Labs, MyndYou: Top Brainnovations harnessing Big Data
Top Brainnovation harnessing Big Data (recording requires registration; view slidedeck above or Here). The three Finalists were: WEKIT — Wearable Experience for Knowledge Intensive Training – pitch by Paul Lefrere, Innovation Lead Sapien Labs (WINNER) – pitch by Tara Thiagarajan, Founder & Chief Scientist MyndYou – pitch by Shira Yama Nir, Project Manager Judged by: Bill Tucker, Senior Advisor to the K12 Education Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Eduardo Briceño, CEO and Co-founder of Mindset Works; John…
Read MoreHarnessing Big Data to improve Brain Health & Performance @ 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 5–7th)
_____ Quick heads-up: The 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit next week (December 5–7th) will host a Brainnovations Pitch Contest to discuss the latest technologies for Brain Health & Enhancement, and 12 selected startups will get to pitch their innovative approach and solutions to our distinguished Judges –our very own “Sharp Tank”– and to all Summit participants.
Read MoreBelén Guerra-Carrillo to speak about Cognition, Learning and How to Conduct a 200,000-participant Study at the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit
Proud to confirm a new excellent Speaker @ 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 5–7th). Belén Guerra-Carrillo is an NSF fellow and a doctoral student at UC Berkeley in Prof. Silvia Bunge’s Building Blocks of Cognition Lab. She is particularly interested in the neural and cognitive mechanisms that give rise to changes that occur as a result of…
Read MoreLearn more about the 2016 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 6–8th)
“The SharpBrains Summit is unique in its impressive ability to unite a diverse collection of cutting-edge thinkers in a virtual conference that is shared globally without a hitch.” — Dr. Adam Gazzaley, Director of the Neuroscience Imaging Center at UCSF
Read MoreReinventing Brain Health via Big Data, pervasive technologies, virtual reality, crowdsourcing, and more
———- During this 2015 SharpBrains Virtual Summit session we explored cutting-edge initiatives to accelerate research & development via Big Data, crowdsourcing, technologies for the extended mind, and a range of data-rich pervasive neurotechnologies such as virtual reality. –> Learn more & Register to participate at the upcoming 2016 SharpBrains Virtual Summit: Reinventing Brain Health (December 6–8th, 2016)
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