Thomson Reuters, a world leading source of information, has awarded four DoC masters students the Thomson Reuters Award for Innovation in Big Data.
Thomson Reuters, a world leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has awarded four of our Masters students the Thomson Reuters Award for Innovation in Big Data, part of an ongoing collaboration with us here at Imperial College London to drive scientific innovation and research. This collaboration was designed to explore innovative new technologies to better manage and interpret the volume and diversity of data generated in pharmaceutical and clinical research environments, while providing our students with real-world experience as they contribute to Thomson Reuters driving innovation. The award was presented to the students who demonstrated the best technical applications, specifically related to data modeling and integration, visualization, and analytics.
The award, presented on November 13 at the Thomson Reuters Hatton Garden office in London, was given to Panagiotis Tzirakis, Michal Bachman, Bernardo Lemos Caldas and Paul Williams for their significant contributions to projects focused on data integration, analytics, visual integration, linked data, algorithms, machine learning and text mining. The winners received £500 each and were chosen by Thomson Reuters from among 167 students.
“Our ongoing relationship with Thomson Reuters has proven to be mutually beneficial,” said Dr William Knottenbelt, Director of Industrial Liaison here in the Department of Computing. “Our students gain valuable insight and experience into cutting-edge research through their placements with Thomson Reuters, while also offering fresh perspectives and ideas to provide innovative solutions to stakeholders in the life science industry.”
“We are pleased to be working with Imperial College and supporting future generations of computer and data scientists,” said Jon Brett-Harris, managing director of Thomson Reuters Life Sciences. “These Awards are recognition of the innovative work these students are doing to help develop new technologies that integrate and interpret the large volumes of data generated in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.”
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