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VIRTUALISATION International debut for Australian-developed research tool
VIRTUALISATION International debut for Australian-developed research tool | International debut for Australian-developed research tool |
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| by Peter Dinham | |
| Wednesday, 08 July 2009 | |
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Data Scientists’ managing director, Troy Sadkowsky, said that previously to determine the likelihood that a person has been exposed to a hazardous environment, an epidemiology expert would have had to individually read through each questionnaire response. Sadkowsky said that with the new tool – OccIDEAS - the researcher can set rules in the system which automatically analyse which participants of the study have possible exposure or not. He said experts attending the SER meeting were very impressed by the program and its potential applications. “A number of researchers stated that the application would have been perfect for their recent study and they wished they could have heard about OccIDEAS sooner.” OccIDEAS was developed by Data Scientists for the University of Western Australia, for the purpose of increasing the accuracy in determining links between a person’s occupation and the risk of getting cancer. CONTINUED page 2 |
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