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I have a friend who’s a physicist-turned machine learning researcher working on health issues. I asked him about why he decided to say an academic researcher in
by oefrha 7y ago
I have a friend who’s a physicist-turned machine learning researcher working on health issues. I asked him about why he decided to say an academic researcher instead of going to the industry where (to me) there’s clearly more data. I was told that academic institutions tend to land better partnerships that companies don’t tend to get maybe due to privacy concerns.
- acollins1331 7y agoThis. As a physics person turned machine learner, I've noticed the same thing. It's a lot easier getting funding and contracts from the DoD etc. as an academic then it would be to get into Lockheed or whatever.
- Fomite 7y agoI think your friend's impression is pretty accurate. Industry in healthcare, especially the tech industry, has a long road of trust building ahead of it. I think we're also a little jaded. We've been talking about how big, real-time data streams like pharmacy sales data, social media, etc. are going to change the game for disease forecasting since I was an undergrad. We're still not even close.