From Signals to Symptoms: How Mathematics Decodes Human Health

Join Professor Thanasis Tsanas, Professor of Digital Health and Data Science at the Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, for this year's Alan Tayler Lecture on how mathematics decodes human health.

An applied mathematician and biomedical engineer, Professor Tsanas completed his PhD in Applied Mathematics at the University of Oxford in 2012. His research brings together mathematics, data science and artificial intelligence to address important challenges in healthcare.

Professor Tsanas develops innovative methods to analyse complex data, including speech signals and information from wearable devices, to improve the understanding and monitoring of health conditions. He is a co-founder of the NHS Digital Academy, a Founding Fellow of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

About the Alan Tayler Lecture series

St Catherine’s College has a long tradition in applied and industrial mathematics and has hosted an annual series of lectures on Mathematics and its Applications since 1986. In 1995, the series was renamed in memory of Alan Tayler, in recognition of his contributions and achievements in this field.

Alan was the first Fellow in Applied Mathematics to be appointed at St Catz. His lifelong commitment was to the practical application of mathematical ideas to problems in science and industry. His vision continues to inspire national and international collaborations in the field of mathematics in industry.

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