PHEMI Chief Data Science Officer Participating in Webinar with Bio-IT World and Oracle

Dr. Roy Wilds to share insights on best practices for the implementation of big data in healthcare.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--()--PHEMI, the company delivering big data solutions with built-in privacy, security, and governance and enterprise-grade management, today announced the participation of its Chief Data Science Officer Dr. Roy Wilds in an upcoming free webinar to be held Thursday, September 29 from 1:00-2:00 PM ET.

The webinar entitled “Big Data from the Trenches: The Researcher and Data Scientist Weigh In” will also include perspectives from Rebecca Laborde, Principal Field Scientist, Oracle, and will be moderated by Sean Sigmon, Healthcare Business Development Director at Oracle. Speakers will focus on defining a future for big data and information analytics that can lead to a more successful information technology environment. Discussion will explore how accelerated research in areas like cancer, precision medicine, and genomics can be achieved by empowering data science and discovery teams with tools to realize new insights more quickly.

WEBINAR
Big Data from the Trenches: The Researcher and Data Scientist Weigh In

MODERATOR
Sean Sigmon, Healthcare Business Development Director, Oracle

SPEAKERS
Roy Wilds, PhD, Chief Data Science Officer, PHEMI
Rebecca Laborde, PhD, Principal Field Scientist, Oracle Health Science

WHEN/WHERE
Thursday, September 29 from 1:00-2:00 PM ET.
Register Free Online

SPEAKER BIOS
Roy Wilds, PhD, Chief Data Science Officer, PHEMI
Roy Wilds leads the data science team at PHEMI Systems, and is responsible for designing and building data analytics and data science software to extract insights from data. Prior to becoming the Chief Data Science Officer, Roy was the Director of Product Management responsible for PHEMI Central™ product development and strategy. PHEMI Central is a big data warehouse that takes advantage of the power, scalability, and flexibility of Hadoop while providing fully integrated privacy, security, governance, and data management—all built right in.

Roy has advanced knowledge in machine learning theory, a strong background in Python, R, and SQL, and substantial expertise using Hadoop's distributed technologies. He graduated with an Honors Bachelor of Science from Simon Fraser University in the Department of Physics, obtained his Master of Science from McGill University in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, and holds a Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics from McGill University

Rebecca Laborde, PhD, Principal Field Scientist, Oracle Health Science
Rebecca earned her PhD in Molecular Genetics from Iowa State University before moving onto postdoctoral studies at Mayo clinic in Rochester MN. Her work at Mayo focused on genomic studies in solid tumor, hematology and immunotherapy to support translational research and precision medicine. Rebecca also held an adjunct faculty position at the University of Minnesota with the bachelors of health science program. She now supports translational research and precision medicine product lines with Oracle healthcare in a customer-facing role as a principal field scientist.

About PHEMI
PHEMI delivers privacy, security, governance and enterprise-grade management for big data. Its flagship product, PHEMI Central, embeds and enforces consent, data sharing agreements and privacy policies at the data level, removing a critical roadblock standing in the way of enterprises that aim to become data-driven.

PHEMI Central lets organizations easily access and mine any variety of data at any volume to drive insights that lower costs, improve outcomes, and allow better decisions faster. PHEMI brings both privacy and performance to big data. For more information visit http://www.phemi.com/ and follow us on Twitter.

Contacts

Interprose Public Relations
Melissa Power, 401-454-1314
melissa.power@interprosepr.com

Release Summary

PHEMI Chief Data Science Officer Dr. Roy Wilds will participate with Oracle in a webinar entitled “Big Data from the Trenches: The Researcher and Data Scientist Weigh In” on September 29 at 1PM ET.

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Contacts

Interprose Public Relations
Melissa Power, 401-454-1314
melissa.power@interprosepr.com