Grant: Canada Research Chairs
St. Francis Xavier University
$100,000.00
Bioinformatics
EF 2017-18
Résumé
The nominee has extensive experience developing novel pattern recognition and machine
learning software that has been shown to outperform mainstream methods in the diagnosis of breast cancer and in predicting tissue outcome after stroke. The nominee proposes to engage in research towards improving this work and towards evaluating its potential in a wide variety of medical imaging applications, such as neurodevelopmental imaging. The nominee will maintain a secondary affiliation with Harvard Medical School to provide ongoing access to high-quality clinical imaging data and to facilitate collaborations with physicians and neuroscientists.
Programme
Canada Research Chairs
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Nova Scotia, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
1000231266-2016
Name nom
Levman, Jacob
Department département
Computer Science
Organization id
83
Institution établissement
St. Francis Xavier University
Province en
Nova Scotia
Province fr
Nouvelle-Écosse
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2017
Competition year année de concours
2016
Award amount
100000
Program id
CRC
Program name en
Canada Research Chairs
Program name fr
Chaires de recherche du Canada
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
9998
Committee name en
Canada Research Chair Selection Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection des Chaires de recherche du Canada
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
6400
Research subject group en
Life sciences research related to human health and disease
Research subject group fr
Sciences de la vie liées à la santé publique et aux maladies humaines
Research subject en
Life sciences research related to human health and disease
Research subject fr
Sciences de la vie liées à la santé publique et aux maladies humaines
Partie
0
Application title
Bioinformatics
Keyword
CRC
Application summary
The nominee has extensive experience developing novel pattern recognition and machine
learning software that has been shown to outperform mainstream methods in the diagnosis of breast cancer and in predicting tissue outcome after stroke. The nominee proposes to engage in research towards improving this work and towards evaluating its potential in a wide variety of medical imaging applications, such as neurodevelopmental imaging. The nominee will maintain a secondary affiliation with Harvard Medical School to provide ongoing access to high-quality clinical imaging data and to facilitate collaborations with physicians and neuroscientists.
