Susanne Sokolow
Senior Research Associate, Stanford University | UC Santa Barbara

Susanne Sokolow is a senior research associate at Stanford University and UC Canta Barbara. She’s also the executive director of the newly founded Center for Disease Ecology, Health, and Development at Stanford University and is a cofounder and an executive board member of the Upstream Alliance, an initiative joining partners across the globe in research for schistosomiasis reduction. She studies basic and applied research at the interface of disease ecology, health, and development. Her research program seeks natural solutions to modern health and environmental problems plaguing the developing world.

Sessions

11:50am–12:30pm Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Location: Grand Ballroom A/B

Building deep learning applications using TensorFlow to combat schistosomiasis

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Zac Yung-Chun Liu (Stanford University), Andy Chamberlin (Stanford University), Susanne Sokolow (Stanford University | UC Santa Barbara), Giulio De Leo (Stanford University), Ton Ngo (IBM)

Schistosomiasis is a debilitating parasitic disease that affects more than 250 million people worldwide. Zac Yung-Chun Liu, Andy Chamberlin, Susanne Sokolow, Giulio De Leo, and Ton Ngo detail how to build and deploy deep learning applications to detect disease transmission hotspots, make interventions more efficient and scalable, and help governments and stakeholders make data-driven decisions. Read more.