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How can we make future places healthier spaces?

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This project is investigating how computing, the internet of things and data science can generate information that people can use to make their future places healthier. DATA SCIENCE – encompasses preparing data for analysis, including cleansing, aggregating and manipulating the data to perform advanced data analysis.

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The power of geographic information systems: bringing data to life with maps

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Dr Elsa Anderson Role: Assistant Professor, Programme in Environmental Science Institution: Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) I teach an urban ecology class that aims to engage students in learning about nature where they live and understanding the interactions between people and their surroundings.

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Dental discoveries: How is dental research improving oral health?

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SDT states that a person’s motivation is influenced by their autonomy (sense of ownership) over, competence (sense of achievement) in and relatedness (sense of connection) with their actions. I also enjoyed reading, especially thriller fiction novels and newspapers, and I developed a strong interest in economics.

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Modelling minds: can computers mimic human intelligence?

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This relies on the capacity for cognitive control — the ability to take an instruction (or internal intention) and use it to override a strongly learnt association or instinctive reflex to achieve a different goal (e.g., It feels like you are doing physics or chemistry experiments, but with the brain!

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