WIICT 2021: Biomedical Data Science (BDSLab)

The Biomedical Data Science Lab (BDSLab) is a multidisciplinary research group committed to developing a technology based on data science & artificial intelligence for real health problems. BDSLab expertise includes machine learning, predictive modelling, data quality and variability, multiparametric tissue signatures, decision support systems, and medical imaging.
 
Aiming to a trustworthy data use, BDSLAb conducts research in methods and tools to help profile and control data quality. The goal is to achieve reliable data science and artificial intelligence, being robust to data quality and variability in real-world data.
 
BDSLab investigates innovative Deep Learning solutions to extract valuable knowledge from MRI images to address complex clinical problems, for example, glioblastoma, which is the most aggressive brain tumour.
 
Another of BDSLab research lines focuses on the development of predictive models and Clinical Decision Support Systems Ther goal is to provide reliable tools to physicians and health experts concerning several health issues; our latest work is a system to assess palliative care needs on hospital admitted patients.
 
BDSLab also focuses its research on mHealth, mobile applications for health care. Such as the Wakamola chatbot to collect data from users about their lifestyle and calculate their obesity risk.