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A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Kate Orton-Johnson about the sociological context of digital technologies
The sociological context of digital technologies, a scientist’s opinion Interview with Kate Orton-Johnson, Programme Director of the Masters in Digital Sociology at the University of Edinburgh and ARTICONF project partner, about the importance of considering social and cultural aspects when developing new digital technologies. How did you get involved in the ARTICONF project? Kate Orton-Johnson: ...
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Aroon Hingorani about re-engineering pharmaceutical research
Interview with Aroon Hingorani, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at University College London about Re-engineering pharmaceutical research. Could you speculate what you think are the biggest causes of drug failure? Aroon Hingorani: It is well recognised that the number one cause for drug failure is a lack of efficacy of the drug in the intended indication, ...
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Dr Denis Lacombe about re-engineering pharmaceutical research
Interview with Dr Denis Lacombe, Director General of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) about Re-engineering pharmaceutical research. Can you tell me a bit about the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)? Denis Lacombe: We are a non-governmental, not-for-profit organisation established for 60 years, focusing on survival and ...
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Dr Síle Lane about re-engineering pharmaceutical research
Interview with Dr Síle Lane, head of international campaigns and policy at Sense About Science, about Re-engineering pharmaceutical research. Undisclosed clinical trial results are unfortunately common - how does this impact progression in research and treatment? Síle Lane: When results from clinical trials aren’t published it means the same research can get repeated unnecessarily. This ...
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Vesa Ruuskanen about microbial protein
Interview with Vesa Ruuskanen, post-doctoral researcher at LUT REFLEX research platform. The idea of producing “food from air” was developed by NASA and the Soviets. What was exactly the discovery of Finnish scientists that made this Neo Carbon Food project possible? Vesa Ruuskanen: In our previous Neo Carbon Food energy project we studied how we ...
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Jero Ahola about microbial protein
Interview with Jero Ahola, professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering at LUT. Is this project called Neo Carbon Food a huge step in the scientific research by Finnish scientists? Jero Ahola: Our project began in 2014 when we started thinking about electrifying the whole energy system. We’ve already known that we can produce hydrogen and ...
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Henry Ajder about Deepfakes
The key point I would make about regulating deepfakes is that, in some cases, new laws may be needed, but much of the harm deepfakes cause is covered by existing laws, or could be covered by amending existing laws.
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Denis Teyssou about Deepfakes
Synthetic audio means that it will be possible to make any person say anything, making it even easier to make politicians or celebrities victims of deepfake as there is a lot of publicly accessible audio of their voices.
