Podium Lecture
Moderators: Eddy Zhu, Oliver Lord
Cheuk Ting Ho – When to use Python?
Pouya Akhbari – What Tools Are Available?
Peter Harris – Image Acquisition & Analysis / Agentic AI
Cheuk Ting Ho – Basic Principles of Python Coding for AI: Worked Examples
Peter Harris – Implementation of an Algorithm and Its Validation
12:10 – Discussion
After having a career as a Data Scientist and Developer Advocate, Cheuk dedicated her work to the open-source community. Currently, she is working as AI developer advocate for JetBrains. She has co-founded Humble Data, a beginner Python workshop that has been happening around the world. She has served the EuroPython Society board for two years and is now a fellow and director of the Python Software Foundation.
Peter Harris is the Director of Research Science at NielsenIQ, where he leads a global team of Artificial Intelligence researchers. NielsenIQ is a multinational company dedicated to understanding consumer behaviour worldwide. In addition to his role at NielsenIQ, Peter serves as an AI consultant for the NHS, leveraging advanced AI techniques to predict medical conditions from x-rays before they are visible to the human eye. His expertise spans several cutting-edge domains, including Natural Language Processing, Image Classification, Graph Neural Networks, and Generative AI (in collaboration with Microsoft).
Oliver has been a Medico-Legal advisor at the MDU for over 10 years, prior to this he was a consultant psychiatrist. As a keen amateur coder he has an interest in the practical application of AI and the medico legal implications. He has written MDU articles on AI governance and provides regular talks on the safe use of AI in healthcare.
