Episode 7

Digging into Big Data

The new oil… or just snake oil? Inés talks with our CEO Stefan Oschmann and Big Data expert Andreas Weigend about how Big Data is influencing the future of science and technology.

Host: Inés Dawson
Inés is a science communicator and Oxford graduate… More Inés is a science communicator and Oxford graduate (DPhil Biomechanics of Insect Flight). She runs the award-winning bilingual YouTube channel Draw Curiosity, and makes science stories interesting and accessible for a wide range of audiences. An enthusiastic and entertaining educational speaker, Inés uses creativity to make complex subjects simple and fun.
Dr. Stefan Oschmann
Stefan is Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO … More Stefan is Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. He began his career at a UN agency before switching to the pharmaceutical and chemicals sector. Joining our Executive Board in 2011, Stefan holds a doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. LinkedIn
Dr. Andreas Weigend
Having worked as Chief Scientist at Amazon, Andrea… More Having worked as Chief Scientist at Amazon, Andreas is an expert in the field of Big Data. He’s the author of “Data for the People”, a book in which he sets out how we as a society can regain power over our data. Andreas founded the Social Data Lab at Stanford University and lectures at the University of California. He studied physics and philosophy at the Universität Bonn and gained a PhD in physics from Stanford University in 1991.

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