Social Media and Big Data Sources for Public Health Surveillance: An Opportunity of Hype? – Dr. Patty Kostkova, Department of Computer Science, University College London

Dr Patty Kostkova is currently Principal Research Associate for ehealth, Dept of Computer Science, UCL and also Special Lecturer at the School or Arts and Social Sciences, City University, London where she delivers an interdisciplinary module on Social Media for postgraduate social science and informatics students.

Agenda

12:00 to 13:30 – optional lunch
14:00 to 14:45/15:00 – lecture
14:45/15:00 to 15:30 approx. – questions and discussion

The lecture is free to attend for members and non-members of IET.

The meal in Savoy Place will be available for a group price of £16 per person including wine. Those wishing to attend are asked to send an e-mail on or before the preceding Friday, giving name(s), and requesting attendance at either the lunch and lecture or just the lecture to both tonydavies@ieee.org and johnfuller500@yahoo.com

Those attending the lunch should be prepared to pay cash for it at the time (prior to the meal) .