Alma Andersson is a senior machine learning scientist at Genentech. What does a senior machine learning scientist do at Genentech? Well, it depends on which department you’re in, but for me, I focus on method development, specifically AI and machine learning methods applied to clinical trial design. Also, target discovery, trying to facilitate the work of our biologists and the people designing the clinical trials. Developing tools for them to be better informed and make more strategic decisions. When we say that AI may save lives, we are talking about something similar to what you are doing? I think so, yes. I definitely think AI can save a lot of time, and implicitly, that also saves lives. We get drugs faster to the market, and we can also, hopefully, select the best drug for you as a patient. Of course, we don’t want anyone to get sick, but in case you get sick, then hopefully we Computer Vision News Computer Vision News 26 Women in Science “You’re not an island. You’re an average of the people around you!” Read 160 FASCINATING interviews with Women in Science
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