Time to register for the 8th Swedish cohort meeting in Uppsala November 11-13th

Description of the course (leader Måns Thulin, Statistikakademin Uppsala):

The goal of the course is to provide an introduction to machine learning and neural networks. We discuss challenges and solutions using examples from epidemiological datasets as a starting point. 
Instructor-led tutorials are combined with exercises where participants get to build various models using R, ranging from tried-and-true classics to the latest models from cutting-edge research.

Content day 1:
Evaluation and tuning of machine learning models
Test-training splits, cross-validation
Feature engineering
Missing data, imbalanced data
Regularised regression (lasso)
Nearest neighbours models
Decision trees, random forests and boosted trees

Content day 2:
Deep neural networks
Embeddings
TabPFN and foundational models for tabular data
AI models for analysis of text data and images
Explaining model results
Pitfalls and limitations of machine learning and AI

This course will be held at Hubben, Room 3. Dag Hammarskjölds väg 38.

At the evening 12th there will be a course dinner at Orangeriet I Linnéträdgården.

Meeting November 13th: This event will take place at Humanistiska Teatern. Engelska Parken, Thunbergsvägen 3C.

09.00 Presentations of the Swedish cohorts: LifeGene (Sara Hägg), Twin study (Patrik Magnusson), SIMPLER (Karl Michealsson), Västerbottenskohorterna (Stefan Söderberg), EpiHealth (Lars Lind/Sölve Elmståhl), SCAPIS (Göran Bergström), Malmö cohorts (Olle Melander), GÅS/SNAC (Sölve E).
20 min each with 5 min questions.

11.30. Presentation of and round table discussion on the new law on ”forskningsdatabaser” To join or not to join? Presentation by Abraham Mellkvist-Roos (VR).

12.30 Lunch

13.30 Presentations of EpiHealth projects that have recieved granting: Eva Kosek/Filip Gedin, Emerald Heiland?, Miklos Lipsey, Shafqat Ahmad, Hannah Brooke, Olga Titova, Dag Leonard.
15 min each + 5 min questions.

16.00-17.00 Presentation of the Estonian biobank and how to deal with genetic information (Lili Milani (Tartu, Estonia)

It is possible to register for the Meeting at November 13th alone, not attending the course.
Link to registration