PhD student applying AI in medical research.
When we moved into our house, we inherited an apple tree. It’s still quite young, but each autumn it’s overladen with fruit. The apples are lovely to eat – crunchy and sweet. True to form, this year we were once again inundated with apples. I decided to put some of them to an ulterior use, … More Harvests
Tidelands – Philippa Gregory When I was 17 and applying to universities to do a history degree, I had to write a personal statement. In that personal statement, I wrote that my particular interest in the Tudors, initially lit in primary school, had been fanned in later years by reading Philippa Gregory’s Tudor court novels. … More Book Reviews: October
A few months ago, Nicholas and I made the (somewhat risky) decision to book an October camping trip. “We’re hardy,” we thought, “we can pack jumpers!” Besides, we were planning on going to Cornwall – not exactly a chilly clime. Living near Plymouth, we are outrageously close to Cornwall and yet rarely set foot over … More Camping in Cornwall
A bit of flavour was added to my reading these last couple of months, because I joined a book group! A couple of people I know from choir invited me to join, and I was very pleased to accept. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my first couple of sessions (especially because of the excellent spreads of food … More Book Reviews: August to September
A couple of weeks ago I went to a conference in Madrid: the Movement Disorder Society Congress. This was my first conference abroad, and in fact my first visit to Spain! I was presenting a poster on my research using AI to detect Parkinson’s disease in brain scans. I was quite nervous about the whole … More A Spanish Escapade
A few months ago, a lady I know from church asked if I would like to join her choir. I was keen, but a little hesitant. I can read music, and am somewhat musical (I have played guitar for a long time), but I have never been trained to sing and do not have much … More I Joined a Choir!
Here’s another little round-up of books I’ve been reading, just like I did a couple of months ago. I had a busy June, and struggled to find much time to get my nose in a book. But July was quite different, because I finally contracted Covid! (Exclamation point for emphasis, not glee!) I had it … More Book Reviews: June to July
Last month an old schoolfriend of mine came to stay with us. Without planning it, we ended up having a weekend full of arts and crafts! On the Saturday, we attended the Bovey Tracey craft festival (which Nicholas and I had been to the year before). We had a gorgeous time – looking round the … More A Crafty Weekend
I recently gave my first talk at a conference. This was only a couple of weeks after I had attended my first conference and presented my first poster. Yet somehow here I was, giving a half-hour talk to a room full of neurologists on “AI in Neurology”. It wasn’t quite as intimidating as it might … More A Talk at the Beach
A little while ago, an old friend of mine got in touch with me to ask about the feasibility of a project she had in mind. “I made this account for weird image based memes,” Lucy said. “I wondered if there was a way to make like a bot that spews out stupid little pithy … More AI Text Generation for Memes
Cryptic Meg 