The activity continues under the central theme of the cycle “Data, reliable information and good decisions, in times of uncertainty”, of the Raúl Bitrán ULS Chair.

A new activity of the Raúl Bitrán 2020 Chair will take place on September 8 at 11:30 a.m. through the Youtube channel Linking with the ULS Media. This is the third activity of the cycle, whose theme will be Health and where Juan Pablo Murillo Peña, epidemiologist at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (Peru), and Paola Salas Rivas, representative of the Pro-Population Health Observatory team (Big Data Salud ULS and health area research core) will discuss the topic “Health data analysis and the impact of COVID-19”.

On this occasion, there will once again be the moderation of the academic, researcher and director of the ULS Big Data Project, Dr. César Espíndola Arellano, who highlighted that “the intensification of the virtuality of processes in different areas makes our lives marked Through data, they tell the stories of our economic, social and productive activities. This is why it is important to know how data and its analysis allow us as citizens to be informed, make decisions, participate in society, prevent and take care of ourselves.”

Regarding the topic of Health, Espíndola emphasized that “data analysis crosses our lives transversally, which is why at the Raúl Bitrán Chair we have wanted to show that not only the record of the progress of the pandemic strengthens our options to improve prevention, but also guides decision makers to respond in a timely manner to the needs of their communities: supply, social isolation, local transfers, emergency care, are areas that require data to be properly organized.”

The Raúl Bitrán Chair has focused during the 2020 cycle on addressing the theme “Data, reliable information and good decisions, in times of uncertainty”, with different guests at the local, national, and in this international opportunity, to deliver to the community. different perspectives on the use and analysis of data. Previously, the topics have been discussed: “Introduction to Data Management” and “High Speed ​​Networks for Chilean and Latin American Universities in the Data Age”, which are available on the same transmission channel. Linkage with the ULS Environment.

Written by Jenifer Araya, DIVEULS