We were delighted to be spoken to by Khelina Fedorchuk and her work in Artificial Intelligence. Khelina has impressive credentials, studying mathematics for 5 years at the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics at Moscow University. The latter she secured an Assistant Teacher and then Senior Lecturer position. In 2017, she moved her work to study for a PHD at our Swinburne university where she was eventually offered a position of Postdoctoral Researcher, to create a suit friendly software based on her work.
It was interesting to hear her slant on Australian life as compared to her life in Russia. Also, that she would have to leave Australia to continue her work, initially in Russia but hopefully in Europe in the future.
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She described that Artificial Intelligence was based on machine learning followed by deep learning. The principle for deep learning was that there were several layers of input, and that adaptive information assisted the answer.In practical terms she has been researching neurotracking in following and separating T Cells. Her software being developed was to try and process T cell movements. T Cells are part of our White Blood Cells and now is an important treatment, evolving in the treatment of immunotherapy of several cancers.
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