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URL:https://www.gleanreport.com/events/hercules-konstantopolous/
SUMMARY:It's all science\, if you want it to be. A seminar by Hercules Kons
 tantopolous *WGTN or ONLINE*
DESCRIPTION:Malaghan Institute seminar\n\nJoin the Malaghan Institute for t
 heir first seminar of 2026\, with Dr Hercules Konstantopolous presenting h
 is talk "It's all science\, if you want it to be".\n\nIt's all science\, i
 f you want it to be\nAbstract:\nThink about this: although we bundle scien
 ce\, technology\, engineering\, and mathematics into a single acronym\, we
  are taught about them as if they are separate roads. Are they? If I look 
 back at my career\, I’ve worked in all these domains and I (more or less
 ) did the same thing every time! The objective of a researcher\, engineer\
 , data scientist\, or startup founder is the same: to solve problems that 
 stop people in their tracks. The domain may change\, be it understanding h
 ow diffuse hydrogen turns into stars\, streamlining the operations of a ge
 othermal reservoir\, or understanding how people use software\; but the st
 ructure does not. In each case\, we define a problem and deliberately choo
 se the tools needed to make progress\, one bit at a time. In this seminar 
 I will show how these ideas connect in practice and how the principles I
 ’ve accumulated over the past twenty-something years translate into conc
 rete ways Tech can support Malaghan scientists to push the boundaries of I
 mmunology.\n\nBio\nGrowing up by the mountains of Northern Greece\, Hercul
 es developed a fascination with the night sky and all its intrigue. After 
 a career as a researcher in astrophysics that spanned ten years and four c
 ontinents\, he became drawn to addressing a greater variety of data-relate
 d problems. Data science ensued with work on sustainability\, renewable en
 ergy\, enterprise software\, and quantitative user experience research. He
 rcules was in the middle of standing up an AI startup in geothermal techno
 logy when the Malaghan came knocking… so add medical technology to the l
 ist!\n\nMicrosoft Teams meeting\nJoin: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/45
 71553671076?p=sS1CG8jv5TARQGl0m2\nMeeting ID: 457 155 367 107 6\nPasscode:
  KQ3Xp2zQ\n\nNote that if you are coming from outside the Malaghan Institu
 te\, please allow time to sign-in at reception for their start at 12pm.
CATEGORIES:Online,Wellington
LOCATION: Seminar Room\, Malaghan Institute\, VUW\, Central  Services Build
 ing\, Victoria University\, Wellington\, New Zealand
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