In his own way, Payam Barnaghi is trying to Switch the Perspective around artificial intelligence and its relation to health, especially with issues related to Dementia. Payam Barnaghi was born and grew up in Mianeh, a small town in northwest Iran. He studied computer science and obtained his PhD in Artificial Intelligence in 2007. He is currently Professor of Machine Intelligence in the Centre for Vision, Speech and SignalProcessing (CVSSP) at the University of Surrey. He works on the development of new machine learning and semantic computing algorithms and techniques for future internet and web systems, with a focus on Internet of Things, time-series data analysis, information search and retrieval and their applications in healthcare and smart cities. He is Technical Lead of theNHS/Department of Health funded Technology Integrated Healthcare Management (TIHM) for Dementia project and Deputy Director of the Care Research and Technology Centre at the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI). This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
How technology can help people affected by Dementia | Payam Barnaghi | TEDxUniversityofPiraeus