Today's guest is the remarkable Tim Albiges, who lost the ability to see as an adult. Thanks to A.I. tools, as well as learning how to learn by sound and touch, he is now thriving as a data scientist and pursuing a fascinating PhD!
Tim was working as a restaurant manager eight years ago when he tragically lost his sight.
In the face of countless alarming and discriminatory acts against him on account of his blindness, he taught himself Braille and auditory learning techniques (and to raise math equations and diagrams using a special thermoform machine so that he can feel them) in order to be able to return to college and study computing and data science.
Not only did he succeed in obtaining a Bachelor’s degree in computing (with First-Class Honours), he is now pursuing a PhD at Bournemouth University full-time, in which he’s applying machine learning to solve medical problems. His first paper was published in the peer-reviewed journal Sensors earlier this year.
Today’s inspiring episode is accessible to technical and non-technical listeners alike.
In it, Tim details:
• Why a career in data science can be ideal for a blind person.
• How he’s using ML to automate the diagnosis of chronic respiratory diseases.
• The techniques he employs to live a full and independent life, with a particular focus on the A.I. tools that assist him both at work and at leisure.
• A keen athlete, how he’s adapted his approach to fitness in order to run the London marathon and enjoy a gripping team sport called goalball.
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