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URL:https://escience.washington.edu/events/uw-data-science-seminar-abraham
 -flaxman/
SUMMARY:UW Data Science Seminar: Abraham Flaxman
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a UW Data Science Seminar featuring UW Globa
 l Health Associate Professor Abraham Flaxman on  Wednesday\, April 30th fr
 om 4:30 to 5:20 p.m. PT. This research project was supported by the eScien
 ce Data Science and AI Accelerator.\n\n\nThe seminar will be held in Elect
 rical and Computer Engineering Building 125 – Campus Map.\n"Updating Op
 en-Source Verbal Autopsy Software to Modern Python Standards"\n\nAbstract:
   The purpose of this project was to modernize SmartVA-Analyze\, an existi
 ng open-source verbal autopsy (VA) software\, by transitioning its codebas
 e from Python 2 to Python 3. Verbal autopsy is a crucial tool for estimati
 ng the causes of death in settings where medical certification is unavaila
 ble\, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. By collecting data
  from interviews with the deceased’s relatives or caregivers\, VA provid
 es insights into mortality patterns\, supporting the formulation of health
  policies and guiding the allocation of resources. However\, with Python 2
  now long discontinued\, maintaining and deploying the current software be
 came increasingly challenging\, limiting its accessibility and functionali
 ty.\n\nThe update aimed to ensure compatibility with modern computing envi
 ronments\, enhance the software’s usability\, and enable easy installati
 ons. By doing so\, we maintained the software’s current functionality an
 d also positioned it for future integration with modern AI.  \n\nIn summar
 y\, we succeeded!  SmartVA-Analyze 3.0 is now openly available and future 
 extensions will not require an ancient version of Python.\n\n  Biography: 
   Abraham Flaxman\, PhD\, is an Associate Professor of Health Metrics Scie
 nces at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the Univ
 ersity of Washington. He is currently leading the development of a simulat
 ion platform to derive “what-if” results from Global Burden of Disease
  estimates and is engaged in methodological and operational research on ve
 rbal autopsy. Dr. Flaxman has previously designed software tools such as D
 isMod-MR that IHME uses to estimate the Global Burden of Disease\, and the
  Bednet Stock-and-Flow Model\, which has produced estimates of insecticide
 -treated net coverage in sub-Saharan Africa.\n\nThe 2024-2025 seminars wil
 l be held in person\, and are free and open to the public.
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