Cloud computing — and trust — needed for global disease research, says researcher

    Cloud computing — and trust — needed for global disease research, says researcher

    Personal computer users often run into problems finding enough secure storage space for videos, music and other bits of electronic information…so imagine the challenges facing computer scientists like Prof. Deborah Stacey trying to gather and store millions of data points to address global animal disease.

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    Obesity debates ignoring disease complexity, researcher says

    Obesity debates ignoring disease complexity, researcher says

    Current obesity debates often oversimplify the disease’s cause by either blaming the individual or blaming the environment. But, Prof. Joshua August (Gus) Skorburg, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Guelph, says this is a harmful oversimplification.

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