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From YouTube: Using data to save the world! — Dr Katie Chong 1.1.3
Description
In the fight against climate change researchers need to collect, analyse and communicate about vast amounts of data.
In this talk Katie will introduce you to the types of data being used to save the world and the importance of collaboration and open data in science.
A
B
B
Okay
and
so
hopefully,
you'll
be
able
to
see
my
presentation
has
that
worked
yep,
yep,
okay
right
so
so.
Thank
you
very
much
for
inviting
me
along.
I
have
to
blame
my
best
mate
chris
kranz
for
this,
so
he
wrote
me
to
come
and
talk
to
you
today
about
climate
change.
So
I
work
at
aston
university,
which
is
in
birmingham.
I
work
there
as
a
lecturer
and
as
a
researcher
and
I'm
going
to
talk
to
you
today
a
little
bit
about
how
we
use
data
to
try
and
save
the
world.
B
Hopefully,
okay,
let's
here
we
go
so
about
me,
I'm
a
chemical
engineer.
Most
people
don't
really
know
what
a
chemical
engineer
does
so
to
try
and
explain
it.
It's
chemical
engineers
basically
work
out
how
to
make
stuff,
so
we
take
things
from
raw
material,
so
water
foods
that
kind
of
things
and
we
work
out
how
to
make
useful
products
from
them
in
a
safe
and
cost
effective
way.
B
So
if
there's
anything
that
comes
into
your
home,
like
water,
energy,
food,
anything
that's
made
out
of
chemicals,
normally
a
chemical
engineer
has
had
something
to
do
with
that.
We
kind
of
like
large-scale
plumbers.
I
think
that's
a
good
way
to
describe
it,
so
we
work
out
how
to
to
make
things
flow,
make
things
move
around
and
large-scale
operations,
and
because
of
this
we
use
a
lot
of
maths.
So
whenever
we're
doing
our
calculations
to
work
out
the
size
of
equipment
or
whether
something's
actually
going
to
work.
B
Looking
at
the
chemistry,
for
example,
we
use
a
lot
of
equations
and
maths
to
do
that
so,
as
well
as
being
a
lecturer
aston,
I'm
also
a
researcher
and
director
of
this
place.
So
this
is
the
energy
and
bioproducts
research
institute
at
aston
university
and
here
we're
very
much
focused
on
climate
change
and
all
of
the
solutions
to
climate
change.
So
there's
loads
of
really
clever
researchers
that
work
within
this
building
to
try
and
find
those
solutions
to
help
us
save
our
planet.
B
B
So
what
do
we
do?
What
do
I
do?
So?
My
research
is
all
around
finding
ways
to
try
and
save
the
planet.
So
you've
probably
heard
about
all
the
doom
and
gloom
around
climate
change.
What
is
going
on
with
our
world?
There
was
the
recent
ipbc
report
which,
unless
you
were
hiding
under
a
rock,
you
would
have
heard
about
about
how
it's
a
red
alert
from
our
climate
and
our
planet.
B
So
there
is
no
planet
b
and
all
of
the
work
that
we
do
as
researchers
is
about
carbon,
so
what's
been
happening,
is
that
we've
been
using
fossil
fuels
for
about
100
or
so
years
now,
and
as
we
release
that
carbon,
it
goes
up
into
our
atmosphere
and
it's
acting
like
a
blanket
which
is
keeping
us
keeping
our
con
our
world
really
warm
and
causing
all
sorts
of
issues.
So
whatever
we're
trying
to
do
as
researchers,
it's
all
about
the
carbon,
so
every
single
atom
of
carbon
matters.
B
So
if
we
can
save
a
kilogram
of
carbon,
do
it
by
doing
something
small
that
does
make
a
difference.
So
a
kilogram
of
carbon
dioxide
fills
up
17
standard
party
balloons,
so
every
kilo
of
carbon
dioxide
that
you
can
save
will
save
those
17
balloons
of
carbon
dioxide
and
every
every
one
of
those
kilos
does
make
a
difference.
So
we've
been
doing
lots
of
research
to
work
out
the
impact
of
our
activities
on
trying
to
reduce
that
amount
of
carbon,
and
we
know
the
reasons
why
this
is
what
we're
seeing.
B
B
So
whenever
I
start
getting
demotivated
about
the
the
state
of
things,
I
think
about
the
lowly
polar
bear
on
his
melting
iceberg,
and
that
motivates
me
to
to
carry
on
so
that's
why
I'm
doing
it
is
to
try
and
save
mr
polar
bear
on
his
iceberg
right.
So,
when
we're
doing
our
research
when
we're
all
the
clever
climate
change,
researchers
are
doing
stuff.
B
So
whenever
we
do
an
experiment
like
that,
we
collect
loads
and
loads
of
information.
So
it's
a
huge
amount
of
information,
and
this
is
just
a
small
snippet,
so
we
collect
loads
and
loads
and
loads
of
data
points.
Thousands
of
data
points
from
each
of
those
experiments,
so
we
get
the
the
raw
data.
So
it's
part
of
our
job
then
to
interpret
that
data.
So
this
one
here
is
just
the
result
from
a
single
experiment,
so
we
can
track
along
what's
happening,
so
we
can
really
understand
what's
going
on
so
then
we
take
that
data.
B
We
interpret
those
results
and
then
we
come
up
with
some
useful
results.
So
then
we
have
to
decide
okay.
So
how
are
we
going
to
use
that?
We've
got
the
result
of
our
our
data,
how
we
actually
going
to
use
it,
what
we're
going
to
use
it
for
so
as
chemical
engineers
as
climate
change,
researchers,
we
use
that
data
for
a
lot
of
different
things.
B
So,
first
of
all,
we
use
it
for
engineering
design,
so
we
need
to
work
out
whether
the
things
that
we've
done
in
the
lab
are
actually
going
to
work
in
the
real
life
at
large
scale.
So
we
use
all
of
those
numbers
to
look
at
whether
we
can
make
that
bigger,
whether
it's
going
to
make
people
money,
because
no
company
is
ever
going
to
invest
in
a
process
if
it's
not
going
to
make
them
money,
so
we
use
it
to
calculate
costs
and
that's
something
that
I
do
in
particular.
B
So
I
do
something
called
technoeconomic
analysis,
which
means
I
do
the
engineering
design,
then
I'll
work
out
how
much
it's
going
to
cost
to
try
and
help
companies.
Businesses.
Policymakers
understand
whether
this
solution
to
climate
change
is
still
going
to
make
them
money
as
well
as
well
as
saving
the
planet.
B
Another
thing
that
we
do,
of
course,
is
the
environmental
performance,
so
as
part
of
this
work,
we
can
use
all
of
that
data,
then
to
say:
okay,
is
this
better
or
worse
than
what
we
were
doing
before
so
we're
using
it
as
evidence
to
support
our
research,
so
we
can
decide
which
direction
to
go
and
the
most
important
reason
the
most
important
use
of
all
of
this
data
is
for
us
to
share
our
knowledge.
So,
as
a
lecturer,
I
share
all
these
results
to
all
of
my
students
as
a
researcher.
B
We
share
it
with
between
each
other
and
we
write
journals.
We
do
talks
like
this.
We
go
to
conferences,
we
talk
to
policy
makers,
so
it's
about
sharing
that
knowledge.
There's
no
point
in
us
collecting
all
of
this
information.
If
we're
not
going
to
share
it
and
open
research
is
a
huge
thing
in
academia,
so
all
of
our
work
is
is
funded
publicly
funded.
So
we
get
all
of
the
money
to
do
our
research
from
the
government
from
the
european
commission
and
that's
your
money,
that's
the
taxpayers
money.
B
So
we
have
to
make
sure
that
all
of
this
information
is
available
for
you
guys
if
you
ever
want
to
look
at
it,
so
we
do
have
to
make
all
of
our
our
data
available.
So
there
are
various
repositories
for
that
and
various
ways
that
we
do
that.
So
if
you
are
ever
interested
in
a
research
project,
then
you
should
be
able
to
get
your
hands
on
that
data,
to
make
sure
we're
spending
your
money
wisely
and
to
see
what
the
the
final
results
look
like.
So
open
research
is
really
key
to
good
research.
B
So
then,
how
do
we
use
that
then
to
save
the
world?
Hopefully
we're
trying
our
best
here
the
results
that
we
get
from
all
of
these
experiments.
All
of
that
research
that
is
funded
by
taxpayers
by
you
guys
the
results
of
that
then
help
inform
they
help
inform
other
researchers
so
that
we
can
tell
each
other
any
avenues
that
look
good,
any
that
don't
look
so
good.
So
it's
to
try
and
direct
our
research,
so
we
we
spend
all
of
our
attention
looking
at
the
stuff
that
is
worth
investigating.
B
Really
importantly,
we
use
it
to
talk
to
the
government
and
policy
makers
because
without
them
buying
into
what
we're
doing
nothing's
going
to
change
so
until
the
government
and
policymakers
actually
force
people
to
do
stuff,
nothing,
nothing
really
changes.
So
we
use
it
as
evidence
to
those
guys
as
well,
and
sometimes
they
listen.
Sometimes
they
don't.
Unfortunately,
we
use
it
to
talk
to
industry
so
that
industry
can
understand
how
best
to
make
their
processes
more
sustainable,
which
are
the
ones
that
they
can
do
while
still
making
money.
B
So
we
give
them
lots
of
information
about
how
their
equipment
is
going
to
behave,
how
much
energy
it's
going
to
need
that
kind
of
thing,
and
most
of
all
now
people
are
interested
in
okay,
so
how
much
carbon
is
that
going
to
emit?
No
one
wants
to
be
releasing
carbon
anymore,
which
is
great
and
then
the
public.
B
This
is
something
that
I'm
particularly
passionate
about
is
is
is
informing
people
about
all
of
these
things
that
is
going
on
to
try
and
help
save
the
planet
and
the
more
we
speak
about
it,
the
better
it
is
so
keep
talking
about
it.
We
can
see
the
power
of
talking
about
climate
change
just
by
looking
at
people
like
greta
who,
just
by
talking
about
it,
has
had
all
of
the
the
schools
protests.
B
If
you
look
at
david
attenborough,
he
is
just
one
man
talking
about
it
and
the
power
of
that
person,
so
using
these
results
help
inform
all
of
those
people
as
well.
So
hopefully
all
of
that
data
that
we're
collecting
all
of
that
research
that
we're
doing
is
helping
us
to
find
solutions
to
climate
change.
So
all
of
those
numbers
are
helping
us
to
to
help
find
those
solutions.
B
So
a
little
that's
a
little
quick
introduction,
but
if
anyone
wants
to
ask
me
any
more
questions
about
climate
change,
what
we
do
on
bioenergy
biomass
any
of
that
stuff,
then
please
drop
me
a
line,
and
you
can
also
find
me
on
twitter
as
well.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
listening
to
me
waffling
on
this
morning.
A
That
was
fantastic.
Thank
you.
So
much
katie
welcome
one
quick
question
from
from
me
actually
for
folks
who
may
be
inspired
by
that
and
want
to
do
their
own
part
like
what
are
the
things
that
we
could
do
ourselves
is.
That
is
there
ways
we
can
contribute
join
shout.
Is
there
any
strong
recommendation?
You'd
say
like
this
is
the
one
thing
that
you
should
go
out
and
do.
B
Well,
there's
loads
of
little
things
that
you
can
do
it's
about
making
making
more
sustainable
choices.
So,
for
example,
don't
put
your
heating
on
put
a
jumper
on
just
try
not
to
buy
so
much
stuff,
because
whenever
you
buy
something
that
you've
got
to
think
about
all
the
carbon
that's
gone
into
into
making
it
all
of
the
emissions
that
go
into
making
it
as
well
as
the
transport
and
all
of
that
kind
of
thing
consider
reducing
the
amount
of
meat
you
eat.
B
B
And
if
you
want
to
get
involved,
then
you
can
just
keep
an
eye
out
for
the
local
events
that
are
happening.
So
I'm
part
of
a
big
project
called
supergen
bioenergy
and
we
do
lots
of
projects
that
the
public
can
get
involved
with.
So
we've
got
one
running
that
will
be
running
soon
and
it's
to
talk
to
school
kids.
So
we're
getting
the
view
of
school
kids
from
around
the
world
on
what
they
think
about
climate
change.
B
A
massive
event-
that's
coming
up
this
year
is
cop,
so
cop
26
is
where
all
of
the
countries
from
around
the
world
get
together
to
talk
about
climate
this
year,
it's
in
glasgow,
so
there
are
loads
of
events
happening
around
that
lots
of
public
events
as
well.
So
look
for
cop
26
and
you
should
be
able
to
find
lots
of
things
going
on
around
cop
that
you
can
get
involved
with
and
joining
so
yeah
it's
about
making
it.
So
we
just
need
to
make
sure
that
we
keep
talking
about.
A
Fantastic
well,
thank
you
so
much.
I
realize
this
may
not
be
the
normal
audience
that
you
speak
to,
so
we're
we're
really
grateful
that
you
could
join
us
thanks
for
chris
asking
you
to
join,
it's
been
brilliant.
So
that's
the
talk
from
katie.
If
anyone
has
any
questions
for
feel
free
to
add
them
into
our
our
slack
channel
the
track,
one
slack
channel.