>An OregonStateUniversity researcher who was serving as head of the school's ==Center of Quantitative Life Sciences= has been charged with aggravated sex crimes against children in Virginia.
The mission of the Center for Quantitative Life Sciences will be to inclusively partner with the OSU community and stakeholders to catalyze innovations and excellence in the generation and applications of big data in all areas of life sciences research.
The purpose of the transformation is as follows:
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Support and strengthen existing data generation and analysis capabilities that are highly valued by the Center’s research community, including research training.
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Expand capabilities in new and emerging areas of data generation and analysis needed by OSU life scientists, including research training.
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Catalyze innovative interdisciplinary life sciences research enabled by Center capabilities.
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Through inclusive governance, strategically focus Center investments in order to achieve impact.
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In all that we do, continuously strive to advance inclusive excellence and social justice.
Big data and data science pervade every area of the life,agricultural, ecological, environmental and health sciences today and are destined to grow increasingly more important
>So state governments want to collaborate with the CDC and collect "health" data about your children.
>What could possibly go wrong?