Evolution of Information, Decoding Life’s Hidden Algorithms

Every time we use our phones, scroll social media, or navigate with GPS, we create digital data. But beyond consumer profiling, did you know this data can also drive social good? From satellite images to mobile phone metadata, data science can help us understand inequalities, predict socioeconomic indicators, and support vulnerable communities. Join me to explore how we can harness digital footprints for a better world.

Are you ready to come with me on a 4 000 000 000 years journey to the past? And to discover how much has changed? It was a time in which our planet was different, and Life, as we know it, taking its first steps. From then to now, many transformations occurred, with (co-)evolution and “Lego”-like behavior of genes and proteins playing important roles. Together we can explore some of the key moments that led to the current diversity we see nowadays and check how computers can get a glimpse of relics of the past from the genomes of tiny microbes.