Tingting Zhu

All models are local: time to replace external validation with recurrent local validation

2023 · arXiv (Cornell University)

External validation is often recommended to ensure the generalizability of ML models. However, it neither guarantees generalizability nor equates to a model's clinical usefulness (the ultimate goal of any clinical decision-support tool). External validation is …

Synthesizing Electronic Health Records for Predictive Models in Low-Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)

2023 · Biomedicines

The spread of machine learning models, coupled with by the growing adoption of electronic health records (EHRs), has opened the door for developing clinical decision support systems. However, despite the great promise of machine learning …

Leveraging transformers and large language models with antimicrobial prescribing data to predict sources of infection for electronic health record studies

2024 · medRxiv

Abstract Background Electronic health records frequently contain extensive unstructured free-text data, but extracting information accurately from these data and at scale is challenging. Using free-text from antibiotic prescribing data as an example, we investigate the …

A Plan for a Joint Study into the Impacts of AI on Professional Competencies of IT Professionals and Implications for Computing Students

2024

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to make its presence felt in transforming workplaces around the world, and the Information Technology industry in particular, it is essential to understand its impact on the work practices of …