ENCORD
“ A lot of Doctors ’ time is spent making notes on paper . AI can do this , which can indirectly save lives ”
ERIC LANDAU CO-FOUNDER AND CEO , ENCORD
Using AI to create democratised healthcare Eric Landau studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford University and Applied Physics at Harvard University . Then , during his PHD , took a break to work in finance . It was during this time that he met Ulrik Hansen . They discussed the inefficiencies in data and , together , decided it was time to find a solution to empower the healthcare sector . They went on to found Encord in 2020 , which is headquartered in London .
“ My role at Encord involves solving a bunch of different problems and filling in gaps ,” explains Landau . “ As they say , I ’ m a ‘ Jack of all trades , master of none ’ – but that ’ s because my job evolves . There are new problems that crop up as you grow , so my job is to solve those new problems . It ’ s about always being bad at what you ’ re doing and finding an answer !”
Landau ’ s healthcare role model is the late Dr Paul Farmer , medical anthropologist and co-founder of Partners in Health .
“ He studied at Harvard , then he worked in Haiti , helping community clinics to solve the TB crisis . Farmer ’ s work is the definition of democratising healthcare .”
Encord is built to support the machine learning ( ML ) community to do that .
“ You want a computer to solve problems – to diagnose cancer or to detect patients
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