The Big Data Institute (BDI), part of the Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, is an interdisciplinary research institute at the

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. The institute brings together researchers from both the

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and the

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. The BDI building is on the

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, east

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. Academics from the BDI are advising the

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about a mobile phone app to track the

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in the

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References

External links

BDI website
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