Project Code
NMH27Ex Dong
Project Type
Dry lab
Research Theme
Cardiometabolic Disease
Infection, Immunity, Antimicrobial Resistance and Repair
Neuroscience and Mental Health
Population Health Science
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Summary
Early dementia prediction is an urgent problem to improve the clinical pathway for individuals who are at risk of dementia due to wellestablished risks such as cognitive decline, lifestyle, medical or genetic factors. This project aims to design an AI system that integrates scientific knowledge for early dementia modelling, based on large language models and causal inference. The project has two stages: first, to construct a causal knowledge graph from scientific papers and cognitive test questionnaire data, and second, to integrate the graph with transformer-based large language models and causal learning. This offers an explainable understanding of personalised risk factors.
Can the project be completed part time?
Yes
Lead Supervisor
Dr Hang Dong
Lead Supervisor Email
University Affiliation
University of Exeter
