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What if the best fertilizer was an algorithm?

13,656 views | Laxmi Parida • TED@IBM

Beset by plunging biodiversity, pathogens and skyrocketing populations, our global food supply is at risk — but solutions that rely on chemicals and GMOs come with their own problems. Laxmi Parida proposes an organic solution instead: math.

Beset by plunging biodiversity, pathogens and skyrocketing populations, our global food supply is at risk — but solutions that rely on chemicals and GMOs come with their own problems. Laxmi Parida proposes an organic solution instead: math.

About the speaker

Laxmi Parida

Laxmi Parida

Computational geneticist

Dr. Laxmi Parida is a distinguished research staff member in computational genomics at IBM and a visiting professor at New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. In her work, she applies highly abstract mathematical and computational models to answer urgent human needs, like finding viable food supply chains and personalizing cancer medicine.

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