Melvin is a conversational voice interface for cancer genomics data

Akila R. Perera; Vinay Warrier; Shwetha Sundararaman; Yi Hsiao; Soumita Ghosh; Linganesan Kularatnarajah; Jason J. Pitt

doi:10.1038/s42003-023-05688-z

Communications Biology (Jan 2024)

Melvin is a conversational voice interface for cancer genomics data

Akila R. Perera,
Vinay Warrier,
Shwetha Sundararaman,
Yi Hsiao,
Soumita Ghosh,
Linganesan Kularatnarajah,
Jason J. Pitt

Affiliations

Akila R. Perera: Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore
Vinay Warrier: Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore
Shwetha Sundararaman: Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore
Yi Hsiao: Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore
Soumita Ghosh: Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore
Linganesan Kularatnarajah: Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore
Jason J. Pitt: Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05688-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Despite large collections of cancer genomics data being openly available, the inability to quickly interrogate this information remains a barrier for researchers and oncologists. Here we present Melvin, an Amazon Alexa skill to explore cancer genomics data through simple conversations.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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