Chanuki Illushka Seresinhe is a data science researcher at the Alan Turing Institute. She also works as a senior data scientist at Channel 4. Chanuki's research entails using big online datasets and deep learning to understand how the aesthetics of the environment influences human wellbeing. Her research has been featured in the press worldwide including The Economist, Wired, The Times, BBC, Spiegel Online, The Guardian, The Telegraph and Scientific American. She received her PhD from the Data Science Lab, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick. Previously, she ran her own digital design consultancy advising clients on presenting their businesses successfully online.
Talks I've Given
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Using ML to Understand the Link Between Scenic Beauty and Wellbeing
Featuring Chanuki Illushka Seresinhe
Intuitively, we often seek out beautiful scenery when we want a respite from our busy lives, but do such settings actually help to boost our wellbeing?
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Keynote: What can Deep Learning Reveal About Beautiful Places?
Featuring Chanuki Illushka Seresinhe
Governments around the world spend a great deal of money creating and preserving beautiful places, and you might seek out such locations when desiring rest and relaxation. But what are beautiful places composed of?
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Quantifying the Influence of Beautiful Environments on Human Well-Being
Featuring Chanuki Illushka Seresinhe
Does spending time in beautiful settings boost people’s happiness? The answer to this question has long remained elusive due to a paucity of large-scale data on environmental aesthetics and individual happiness. Here, we draw on two novel datasets: first, individual happiness data from the...
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Quantifying the Influence of Beautiful Environments on Human Well-Being
Featuring Chanuki Illushka Seresinhe
Does spending time in beautiful settings boost people’s happiness? The answer to this question has long remained elusive due to a paucity of large-scale data on environmental aesthetics and individual happiness. Here, we draw on two novel datasets: first, individual happiness data from the...
big-data -
Quantifying the Influence of Beautiful Environments on Human Well-Being
Featuring Chanuki Illushka Seresinhe
Does spending time in beautiful settings boost people’s happiness? The answer to this question has long remained elusive due to a paucity of large-scale data on environmental aesthetics and individual happiness. Here, we draw on two novel datasets: first, individual happiness data from the...
big-data -
Quantifying the Influence of Beautiful Environments on Human Wellbeing
Featuring Chanuki Illushka Seresinhe
Does spending time in beautiful settings boost people’s happiness? The answer to this question has long remained elusive due to a paucity of large-scale data on environmental aesthetics and individual happiness. Chanuki will explore two novel datasets: first, individual happiness data from the...
datascience machine-learning infiniteconf scenic-places deep-learning wellbeing urban-analytics