Data Science

Last updated : 24/03/2026 - 1541 views

The Data Science section is led by Massimiliano Greco.

New Monthly Sessions and Community Engagement

The Data Science section holds monthly meetings to provide regular opportunities for collaboration, education, and discussion on data-driven healthcare.

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If you are an ESICM member interested in data science, including electronic health records, information technology, big data analysis or machine learning, you may be interested in joining the Data Science Section. You can do this by selecting the Data Science as a section of interest/voting section in your member info, by logging into your membership profile here.

Additionally, the Data Science Section aims to have at least one intensivist per intensive care unit in Europe as a contact person. The Data Science Section will primarily invite these contact persons to participate in important matters related to electronic health care use and data sharing.

If you would like to be the contact person for your ICU, please contact the Section Chair, Massimiliano Greco, directly.

WhatsApp Community

If you want to stay up to date with everything happening within the Data Science Section, join the WhatsApp Community here.

RESOURCES

EDUCATION

Intensive Care Innovation

This event united leading intensive care experts to explore the future of this field through sessions covering AI, precision medicine, virtual ICU models, and sustainable design, with talks and workshops addressing key challenges like patient interaction, alarm fatigue, and environmental impact.

Datathon

This 8th Critical Care Datathon is a great event where multidisciplinary teams and international experts collaborate to explore clinical questions using large datasets from electronic health records.
Participants also have the opportunity to enhance their data knowledge, discover new methods to address clinical questions, and build connections!

Webinars

Free live webinars are available for members & non members on the ESICM Media Library.

RESEARCH

Projects

ICareWean

iCareWean “Weaning from mechanical ventilation: comparison of open-loop decision support system and routine care, in general medical ICU”.

The BEACON care system is an open-loop decision support device that works alongside current ventilator systems in the intensive care unit.

CoBaTrICE-IT

Competency-based Training in Intensive Care Medicine in Europe – Innovation Transfer. The CoBaTrICE project created an international competency-based programme for ICM.

More information: www.cobatrice.org

Surveys

A web-based survey

What is the influence of Wikipedia and other web resources on acute and critical care decisions? This survey evaluated how important Wikipedia, Google and other web resources have become in the daily work of intensive care professionals.

Publication:

Rössler B et al. Influence of wikipedia and other web resources on acute and critical care decisions. a web-based survey

Relevant Literature

Imaging in Intensive Care Medicine : Álvaro J. Roldán-Reina et al. The dark side of the swan.

Daniele Poole et al. Intensive Care Medicine in 2050: Statistical tools for development of prognostic models (why clinicians should not be ignored).

Article Reviews

Is high use health information technology having a negative impact on the ICU team and patient care?

The Value of E-Learning for the Prevention of HAIs

EU Policies