2010 Workshop on Petascale Computing and Personalized Medicine

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2010 Workshop on Petascale Computing and Personalized Medicine

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All activities will be held at the NCSA Building, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana, Illinois, unless otherwise noted.

Sunday, October 17

3:45 p.m.
Shuttle leaves Chicago O'Hare
6:30 p.m.
Welcome, cocktails and dinner
NCSA Lobby
7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Session 1: Petascale computing
Moderator: Michael Welge, NCSA

Blue Waters: An extraordinary capability for advancing biomedical research
Thom Dunning, NCSA / Klaus Schulten, Illinois
Streaming video of this presentation is available (.asf)

Roundtable discussion

Monday, October 18

8:00 a.m.
Continental breakfast
8:30 a.m.
Session 2: Data-driven biology
Moderator: Bryan White, Illinois

Data-driven biology: Statistical genetics and personalized medicine at the University of Pittsburgh
Michael Barmada, Pittsburgh
Streaming video of this presentation is available (.asf)

Organizing -omics data for translational research: Systems biology analysis of glioblastoma gene expression data
Mark Chance, Case Western
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HMP and other metagenomic projects at JCVI: Computational challenges
Andrey Tovchigrechko, J. Craig Venter Institute
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Data driven biology
George Weinstock, Washington University
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Roundtable discussion
10:30 a.m.
Coffee break
11:00 a.m.
Session 3: Making sense of large-scale datasets
Moderator: Saurabh Sinha, Illinois

Modeling and predicting medical event probabilities based on EHR, genomic and environmental data?
Pankaj Agarwal, GlaxoSmithKline
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Petascale computing: Modeling people in societies
Keith Bisset, Virginia Tech
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Genetic interactions and large-scale phenotyping in model systems
Wolfgang Huber, EMBL
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Transparent and public genomics: Making sense of large-scale datasets
Sasha Wait Zaranek, Harvard
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Roundtable discussion
1:30 p.m.
Lunch
2:00 p.m.
Demo of NCSA 3D scientific visualizations and tour of the National Petascale Computing Facility (transportation provided)
4:00 p.m.
Session 4: Clinical informatics of the future
Moderator: Peter Li, Mayo Clinic

Petascale challenges for individualized medicine
Peter Li, Mayo Clinic
Streaming video of this presentation is available (.asf)

Biomedical informatics and data integration for clinical use
Barbara Beckerman, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Achieving the vision for personalized health and healthcare
Dan Masys, Vanderbilt
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Clinical informatics of the future
Jonathan Silverstein, U. of Chicago
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Roundtable discussion
6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Dinner at Silvercreek Restaurant
402 North Race St
Urbana, Illinois
217-328-3402

Tuesday, October 19

8:00 a.m.
Continental breakfast
8:30 a.m.
Session 5: Computational challenges
Moderator: Victor Jongeneel, Illinois

Aimée Dudley, ISB

Computational challenges in phylogenetics
Alexis Stamatakis, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies
Streaming video of this presentation is available (.asf)

Roundtable discussion
10:30 a.m.
Coffee break
11:00 a.m.
Overall discussion, outlining a roadmap for the future
12:30 p.m.
Sandwich lunch, lunch boxes available
1:00 p.m.
Shuttle bus departs for Chicago O'Hare, arriving at 4 pm