2011 Research Computing Day Agenda

AGENDA for UAB 2011 Research Computing Day

September 15, 2011

UAB Hill University Center Auditorium


 * 8:30 - 9:00    Registration
 * 9:00 - 9:05   Welcome and Overview [[Media:Agenda UAB RCDay2011 15Sept2011.pdf|(pdf)]], David Shealy, PhD
 * 9:10 - 9:45  [[Media:UAB_RCDay_15September2011_UNC_Research_Computing.pdf|Sustaining - and Growing - Research Computing Services at a Research I University (pdf)]], Ruth Marinshaw, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Research Computing, Information Technology Service, University of North Carolina, E-mail: ruth_marinshaw@unc.edu, Web:   http://its.unc.edu/Research/index.htm
 * 9:45 - 10:20  [[Media:Goecks-uab-2011.pdf|Galaxy: A Web-based Platform for Accessible, Reproducible, and Transparent High-throughput Biology (pdf)]], Jeremy Goecks, PhD, Research Fellow in the Taylor Lab at Emory University, E-mail:  jeremy.goecks@emory.edu, Web: http://bx.mathcs.emory.edu/
 * 10:25 - 10:45  Coffee Break
 * 10:45 - 11:15 [[Media:Rcday2011-uabitrc-update.pdf|UAB IT Research Computing Services Update (pdf)]], John-Paul Robinson, Bob Cloud, David Shealy
 * 11:15 - 11:45 [[Media:Dr. Rigney -UAB IT Research Computing Day.pdf|UAB IT Strategic Plan for Research Community (pdf)]], E. Douglas Rigney, PhD, PE, Interim Vice President for Information Technology, Professor, Biomedical Engineering
 * 11:45 - 1:15  Poster Session and Lunch - size and location to be determine
 * 1:15 - 2:30 Biomedical Sciences and Engineering Applications Session
 * 1:15 - 1:40pm: Genotype calling for next-gen sequencing data, Degui Zhi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham. E-mail: dzhi@ms.soph.uab.edu.
 * 1:40 - 2:05: [[Media:Crasto SIM 01 21 11.pdf|Preferred Odorant Binding Sites and Olfactory Receptor Function (pdf)]],  Chiquito J. Crasto, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Research, Department of Genetics, Univeristy of Alabama at Birmingham.  Tele: 205-996-7083; E-mail: chiquito@uab.edu.
 * 2:05 - 2:35: [[Media:StephenBarnesIT talk 9-15-11.pdf|Challenges in data acquisition, storage and processing for NIH funded studies (pdf)]], Stephen Barnes, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Tele:  205-934-7117; FAX: 205-934-6944; E-mail: sbarnes@uab.edu.
 * 2:35 - 3:05pm: The Web of Linked Data and Informatics for the One Computer, Jonas S Almeida,PhD, Professor, Director of Div. Informatics, Dept Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Tel: (205) 975-3286, email: jalmeida@uab.edu, cv: http://jonasalmeida.info
 * 3:05 - 3:20  Coffee Break
 * 3:20 - 4:20 Science and Engineering Applications Session
 * 3:20 - 3:40: [[Media:MATLAB-TAHupdate 3.20pm 15Sept2011 FINAL.pdf|TAH - Update on UAB MATLAB campus license (pdf)]], David L Shealy, PhD, Professor and Chair, Dept Physics, University of Alabama at Birmingham.  Tele: (205)934-8068; FAX (205)934-8042; E-Mail: dls@uab.edu.
 * 3:40 - 4:00: Computing in network modeling, Xujing Wang, Associate Professor, Dept Physics, University of Alabama at Birmingham. E-mail: xujingw@uab.edu
 * 4:00 - 4:20: Improving Application Performance, John-Paul Robinson, System Architect Research Computing, IT Research Computing, LHL 164, zip 0013; Office telephone number: (205) 975-0124; Facsimile telephone number: (205) 975-2855; E-mail: jpr@uab.edu and Thomas Anthony, IT Intern and Graduate Student in Computer Engineering; E-Mail: tanthony@uab.edu ; Tele: (205) 410-8698.
 * 4:30pm -- closing remarks/discussions of issues that need to be resolved.