2012 Research Computing Day Agenda

AGENDA for UAB 2012 Research Computing Day

September 13, 2012

UAB Hill University Center, Alumni Auditorium


 * 8:15-9:00 	Registration & Continental Breakfast


 * 9:00-9:05 	Welcome & Overview: David Shealy, Ph.D, IT Research Computing


 * 9:05-9:40 	Keynote Address: [[Media:RBM_research_computing_day2_9-13-12_0900_13Sept2012.pdf|Building Capacity in Data Sciences]], Richard Marchase, Ph.D., Interim President
 * 9:40-10:10 	[[Media:Research_Computing_Day_Doug_Rigney_0940_13Sept2012.pdf|UAB IT 2012 Annual Report]], Doug Rigney, Ph.D., Interim VP Information Technology


 * 10:10-10:50 	[[Media:Rcday2012-itrc-update_1010_13Sept2012.pdf|Update on UAB Research Computing]], John-Paul Robinson, Bob Cloud, David Shealy, Ph.D.


 * 10:50-11:10 	Break


 * 11:10-11:45 [[Media:Lefkowitz-UAB_IT_Day_1110_13Sept2012.pdf|Biomedical Infomatics: A Partnership for UAB]], Elliot Lefkowitz, Ph.D., Curtis Hendrickson, Department of Microbiology


 * 11:45-12:30 	Lunch


 * 12:30-2:00	Bioinformatics Session
 * 12:30-12:50 [[Media:Thacker_UAB_ResCompDay_2012_1230_13Sept2012.pdf|Research Computing Across the Tree of Life]], Robert Thacker, Ph.D., Department of Biology
 * 12:50-1:10 [[Media:A_Clinical_Data_Warehouse_ResearchDay_1250_13Sept2013.pdf|A Clinical Data Warehouse?]] James Willig, MD, Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
 * 1:10-1:30   [[Media:NexGen_physics_1310_13Sept2012.pdf|Computational Challenges in Storage, Analysis and Interpretation of Next-Generation Sequencing Data]], Shouguo Gao, Ph.D., Department of Physics
 * 1:30-1:50  [[Media:Microbiome Analysis-13sepV2_1330.pdf|Microbiome Analysis]], Ranjit Kumar, Ph.D., Center for Clinical & Translational Science
 * 1:50-2:10  [[Media:UAB_Research_Day_Variant_Detection_NGS_1350_13Sept2012.pdf|Using UAB HPC Computing Resources for Next-Generation Sequence Analysis]] Curtis Hendrickson, Ph.D., John Osborne, Department of Microbiology


 * 2:10-2:30 	Break


 * 2:30-4:10   Science & Engineering Applications Session
 * 2:30-2:50  Computational Model to the Simulation of Cardiac Electrical Wave Propagation, LuFang Zhou, Ph.D., Division, Cardiovascular Disease; Department of Medicine; Department, Biomedical Engineering
 * 2:50-3:10    Diffusion of Odorants into the Binding Region of the Olfactory Receptor - a Novel Perspective, Peter Lai, Chiquito Crasto, Ph.D., Department of Genetics
 * 3:10-3:30    [[Media:Research_Computing_Day_Xujing_Wang_islet_oscillation_1510_13Sept2012_presented.pdf|Numerical Investigation of Phase Transition in a Cellular Network and Disease Onset]], Johanna Stamper, Ph.D., Xujing Wang, Ph.D., Serkan Guldal, Department of Physics, Elais Jackson, Computer & Information Sciences
 * 3:30-3:50    [[Media:Neuroimaging_Workflow_IT_Day_1530_13Sept2012.pdf|Increased Efficiency in NeuroImaging Workflow]], Frank Skidmore, MD, Department of Neurology
 * 3:50-4:10    [[Media:Stoll_Research_computing_day_1530_13Sept2012.pdf|Exploration of the Microbiota in Inflammatory Diseases]], Matthew Stoll, MD, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology


 * 4:10 	Closing Remarks & Discussion