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, David Shealy, PhD
  • 9:10 - 9:45 Sustaining - and Growing - Research Computing Services at a Research I University, 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 Galaxy: A Web-based Platform for Accessible, Reproducible, and Transparent High-throughput Biology, 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 UAB IT Research Computing Services Update, Bob Cloud, David Shealy, John-Paul Robinson
  • 11:15 - 11:45 UAB IT Strategic Plan for Research Community, E. Douglas Rigney, PhD, PE, Interim Vice President for Information Technology, Professor, Biomedical Engineering, E-mail: drigney@uab.edu
• 11:45 - 1:30 Poster Session and Lunch - size and location to be determine
• 1:30 - 2:30 Biomedical Sciences and Engineering Session
• 2:30 - 2:50 Coffee Break
• 2:50 - 4:20 Science and Engineering Session
• 4:30pm -- closing remarks/discussions of issues that need to be resolved.