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Thank you,
The Research Computing Team
Fall 2016 Research Computing Day
Date: September 14, 2016
Venue: Hill Student Center Ballroom C & D
Open to all UAB faculty, staff, and students. Registration is free but please register here to attend.
Agenda
| 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM | Welcome |
| 8:45 AM – 9:30 AM | Molly Rector, Chief Marketing Officer, DDN |
| 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM | The Promise and Limitations of Deep Learning as a Tool for Analyzing Brain Images Dr. Frank Skidmore, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology |
| 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Brain plasticity after loss of central vision: understanding brain networks using high performance computing networks Dr. Kristina Visscher, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology |
| 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM | Break |
| 10:45 AM – 11:15 AM | Computational Physics: From gaming computers to large clusters Dr. Ryoichi Kawai, Professor, Department of Physics |
| 11:15 AM – 11:45 AM | Molecular insight for protein interactions underlying death receptor-mediated DISC for apoptosis Yuhua Song |
| 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM | Lunch Dell HPC Strategy and Technologies |
| 12:45 PM – 1:15 PM | Serving the UAB Research and Clinical Communities High Throughput Sequencing Big Data Analyses using UAB’s High Performance Cluster, Cheaha Dr. David Crossman, Bioinformatics Director, Heflin Center for Genomic Science |
| 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM | Big data omics at SOPH Dr. Hemant Tiwari, William “Student” Sealy Gosset Professor, Department of Biostatistics |
| 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM | Wrap-up |