Template:UAB Research Computing Day 2013 Agenda

AGENDA for UAB 2013 Research Computing Day

September 26, 2013

UAB Cudworth Building, 1919 University Blvd, UAB campus

• 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: Richard Marchase, Ph.D., Interim President
• 9:40-10:10 UAB IT 2012 Annual Report, Doug Rigney, Ph.D., Interim VP Information Technology

• 10:10-10:50 John-Paul Robinson, Bob Cloud, David Shealy, Ph.D.

• 10:50-11:10 Break

• 11:10-11:45 Elliot Lefkowitz, Ph.D., Curtis Hendrickson, Department of Microbiology

• 11:45-12:30 Lunch

• 12:30-2:00 Bioinformatics Session
  • 12:30-12:50 Robert Thacker, Ph.D., Department of Biology
  • 12:50-1:10 James Willig, MD, Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
  • 1:10-1:30 Shouguo Gao, Ph.D., Department of Physics
  • 1:30-1:50 Ranjit Kumar, Ph.D., Center for Clinical & Translational Science
  • 1:50-2:10 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 Johanna Stamper, Ph.D., Xujing Wang, Ph.D., Serkan Guldal, Department of Physics, Elais Jackson, Computer & Information Sciences
  • 3:30-3:50 Frank Skidmore, MD, Department of Neurology
  • 3:50-4:10 Matthew Stoll, MD, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology

• 4:10 Closing Remarks & Discussion