Computing in Biology

Cameron Craddock

Wednesday, March 9, 2005

6:00 - 7:30 pm

TSRB 204

6:00 – 6:10 - Introduction of the topic and the speakers

R. Cameron Craddock

6:10 – 6:30 - The Relationship of Medicine and Computer Science

William C. Reeves, M.D., Branch Chief, Viral Exanthems and Herpesvirus Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

6:30 – 6:50 - The Technology behind the Biology

Suzanne D. Vernon, Ph.D., Team Leader, Molecular Epidemiology Program, Viral Exanthems and Herpesvirus Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

6:50 – 7:10 - Data Mining in Biology:  an introduction to the application of intelligent systems, machine learning, signal processing and information theory to knowledge discovery in biology.

Brian Gurbaxani, Ph.D., Bioinformatician, Viral Exanthems and Herpesvirus Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

7:10 – 7:30 - Computing in Biology: an introduction to the application of computing to biology, specifically discusses three ongoing projects at the CDC that involve data management, text mining, and simulation.  

R. Cameron Craddock, Pre-Doctoral Candidate, GIT/CDC

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