Speaker(s): Dr. Susan Gregurick, Director, Division of Biophysics, Biomedical Technology, and Computational Biosciences at NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Biomedical Researchers today are faced with a growing number of quantitative and qualitative methods that generate data from experiments, computational and observational studies, clinical studies and data gathered from individuals and from communities. The generation of this data is highly distributed, including individual scientists, research groups, patients and large cohort studies, and large-scale initiatives. In parallel to the rise in data generation and data use in research, computational sciences are also undergoing a metamorphosis. From new methods and tools to analyze and understand data (machine learning, deep learning, artificial intelligence, and virtual-reality technologies) to new platforms, that embrace heterogeneous computing (e.g. SUMMIT) or quantum information, the landscape of data-information-computing creates a need for a strategic vision in biomedical data science. Our aim is to provide for a connected data ecosystem that embraces the concept that data is Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reproducible. This seminar will engage participants to think about new ways in which we can extend our data science capabilities.