[UCI-CalIT2] UCI-IGB Distinguished Speaker: Russ Altman, Oct 16, 2003 at UCI co-sponsored by Cal-(IT)2

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University of California, Irvine
INSTITUTE for GENOMICS and BIOINFORMATICS
www.igb.uci.edu <http://www.igb.uci.edu/>=20

Distinguished Speaker Series 2003-2004

Russ Altman, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Genetics and Medicine =20
and Computer Science;=20
Director, Biomedical Informatics Training Program=20
Stanford University Medical Center=20
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"Challenges in Knowledge Management and Discovery in Biology"

Thursday, October 16, 2003, at 4:00pm
McDonnell Douglas Auditorium, UC Irvine

This presentation is part of the Distinguished Speaker Series=20
presented by UCI's Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics,=20
and is generously supported by the California Institute for
Telecommunications
and Information Technology {Cal(IT)2} <http://www.calit2.net/>.

No cost to attend - Open to the public. =20
Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis
Email RSVP is requested to Michele McCrea at:
michelem@uci.edu

ABSTRACT:
Bioinformatics and computational biology have emerged primarily in
response to the deluge of data from DNA sequencing, mRNA expression
analysis, proteomics, and other high throughput data collection
techniques. In many ways, the field has been driven be a frenzied need
to gather, store and do preliminary analyses on these data. As the field
has matured, however, it has begun to set sights on longer term "grand
challenges." I believe that the management of biological
knowledge--models that are too complex for individual humans to
track--will be a primary challenge for biomedical computation. In this
talk, I discuss the move from building "power tools" for biologists to
building "assistants" for biologists (and then ultimately, perhaps,
building biologists?). Some of the infrastructural needs are already
clear, although others have not yet been defined.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Dr. Altman teaches such courses as "Algorithms and Representations for
Molecular Biology" and "Physiology for Informaticians," and he lectures
in a number of courses in the computer science sequence. He serves on
the editorial boards of Computer Applications in the Biosciences, the
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, and the
International Journal of Medical Informatics., and he is an author or
coauthor of some 30 refereed journal publications, as many refereed
conference articles, nine book chapters, and four edited volumes of
conference proceedings. He has also received many academic honors. He
was the recipient of a Howard Hughes Institute postdoctoral fellowship
(1991), was named a Charles E. Culpeper Foundation Medical Scholar
(1993), and was awarded an NSF CAREER grant (1996). In 1997, he became
IBM Faculty Scholar and was granted a prestigious U.S. Presidential
Early Career Award in a White House ceremony. This year he was named a
Stanford Hume Faculty Scholar and received the annual Young Investigator
Award of the Western Society of Clinical Investigators. He also served
from 1993 to 1997 on the Steering Committee of SDSC and on the Executive
Committee from 1995 to 1997. Altman is an organizer of annual
bioinformatics conferences sponsored by the International Society for
Computational Biology: the Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing and the
conference on Intelligent Systems in Molecular Biology .
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For more information on the Institute, directions to the campus and the
complete series of presentations, visit: www.igb.uci.edu
<http://www.igb.uci.edu/> .

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INSTITUTE for GENOMICS and BIOINFORMATICS<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.igb.uci.edu/" =
eudora=3Dautourl>www.igb.uci.edu</a><br>
<br>
Distinguished Speaker Series 2003-2004<br>
<br>
<span class=3DGramE>Russ Altman, M.D., Ph.D.</span><br>
Associate Professor, Genetics and Medicine&nbsp; <br>
and Computer Science; <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 =
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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Director, Biomedical Informatics Training =
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&nbsp; 
&quot;Challenges in Knowledge Management and Discovery in =
Biology&quot; 
 
<st1:date Month=3D"10" Day=3D"16" Year=3D"2003">Thursday, =
October 16,
 2003</st1:date>, at <st1:time Hour=3D"16" =
Minute=3D"0">4:00pm</st1:time> 
McDonnell Douglas Auditorium, UC Irvine 
 
This presentation is part of the Distinguished Speaker Series 
presented by UCI's Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, 
and is generously supported by the California Institute for =
Telecommunications 
and Information Technology =
{<st1:State><st1:place>Cal</st1:place></st1:State>(IT)2}&nbsp;
&lt;<a href=3D"http://www.calit2.net/" =
eudora=3Dautourl>http://www.calit2.net/</a>&gt;. 
 
No cost to attend - Open to the public.&nbsp; 
Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis 
Email RSVP is requested to Michele McCrea at: 
michelem@uci.edu 
 
ABSTRACT: 
Bioinformatics and computational biology have emerged primarily in =
response to
the deluge of data from DNA sequencing, mRNA expression analysis, =
proteomics,
and other high throughput data collection techniques. In many ways, the =
field
has been driven be a frenzied need to gather, store and do preliminary =
analyses
on these data. As the field has matured, however, it has begun to set =
sights on
longer term &quot;grand challenges.&quot; I believe that the management =
of
biological knowledge--models that are too complex for individual humans =
to
track--will be a primary challenge for biomedical computation. In this =
talk, I
discuss the move from building &quot;power tools&quot; for biologists to
building &quot;assistants&quot; for biologists (and then ultimately, =
perhaps,
building biologists?). Some of the infrastructural needs are already =
clear,
although others have not yet been defined. 
 
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: 
Dr. Altman teaches such courses as &quot;Algorithms and Representations =
for
Molecular Biology&quot; and &quot;Physiology for Informaticians,&quot; =
and he
lectures in a number of courses in the computer science sequence. He =
serves on
the editorial boards of Computer Applications in the Biosciences, the =
Journal of
the American Medical Informatics Association, and the International =
Journal of
Medical Informatics., and he is an author or coauthor of some 30 =
refereed
journal publications, as many refereed conference articles, nine book =
chapters,
and four edited volumes of conference proceedings.&nbsp; He has also =
received
many academic honors. He was the recipient of a Howard Hughes Institute
postdoctoral fellowship (1991), was named a Charles E. Culpeper =
Foundation
Medical Scholar (1993), and was awarded an NSF CAREER grant (1996). In =
1997, he
became IBM Faculty Scholar and was granted a prestigious U.S. =
Presidential
Early Career Award in a White House ceremony. This year he was named a =
Stanford
Hume Faculty Scholar and received the annual Young Investigator Award of =
the Western
Society of Clinical Investigators.&nbsp; He also served from 1993 to =
1997 on
the Steering Committee of SDSC and on the Executive Committee from 1995 =
to
1997. Altman is an organizer of annual bioinformatics conferences =
sponsored by
the International =
Society for
Computational Biology: the Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing =
and the
conference on Intelligent Systems
in Molecular Biology . 
&nbsp; 
For more information on the Institute, directions to the campus and the
complete series of presentations, visit:&nbsp; <a =
href=3D"http://www.igb.uci.edu/"
eudora=3Dautourl>www.igb.uci.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p>

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