Supercomputing and Life Sciences Symposium

March 2nd, 2018

Symposium
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Reception and Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Wick Alumni Center

University of Nebraska-Lincoln
1520 R St
Lincoln, NE

The Holland Computing Center and the Quantitative Life Sciences Initiative have partnered to host the 2018 Supercomputing and Life Sciences (SLS) Symposium, bringing you speakers on computational sciences from across the nation and within the NU system.

Presentations will be evaluated and awarded prizes based on attendee votes. Graduate students are eligible to win our grand prize of a new Dell Workstation (valued at $1500)! For more information, check out the "Presenter Information" tab below.

Symposium Agenda

8:30 - 9:00 Check In and Coffee
9:00 - 9:10 Opening Remarks
9:10 - 9:50 The Past, Present, and Future of High Performance Computing in CADRE
BJ Lougee, HPC Engineer
Center for the Advancement of Data and Research in Economics (CADRE) - Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
View Abstract
9:50 - 10:05 Break
10:05 - 10:45 Doug Jennewein, Director
Research Computing - University of South Dakota
10:45 - 11:30 Dale Finkelson, Senior Program & Services Manager
Internet2
11:30 - 12:00 State of HCC
David Swanson, Director
Holland Computing Center - University of Nebraska
12:00 - 12:45 Lunch
12:45 - 1:15 State of QLSI
Jennifer Clarke, Director
Quantitative Life Sciences Initative - University of Nebraska-Lincoln
1:15 - 2:00 Unleashing your inner data scientist: Ability and Audacity to scale your science
Nirav Merchant
Director - UA Data Science Institute
Co-PI - CyVerse
View Abstract
2:00 - 2:20 Comparative genomics reveals earlier undetected plant growth promoting properties in anaerobic bacteria
Sanjay Antony Babu, Post-Doctoral Researcher
School of Biological Sciences - University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2:20 - 3:05 What do patterns of gene flow among thousands of genomes reveal about bacterial species?
Erik Wright, Assistant Professor
Biomedical Informatics - University of Pittsburgh
View Abstract
3:05 - 3:20 Break
3:20 - 4:05 Interaction between dietary peptides and gut microbiota- A road to opportunity
Rohita Sinha, Research Assistant Professor
Food Science and Technology - University of Nebraska-Lincoln
4:05 - 4:50 Big Data for Precision Health: Interdisciplinary Informatics at UNO
Kate Cooper, Assistant Professor
School of Interdisciplinary Informatics - University of Nebraska Omaha
4:50 - 5:30 Break
5:30 - 7:30 Evening Reception and Poster Session
Featuring the UNL Faculty Jazz Trio and cash bar.