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Host: Institute for Mathematics and its Applications
Sponsor: IMA
Homepage: http://www.ima.umn.edu/biology/spring/genomics.html
Email: staff@ima.umn.edu
Organizers: Sangtae Kim, Parke Davis, Vipin Kumar, University of Minnesota, David Misemer, 3M, Dennis Polla, University of Minnesota, Isidore Rigoutsos, IBM TJ Watson Research Center
Description:
Spurred by progress in the Human Genome Project, and driven by the need for cheap, fast and accurate gene sequencing,
there has been an explosion of interest in the development and usage of the laboratory-on-a-chip for such purposes as
gene testing, high throughput drug screening, and infectious disease diagnostics. This workshop will focus on scientific
and mathematical issues arising in production, storage, and mining of genomic data, and use of the knowledge in
application. It will be an opportunity for the scientific community to see a snapshot of the state of the arts in this field.
Invited participants will be mathematicians, chemists, medical researchers and engineers; in particular, members of the
bioinformatics community. Among the topics considered will be
1.Data Production - discovery, sequencing, detection 2.Storage - format, data size, combining heterogeneous data bases 3.Mining - data analysis and knowledge discovery 4.Usage - domain experts, patterned search, interaction with mining
The purpose of the meeting is to assemble an interdisciplinary working group in this fast moving field, to assess the state of the art and, in particular, gaps that need filling, and to define a set of pre-competitive research problems to be worked on. This will be accomplished through a series of talks and panel discussions. We intend to hold follow-up meetings at regular intervals (involving many of the original participants) as the field progresses.
Date received: January 19, 1999
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