[hpc-announce] SC15 Workshop on Computational Approaches for Cancer - November 15th, 2015

[Sunita Chandrasekaran]

*CALL FOR PARTICIPATION*



*Workshop on Computational Approaches for Cancer*

*Held in conjunction with IEEE/ACM Supercomputing 2015, Austin, Texas*

*Sunday, November 15, 2015*

*http://sc15compcancer.hpc.mssm.edu/ <http://sc15compcancer.hpc.mssm.edu/>*



A workshop focusing on computational approaches for cancer has become
increasingly important as the drive towards precision medicine has
accelerated, the challenges in cancer research and clinical application
requiring computational solution are growing, and the pursuit of effective
predictive models for complex biological systems begin to inform future
exascale computing requirements. This inaugural workshop focuses on
bringing together the interdisciplinary expertise ranging from clinicians,
mathematicians, data scientists, computational scientists, hardware
experts, engineers, developers, leaders and others with an interest in
advancing the use of computation at all levels to better understand,
diagnose, treat and prevent cancer. The workshop will provide opportunities
for participants to learn about how computation is employed across multiple
areas including imaging, genomics, analytics, modeling, pathology and drug
discovery. The forward focus of the workshop looks at challenges and
opportunities for computational methods, including approaches to
efficiently manage increasingly large datasets, collecting real-time data,
developing models, validation for clinical application, and the potential
for exascale applications involving cancer.



*Linked workshop: Computational and Data Challenges for Genomic Analysis*

*http://sc15compgenome.hpc.mssm.edu/ <http://sc15compgenome.hpc.mssm.edu/>*





*Agenda*

*2:00 – 2:15 PM Workshop Introduction*



*2:15-3:10 PM - Computational Approaches for Cancer – Session 1*

·      Kathleen Nicol, MD, Vice Chair Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,
Nationwide Children’s Hospital

·      Lynda Chin, MD, Department Chair, Department of Genomic Medicine,
Division of Cancer Medicine, Scientific Director, MD Anderson Cancer Center

·      Heiko Enderling, PhD, Integrated Mathematical Oncology, H. Lee
Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute



*3:10-3:30 - Break*



*3:30-3:45 PM - Computational Approaches for Cancer – Session 2*

·      William G. Richards, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of
Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Research Associate, Surgery, Brigham and
Women’s Hospital

·      Jack Collins, Ph.D., Director, Advanced Biomedical Computing Center,
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research

·      Warren Kibbe, Ph.D., Director, Center for Biomedical Informatics and
Information Technology, National Cancer Institute

·      Dmitri Kusnezov, Ph.D., Chief Scientist and Senior Advisor to the
Secretary, National Nuclear Security Agency, Department of Energy



*4:45-5:15 PM Moderated interactive question and answer session with
workshop presenters.*



*5:15-5:30       Workshop Recap and Next Steps*



*Program Committee:*

Patricia Kovatch, Ph.D., Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Thomas Barr, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Eric Stahlberg, Ph.D., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research,
National Cancer Institute
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