Annual Big Data in Biology Symposiums, 2013-2017
Every year from 2013-2017, this symposium provided a setting for researchers and trainees with an interest in computational biology, bioinformatics, and systems biology to interact. Excellent research that takes advantage of high throughput approaches, complex data, and/or high performance computing was showcased from The University of Texas at Austin, including TACC (Texas Advanced Computing Center).
In 2017, the Big Data in Biology Symposium was the kick-off event for the month-long Pop-Up Institute "Seeing the Tree and the Forest: Understanding Individual and Population Variation in Biology, Medicine, and Society." Diverse researchers—from biology, medicine, statistics, nutrition, sociology, public health, anthropology, athletics, and more collaborated across traditional research boundaries to investigate the causes and consequences of individual and population variation.
2016 Symposium
This symposium's keynote speaker was Dr. Pamela Silver of Harvard University. In addition, Dr. Lucia Carbone of the Oregon Healthy & Science University presented an invited lecture at the symposium.
2015 Symposium
This symposium's keynote speaker was Dr. Shelley Berger from the University of Pennsylvania. Breakout sessions included topics such as "Open Science," "Big Data in Medicine and Health," and "Careers in Biotech/Industry."
2014 Symposium
This symposium featured Edward Marcotte of UT-Austin as the keynote speaker. Breakout sessions included topics such as "Big Data in Undergraduate Teaching," "Industry Career Panel," and "Big Data in Medicine."
