Computing for Life, Medical & Clinical Sciences
Symposium Breakout SessionChaired by Prof Peter Coveney
28 June 2012
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Computing for Life, Medical & Clinical Sciences
• Has the potential to revolutionize healthcare and biomedical research
• Can generate large amounts of useful data
• However, requires the high performance computing capacity and e-infrastructure to analyse, manipulate, and utilise that data
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UK Investment in E-Infrastructure
• In Feb 2011, the EBI received £75M from BIS for the European Life-science Infrastructure for Biological Information (ELIXIR) project
• In Jan 2012, the Government earmarked £168 million to improve Britain's HPC capability and wider e-infrastructure
Of this, £3.5M has come to UCL as part of the e-Infrastructure South Consortium (UCL, Oxford Bristol, & Southampton)
• The UK E-Infrastructure Leadership Council was established in Mar 2012 to act as a national advisory body on e-Infrastructure
• The UK Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology is working on a special project on Data, Algorithms & Modelling
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Discussion Topic Panellist
Computational biology and bioinformatics
Prof Nicholas LuscombeUCL Genetics Institute and CRUK LRI
Multiscale and multiphysics modelling
Dr Steven NiedererDept of Biomedical Engineering, King’s College London
HPC computing services and UCL research computing
Clare GryceResearch Computing Services, UCL
Developments in UCL Research Data Services
Dr Max WilkinsonResearch Data Services ,UCL
Networking across UCL and UCLP Samuel MassiahAdvanced Information Services Centre, UCL