Advancing Research through Computing 2021
Pitt Center for Research Computing is hosting our biennial Advancing Research through Computing symposium online on April 6, 2021 with nationally prominent keynote speakers from UC Berkeley and Argonne National Laboratory, as well as speakers from the University of Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Mellon University discussing Advanced Computing in the fields of Materials Design and Precision Medicine. ARC 2021 will also feature a student poster contest with two $500 prizes for Pitt graduates and undergraduates. Graduate students, undergraduates, post-docs and faculty from other institutions are welcome to participate in the poster competition. Find the guidelines for the poster competition at ARC 2021 Poster Competition Guidelines | crc.pitt.edu | University of Pittsburgh. Please note: registration for the poster competition is closed. See the posters and abstracts here: ARC 2021 Poster Contest Abstracts | crc.pitt.edu | University of Pittsburgh
Register at: ARC 2021 | crc.pitt.edu | University of Pittsburgh
Keynote Speakers
AI for Precision Medicine: how close are we to
changing the landscape?
Rick Stevens
Associate Laboratory Director for Computing, Environment, and Life Sciences
Argonne National Laboratory
Professor, Department of Computer Science
University of Chicago
Abstract and Biography
Data-Driven Materials Innovation and Design
Kristin Persson
Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of California Berkeley
Abstract and Biography
Schedule
9:45 am Welcome
Precision Medicine
10 am Rick Stevens
11am Break
11:15 am Adrian Lee
Director, Pittsburgh Foundation Chair in Precision Medicine, Professor; Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology
University of Pittsburgh
Abstract and Biography
11:40 am Riyue (Sunny) Bao
Co-Director of Cancer Bioinformatics and Research Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Abstract and Biography
12:05 pm Ziv Bar-Joseph
FORE Systems Professor of Computer Science, Machine Learning Department and Computational Biology Department
Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science
Abstract and Biography
12:30 pm Lunch
Design of Materials
1:30 pm Kristin Persson
2:30 pm Break
2:45 pm Peng Liu
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Abstract and Biography
3:10 pm Olexander Isayev
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Carnegie Mellon University, Mellon School of Science
Abstract and Biography
3:35 pm Giannis (Yanni) Mpourmpakis
Bicentennial Alumni Faculty Fellow, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Abstract and Biography
4 pm Adjourn
4:15-5:30 pm Poster Session