Conference on Semantics in Healthcare and Life Sciences
Welcome to CSHALS 2012! – February 22 - 24
- Jan 17, 2013: ISCB is pleased to announce the Joint SWAT4LS and CSHALS Thematic Series published by the Journal of Biomedical Sementics. The special issue was edited by CSHALS Organizing Committee Members Dr. Jonas Almeida and Dr. Joanne Luciano in partnership with SWAT4LS Committee Members, Dr. Albert Buger and Dr. Andrea Splendiani. Full details on the series are available at www.jbiomedsem.com/series/SWAT4LSCSHALS.
- Feb 24: CSHALS 2012 presentation slides are being posted on the
Full Agenda page (click here) - Feb 21: The CSHALS 2012 Program Book is available here (.pdf)
Introducing the CSHALS 2012 Keynote Speakers:
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Rinke Hoekstra, PhD Knowledge Representation & Reasoning Group VU University Amsterdam Leibniz Center for Law University of Amsterdam Netherlands Presentation Title: The Knowledge Reengineering Bottleneck >>Click here for presentation details |
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Isaac (Zak) Kohane, MD, PhD Director, Children’s Hospital Informatics Program Henderson Professor of Pediatrics and Health Sciences and Technology Harvard Medical School (HMS) Co-Director, HMS Center for Biomedical Informatics Director of the HMS Countway Library of Medicine Cambridge, MA, USA Presentation Title: SMArt Semantics for Clinical Healthcare Delivery >>Click here for presentation details |
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Barend Mons, PhD Scientific Director Netherlands Bioinformatics Center Biosemantics Group Leader, Leiden University Medical Centre Netherlands Presentation Title: E-Science Dictates E-Publication - Nanopublications as a Substrate for In-silico Knowledge Discovery >>Click here for presentation details |
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Chris Welty, PhD IBM Research Scientist T.J. Watson Research Center New York, USA Presentation Title: Inside the Mind of Watson >>Click here for presentation details |
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Stephen Wolfram, PhD Founder & CEO Wolfram Research Wolfram Research Champaign, IL - USA Presentation Title: Wolfram|Alpha and the Quest for Computational Knowledge >>Click here for presentation details |
As in past years, the 2011 conference was highly rated in the following areas:
- Tutorial topics
- Keynote speakers
- Conference agenda
- Conference logistics/organization
Past attendee comments included…
"I thought the speakers were excellent."
"Well conducted in terms of bioinformatics technology."
"Terrific conference and I learned a lot – felt like I was able to contribute something as well."
"Very good mix, a bit futuristic … but highly necessary to keep exposing to less technology savvy folks."
"Cambridge (MA, USA) is a good location, with good transportation links to regional, national, and international attendees."
93% of the 2011 attendees will recommend this conference to others. CSHALS is your place to be in 2012!
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