Conference on Semantics in Healthcare and Life Sciences
Welcome to CSHALS 2014! – February 26 - 28, 2014
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING CSHALS AWARD WINNERS:
PAPER AWARD:
- IO Informatics Best Paper Prize winner
GenomeSnip: Fragmenting the Genomic Wheel to Augment Discovery in Cancer Research
Aftab Iqbal, Insight, Centre for Data Analytics, NUI Galway
POSTER AWARDS:
- IO Informatics Best Poster Prize
An Interoperable Framework for Biomedical Image Retrieval and Knowledge Discovery
Syed Ahmad Chan Bukhari, University of New Brunswick, St. John - F1000 Poster Prize Co-winners
BAO Reveal: Assay Analysis Using the BioAssay Ontology and Open PHACTS
Tom Plasterer and Simon Rakov, AstraZeneca - F1000 Poster Prize Winner
A Nanopublication Framework for Systems Biology and Drug Repurposing
Jim McCusker, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and 5AM Solutions, Inc.
INTRODUCING THE CSHALS 2014 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
| FEBRUARY 27 - THURSDAY | |
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Ronald Collette Chief Information Officer Foundation Medicine Cambridge, MA, USA Presentation Date and Time: Thursday, February 27 - 9:00 am Presentation Title: The Carpenter to the Screw: Well, I Have a Hammer. You Must Be a Nail > Click here for presentation details < . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Deborah McGuinness, PhD Professor, Computer and Cognitive Science Founding Director, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Web Science Research Center Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Troy, NY, USA Presentation Date and Time: Thursday, February 27 - 1:00 pm Presentation Title: Towards Semantic Health Assistants > Click here for presentation details < . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Hilmar Lapp Assistant Director for Informatics National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) Durham, North Carolina, USA Presentation Date and Time: Friday, February 28 - 9:00 am Presentation Title: Semantics of and for the Diversity of Life: Opportunities and Perils of Trying to Reason on the Frontier > Click here for presentation details < . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Prof. Dr. B. (Barend) Mons Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and Netherlands Bioinformatics Center (NBIC), The Netherlands Presentation Date and Time: Friday, February 28 - 1:00 pm Presentation Title: Semantics Based Biomedical Knowledge Search, Integration and Discovery > Click here for presentation details < . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
CSHALS is the premier annual event focused on the practical application of Semantic Web and other semantic technologies to problems in the Life Sciences, including pharmaceutical industry and related areas, such as hospitals/healthcare institutions and academic research labs.
CSHALS has for 7 years been the ISCB reference conference for cutting-edge practitioners of knowledge engineering and forward-thinking strategists in information and knowledge management in the life sciences. Topics covered by CSHALS 2014 span the continuum between semantic standards development, data analytics, knowledge representation, information and knowledge management, knowledge engineering, and machine learning and reasoning.
CSHALS 2014 should be part of your plans for 2014!