Come and join colleagues from UC Berkeley, UCSF, and LBNL for a discussion on new frontiers and emerging technologies in data science and biomedicine. Hear from thought leaders on both campuses and explore opportunities to incorporate new approaches into your own research. This session is intended to stimulate ideas, provide opportunities to meet and talk with other research scientists, and identify ways to enhance the joint research and educational infrastructure at our campuses.

Please share this invitation widely among interested faculty, staff, and graduate students. We will be organizing a free round-trip shuttle from the UC Berkeley campus. See more information in the "Transportation" section below.

Agenda

2:00-4:00 p.m. — Talks

Opening Remarks

Atul Butte, Director, UCSF Institute for Computational Health Sciences

Featured Keynote: Future Directions in Data Science and Implications for Health/Medicine

Michael Jordan, UC Berkeley Distinguished Professor of Computer Science & Statistics

Panel Discussion: Future Directions/Hot Topics of Joint Interest in Data Science

Signal Processing: Rahul Deo, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, UCSF
Open Research: Fernando Perez, Staff Scientist, LBNL, and Founding Investigator, Berkeley Institute for Data Science
Genomics/Biostatistics: Katie Pollard, Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF
Computational Imaging: Dani Ushizima, Head Deputy of Analytics/Visualization and Staff Scientist, LBNL, Computational Research Division, and Data Science Fellow, Berkeley Institute for Data Science
Causal Inference: Mark van der Laan, Professor of Biostatistics and Statistics, UC Berkeley

4:00-6:00 p.m. — Wine and Cheese Reception/Poster Session

Poster Session

We invite research groups to present their work during the reception following the panel discussion. Posters will be displayed from 4:30-6:00 p.m. in the Mission Hall lobby, during which time symposium attendees will have an opportunity to meet and exchange ideas while enjoying some early evening refreshments.

If you are interested in displaying a poster during the reception, please contact Angela Rizk-Jackson for details. We will be able to accommodate a limited number of posters during this session, and priority will be given on a first-come first-served basis.

Transportation

Public transportation to UCSF Mission Bay from Downtown Berkeley BART typically takes 1-1.25 hours each way.

We will be offering a free shuttle to UCSF Mission Bay from the Berkeley campus, departing at approximately 1:00 p.m. from the Berkeley campus and returning between 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. If you think you might be interested, please select the “General Admission with Transportation from/to UC Berkeley” ticket. If you decide to sign up for the shuttle later on, please contact Elizabeth Brashers.

We will send more detailed information about parking and transportation options to all registered participants closer to the event.

More Information

For more information, contact:

Angela Rizk-Jackson, UCSF ICHS (angela.rizk-jackson@ucsf.edu)
Kevin Koy, UC Berkeley BIDS (kkoy@berkeley.edu)
Elizabeth Brashers, UC Berkeley/UCSF Campus Liaison (ebrashers@berkeley.edu)

This event is brought to you by BIDS, ICHS, the UC Berkeley/UCSF Campus Liaison, and the UC Berkeley Vice Chancellor for Research Office with support from a grant from the Koret Foundation for the development of joint UC Berkeley/UCSF research agendas.

UC Berkeley & UCSF Computational Health Science Symposium