[Colloq] Talk, Homer Pien *Wednesday, April 14, 2004* 2:00pm

[Rachel Bates]

College of Computer and Information Science Colloquium
presents

Homer Pien

Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Radiology
Managing Director, Center for Biomarkers in Imaging
Faculty, Harvard Medical School

who will speak on:
Biological Computing Challenges


Wednesday, April 14, 2004
2:00pm
149 Cullinane Hall
Northeastern University

ABSTRACT
Within the modern industrialized nations, more people receive the 
benefits of healthcare through prescription and non-prescription 
pharmaceuticals than any other means.  Yet despite the historic 
scientific achievement associated with the deciphering of the human 
genome, such accomplishments have not translated to increased drug 
development productivity.  One reason is that the application of the 
computational sciences to biotechnology and biomedicine has lagged 
behind the tremendous strides made by scientists in understanding the 
molecular basis of living organisms.  We will discuss examples of 
computational problems that require serious attention in the context of 
biotechnology and biomedicine, focusing on such problems as molecular 
simulations, high performance computing, and data mining.