Big Data and Science: Relevance of Computational Sciences for Data Collection, Data Storage and Data Management in Basic and Applied Scientific Investigations
Proceedings of the Working Group
17-18 November 2015
Scripta Varia
© Libreria Editrice Vaticana
Vatican City, 2017
E-pub
Outline of the Workshop
Rafael Vicuña and Takashi Gojobori
Welcome Speech
Werner Arber
Welcome Greetings
Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo
GENOMICS
Big Data Phylogenomic Investigation into the Origins and Divergence of the Cyanobacteria
John Archer (Principal Research Scientist, KAUST, KSA)
Discussion
The Architecture of Human Chromosomes: A New Insight Into Genome Organization
Giorgio Bernardi (Professor at Rome 3 University in Rome, Italy)
Discussion
Searching for Luca among Big Data in Genomes
William F. Martin (Professor at Heinrich-Heine-Universität in Düsseldorf, Germany)
Discussion
General Discussion
EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER
Paradigm Shifts and Game Changes in ICT through Big Data
Tomihiro Taniguchi (Former Vice Director-General of IAEA, and Visiting Professor, TIT, Tokyo, Japan)
Discussion
Responses to the Data Revolution: Policy, Data Science and Capacity Building Simon Hodson (CODATA Executive Director, CODATA/ICSU, Paris)
Discussion
Big Data for Unlearning of Nuclear Issues After Fukushima Daiichi Accident Shuichi Iwata (Professor-Emeritus at Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan)
Discussion
BIODIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION
Characteristics of Evolutionarily Conserved Non-Coding Sequences in Mammalian Genomes
Naruya Saitou (National Institute of Genetics, Japan)
Discussion
DNA Sequence Comparison Can Provide Evidence for Horizontal Gene Transfer Werner Arber (PAS President)
Discussion
Experimental and Theoretical Approaches to Epistatic Interactions
Shozo Yokoyama (Professor, Emory University, US)
Discussion
General Discussion
HUMAN HEALTH
Analysis of Large-Scale Genomic Data, Exemplified by the Search for Landascapes of Cancer Genomes
Partha P. Majumder (Director, NIBB, India)
Discussion
Big Data and Cancers
Chung-I Wu (Director, GIB, China)
Discussion
Finding Useful Information in Big Biomedical Data
Vladimir B. Bajic (Director, KAUST, KSA)
Discussion
General Discussion
SYSTEM
Data-Centric Science
Genshiro Kitagawa (President of Research Organization of Information & System in Tokyo, Japan)
Discussion
Big Data in Robotics
Shuji Hashimoto (Vice President of Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan)
Discussion
Golden Opportunities in Plant and Agricultural Genomics
Wen-Hsiung Li (Director, Institute of Biodiversity, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Discussion
DATABASE
Bioinformatics Goes Translational: Infrastructural Challenges and Societal Opportunities
Rolf Apweiler (Director of EBI, UK)
Discussion
Big Data Challenges in Health and Life Science
Ron Appel (Director, SIB, Switzerland)
Discussion
General Discussion and Conclusions
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