Bioinformatics: Converting Data to Knowledge (2000)

8:00 AM

Continental Breakfast in the Great Hall

8:30

Opening Remarks

Gio Wiederhold, Stanford University

8:40

Opening Presentation: The Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment

Brian Ray, American Association for the Advancement of Science

9:00

Session I: Generating and Integrating Biological Data

1. Methods for data collection

   Dong-Guk Shin, University of Connecticut

2. Data characteristics

   Stephen Koslow, National Institute of Mental Health

3. Data integration

   Jim Garrels, Proteome, Inc.

Moderated Discussion

Susan Davidson, University of Pennsylvania

10:30

Break

10:45

Session II: Interoperability of Databases

1. Design features of interoperable databases

   Daniel Gardner, Cornell University

2. Information retrieval and complex queries

   Peter Karp, SRI International

3. Definition of data elements and database structure

   William Gelbart, Harvard University

4. Novel approaches to achieving interoperability

   James Bower, California Institute of Technology

Moderated Discussion

Perry Miller, Yale University

12:30 PM

Lunch

1:30

Session III: Database Integrity

1. Curation and quality control

   Michael Cherry, Stanford University

2. Error detection protocols

   Chris Overton, University of Pennsylvania

3. Methods for correcting errors

   Bill Andersen, Knowledge Bus, Inc.

Moderated Discussion

David Galas, Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Science

3:00

Break

3:15

Session IV: Converting Data to Knowledge—

Analytical Approaches

1. Modeling and simulation

   James Bower, California Institute of Technology

2. Data Mining

   Douglas Brutlag, Stanford University

3. Visualization of model fit to data

   John Mazziotta, University of California, Los Angeles

Moderated Discussion

Ray White, University of Utah

4:45

Summary

Gio Wiederhold, Stanford University

5:00

Reception in the Great Hall