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Supercomputing Masterclass – A request for information

By Deepak Singh | Published: June 13, 2009
I have been invited to give a Masterworks talk on Data Challenges in Genomics for Supercomputing 09. I would like to dive into the details about the technical and scientific challenges of high throughput genomics, from microarrays to next gen sequencing and beyond and how we need to be manage these data more efficiently. [...]
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download, mirror, fork

By Deepak Singh | Published: January 19, 2009
One of my favorite sessions at ScienceOnline’09 was the one on Semantic Web in Science moderated by John Wilbanks. In some ways this was the most traditional session at the event, but it worked, since John brings a level of credibility to the subject few can, with this background in science, technology and policy. [...]
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ScienceOnline’09: The return journey

By Deepak Singh | Published: January 18, 2009
I am sitting at ORD in a hotel room, waiting for my rather delayed aircraft spending the night since my plane got cancelled. After a hectic day and a half at ScienceOnline’09, I could do with a quick trip home, but well, this gives me the opportunity to write some stuff down. This [...]
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Rethinking Wikipedia

By Deepak Singh | Published: January 18, 2009
Image via WikipediaYesterday, I changed an opinion. Andrew Su led a session at ScienceOnline’09 on using wikis for annotation, specifically around the Genes Wiki project. In the past I have been somewhat skeptical about using Wikipedia as the host for such an effort. I am not so sure about that skepticism anymore, [...]
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ScienceOnline’09 is round the corner

By Deepak Singh | Published: January 13, 2009
Image by mndoci via FlickrThis weekend, I head to RTP for ScienceOnline’09, for what seems to be becoming an annual ritual. The program this year seems more diverse and interesting than in the past as well, with a number on threads around the opportunities, challenges and limitations of what the web provides to scientists [...]
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