[Baypiggies] Tech Talk at Counsyl (7/18)

[Justine Lam]

"How I Learned to Stop Worrying about Big Data and Love the Data That
Actually Counts - Counsyl Tech Talk"
http://genomicsbigdata.eventbrite.com

The cost of sequencing human genomes is plunging - 5x faster than the
cost of computing.  The potential impact on preventive healthcare and
the medical landscape is boundless.  The science is there but the
scale isn't.  That's where Counsyl comes in.  We are building the
technology platform to make genomics useful and accessible to
everyone.  We hope you will join us on Thursday, July 18, from
7:00-9:00pm for our Tech Talk on How I Learned to Stop Worrying about
Big Data and Love the Data That Actually Counts.

We look forward to hosting you at our newly renovated 60,000 square
foot space in South San Francisco - oh and of course there will be
food, drinks, and networking!

We hope to see you there!

RSVP here: http://genomicsbigdata.eventbrite.com
Date: 7/18/13 at 7pm
Location: Counsyl HQ, 180 Kimball Way, South San Francisco, CA

Talk Abstract:

"How I Learned to Stop Worrying about Big Data and Love the Data That
Actually Counts."
Imran Haque, Director of Research, Counsyl

A single current DNA sequencer can produce 540GB of raw data in a few
hours -- without even covering an entire human genome. So, obviously,
genomics must be a big data science.

In this talk I will deflate two pernicious myths: that "Big Data" is
where all the action is, and that genomics is Big Data. I will explain
why genomics, as practiced both in the clinic and in research, is
distinct from other areas usually used to define "big data". In
particular, a dearth of outcomes data means that interpretable regions
of the genome are tiny, while the rest is all sequenced up with
nowhere to go. I will further argue that despite this, genomics is one
of the most interesting current areas of computer science and
engineering, and is likely to be the latest wellspring for new
innovations across the stack from architecture to AI.


Justine Lam
Counsyl

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