Open registration for the scientific event: MERGING KNOWLEDGE: from programming languages to personalised healthcare (Trento, ITALY, Nov 30 - Dec 3 2010), organised by CoSBi

Top speakers of the Scientific Community will highlight the relevance of computer science on simulation, verification and computational thinking and will explore the main fields of systems biology and computational biology. Room for open discussion on the new challenges at the intersection of life sciences and computer science. Register now, limited seats available.

This scientific event celebrates the fifth anniversary of CoSBi with top speakers from the Centre’s scientific reference community.
We envision a unique, multidisciplinary environment which stimulates discussion and encourages collaboration on challenges such as the intersection of life sciences and computer science by considering the road from programming languages to personalised healthcare.
We will highlight the relevance of computer science through lectures by guest speakers on simulation, verification and computational thinking – the basis of algorithmic systems biology.
We will present some of CoSBi’s main findings by including in the programme the defence of three PhD theses carried out at CoSBi and a public session of our advisory board review.
Guest speakers will explore the main fields of systems biology and computational biology as well as topics like nutrigenomics, an area currently being investigated by CoSBi that merges personalised medicine with personalised diet.

 
Due to the limited number of seats, pre-registration required:

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Speakers

Gianfranco Balbo, Professor, University of Torino - Department of Computer Science

Davide Bassi, Professor and Rector, University of Trento
Andrea Califano, Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University
Luca Cardelli, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research
Pierpaolo Degano, Professor, University of Pisa - Department of Computer Science
Pier Paolo Di Fiore, Campus IFOM-IEO;  Full Professor, University of Milan
Fabrizio Gagliardi, External Research Dir. EMEA, Microsoft Research
Daron Green, Senior Director of Microsoft External Research, Microsoft Research
John Heath, Professor and Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Birmingham - School of Biosciences
Andrew Herbert, Managing Director of Microsoft Research Cambridge, Microsoft Research
Tony Hoare, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research
Leroy Hood, President, Institute for Systems Biology
Michael Hucka, Senior Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology
James Kaput, Director BDRA, U.S. Food and Drugs Administration

Adriana Maggi, Director, Center of Excellence on Neurodegenerative diseases, University of Milan
Corrado Priami, Professor, University of Trento, President and CEO, CoSBi
Maria Tasker, Global Technical Project Leader, Unilever Deutschland GmbH Factory
Jan Trøst Jørgensen, Director, Dx-Rx Institute
John Tyson, Professor, Tyson Lab Computational Cell Biology, Virginia Tech
Jeannette M. Wing, President's Professor of Computer Science and Department Head,

Carnegie Mellon - School of Computer Science


The main conference registration fee (210 €) includes conference material, coffee breaks from 30th November till 3rd December, lunches from 1st till 3rd December, social dinner on 2nd December.

Students can attend free of charge, if seats still available.