19th Bologna Winter School
Big Data and Bioinformatics
Bologna - February 12-16, 2018
Organization:
International Master in Bioinformatics and Interdepartmental Centre "Luigi Galvani" of the University of Bologna
with the support of:
Department of Phamacy and Biotechnology of the University of Bologna
the Italian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SIB)
COST ACTION NGP-NET
19th Bologna Winter School
Big Data and Bioinformatics
Technological advancements are promoting a shifting of paradigm in Life sciences: low cost and high-throughput data generation is leading Biology towards the Big Data era. The possibility of collecting voluminous datasets offers unprecedented opportunities to increase the basic biological knowledge and to maximize the impact on applied sciences, including Precision Medicine, Drug Design, and Biotechnology for new agricultural or industrial processes and products. This scenario raises new challenges for Bioinformatics: it is necessary to build new infrastructures and tools to store massive datasets, to make them accessible and interoperable. Moreover, new algorithms are required to analyze and integrate in a manageable time data from different sources, in order to extract biologically relevant information. In this context, unsupervised and supervised machine-learning paradigms, including Deep learning algorithms, are emerging as effective tools able to extract correlations and to recover information hidden in the mass of heterogeneous data.
The 19th edition of the Bologna Winter School will present the state-of-the-art of the available Bionformatics algorithms and Cloud-based strategies for collecting and storing and processing data out of large-scale experiments (including genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics, microbiomics).
Faculty
Patrizia Brigidi
Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, IT
Andrea Cavalli
D3 Compunet, Italian Institute of Technology, Genova, IT
Montserrat Corominas
Department of Genetics, University of Barcelona, ES
Piero Fariselli
Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padua, IT
Roderic Guigó
Bioinformatics and Genomics Programme, Center for Genomic Regulation, ES
David Jones
Department of Computer Science, UCL and Francis Crick Institute, UK
Anders Krogh
The Bioinformatics Centre, University of Copenhagen, DK
Pietro Liò
Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK
Sara Madeira
Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, PT
Davide Salomoni
CNAF, National Institute of Nuclear Physics, IT
Silvio Tosatto
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, IT
Mauno Vihinen
Dept of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, SE
Programme
Big Data and Bioinformatics
February 12-16, 2018
Caffè della Corte, Corte Isolani 5/B, Bologna
February 12
Computational models for biological Big Data: Pietro Liò, Andrea Cavalli, Anders Krogh
February 13
Protein structure, function and variations: Mauno Vihinen, Piero Fariselli, Silvio Tosatto
February 14
Cloud computing and machine learning for biological Big Data: Davide Salomoni, David Jones
February 15
Metagenomics and strategies for high-dimensional data reduction: Patrizia Brigidi, Sara Madeira
February 16
Transcriptomics and Epigenomics: Montserrat Corominas and Roderic Guigò
Lectures will be given at Caffè della Corte, Corte Isolani 5/B, Bologna from 10.00 am to 1pm and from 3 to 5.30pm.
Lunches and coffees are included.
Application
APPLICATION should be submitted by e-mail to: school2018@biocomp.unibo.it
Maximum number of participants is limited to 30 students
For Application send a short C.V. to school2018@biocomp.unibo.it
You will be notified by e-mail of acceptance
Deadline for application: February 7, 2018
SCHOOL FEES: 500 EURO that covers material, courses, lunches, coffee breaks
Special fee for SIB Members: 300 EUR
ACCOMODATION at the ERASMUS COLLEGE, in downtown Bologna:
180 EURO per person for a double room (6 nights)
270 EURO per person for a single room, if available (6 nights)
Dues will be payed upon acceptance with modalities to be specified
School on Big Data and Bioinformatics
c/o Prof. Rita Casadio
Department of Pharmacy and Biotecnology
Via Selmi, 3
40126 Bologna - ITALY
Organisation: AIRBBC
Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca in Biofisica e Biologia Computazionale
Travel
ACCOMODATION
ERASMUS College: via de' Chiari, 8
Tel: +39 051 276711
How to get to the ERASMUS College
from the airpot: BUS BLQ (AEROBUS) from Airport to Central Station
from the station: BUS C from Central Station to Cartolerie or BUS #11 from Autostazione to Garganelli
LECTURES
Il Caffè della Corte: corte Isolani, 5B
Tel: +39 051 261555
How to get to Il Caffè della Corte:
From the train station take the public bus, #27 or #25, and get off at the first stop after the Due Torri. The entrance to Corte Isolani is located at #19 on Strada Maggiore.
From the Due Torri, the two towers at Piazza della Mercanzia, follow along Via Santo Stefano. The entrance to Corte Isolani is located at #18 along this street.
From the highway we recommend driving towards the center of Bologna and leaving the car in a parking area along the viali, which is the street that circles the perimeter of the historic downtown. Traffic is limited in the downtown area and allows only those vehicles with proper permits to drive inside the historic area.
Bus schedules can be obtained at the official TPER website.
People & Contacts
Email: school2018@biocomp.unibo.it
Scientific Committee: Rita Casadio, David T. Jones
Organising Committee: Pier Luigi Martelli, Giuseppe Profiti, Castrense Savojardo
Local Committee: G. Babbi, D. Baldazzi, S. Bovo, T. Tavella
Organising Secretary
AIRBBC: Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca in Biofisica e Biologia Computazionale
c/o Biocomputing Group - Dept. of Pharmacy and Biotecnology, University of Bologna
Via San Giacomo, 9/2
40126 Bologna - ITALY
tel: (+39) 051 2094005