Author: Barry Farmer

February 13, 20243:00 pm – Refreshments3:30 pm – Presentation Speaker:(1) Ted Kalbfleisch, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Kentucky(2) Christopher Crawford, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kentucky Where:Davis Marksbury Building – James F. Hardymon Theatre(Zoom link: https://uky.zoom.us/s/84474671604) Title:(1) The Challenges and Opportunities of Reference Free Genomic Data Analysis (2) Real-time least-squares pulse fitting for digital spectroscopy Abstract:(1) Since its inception, the cost of generating high quality genomic sequence has plummeted toward zero. Pipelines that perform primary analyses and genome assembly have scaled well with available computing power and have rarely been a rate limiting step for genomic analyses. Historically, a species has had a single reference genome which has been well annotated for gene structure and epigenetic marks. Sequence data for any animals from that or a closely…

January 30, 20243:00 pm – Refreshments3:30 pm – Presentation Speaker:Jim Griffioen, CCS and Computer Science Department, University of Kentucky Where: Davis Marksbury Building – James F. Hardymon Theatre (Zoom link: https://uky.zoom.us/s/84474671604) Title:The State of Research Computing and Data (RCD) at UK and Beyond Abstract:There has been an explosive growth in the use of, and need for, advanced CyberInfrastructure (CI) required by today’s researchers – growth accelerated, in large part, by the wide-spread use of big data and artificial intelligence (AI).  Almost every research domain has been impacted by easy access to powerful computing systems, large data sets and knowledge bases coupled with powerful software tools and models supporting data analytics, simulation/modeling, and AI. Supercomputers focused on High Performance Computing (HPC) are now only part of the CI landscape and have…