Deciphering Gene Regulatory Networks
Systems Biology researcher Sushmita Roy is leading an effort putting computational methods to work characterizing the gene regulatory networks responsible for cell differentiation.
Tag: big data
Big data refers to a collection of data sets so large and complex that that they are difficult to process using available database management tools or traditional data processing applications. WID researchers are making transformative contributions to the mathematical and theoretical underpinnings of tools for analyzing massive data sets.
Big data is an important component of WID’s Data Science Hub.
Tools for Discovery: Karen Schloss
Tools for Discovery is a regular profile series that inspects the computer programs, gadgets and methods behind WID’s ideas and discoveries.
Data Management in the Lab: An Interview with Allison Langham
Allison Langham, graduate student in SLIS is interviewed by Research Data Services about curating Yin Lab data.
Big Data: Madison visionaries turn tiny pieces of data into big ideas
The big data phenomenon also begun to take hold in and around the city, from institutions like state and city government to the health care industry.
Finding Meaning in Big Data
Discovery fellows Rebecca Willett and Rob Nowak are creating algorithms to make sense of big data and help machines learn.
The Strategic Value of Carbon Tariffs
Professor Thomas Rutherford, WID Optimization, and colleagues used numerical models to examine whether the threat of carbon tariffs might lower the cost of reductions in world carbon emissions in a paper published in the February issue of the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
High-Content Analysis of CRISPR-Cas9 Gene-Edited Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Kris Saha and colleagues from the BIONATES Theme detail a new approach that can refine gene editing in this month’s issue of Stem Cell Reports.
Alleles in Allegro: Accelerating the Pace with HCA
Kris Saha, Assistant Professor in the BIONATES theme, is featured in a Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News article for his work with High Content Analysis.
High-throughput computing, HIV and the mystery of ‘elite controllers’
Every year, high-throughput computing (HTC) technologies pioneered by computer scientist Miron Livny power the scientific discovery of researchers at UW-Madison and around the globe.
Digging into a Biological Tool Patent
Patent secured by the Systems Biology Theme members enhances single cell research.
Celebrate Summer and Raise Your App…Um…Glass!
With the aid of entrepreneur Joe Sheahan ’04, Discovery Fellow Rob Nowak, ’90, MS’91, PhD’95 and Kevin Jamieson, PhD ’15 poured their thought experiment into the iPhone marketplace.
Discovery Fellow Aims to Predict Healthcare Outcomes
David Page tackles relational databases and algorithms to predict and improve patient health.
Catalyzing UW-Madison’s neuroengineering community
Discovery Fellow Rebecca Willett co-organizes first ever UW-Madison Neuroimaging, Computational Neuroscience, and Neuroengineering Workshop
Digging Into Sandpile Theory
Discovery Fellow, Jordan Ellenberg discusses the abelian sandpile model in the April 2nd edition of Nautilus Magazine.
The Natural Order and Divine Law of Optimization
Michael Ferris and Stephen Wright, principal investigators in the WID Optimization Theme comment on New York Times Magazine article “A Sucker is Optimized Every Minute”.
UW-Madison Researchers Sift and Winnow Data Faster with Advanced Computing Initiative
The Advanced Computing Initiative (ACI) links researchers and computing resources to maximize productivity.
Researchers Search for New Ways to Balance Big Data and Privacy
How can researchers extract useful information from patient data to develop life-saving treatments while making sure records stay private and protected? A WID collaboration looks for an answer.
Jordan Ellenberg: “Data is Powerful, but it’s not Magic”
How do you parse insight from big data? What does it mean for business and research? Jordan Ellenberg weighs in.
Looking to Space to Map Earthly Conflict
Now at NASA, WID alumnus Jamon Van Den Hoek takes a bird’s eye view to understand the causes and impact of social conflict on society and the environment.
Students Power Up in Classroom with Biofuels Video Game
Students wrestle with the sustainability challenges of making real-world decisions about biofuel agriculture while playing an educational video game developed by WID researchers.
Tools for Discovery: Sreedevi Nair
WID Frontier Fellow Sreedevi Nair examines U.S. exoneration cases and searches for patterns to better understand the math behind false convictions.
Harvesting the Power of Big Data in Agriculture
Harvesting data and harvesting crops? There’s an app for that.
A World of Math: WID Researcher Jordan Ellenberg on “How Not To Be Wrong”
Math’s everywhere — at least that’s the message from Discovery Fellow Jordan Ellenberg in his new book “How Not To Be Wrong.” Read a conversation with him on math’s impact on our lives, from science to religion.
WID and New York Hall of Science Team Collects Museum Data to Drive Learning and Collaboration Research
WID and the New York Hall of Science team up to collect data on learning and games.