ITEE seminar: Dr Ralf Muhlberger, 12.00PM, Fri 12 Sep 2003

Data Decay and Bioinformation Management

Speaker: Dr Ralf Muhlberger, ITEE

When: 12.00PM, Friday 12 Sep 2003

Venue: 78-622

Host: Storm Griffin

Abstract:

  Scientists understand their data, but not data management.
  Bioinformatics datasets, and their automated analysis through
  complex tools, are increasing dramatically. Manual human
  verification of the relevance and correctness of that data, given
  the ongoing changes in the state of our scientific knowledge, has
  become infeasible. Where re-validation of older results was
  previously done implicitly through literature reviews, there is now
  a need to make this quality check explicit.  What is required next
  in bioinformatics is bioinformation management.

  This seminar will describe the background of this work, illustrate
  why it is an important and growing research issue, and proposes a
  suggested architecture based on our experiences in distributed
  information management and workflow technology.  The work is part of
  ongoing collaboration with the Institute for Molecular Bioscience
  (IMB) and the newly established ARC Center for Genome/Phenome
  Bioinformatics in which I am one of the principal investigators.

Biography:

  Ralf is a lecturer at the University of Queensland, with particular
  research interests in distributed information management. In the
  past he has worked as research scientist, consultant, trainer,
  project manager, business development manager and executive officer
  for the Distributed Systems Technology Centre. He is co-author of
  the IBM Red Book on the Integration of IBM FlowMark and Lotus Notes
  and has worked on a number of consultancies for the Queensland,
  Australian and New Zealand governments, as well as for firms in the
  commercial sector, including Boeing Australia. Ralf's PhD is on Data
  Management for Interoperable Systems.

Contact:

Storm Griffin, seminar host (storm@itee.uq.edu.au)
or Guido Governatori (ITEE seminar co-ordinator) (guido@itee.uq.edu.au)

ITEE seminar web page: http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~seminar

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