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Human Genome News, September 1990; 2(3)
About 225 research scientists from the United States and Canada attended the Workshop on Computational Issues in the Life Sciences and Medicine, held May 24-25 at the Balcones Research Center of the Center for High-Performance Computing, University of Texas System, in Austin. Participants were provided with a broad introduction to and overview of the role and use of high-performance computing. The meeting focused on the breadth and cross-disciplinary nature of the field rather than on a single topic.
Many corporate sponsors provided floor demonstrations of state-of-the-art hardware and software applicable to research in chemistry, molecular biology and genetics, cell biology, physiology, demography, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and biological database management.
Presentations covered a diversity of topics highlighting the importance of high-performance computing in the investigation and study of complex biomedical and biological systems. Each plenary speaker reviewed a particular specialized aspect of high-performance computing and its role in biological research.
For details on this and upcoming conferences on this topic, interested readers may contact Matthew Witten at: E-mail: m.witten@utchpc.bitnet or m.witten@frio.chpc.utexas.edu
Reported by Matthew Witten
Associate Director
Center for High Performance Computing
University of Texas System
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