We are very happy to announce the next OLISSIPO Lectures, which will be held on February 14 by Prof. Jonas Almeida (National Cancer Institute) and February 15 by Prof. Dan Gusfield (University of California). These lectures will be held via ZOOM.

Location: ZOOM (here)

Lecturers:
February 14 (10:00 – 11:00): Prof. Jonas Almeida (National Cancer Institute)
February 15 (10:00 – 11:00): Prof. Dan Gusfield (University of California)

Prof Jonas Almeida

Title: Universal Sequence Maps, from biological sequences to numbers and back.

Biosketch: I hold the position of (tenured) Senior investigator and Data Science director at the National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (NIH/NCI intramural program). I also maintain academic positions at the State University of New York (SUNY – Stony Brook), Queen’s University Belfast, UK, and George Mason University in Virginia. I started my academic career at the University of Lisbon (PhD Biological Engineering, 1995), where I remain involved in collaborative initiatives towards Artificial intelligence, Cloud Computing, and the development of consumer-facing polygenic risk calculators for Precision Prevention. For the list of publications and a more granular biosketch see jonasalmeida.info. 

Prof Dan Gusfield

Title: Integer Linear Programming and SAT-Solving in Computational Biology.

Biosketch: Prof. Emeritus Dan Gusfield started work in computational biology (around 1982) before the field had a name. He is a Fellow of the ISCB and ACM and was the founding Editor-in-chief of the IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, and wrote three books on topics in computational biology (plus two others including one that appeared just last week: Proven Impossible).  He wrote the first paper indexed in PubMed with the term “computational biology”. He worked (part-time) at the first DOE Human Genome Center (before NIH became involved in the HGP) and was on the three-person (animal, vegetable, mineral) committee that wrote the proposal to establish the Genome Center at UC Davis, resulting in the largest building on the UCD campus, and hiring of multiple new faculty at UC Davis.