Mark your calendars for Leveraging Big Data in Support of Outcomes Research: A Community Focus on the Potential for Medicine and Medical Imaging, a conference sponsored by the University of Maryland Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation, the National Science Foundation's Center for Hybrid Multicore Productivity Research, and the Department of Information Systems at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
About the Event:
Leveraging Big Data in Support of Outcomes Research: A Community Focus on the Potential for Medicine and Medical Imaging is a one-day conference that will be held on Thursday, September 12, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. in the Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery's Presidents Conference Room at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), located at 1000 Hilltop Circle in Baltimore, MD.
This conference, sponsored by the University of Maryland Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation, the National Science Foundation's Center for Hybrid Multicore Productivity Research, and the Department of Information Systems at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will bring together experts from academia, government, and industry to share recent experiences in "big data" health outcomes research and identify candidate opportunities for collaborative projects.
About the Sponsors:
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The Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI) focuses on modernizing and improving the ways in which drugs and medical devices are developed and evaluated. It is a collaborative partnership between the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Baltimore and College Park campuses of the University of Maryland. |
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The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Center for Hybrid Multicore Productivity Research (CHMPR), along with its affiliated industry and government partners, aims to be recognized globally as the preeminent cooperative research consortium for addressing the productivity, performance, and scalability issues to meet the computational demands of its sponsors' applications through the continuous evolution of multicore architectures and open source tools. |
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At the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), information systems refers to the study, design, development, and evaluation of information technologies to address the needs of a broad range of individuals and organizations. Students are true problem solvers and ideal employees for public and private sector organizations with significant IT requirements. The Department of Information Systems offers two primary tracks, information systems and human-centered computing, and has more than 850 undergraduate, 340 master's degree, and approximately 80 doctoral students. It also offers a 100 percent online master's degree program. |
For More Information:
More information, including registration, agenda, and parking and directions, can be found on this website.