FYI…. Sean
> Begin forwarded message: > > From: NIH Library <[email protected]> > Date: March 1, 2016 at 12:15:59 PM EST > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Pi Day 2016: Celebrating the Intersection Between the Mathematical & > Biomedical Sciences > > > Pi Day 2016: Celebrating the Intersection Between the Mathematical & > Biomedical Sciences > > Monday, March 14, 2016, 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (9:00 a.m., NIH Data Center > Tour, Building 12) > Building 10, Lipsett Auditorium and FAES Terrace > > > The National Institutes of Health will hold the second annual Pi Day > Celebration on the NIH main campus (Building 10, Lipsett Auditorium and FAES > Terrace) on Pi Day, 3/14. The goal of the NIH Pi Day Celebration is to > increase awareness across the biomedical science community of the role that > the quantitative sciences play in biomedical science. > > Starting at 9:00 a.m., The Center for Information Technology is offering a > special tour of the newly redesigned NIH Data Center located in Building 12. > Take this opportunity to see where your data goes. > > From 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. in the Lipsett Auditorium, NIH staff will be giving > short presentations called “PiCo Talks”. PiCo Talks are structured lightning > talks consisting of three slides to share one idea in four minutes. The > complete PiCo Talks schedule > <https://datascience.nih.gov/PiDay2016/Schedule/PiCoLightning> can be found > on the Pi Day website. The PiCo Talks will be videocast and archived. > > The Pi Day Networking Event will take place from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. in > the FAES Terrace. There will be posters, demos, and exhibits showcasing work > in biomedical data science. Food will be provided by FAES, and pies for > purchase or donation. > > The Lipsett Auditorium, at 1:00 p.m., will host the keynote address, “Models > and Data in Biomedicine: What's Real and What's Noise? And, Why Should We > Care?” presented by Dr. Carlos Bustamante, the chair of Stanford’s new > Biomedical Data Science Department. His department works to find common > solutions to the challenges of analyzing biomedical data from varied sources, > including biosensors, electronic medical records and genomic sequencing. The > Pi Day Celebration continues from 2:30 – 4:30 pm with a workshop on > Reproducible Research: “Many Dimensions and Shared Responsibilities” led by > Dr. Lisa Meier McShane, Chief of the Biostatistics Branch, Biometric Research > Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis at the National Cancer > Institute. > > For a complete schedule of events and activities visit the Pi Day website > <https://datascience.nih.gov/PiDay2016>. Join the Pi Day conversation – > include #NIH_PiDay in your tweets. > > Pi Day at NIH is hosted and organized by the NIH Office of the Director > (Office of the Associate Director for Data Science, the National Institutes > of Health Library, and the Office of Intramural Research) along with all ICs. > > For all events, sign language interpreter can be provided. Individuals with > disabilities who need reasonable accommodation to participate in this event > should contact Jacqueline Roberts, [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>, 301-594-6747, or the Federal Relay, > 800-877-8339.
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