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"Computation has already transformed industrial society; a comparable biotechnological transformation is clearly on the horizon. Yet only in the last few years has it become clear that those two exponentially growing areas are now actually converging." - NIH Working Group on Biomedical Computing, 1999
Just 4 years since this statement, biomedical computing is rapidly becoming an essential partner in transforming research data into biomedical knowledge. With this in mind, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is convening this symposium to explore how biologists and computer scientists are laying the foundation for scientific discoveries touching every aspect of the NIH mission. The purposes of the symposium are twofold:
The symposium will offer a broad look at contemporary issues arising from the convergence of biomedical and computational research. Key issues to be addressed include (1) the mounting scientific imperative to study biological systems at multiple levels of organization, (2) the growing need to use quantitative approaches to analyze biomedical data on a large scale, and (3) the potential impact of extensive computer networks on the nature and conduct of biomedical research. This symposium is intended for all current and potential NIH investigators who are interested in learning how advances in computation and informatics are transforming biomedical research. Traditional biomedical researchers will learn about NIH programs and research opportunities that are advancing their science through computational and quantitative methods. Engineers and quantitative scientists with little or no experience in biomedicine, bioengineering, or bioimaging will learn about NIH programs that can enable them to develop and apply their skills and interests in these fields.
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