Bioinformatics Today Vicky Markstein Computational Systems Bioinformatics Standards Study CSBISS

PRINCIPALS JUNE, 2004 V. Markstein – IEEE CS BI E.Rashba – IEEE SA E.Buckingham – CSB

BIOINFORMATICS DATA u FACTS – NOT A BIOLOGY PROBLEM BUT A COMPUTER SCIENCE PROBLEM u THESIS – IEEE CS CAN HELP u PROPOSAL – START IMMEDIATELY u NEEDS – PARTNERS AND FUNDS

FACTS u AMOUNT OF BIOLOGICAL DATA IS HUGE AND GROWING FAST u ACCURACY AND VALIDITY ARE BEING QUESTIONNED u DATA MUST BE PRESERVED FOR FUTURE ANALYSIS

THESIS u IEEE HAS TRUSTED EXPERIENCE IN STANDARDS u COMPUTER SOCIETY HAS POTENTIAL LARGE BODY OF BIOINFORMATICS MEMBERS u IEEE TOGETHER WITH CS CAN PROVIDE THE RIGHT SYNERGY TO MAKE STANDARDS HAPPEN

PROPOSAL u INITIATE WORKING GROUP: u FIND AREAS: –GREATEST SUCCESS POTENTIAL –DEVELOP DOMAIN KNOWELEDGE TEAM –COMMUNITY ENGAEMENT –CLEARLY SCOPED –HIGH IMPACT

NEEDS u SPONSORSHIP – IEEE CS, CAG u GRANTS – NIST, NIH, NSF, DOE, DARPA u INDUSTRY - PHARMAS, COMPUTER COMPANIES, BIOTECHS, ACADEMIA & INDUSTRY CONSORTIUMS u IDEAS FOR FUNDING? – TRAVEL, MEETINGS & STAFF