Computational Issues And Approaches For
Spatially Realistic Cellular Simulations
July 30-31, 2007
This workshop has been postponed. Applications are not currently being accepted.
A workshop hosted by The National Resource for Biomedical Supercomputing at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Please note that this workshop is by invitation only.
This workshop will include invited expert participants from research areas related to spatially realistic cellular simulations. Despite many recent advances, a wide variety of software and hardware issues remain as significant impediments to cell modeling, especially for systems in which spatial organization may have a critical impact on function. Another long-standing bottleneck is encountered when trying to amass sufficient anatomical, biochemical, and physiological data to constrain spatially realistic models. The ultimate aim is predictive basic and clinical insights that are unattainable though other means, whether investigating cell motility, neural circuits and information processing, signaling cascades, circulation, myocardial contractility, whole heart function, or many other biological and biomedical phenomena. Through presentations by participants, we will explore a wide variety of topics including: cell modeling languages; software design; mesh generation; continuous, stochastic, and hybrid simulation algorithms; scalability; and biological impact. The goal of the workshop will be to facilitate integration of these different areas and approaches, and to determine how rapidly expanding hardware resources can best be utilized to accelerate realistic physiological modeling and simulation.
Those interested are encouraged to apply as soon as possible because space is limited. Openings will be assigned based on evaluation of information provided by applicants. To apply online, please use the link below. For more information, please contact Christal Banks at cbanks@psc.edu.
This workshop is funded by grants from the NIH National Center for Research Resources. These grants provide tuition and hotel costs, supercomputing time, and workshop materials for US academic participants.
ALL participants are responsible for paying their own travel expenses. Complimentary continental breakfasts and lunches will be provided the days of the workshop.
A few positions may be available for US government employees and corporate and industrial researchers. These participants are responsible for their own hotel accommodations, and tuition costs are as follows:
- a) Tuition for US government employees is $350 in advance to cover the workshop materials and supercomputing time. Contract government employees will be considered an academic participant and therefore their tuition costs will be waived if they submit a letter from their department head. Letters can be sent to the NRBSC contacts.
- b) Tuition for corporate and industrial participants is $975 in advance to cover the workshop materials and supercomputing time.
The National Resource for Biomedical Supercomputing (an NIH NCRR Resource Center) pursues leading edge research and education in high performance computing and the life sciences, with focus areas in microphysiology, visualization and analysis of massive volumetric datasets, and computational structural biology. For additional information see http://www.nrbsc.org.
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