Computational Modelling Group

Seminar  4th November 2010 9 a.m.  The Royal Society, London

Computational Frontiers in Scientific Discovery

Web page
http://royalsociety.org/Computational-frontiers-in-scientific-discovery/
Categories
Scientific Computing
Submitter
Petrina Butler

November 4 at The Royal Society

Over the last four years The Royal Society and the Académie des sciences, with support from Microsoft Research, have awarded an annual prize to honour those scientists whose developments of novel computational methods have had a major impact in their area of scientific discovery.

This meeting brings together these award winners, with leading scientists at the forefront of their disciplines, ranging from astrophysics and climate prediction, to genome biology and human variation.

This meeting will explore the similarities and differences between the computational approaches across different disciplines and highlight potential synergies, whereby one discipline can borrow from another to speed up the process of discovery.

Speakers and Chairs

  • Professor Nicholas Ayache, Research Institute of Computer Science and Automatic Control (2008 award winner)
  • Dr Ewan Birney, European Bioinformatics Institute
  • Dr Peer Bork, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (2009 award winner)
  • Dr Dennis Bray, University of Cambridge (2006 award winner)
  • Professor Stephen Emmott, Microsoft Research
  • Professor Giorgio Parisi, University of Rome (2007 award winner)
  • Professor Neil Ferguson, Imperial College
  • Professor Julia Slingo, Met Office
  • Professor Matthias Steinmetz, Astrophysical Institute Potsdam

Organised by Professor Janet Thornton FRS, Professor Andrew Blake FRS, Dr Françoise Combes Member ADS and Professor Tim Palmer FRS

In association with the Académie des sciences

With support from Microsoft Research

Registration

This seminar is intended for researchers in relevant fields and is free to attend, but pre-registration online is essential. http://www2.royalsociety.org/events/forms/9001.htm

An optional lunch is offered for £15+VAT per day, and should be booked at registration. Payment is accepted online by Visa, MasterCard, Visa Debit, Maestro, Electron and Solo cards.

In the event of a booking for lunch being cancelled, the Society can only refund the payment providing the cancellation is received at no later than 5 working days before the seminar.