CGSI brings together mathematical and computational scientists, sequencing technology developers in both industry and academia, and the biologists who use the instruments for particular research applications. Research talks, workshops, journal clubs, and social events provide a unique opportunity to foster interactions between these three communities over an extended period of time and advance the mathematical foundations of this exciting field.
SHORT PROGRAM: July 10 – 14, 2017
LONG PROGRAM: July 6 – 26, 2017
@ UCLA Campus, Los Angeles
Visit our website to learn more:
http://computationalgenomics.bioinformatics.ucla.edu/
REGISTRATION IS OPEN
Register now for this upcoming summer’s Short and Long Courses:
http://bit.ly/2017CGSIapplication
The deadline to register for the 2017 programs is February 1, 2017.
Overview
In 2015, Profs. Eleazar Eskin (UCLA), Eran Halperin (UCLA), John Novembre (The University of Chicago), and Ben Raphael (Brown University) created the Computational Genomics Summer Institute (CGSI). A collaboration with the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM) led by Russ Caflisch, CGSI aims to develop a flexible program for improving education and enhancing collaboration in Bioinformatics research.
Over the past two decades, technological developments have substantially changed research in Bioinformatics. New methods in DNA sequencing technologies are capable of performing large-scale measurements of cellular states with a lower cost and higher efficiency of computing time. These improvements have revolutionized the potential application of genomic studies toward clinical research and development of novel diagnostic tools and treatments for human disease.
Organizers
Eleazar Eskin
University of California, Los Angeles
CGSI Director
Eran Halperin
University of California, Los Angeles
CGSI Director
Russ Caflisch
University of California, Los Angeles
IPAM Director
John Novembre
University of Chicago
Ben Raphael
Brown University
Francesca Chiaromonte
Penn State University
2017 Faculty
Note: This is a list of confirmed faculty for the 2017 programs, as of Jan. 20. We will expand this list in coming weeks.
Kin Fai Au, University of Iowa 
Brian Browning, University of Washington
Jason Ernst, UCLA
Eleazar Eskin, UCLA
Jonathan Flint, UCLA
Ilan Gronau, Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center
Eran Halperin, UCLA
Jo Hardin, Pomona College
Fereydoun Hormozdiari, University of California, Davis
David Koslicki, Oregon State University
Jessica (Jingyi) Li, UCLA + IPAM
Jennifer Listgarten, Microsoft Research
Kirk Lohmueller, UCLA
John Novembre, University of Chicago
Lior Pachter, University of California, Berkeley
Bogdan Pasaniuc, UCLA
Ben Raphael, Princeton University
Gunnar Rätsch, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Saharon Rosset, Tel Aviv University
Cenk Sahinalp, Simon Fraser University
Sriram Sankararaman, UCLA
Alexander Schönhuth, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, Amsterdam and UCLA IPAM
Sagi Snir, University of Haifa
Jae-Hoon Sul, UCLA
Fabio Vandin, University of Padova
Daniel Wegmann, Université de Fribourg
William (Xiaoquan) Wen, University of Michigan
Noah Zaitlen, University of California San Francisco
Alex Zelikovsky, Georgia State University
Or Zuk, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
CGSI is made possible by National Institutes of Health grant GM112625.
Read more about CGSI’s 2016 programs at the ZarLab blog: http://www.zarlab.xyz/ucla-launches-cgsi-with-inaugural-summer-programs/.
