NITC and Calicut city: Endorsement of the Head of the Institution/Dept: Sri/Smt/Dr………………………………..……………………......of ………………………………..……………….……Department of ………………….………….…… institute is sponsored for the national workshop on Big Data Analytics th Bioinformatics - at NIT Calicut during 16 th – 18 in of February 2015. Date Signature Head of the Institution/Dept. NIT Calicut, established in 1961 as Regional Engineering College, is recognized as an institute of national importance by the Govt. of India as per the NIT Act 2007. The Institute has eleven departments, six centers and three schools, offering ten undergraduate and twenty-four postgraduate programmes apart from Ph.D. The institute has good infrastructure in computing, information technology, laboratories and central library including digital library. Calicut, also known as Kozhikode, found a place in the world history with the discovery of the sea route to India in 1498 by the Portuguese navigator Vasco Da Gama. Basking in the idyllic setting of the Arabian sea on the west and the proud peaks of the Wayanad hills on the east, Calicut is known for its serene beaches, lush green countryside, historic sites, wildlife sanctuaries, rivers, waterfalls and ayurvedic treatment. Calicut is also the hometown of prestigious institutions such as NITC, IIMK, Calicut Medical College, NIELIT, IISR, CWRDM, Kerala School of Mathematics etc. Calicut is connected by direct trains/road/air to all major cities in India. NITC is located about 22 kilometers north-east of Calicut city, along the Calicut-Mukkam road. TEQIP-II Sponsored National Workshop on Big Data Analytics in Bioinformatics 16th – 18th February, 2015 Department of Computer Science and Engineering: (seal) Mail your Registration forms to: Gopakumar G Coordinator, Workshop on Big Data Analytics in Bioinformatics, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, NIT Campus P.O, Calicut- 673601, Kerala, India Email : gopakumarg@nitc.ac.in Phone: 0495-2286826, 09446032724 For details please visit URL: www.nitc.ac.in (Format is available at our website) The Department of Computer Science & Engineering was established in June 1997 after trifurcating from the Department of Electrical Engineering. The department offers two post graduate programmes and an undergraduate programme in Computer Science & Engineering, an MCA programme and regular and part time doctoral degree programmes. The fast changing scenario in the Information Technology necessitates the Department to actively extend its research and development activities. The current research focus is on areas like Image Processing, Compilers, Information Security, Computer Architecture, Algorithms and Complexity, Distributed Computing, Bio-informatics and Multi Agent Systems. The department has five separate research labs, common laboratories with state of the art computing facilities and a department library with reference books and other research material. Being a forerunner in the field, the Department is constantly modernizing its facilities to adapt itself to the rapidly changing technological scenario. Coordinators Abdul Nazeer K. A & Gopakumar G Organized by Department of Computer Science and Engineering National Institute of Technology Calicut NIT Campus P. O, Calicut-673601 Kerala, India About the programme The last decade has witnessed a spurt in life science research with the advent of high throughput instrumentation technologies. Classical Biological problems got transformed dramatically with the emergence of Computational Biology as an active area of research and development. Advances such as the genome sequencing initiatives, microarrays, proteomics and structural genomics have pushed the frontiers of human knowledge. The staggering volume of data generated from different ‘omics’ experiments has stymied integration of experimental procedures and computational activities. Big data analytics refers to the process of collecting, organizing and analyzing large sets of data ("big data") to discover patterns and other useful information. Not only will big data analytics help us to understand the information contained within the data, but it will also help identify the data that is most important. Big data analysts basically want the knowledge that comes from analyzing the data. The advent of sequencing technology has generated very large amount of biomedical data, resulting in the era of “Big Data” in biomedical sciences. This workshop aims at giving an overview of bioinformatics applications to big data in knowledge discovery that can contribute to personalized medicine. The next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies are developed and explored to get th e complete understanding of the biological mechanisms for providing better treatment options for the patients. The main theme of this workshop is to understand the significance of NGS data in discovering variants as targets in complex diseases. In this wo rkshop the participants will understand the principles and the challenges of NGS, learn the different NGS data types, obtain a clear understanding of the NGS data analysis pipeline, and the use of Hadoop in the big data analytics. The participant will receive hands-on experience on handling two different NGS data types, develop the analysis pipeline, and carry out experiments. Each topic will be covered using set of lectures, laboratory projects, discussions, and group presentations. Resource Persons Dr. Mathew Palakal Executive Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Professor of Informatics, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indiana, USA. Dr. Meeta Pradhan Assistant Research Professor, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indiana, USA. Elig ibility : Faculty members / Researchers from Engineering Colleges / R&D Institutions, working in the area of Computer Science and Engineering/ Information Technology / Bioinformatics. Registration: Duly filled in registration form may be sent to the th coordinator so as to reach him not later than 12 February 2015. It is desirable to send the scanned copy of the filled in registration form by email to the coordinator. Provisional th selection list will be intimated through email by 13 February 2015. Provisionally selected candidates will have to pay the registration fee of Rs 5000/- by Demand Draft. Selected candidates are required to send scanned copy of the DD by email to the coordinator and submit the original DD directly on the spot. The DD should be drawn in favour of ‘Director, NIT Calicut’, payable at SBI, NIT Calicut branch (Code:2207). There is no fee for faculty and research scholars of NITC. Accommodation: Lodging and Boarding for a few participants (as per the availability of rooms) will be provided in the NITC guest house. Travel: No TA/DA will be paid for the participants. FORMAT FOR WORKSHOP REGISTRATION TEQIP-II Sponsored National Workshop on Big Data Analytics in Bioinformatics NIT Calicut, 16th - 18th February, 2015 1. Name.…………………………………………………………… 2. Designation…………………………………………………… 3.Dept. ……………………………………………………………… 4. Address……………………………………………………….. ……………………………………........................................ Phone-No: ………………Mobile:…............................. Email…………………………………………………………………. 5. Qualifications: B.Tech(CSE/IT)/MCA from ………………………………..……… CGPA/Marks(%) :………… M.Tech. in …………………….. from …………………..………….. CGPA/Marks(%) :………… Ph.D from ………………………..……………………. in the area ……………………………………………………………………………….… 6. Years of Experience:……………………………….……. 7. Accommodation required: YES / NO Signature of applicant