The growth of genome data and computational requirements overwhelm the capacity of servers. Many institutions and NIH are considering the cloud computing service as a cost-effective alternative to scale up research. Privacy and security are the major concerns when deploying cloud-based data analysis tools. In the past few years, secure computation methods have witnessed significant performance improvement but it is still not clear if they are applicable to biomedical challenges involving big data. The goal of this challenge is to evaluate the performance of state-of-the-arts methods that ensures rigorous data confidentiality during data analysis in a cloud environment.
Timeline
Important time points
02/12/2016 Competition registration open
03/15/2016 Competition start (data release to registered teams)
03/31/2016 Competition registration close
08/31/2016 Solutions due
09/30/2016 Winners announced
11/11/2016 One day workshop
* 11/12/2016 GenoPri'16 (colocating with AMIA fall symposium) *
03/15/2016 Competition start (data release to registered teams)
03/31/2016 Competition registration close
08/31/2016 Solutions due
09/30/2016 Winners announced
11/11/2016 One day workshop
* 11/12/2016 GenoPri'16 (colocating with AMIA fall symposium) *
Travel awards for students
We will provide travel awards and give priorities to female and minority students and persons with disabilities. The number of travel awards and the amount of award depend on the funding availability.
The selection criteria of travel awards are as follows:
To apply the travel awards, the student must submit:
The selection criteria of travel awards are as follows:
- All applicants must be a co-author of an accepted paper in our workshop.
- All applicants must be full-time students registered toward an academic degree in related fields in a higher education institution.
- All applicants must not receive other funding for attending the workshop.
- An applicant who is awarded the travel grants must attend the workshop in person and submit a report after the workshop.
To apply the travel awards, the student must submit:
- A recommendation letter from his/her advisor.
- A resume with optional information of citizenship, ethnicity and gender, which will be used to broaden the participation of under-represented students.
- One page statement of purpose for attending the workshop.