[UCR_DataScience] Data Science talk by Prof. Mingxun Wang, Friday January 20th, 12-1pm, MRB Seminar Room

[tsotras at cs.ucr.edu]

The next Data Science seminar will be on Friday, January 20th,
12:00-1:00pm at the MRB Seminar Room (1st floor).

**** Pizza and refreshments will be provided ****

To keep track of the number of attendees, please *register* at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/data-science-talk-tickets-516314248817


The talk will be given by Prof. Mingxun Wang, Department of Computer
Science and Engineering, UCR

Title:
Illuminating metabolomics dark matter - Reshaping how to mine and reuse
big mass spectrometry data for small molecule discovery

Abstract:
High-throughput mass spectrometry has enabled unprecedented depth and
versatility to observe the molecules in the world around us.
Traditionally, a handful of molecules were detected in a typical
measurement. Today, this has grown to thousands of molecules in a few
minutes. The growth in data presents new opportunities for discovery but
also challenges in data analysis. The development of new computational
approaches for mass spectrometry data has already accelerated drug
discovery, revealed the chemical dialog of the microbiome, and
characterized the molecular dynamics of our oceans due human activity.

I will describe a few computational and data science approaches that
transform mass spectrometry data analysis from a solitary activity to a
community wide collaborative effort – crowd-sourcing mass spectrometry
knowledge, reusing knowledge in an error-controlled fashion, and
computationally amplifying knowledge to make new discoveries. I will
discuss how these tools have transformed the community and how future
computational work can further elucidate the mass spectrometry dark
matter.



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Sponsored by the UCR Data Science Center, the purpose of the Data Science
Seminars is to foster collaborations between "core" Data Science  faculty
(from CSE/ECE/Stat Departments) and faculty/visitors from other  sciences
that face Data Science problems in their research. These  informal
gatherings are open to interested faculty and graduate  students. Each
meeting will start with a talk describing research problems and then a
discussion will follow for questions, open problems, ideas for possible
collaborations etc.

A full list of previous seminars appears at:
http://datascience.ucr.edu/seminars

Please forward this email to other colleagues or graduate students in your
lab that may be interested. Moreover, if you are interested in giving a
Data Science related talk, please contact me (tsotras at cs.ucr.edu).

Sincerely,
Vassilis Tsotras
Professor, CSE Department
Director, Data Science Major