[ontolog-forum] NCBO Webinar: Translating unstructured, crowdsourced con

[Trish Whetzel <plwhetzel@xxxxxxxxx>]

The next NCBO Webinar will be presented by Andrew Su from The Scripps Research Institute on "Translating unstructured, crowdsourced content into structured data" at 10:00am PST, Wednesday, Feb. 20.  Below is information on how to join the online meeting via WebEx and accompanying teleconference. For the full schedule of the NCBO Webinar presentations see: http://www.bioontology.org/webinar-series.

ABSTRACT:
The use of crowdsourcing in biology is gaining popularity as a mechanism to tackle challenges of massive scale.  However, to maximize participation and lower the barriers to entry, contributions to crowdsourcing efforts are typically not well-structured, which makes computing on these data challenging and difficult.  The presentation will discuss strategies for translating this unstructured content into structured data.  Three vignettes (in varying degrees of completion) will be described, one each from our Gene Wiki [1], BioGPS [2], and serious gaming [3] initiatives.

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Gene_Wiki
[2]: http://biogps.org
[3]: http://genegames.org


SPEAKER BIO:
Andrew Su is an Associate Professor at The Scripps Research Institute.  His group develops bioinformatics tools for biomedical research, focusing on harnessing the collective efforts of the biology community.  The lab also applies these and other tools to a variety of projects in integrative genomics.  Andrew previously led bioinformatics efforts at GNF from 2002 to 2011.  Prior to that, he received his Ph.D. from the Scripps Research Institute and did his undergraduate studies at Northwestern University.


WEBEX DETAILS:
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Meeting information
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Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Time: 10:00 am, Pacific Standard Time (San Francisco, GMT-08:00)


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To start or join the online meeting
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Go to https://stanford.webex.com/stanford/j.php?ED=171726072&UID=481527042&PW=NMzhlMDBjNzk0&RT=MiM0

Meeting Number: 925 756 393
Meeting Password: ncbo


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Access code:925 756 393



Trish Whetzel, PhD
Outreach Coordinator
The National Center for Biomedical Ontology
Ph: 650-721-2378
http://www.bioontology.org

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