BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 28, 2019 — Dr. Allen T. Newton, a biomedical engineer and MRI scientist at Vanderbilt University, will deliver the opening keynote address at the Rocky Mountain Advanced Computing Consortium’s (RMACC) 9^th Annual High Performance Computing Symposium in May.  He also will conduct a series of tutorials related to his research at the Symposium, which is May 21-23 at the Wolf Law Building on the main campus of the University of Colorado Boulder.

Newton, a neuroimaging expert who has made a career out of studying brain structure and function in both human and non-human primates, will focus his talk on the growing availability and use of multi-dimensional data (Big Data) in the research and clinical arenas, especially in medical imaging.

“Increasingly, innovation is being limited not by what data are available, but by how those data are capable of being used,” Newton explained. “This is especially true of medical imaging, where acquisition of high dimensional data is common, but their interpretation, integration, and application to answering relevant questions remains challenging. This problem is true both in the research and the clinical arenas, where the challenges are related but different.”

His talk at the RMACC event will aim at the challenges associated with dealing with Big Data in these spaces, differences in the needs of the clinical and research domains, and specific strategies that have been implemented to meet the needs of each.

Newton holds appointments in both the Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences and the Department of Pediatrics at Vanderbilt, where he leads the pediatric clinical fMRI program at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital.  He shares his time between his own developing research program and translating advanced imaging techniques into the clinic, focusing on novel high field imaging techniques (3T & 7T) at the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science.

The Symposium, which is open to the general public, will feature a wide array of speakers, panel discussions and tutorial sessions from industry and educational leaders.   The event features four main tracks:  Software (User Facing); Machine Learning/Big Data; SysAdmin; and HPC.

Recognized as one of the top regional events on high performance computing, the Symposium brings together faculty, researchers, industry leaders and students.  RMACC members represent the major educational and governmental research institutions in the 9-state Intermountain Region.

Registration (which includes parking) opens in mid-February.  The cost is $175 for all sessions, materials and meals.  Support from industry sponsors reduces registration fees for all students (graduate and undergraduate) to just $35, and postdocs can register for $95.  A Thursday “tutorials only” option is available for $110.   Student scholarships to help cover registration fees and travel costs also are available.  To learn more about the HPC Symposium visit: www.rmacc.org/hpcsymposium.

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Source: RMACC