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"All across our campus, the process of discovery will increasingly rely on researchers’ ability to extract knowledge from vast amounts of data... In order to remain at the forefront, UW must be a leader in advancing these techniques and technologies, and in making [them] accessible to researchers in the broadest imaginable range of fields"
1. Empirical (experimental)
1. Empirical (experimental)
2. Theoretical (mathematical)
1. Empirical (experimental)
2. Theoretical (mathematical)
3. Simulation (computational)
1. Empirical (experimental)
2. Theoretical (mathematical)
3. Simulation (computational)
4. Data-intensive (eScience)
Human genetics
Astronomy
Brain science
The DNA in our cells encodes all of our hereditary information
1953: Structure first elucidated
1984: US government decides to sequence the human genome
3.3 B base-pairs!
1990: the Human Genome Project launches
2001: first draft published
> 1,800 human disease-related genes
> 2,000 genetic tests for human conditions
> 350 biotechnology companies
Recent estimate : $3.8B investment that drove $796B in economic impact.
Meaning that large amounts of data keep getting generated!
Sloan Digital Sky Survey (1998)
Sloan Digital Sky Survey (1998)
LSST (2019)
The Allen Institute for Brain Science (2003 -- )
The Python programming language:
Relatively easy to learn
Free and open source
"Batteries included"
Reproducible and Open science!