NIH/ODSS Cloud Supplement Program PI Meeting

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

January 17-18, 2024, 11am — 5pm EST

This meeting will foster the development of a cohesive NIH cloud computing community by uniting PIs (Principal Investigators) of the cloud supplement programs for a two-day gathering that will provide a platform for participants to exchange insights on their projects, celebrate accomplishments, discuss best practices, share lessons learned, and engage in collaborative discussions.

Attendees

Principal Investigators from the following cloud supplement programs have been invited:

  • HVD 20 - FY2020 Request for ODSS Funds to Catalyze Migration to the Cloud via the STRIDES Initiative (also known as FY20 High-Value Datasets program)
  • HVD 21 - FY2021 Request for ODSS Funds to Catalyze Migration to and Usage of the Cloud via the STRIDES Initiative (also known as HVD 21)
  • HVD 22 - FY2022 Funding Request Notice for ODSS High-Value Datasets Program
  • HVD 23 - FY2023 Funding Request Notice for Supporting the Exploration of Cloud in NIH Intramural Research and Contracts (also known as HVD 23)
  • NOT-OD-23-070 - Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplements to Support the Exploration of Cloud in NIH-supported Research

Featured Speakers

Dr. Belinda Seto — Deputy Director, NIH/ODSS

Dr. Belinda Seto was appointed deputy director of the ODSS in January 2020. A former deputy director of the National Eye Institute and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, she brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the position. After earning her Ph.D. in biochemistry from Purdue University, Dr. Seto completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Stadtman Lab of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. She researched hepatitis B and vaccine development at the FDA. She oversaw the analysis and reporting of NIH grants data and trends through the Office of Extramural Research. Her experience in database management, analysis and extramural grants policies led her to serve on the NIH Scientific Data Council and the Scientific Data Policy Council.​

Laura Biven, Ph.D. — Lead, Integrated Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies, NIH/ODSS

Since joining NIH in 2020, Dr. Laura Biven has led the Integrated Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies (IIET) branch in ODSS. She is responsible for strategic planning, coordination, and oversight of programs that integrate independently managed, cloud data resources across the NIH to advance NIH’s vision for an integrated, FAIR biomedical data ecosystem. She also oversees multidisciplinary NIH-wide programs that focus on integrating computational, mathematical, and biomedical research communities around emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, (AI/ML) quantum computing, and digital twins.

Agenda

Day 1
TimeEvent
11:00-11:05am ETWELCOME
Dr. Fenglou Mao, Program Officer, Cloud Computing Programs, NIH/ODSS
11:05-11:30am ETNIH Data Science Strategic Plan
Dr. Belinda Seto, Deputy Director, NIH/ODSS
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11:30am-12:00pm ETODSS Data Infrastructure and Cloud Programs Overviews
Dr. Laura Biven, Lead, Integrated Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies, NIH/ODSS
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12:00-12:20pm ETBEGINNING OF THE MEETING POLL
Dr. Fenglou Mao, Program Officer, Cloud Computing Programs, NIH/ODSS
12:20-1:20pm ET

BREAKOUT SESSION 1

TRACK A
Dr. Joseph Marcotrigiano (Moderator), Senior Investigator, NIH/NIAID
Implementation of AWS Cloud Computing for cryoEM Data Processing
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Dr. Qian Zhu, Team lead, NIH/NCATS
Rare Disease Alert System
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Dr. Tieming Liu, Professor, Oklahoma State University
Empowering Cloud Computing for Non-image-based Diabetic Retinopathy Screening by Designing an EHR-oriented Incremental Learning Framework
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Dr. Robert Schuler, Lead Scientist, USC Information Sciences Institute
Hybrid- and Multi-Cloud Storage Strategies for Cost-effective Deployment of Data Resources
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Dr. Jack DiGiovanna, Chief Science Officer, Velsera
Using Seven Bridges’ CAVATICA to Empower Use of the INCLUDE DCC Platform
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TRACK B
Dr. Johnny Tam (Moderator), Senior Investigator, NIH/NEI, Dr. Vineeta Das, Postdoc, NEI, NIH, Dr. Jiamin Liu, Staff Scientist, Advanced Imaging and Microscopy (AIM) Resource, NIH
Cloud Computing for Optical Image Restoration and Intramural Training
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Mr. William Longabaugh, Senior Software Engineer, Institute for Systems Biology
NCI CRDC Cloud Transfer of TP53 Website and Database
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Dr. William Wasswa, Co-PI Admin Supplement, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
MUST Data Science Research Hub (MUDSReH) - Democratized Trusted Research Environment (dTRE)
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Dr. Sandra Safo, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota
MultiViewPortal: Towards a Scalable Web Application for Multiview Learning
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1:20-1:30pm ETBREAK
1:30-2:30pm ET

BREAKOUT SESSION 2

TRACK A
Dr. Kim Pruitt (Moderator), Acting Director, NCBI, NIH/NLM
SRA RNA-seq Precomputed Alignments and Gene Expression Counts
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Dr. Lee Cooper, Associate Professor, Northwestern University, Dr. Andinet Enquobahrie, Senior Director of Medical Computing, Kitware Inc.
Cloud Strategies for Improving Cost, Scalability, and Accessibility of a Machine Learning System for Pathology Images
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Ms. Kailing Chen, Cloud Architect, CBIIT
DCEG Analytic Tools Suite
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Dr. Kelly Crotty Program Director, NCI, Ms. Kailing Chen, Cloud Architect, CBIIT
COnsortium of METabolomics Studies
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Dr. Georgiy Bobashev, Senior Fellow, RTI International
Cloud Computing in Opioid Policy Modeling
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TRACK B
Dr. Kenneth Young (Moderator), CIO/Assistant Professor, University of South Florida - Health Informatics Institute
Cloud Migration of Data and Data Analysis Platform of The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in The Young Study (TEDDY)
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Mr. Mark Weston, CEO, Netrias, LLC
Scaling CDE Curation Model Training
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Dr. Salvador Dura-Bernal, PI, Assistant Professor, SUNY Downstate
Dissemination of a Tool for Data-driven Multiscale Modeling of Brain Circuits (U24EB028998)
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Dr. Adrienne Campbell, Investigator, NIH/NHLBI
Inline Image Reconstruction of Dynamic 3D Data Using a GPU-enabled Cloud Implementation
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Dr. Jeffrey Grethe, PI, NIDDK Information Network (dkNET), University of California, San Diego
Migration of Core Applications from the NIDDK information Network (dkNET)
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2:30-2:40pm ETBREAK
2:40-3:40pm ET

BREAKOUT SESSION 3

TRACK A
Dr. Yanbin Yin (Moderator), Professor, University of Nebraska Lincoln
Exploration of Cloud Computing for CAZyme Research
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Mr. Srinivas Chepuri, Lead Enterprise Architect, ImmPort - NIAID/NIH
ImmPort - NIH STRIDES: Facilitating Access of Immunological Data in ImmPort for Analyses
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Dr. Pritam Mukherjee, Clinical Center, Staff Scientist, NIH
Small Bowel Segmentation - Challenges and Directions
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Dr. Ben Heavner, Senior Research Scientist, University of Washington
Building a Cross-study Data Set for the PRIMED Consortium
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Dr. Alton Bodley, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of the West Indies
Exploration of Cloud Solutions to Enhance Global Infectious Diseases Research Training Program Activities
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TRACK B
Dr. Albert Lai (Moderator), Professor, Washington University in St. Louis
Exploration of Cloud-based High Performance Computing
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Dr. Kirsten Herrick, Program Director; System Owner and COR for ASA24, NCI, Mr. Tom Nicholson, Senior Developer, Westat/NCI
Migrating ASA24 Automated Self-Administered 24-hour Dietary Assessment Tool
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Dr. Alexander Welsch, Contractor Programmer/Data Manager, NCATS/IFX (Axle)
Public Substance Registration Using the Global Substance Registration System (GSRS)
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Dr. Ariana Familiar, Senior Data Scientist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Enhancing Kids First Digital Pathology Datasets Via Scalable, Cloud-based Data Management, Processing, and Analytics
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Dr. Hongsuda Tangmunarunkit, Supervising Computer Scientist, University of Southern California
ATLAS-D2K - Exploring Cloud Optimization
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3:40-3:50pm ETBREAK
3:50-4:50pm ET

BREAKOUT SESSION 4

TRACK A
Dr. Vivek Kumar (Moderator), Associate Professor, The Jackson Laboratory
Google Cloud Pipeline for Mouse Behavior and Frailty Assessment for the Aging Research Community
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Dr. Alison Motsinger-Reif, Branch Chief, NIH/NIEHS
Genome-wide Analysis Using Cloud Computing in the All of Us Researcher Workbench
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Dr. Davide Ortolan, Postdoc, NEI/NIH
REShAPE: A Machine Learning Software for Cell Morphometry Analysis of Epithelial Monolayers
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Dr. Ben Hitz, MPI, Stanford University
IGVF Cloud Computing
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TRACK B
Dr. Janelle Cortner (Moderator), Director, Data Management and Analysis Program, CBIIT, NCI
Leveraging Intramural Data Platforms for Accelerated Data Sharing
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Dr. Michael Nalls, Lead, NIH CARD
Cloud Forward Data Sharing: “Limit Testing” with Long Reads at CARD
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Dr. Matt Howe, Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech
Implementation of Cloud Based Computing in a Modern Systems/Behavioral-Neuroscience Laboratory
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Dr. Rainer Hilscher, Senior Research Data Scientist, RTI International, Katherine J. Karriker-Jaffe, Director, Community Health & Implementation Research Program, RTI International
Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) Treatment Simulation
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4:50-5:00pm ETCLOSE
Dr. Fenglou Mao, Program Officer, Cloud Computing Programs, NIH/ODSS
Day 2
TimeEvent
11:00-11:10am ETINTRODUCTION
Dr. Laura Biven, Lead, Integrated Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies, NIH/ODSS
11:10am-12:10pm ET

BREAKOUT SESSION 5

Professor Michael Schatz (Moderator), Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Biology, Johns Hopkins University
“T2T-omics” at scale: Improving our understanding of human genetic variation using AnVIL
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Dr. Shaun Purcell, Associate Professor, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
National Sleep Research Resource
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Dr. Marcelo Freire, Associate Professor, J. Craig Venter Institute
Cloud-Based Machine Learning and Biomarker Visual Analytics for Salivary Proteomics
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Dr. Daniel Veltri, Health Scientist (Data Science), NIH/NIAID
PII-secured AWS Computing Environment (PACE)- Some lessons learned working with PII in the STRIDES AWS Environment
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12:10-12:20pm ETBREAK
12:20-1:20pm ET

BREAKOUT SESSION 6

Dr. Zhiyong Lu (Moderator), Deputy Director for Literature Search, NCBI; Senior Investigator, NIH/NLM
Scaling Up Literature Annotations with Cloud Computing in PubTator 3.0
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Dr. Christopher Zalewski, Clinical Research Audiologist, NIDCD, NIH
Generation of an NIH-wide Clinical Database of Hearing and Balance Function
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Dr. Nathan Salomonis, Associate Professor, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
The NHBLI LungMAP Cloud Ecosystem: Connecting Diverse Digital and Lung Biology Resources
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Dr. Cody Baker, Sr. Neurodata Scientist; Ms. Urjoshi Sinha, Computer Engineer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Evaluation and Optimization of NWB Neurophysiology Software and Data in the Cloud
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Dr. Javed Khan, Senior Investigator, CCR, NCI
Migration to Cloud of the Oncogenomics Next Generation Sequencing Pipelines & Databases for CCDI and Other Pediatric Cancers
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1:20-1:30pm ETBREAK
1:30-2:30pm ET

BREAKOUT SESSION 7

Dr. Deborah Duran (Moderator), Senior Advisor, Office of the Director, NIH/NIMHD
ScHARe - Science collaborative for Health disparities and Artificial intelligence bias Reduction
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Dr. Govind Bhagavatheeshwaran, Staff Scientist, NINDS/NIH
Medical Image Processing and Structured Storage
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Dr. Aparna Gullapalli, Assistant Professor, Mind Research Network
Cloud Based Neuroimaging Analysis for Identifying Traumatic Brain Injuries and Related Changes
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Dr. Bing Yu, Associate Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Development of a Cloud-based Analytical Tool for Polygenic Risk Score and its Implication in Heart Failure Research
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Dr. Keyvan Farahani, NIH/NHLBI
A Sustainable Medical Imaging Challenge Cloud Infrastructure (MedICCI)
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2:30-2:40pm ETBREAK
2:40-3:40pm ET

BREAKOUT SESSION 8

During this breakout session, we will explore barriers, challenges, opportunities, including novel ideas and future directions in cloud computing for biomedical research. The session will be led by NIH program officers.

TRACK A
Dr. Fenglou Mao (Moderator), Program Officer, Cloud Computing Programs, NIH/ODSS

TRACK B
Mr. Nick Weber (Moderator), Acting Director, Office of Scientific Computing, Cloud Services Program Manager, STRIDES Initiative Lead, NIH/CIT

TRACK C
Mr. Mike Conway (Moderator), Data Systems Architect/Engineer, Office of Data Science, NIH/NIEHS

3:40-3:50pm ETBREAK
3:50-4:30pm ETBREAKOUT SESSION 8 REPORT BACK
Dr. Fenglou Mao, Program Officer, Cloud Computing Programs, NIH/ODSS
4:30-4:50pm ETEND OF THE MEETING POLL
Dr. Fenglou Mao, Program Officer, Cloud Computing Programs, NIH/ODSS
4:50-5:00pm ETCLOSEOUT & ADJOURN

 

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