Join us for the 2016 Festival of Genomics in London, UK


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We are happy to contribute to the 2016 Festival of Genomics from Jan 19-21 in London, UK by sharing our experience in applying latest in-memory database technology to improve processing and analysis of genome data in the course of precision medicine. We welcome you to join our workshop “Big medical data in precision medicine: challenges or opportunities?” on Jan 19, 2016 (agenda) together with the co-host Prof. Dr. von Kalle, CEO and Director of the German National Center for Tumor Diseases in Heidelberg.

We are happy to share the slide decks with participants of the workshop.

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About Matthieu-P. Schapranow

Dr.-Ing. Matthieu-P. Schapranow is Leader of the Working Group "In-Memory Computing for Digital Health" and Scientific Manager Digital Health Innovations at the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI). He is a valued member of the Platform Learning Systems and contributes to the Federal Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM) and the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health. Dr.-Ing. Schapranow holds a PhD as well as the MSc and BSc degrees in Software Engineering. He was named as one of the top Elite Researchers in Life Sciences in 2016 and one of Germany's Top 10 Junior Scientists in 2015. Furthermore, he was honored with the Personalized Medicine Convention Award 2015, the European Life Science Award in 2014, and the Innovation Award of the German Capital Region in 2012. Together with Prof. Dr. Plattner, he published the textbook "High-Performance In-Memory Genome Data Analysis" in 2013.