Data analysis and Big Data

Most analysis whether they are analyzing data from a clinical trial or whether they are trying to analyze images. Similarly, analysis of data requires separation of noise from the signal. In imaging one of the newer techniques of segmenting images is called Multicut. This is best explained in an article that was written for the…

There have been a variety of prizes to solve problems that are practical such as space rocket. Some companies have made a business out of problem solving through mediating solvers and problem generators – such as those mediated by Innocentive. However, rarely are problems solved just for the sake of solution of the problem. One…

This is just a short note that if you do any biological data analysis – whether it is sequence data, flow cytometry data or any other data then first look at Bioconductor website. This has open source data, mostly written in R, that enable you to see what is the process that is used to…

Sometimes, Biology is difficult. There are so many factors that are not understood, things that cannot be controlled and complex systems that are hard to predict that it is difficult to understand the full consequences of common things like food, diet, exercise and all the other complicating factors in health. However, one area that gets…

Cancer is a difficult disease to manage but still difficult to treat. However, many people have many thoughts on what it takes to cure disease and cure it. Maybe, some of them are practical and others are no so practical, however, it will take a revolutionary approach to come up drug discovery paradigms that help…