Jason McDermott
ABSTRACT
The advent of multiple new technologies for measuring many components in biological systems offers a huge opportunity and challenge for researchers. An important question is how to make sense of the mountains of data that describe different aspects of the same, or similar, biological systems. We are taking several approaches to this problem in terms of statistical methods and data mining, network and pathway analysis, and generation of testable biological hypotheses. We discuss applications of these approaches to study host-pathogen interactions and cancer, and talk about future opportunities and challenges in this area.
Index Terms
- Promises and challenges in analysis of biological big data
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