Events
Events
SUMMIT MEETING
August 5th - 8th, 2025
A 4-day Summit meeting will be held that brings together community participants to identify the most pressing synthesis research opportunities and challenges of the next decade, and set a research agenda for NCEMS. Stakeholders at the meeting will include researchers (faculty, postdocs, graduate students), Collaborative Partner members, and representatives of data repositories from around the world. Registration is closed at this time. For participants, please see go here for more information.
COMMUNITY HACK-A-THONS
NCEMS will support community Hack-a-thons on an ad-hoc basis. These will be virtual events open to anyone in the country with the goal of seeking rapid and efficient solutions to a pressing synthesis need in the community. Such hack-a-thons can focus on well-defined challenges in data wrangling, data harmonization, algorithm development, or other transformative solutions relevant to ongoing synthesis projects. Participants will be provided data storage and compute resources during the event. The most meritorious solutions will be awarded a cash prize and recognition at the Annual Summit Meeting.
EXPERIMENTAL DATA SEMINAR SERIES
Synthesis requires data. As of 2022, 100 Pb of experimental data was publicly available generated from over 300 distinct experimental protocols. Two challenges slowing synthesis research are knowledge of the existence of diverse data sets, and the working-knowledge on the strengths and limitations of these data. Various experimental techniques, such as Next-Generation Sequencing, Mass Spectrometry, and imaging generate data on various aspects of molecular and cellular processes with highly specialized interpretations. To address these challenges and accelerate synthesis research a virtual seminar series will be held in which expert practitioners will delve into specific experimental protocols, discussing how the data is produced and processed, the data’s strengths and weaknesses, storage locations, and potential research questions such data could be used to address.
COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND TRAINING EVENTS
NCEMS and CyVerse staff will run several courses each year on relevant training topics for synthesis, including data science, machine learning, statistical methods, open science, and public data resources. Many of these learning events will be designed to complement participant efforts in the National Remote Research Experience projects, summer internships, working groups, and postdoctoral. These education events are anticipated to be a mixture of in-person and virtual engagement modes.