About this Class

Please join us for a special presentation about the Fred Hutchinson’s data journal to the cloud, including an innovative cloud platform (Cirro: https://cirro.bio/) to streamline data collection, management, and distribution from Core facilities to users.

Presenter: Michael Zager, Director of the Fred Hutchinson Data Core and Visualization Center of Brotman Baty Institute

Abstract: Big data technologies promise to revolutionize our understanding and treatment of disease. To maximize the potential of their biological data, life science organizations must revisit traditional approaches to data storage, management, processing, and distribution. Commercial Cloud providers offer a foundation for innovation, but concerns over cost, complexity, and security have limited adoption. Fred Hutch has developed Cirro, a bioinformatics cloud, to address these concerns. Core facilities use Cirro to automatically tag, process, and securely distribute instrument data. Researchers execute batch, ad-hoc, and interactive visual analyses of their data with or without writing code. Bioinformaticians share pipelines and notebooks and can more effectively collaborate due to robust lineage tracing and shared workspaces. Administrators can set billing limits, confident that the platform has undergone hundreds of hours of third-party security and infrastructure review. During this talk, we will demonstrate Cirro and discuss its origins, evolution, and future goals.

Meeting ID: 160 190 6960

Passcode: 495128