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| Steve Jennings, Ph.D. | ||||||||
| Professor of Information Science at University of Arkansas Little Rock (UALR), Program Director for the UALR/UAMS Joint Graduate Program in Bioinformatics, and the Executive Director of the MidSouth Bioinformatics Center at UALR | ||||||||
| Dr. Jennings has been active in a number of bioinformatics educational activities: as a member of the Education Committee of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB), participant in the Workshops on Education in Bioinformatics (WEB) at the annual conferences of the ISCB, a participant in the First RECOMB Satellite Conference on Bioinformatics Education, and as founder of an MS/PhD program and an undergraduate minor in bioinformatics within the University of Arkansas system. He will share his insights concerning current trends and issues in bioinformatics education, a broad perspective on what bioinformatics encompasses and how to tailor a targeted educational program to meet specific needs, and especially the successes and struggles of establishing and running bioinformatics educational programs and offering bioinformatics training through workshops. Ample time will be allotted for group discussion on a wide range of topics affecting bioinformatics education.
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| Steve Jennings, PhD | ||||||||
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Steve Jennings holds a PhD in Computer Science from Iowa State University and an MBA degree from the University of Colorado at Denver's Executive Programs. Prior to joining UALR i n 2002, Steve was a faculty member at Colorado State University for three years before spending 19 years working in industry and with not-for-profit organizations. His industry experience included managing the development of the networking software for the International Space Station and serving on an international standards committee developing the standards for the UNIX operating system. Over the years, Steve has held various senior management positions in companies developing specialized systems software, software for medical devices, internet websites, and embedded software for mobile devices. Steve currently is a Professor of Information Science at UALR, Program Director for the UALR/UAMS Joint Graduate Program in Bioinformatics, and the Executive Director of the MidSouth Bioinformatics Center at UALR. In 2002, he founded and served as the first President of the MidSouth Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Society. |
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