Welcome to our 2025-2026 program year. Our plan for this program year is for a mix of social events, in person Initiation and virtual meetings. We will also have our Undergraduate Research Symposium in February.
Iota Sigma Pi: Aurum Iodide Chapter
Announcement for May 2026 Meeting – Virtual
Friday, May 1, 2026
Ravi Madduri, Argonne National Laboratories
"From Data to Discovery: Leveraging High-Performance Computing and AI to Accelerate Biomedical Science"
Meeting Agenda
• 7:00 PM (CST) - Speaker
• 8:00 PM Social hour (via breakout rooms)
Abstract: Advances in biomedical research are increasingly driven by the convergence of large-scale data, artificial intelligence (AI), and high-performance computing (HPC). Modern studies from population genomics to multimodal clinical datasets, require computational approaches that can integrate, analyze, and learn from data at unprecedented scale. In this talk, I will discuss how HPC and AI are reshaping the biomedical discovery pipeline, enabling faster hypothesis generation, improved predictive modeling, and more robust validation of findings. I will highlight emerging approaches such as privacy-preserving federated learning, AI-ready data ecosystems, and foundation models for biology, along with real-world applications in genomics and clinical research. The goal is to illustrate how combining scalable computing infrastructure with advanced AI methods can move us toward a more continuous, learning-driven healthcare and scientific ecosystem.
Bio: Ravi is a senior computer scientist working in the intersection of HPC/AI and biomedicine. His research interests are in building sustainable, scalable services for science, reproducible research, large-scale data management, analysis using HPC and AI. He leads the PALISADE-X project that is developing Privacy-preserving Federated Learning framework to build robust, trust-worthy AI models. He co-leads the MVP-CHAMPION project, which is a collaboration between VA and DOE and develops methods to perform large-scale genetic data analysis using DOE’s high performance computing capabilities, including methods for generating PRS scores in Prostate Cancer, genome-wide PheWAS on Summit supercomputer. Additionally, Ravi served as MPI for an NHGRI R01 on creating a cloud service for large-scale genomics analysis and was one of three key contributors to the National Institutes of Health $100M Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG), which linked 60 NIH-funded cancer centers and clinical sites engaged in cancer research. For his efforts in project management, tool development, and collaboration, Ravi received several Outstanding Achievement Awards from NIH. For his work on “Cancer Moonshot” project, he received the Department of Energy Secretary award in 2017.
Please RSVP by Thursday, April 30, 2026 by Evite or to gshearerdgs@gmail.com. The Zoom link will be sent to you by Thursday evening, April 30, 2026.
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