This chapter discusses the crucial role of big data in biotech and computational biology, tracing back to early projects like the human genome project. The conversation highlights the computational challenges and tasks faced by biologists dealing with vast amounts of data in areas such as sequencing alignment and protein modeling.
The growing use of large datasets and ML in the life sciences has created new demand for data technologies. Snowflake is a cloud-based data warehousing company that provides a platform for storing and analyzing large volumes of data.
Sean’s been an academic, startup founder, and Googler. He has published works covering a wide range of topics from information visualization to quantum computing. Currently, Sean is Head of Marketing and Developer Relations at Skyflow and host of the podcast Partially Redacted, a podcast about privacy and security engineering. You can connect with Sean on Twitter @seanfalconer .
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