Special Summer CGIL Seminar - "High Performance Computing Software for Quantitative Genetics"

Good afternoon CGIL,
 
This week we are happy to have a special summer CGIL Seminar with Dr. Vinzent Börner, Associate Professor at Aarhus University, presenting for us on Friday, June 23rd, 2023. The seminar will begin at 10:00 AM EDT/EST on ANNU 141. The title of the presentation is: "High Performance Computing Software for Quantitative Genetics".

Speaker Biography: Dr. Vinzent Boerner holds a BSc in Agriculture, a MSc in Animals Science, and a PhD in Quantitative Genetics. From 2011 to 2021, Dr. Boerner worked as a Researcher and Associate Professor at the Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit (AGBU), University of New England (UNE), Armidale, Australia, where he was the lead designer and developer of the genetic evaluation software backing the Australian Beef and Sheep genetic evaluations. He also authored numerous scientific publications and invented two algorithms for marker-based parentage verification and breed composition estimation. Since 2019, Dr. Boerner has also held an Associate Professor position at the Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Aarhus University, Denmark. In 2021, Dr. Boerner founded the GHPC Consulting company that is dedicated to high-performance computing in quantitative genetics.

*Recordings of previous CGIL seminars are available at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAQ_5WCTMRQ6Gs35yROqGIQ/featured

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!
Kristin Lee and Samla Cunha