BDAC's Mission
The Bio-Design Automation Consortium, Inc. ("BDAC") was organized to provide and promote education, research, training, and advancement of state-of-the-art technology in the fields of synthetic biology and bio-design automation.
Activities
IWBDA - The International Workshop on Biodesign Automation
Allan Kuchinsky International Workshop on Bio-Design Automation Scholarship
The Bio-Design Automation Consortium annually awards the “Allan Kuchinsky International Workshop on Bio-Design Automation Scholarship”. Allan was a tremendous supporter of both synthetic biology as well as design automation. His contributions to projects such as Cytoscape and Eugene as well as numerous Agilent efforts was crucial in helping academic and industrial researchers develop state-of-the-art technologies and tools to lay the foundation for this field. This scholarship in some small measure attempts to recognize his tireless efforts by highlighting a student who shares Allan’s vision for the field. This scholarship provides financial support for one graduate student, post doc, or early career researcher to attend IWBDA.
Sponsored by:
Recipients:
- 2015 - Dr. Swapnil Bhatia (video)
- 2016 - Dr. Nicolas Roehner (video)
- 2017 - Dr. Curtis Madsen (video)
- 2018 - Dr. Steve Shih (video)
- 2019 - Dr. Martín Gutiérrez Pescarmona (video)
Workshops
- AI for Synthetic Biology 2 @ FAIM 2018 (Federated Artificial Intelligence Meeting)
- BioPolicy Summit 2017
- AI for Synthetic Biology @ IJCAI 2016
- SBOL 14: Workshop in Boston
- 2013 Metrology for Mammalian Synthetic Biology Workshop
SBOL Industrial Consortium
BDAC is collaborating with the SBOL community to establish the SBOL Industrial Consortium. For more information see the SBOL Industrial Consortium website.
People
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Aaron Adler (BBN Technologies)
President: 2019-present
Board Member: 2012-present
Vice-President: 2012-2019
Dr. Aaron Adler received his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from MIT in 2009. He is currently a Senior Scientist at Raytheon BBN Technologies in Columbia, MD and Cambridge, MA.
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Natasa Miskov-Zivanov (University of Pittsburgh)
Vice-President: 2019-present
Board Member: 2012-present
Clerk: 2012-2019
Dr. Natasa Miskov-Zivanov received her Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2009. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Traci Haddock-Angelli (Asimov)
Treasurer: 2012-present
Board Member: 2012-present
Dr. Traci Haddock-Angelli earned her doctorate in marine microbiology from the University of Rhode Island in 2010. She is currently the Director of Community at Asimov.
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Douglas Densmore (Boston University)
Board Member: 2012-present
President: 2012-2019
Dr. Douglas Densmore received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from UC Berkeley in 2007. He is currently an Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering and in Biomedical Engineering at Boston University.
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Prashant Vaidyanathan (Microsoft Research)
Clerk: 2019-present
Dr. Prashant Vaidyanathan received his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Boston University in 2019. He is currently a Researcher at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, UK.
Contact
Bio-Design Automation Consortium
bio.design.automation.inc@gmail.com
c/o Hurwit & Associates
1150 Walnut Street
Newton, MA 02461
Sponsored by
Last updated on: 27 August 2019