COSBI
Encyclopedia
The Microsoft Research - University of Trento Centre for Computational and Systems Biology (COSBI) is a no profit research center located in Trentino, Italy
. The Center has two office one in Trento
and one recently opened in Rovereto
, and was constituted on December 6, 2005 . COSBI is a limited liability consortium, 50% Microsoft Research
Cambridge and 50% University of Trento
.
and the University of Trento
. The founding agreement was signed in Prague
on February 2nd, 2005 by the Minister of Education, University and Research (Minister Letizia Moratti), the Minister of Innovation and Technology (Minister Lucio Stanca), the Province of Trento (Gianluca Salvatori, Councillor of Planning, Research, and Innovation), the University of Trento (Davide Bassi, Rector), the Microsoft Corporation (Bill Gates
, President&Founder). COSBI was inaugurated on December 7th, 2005.
, president of the Institute for Systems Biology
; James Kaput, a director within the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; and Jeannette Wing
, President’s Professor of Computer Science and department head of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University
.
through research, projects and solutions. COSBI develops and applies programming language technologies to model, simulate and analyze complex biological systems.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. The Center has two office one in Trento
Trento
Trento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of Trentino...
and one recently opened in Rovereto
Rovereto
Rovereto is a city and comune in Trentino in northern Italy, located in the Vallagarina valley of the Adige River.-History:Rovereto was an ancient fortress town standing at the frontier between the bishopric of Trento - an independent state until 1797 - and the republic of Venice, and later...
, and was constituted on December 6, 2005 . COSBI is a limited liability consortium, 50% Microsoft Research
Microsoft Research
Microsoft Research is the research division of Microsoft created in 1991 for developing various computer science ideas and integrating them into Microsoft products. It currently employs Turing Award winners C.A.R. Hoare, Butler Lampson, and Charles P...
Cambridge and 50% University of Trento
University of Trento
The University of Trento is an Italian university located in the cities of Trento and Rovereto. It has been able to achieve considerable results in didactics, research and international relations, as shown by Censis University Guide and by the Italian Ministry of...
.
Origin
COSBI is a joint venture between Microsoft ResearchMicrosoft Research
Microsoft Research is the research division of Microsoft created in 1991 for developing various computer science ideas and integrating them into Microsoft products. It currently employs Turing Award winners C.A.R. Hoare, Butler Lampson, and Charles P...
and the University of Trento
University of Trento
The University of Trento is an Italian university located in the cities of Trento and Rovereto. It has been able to achieve considerable results in didactics, research and international relations, as shown by Censis University Guide and by the Italian Ministry of...
. The founding agreement was signed in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
on February 2nd, 2005 by the Minister of Education, University and Research (Minister Letizia Moratti), the Minister of Innovation and Technology (Minister Lucio Stanca), the Province of Trento (Gianluca Salvatori, Councillor of Planning, Research, and Innovation), the University of Trento (Davide Bassi, Rector), the Microsoft Corporation (Bill Gates
Bill Gates
William Henry "Bill" Gates III is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. Gates is the former CEO and current chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen...
, President&Founder). COSBI was inaugurated on December 7th, 2005.
Merging Knowledge
COSBI celebrated its fifth anniversary by hosting the conference Merging Knowledge : From Programming Languages to Personalized Healthcare, Trento, Italy (Nov 30 – Dec 3, 2010). During the event various scientific speakers discussed the relevance of computer science to the study of systems biology by exploring the main fields of computational and systems biology, as well as nutrigenomics, which merges personalized medicine with personalized diet. Among the lecturers: Tony Hoare, principal researcher at Microsoft Research; Leroy HoodLeroy Hood
Leroy Hood is an American biologist. He won the 2011 Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize “for automating DNA sequencing that revolutionized biomedicine and forensic science” and the 2003 Lemelson-MIT Prize for inventing "four instruments that have unlocked much of the mystery of human biology" by...
, president of the Institute for Systems Biology
Institute for Systems Biology
The Institute for Systems Biology is a non-profit research institution, located in Seattle, Washington, United States. Leroy Hood co-founded the Institute with Alan Aderem and Ruedi Aebersold in 2000....
; James Kaput, a director within the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; and Jeannette Wing
Jeannette Wing
Jeannette Marie Wing is a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, and assistant director for Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the NSF....
, President’s Professor of Computer Science and department head of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
.
Research
COSBI is a growing multi-disciplinary group of researchers, software developers and analysts propelling Algorithmic Systems BiologySystems biology
Systems biology is a term used to describe a number of trends in bioscience research, and a movement which draws on those trends. Proponents describe systems biology as a biology-based inter-disciplinary study field that focuses on complex interactions in biological systems, claiming that it uses...
through research, projects and solutions. COSBI develops and applies programming language technologies to model, simulate and analyze complex biological systems.