January 10, 2020
2019: The Year in Review
We’re proud to say that it has been a great year at SemanticBits. In 2019,…
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March 14, 2019
SemanticBits-built PRO-CTCAE software is featured in cancer patient research study
The February 2019 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) features…
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March 11, 2019
SemanticBits Launches Facility-Based Score Preview in the Quality Payment Program
SemanticBits is pleased to announce the completion and launch of the facility-based score preview, which…
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February 11, 2019
SemanticBits Wins Recompetition Bid of the Alternative Payment Model Management System
We are pleased to announce that the CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI)…
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December 20, 2018
2018 Roundup
As we close out 2018, SemanticBits reflects on a year of growth and success with…
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December 12, 2018
CMS Releases Year 1 (2017) Quality Payment Program Performance Data
Months after receiving great feedback from the Clinicians Champions group, CMS released Year 1 performance…
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October 23, 2018
DEX Greatly Improves User Experience
SemanticBits is pleased to share that users of the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services…
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October 4, 2018
Make that Three!
Rounding out a tremendous hat trick of wins in September, SemanticBits has been awarded the…
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October 4, 2018
SemanticBits is Awarded Another Contract with CMS Office of Communications
On the heels of a recent contract win with CMS, SemanticBits has been chosen to…
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October 4, 2018
SemanticBits Wins New Contract with CMS
SemanticBits is thrilled to announce the award of a new contract, Care Choice Experience (CCXP)…
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October 4, 2018
Clinicians Champions Group Praises QPP
In a late-September meeting, SemanticBits received positive feedback from the Clinicians Champions group and CMS…
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February 13, 2018
Corporate Retreat 2018
Towards the end of last month, SemanticBits hosted its first ever all-company retreat in the…
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January 29, 2018
New Company Logo
We are proud to announce the launch of the new company logo as part of…
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May 8, 2017
SemanticBits Updates: April 2017
April 2017 was an exciting month for SemanticBits. The month began with the announcement of…
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April 11, 2017
SemanticBits Announces a New Contract Win with CMS
SemanticBits closed out the month of March 2017 by announcing a new contract win, the…
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March 16, 2017
SemanticBits Wins Beneficiary Reporting Project for CMS
SemanticBits ended February 2017 on a high note, with the win of a new project:…
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February 1, 2017
SemanticBits Updates: January 2017
As January comes to a close, SemanticBits is pleased to announce that 2017 has gotten…
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January 11, 2017
SemanticBits-supported openFDA Recognized as Citizen Science Project
At SemanticBits, we are proud of the innovative nature of much of the work we…
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December 30, 2016
2016: SemanticBits Year in Review
The year’s end is always a time for reflection, and at SemanticBits, we are looking…
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December 19, 2016
SemanticBits Works to Release Additional openFDA Dataset
In continuation of its work to implement the next generation of the openFDA platform, SemanticBits…
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November 22, 2016
SemanticBits Announces Updates to openFDA Platform
Earlier this year, SemanticBits won a $10 million, five-year contract to implement the next generation…
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November 17, 2016
SemanticBits Wins First Contract Competed on ADELE
Having previously announced its selection as a prime contract holder of the Agile Delivery to…
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November 14, 2016
SemanticBits Selected as Prime Contract Holder of ADELE-QRI
SemanticBits is proud to announce its selection as one of six companies to be a…
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October 18, 2016
SemanticBits Will Continue To Support CTRP Through 2016-2017
SemanticBits is proud to announce that it will continue to support the operations and maintenance…
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October 13, 2016
SemanticBits Announces A Five-Year Contract with CMS
SemanticBits is proud to announce that it has been awarded a five-year contract with the…
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October 11, 2016
SemanticBits Employees Receive Certificate of Appreciation from NCI Director
Several leading members of the SemanticBits team were recently recognized for their outstanding work on…
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September 22, 2016
SemanticBits Introduces Improved Search to MNG Laboratories Site
Having an effective search option is crucial in ensuring that users can navigate your website…
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September 22, 2016
SemanticBits Releases Upgrade to SSTS
SemanticBits is pleased to announce the release of an SSTS upgrade, designed to make it…
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September 21, 2016
SemanticBits Supports Development of API Which Makes Finding Clinical Trials Easier
For many patients, clinical trials may be the best opportunity to treat their illness, so…
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August 22, 2016
SemanticBits Wins Office of Women’s Health Digital Services Project
SemanticBits has been awarded a contract with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)…
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May 29, 2016
SemanticBits Appraised and Certified for ISO Compliance
SemanticBits has been appraised and certified for compliance with ISO 9001:2015. The ISO 9000 series…
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May 10, 2016
SemanticBits Wins Contract to Implement openFDA Platform
SemanticBits won a $10 million, five year contract to implement the next generation of the…
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October 20, 2015
SemanticBits Delivers Enhanced Version of PRO-CTCAE
SemanticBits has successfully delivered an enhanced version of the NCI patient reported outcomes system, the…
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October 15, 2015
SemanticBits appraised at CMMI Level 3
SemanticBits is proud to announce that it has been appraised at Level 3 of the…
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September 28, 2015
SemanticBits wins VistA Access Enhancements project
SemanticBits has been awarded a task order for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) VistA…
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September 26, 2015
SemanticBits releases AFT BioMS 1.0
Alliance Foundation Trials, LLC (AFT) is a research organization that develops and conducts cancer clinical…
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September 26, 2015
SemanticBits releases PRO-CTCAE 2.2.4 to the NCI
SemanticBits has successfully delivered an enhanced version of the NCI patient reported outcomes system, the…
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September 23, 2015
SemanticBits releases BioMS 1.6
The Alliance Biospecimen Management System (BioMS) is a web-based application that has been designed to…
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August 27, 2015
SemanticBits releases caAERS 2.8 to the NCI CTSU
SemanticBits has successfully designed, developed, tested, and delivered an enhanced version of the NCI adverse…
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August 24, 2015
SemanticBits Awarded 18F Agile Services BPA
SemanticBits has won one of sixteen 18F Agile BPAs through the GSA, open to 5,000…
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August 17, 2015
Mayo Clinic-led study validates tool for patient reporting of side effects in cancer clinical trials
Mayo Clinic-led study validates tool for patient reporting of side effects in cancer clinical trials.…
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June 12, 2015
WBN 1.0 Released
SemanticBits has implemented and released the WUSTL Biospecimen Navigator project. The objective of this project…
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April 15, 2015
BioMS 1.4.2 Released
SemanticBits completed the development of the BioSpecimen Management System (BioMS) 1.4.2 on April 15. BioMS 1.4.2 is…
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April 8, 2015
CTRP 4.2 Released
Version 4.2 of the NCI’s Clinical Trials Reporting Program (CTRP) was released on April 8,…
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January 1, 2015
SemanticBits awarded caAERS contract extension 2015
On January 1, 2015, SemanticBits was awarded a contract extension to continue efforts supporting the…
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November 14, 2014
SMART PROC 2014
SemanticBits enjoyed attended SMART PROC 2014, which focuses on the integration of regional Science &…
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November 3, 2014
SemanticBits attends Alliant 2 industry day
SemanticBits attended the Alliant 2 industry day. The Alliant 2 Governmentwide Acquisition Contract is a…
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October 10, 2014
SemanticBits awarded 4th option period for PRO-CTCAE
SemanticBits has been awarded the 4th option period contract to continue to develop and support…
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October 1, 2014
SemanticBits Awarded CTRP Contract 2014-2015
SemanticBits is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract to provide software…
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September 25, 2014
SemanticBits publishes video on using Galaxy on a private cloud
SemanticBits publishes a video about using Galaxy to perform a scientific workflow using a Eucalyptus…
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August 6, 2014
PRO-CTCAE 2.2.1 Released
PRO-CTCAE 2.2.1 is released. This update provides important enhancements that support ongoing cancer clinical trials…
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August 6, 2014
BioMS 1.4 Released
BioMS 1.4 is released. Notable features of this release are the capability to amend studies…
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August 1, 2014
caAERS contract extension awarded by NCI
SemanticBits has been awarded a contract to continue efforts supporting the development of the National…
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July 31, 2014
caAERS milestone development release of 2.7
SemanticBits is pleased to announce a milestone release supporting the National Cancer Institute’s integrated safety…
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July 24, 2014
SemanticBits releases CTRP 4.0.1
SemanticBits releases CTRP 4.0.1. The Clinical Trials Reporting Program (CTRP) provides a comprehensive real-time view…
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July 23, 2014
PierianDx Launches the Clinical Genomicist Workstation for SaaS NGS Analysis
Washington University is throwing its hat in the clinical sequencing ring with a new spin…
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June 9, 2014
SemanticBits awarded contract for the CGW 2.0
PierianDx has awarded SemanticBits a contract to develop the next release of the Clinical Genomicist…
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June 6, 2014
PierianDx launches public web site
On June 6th, PierianDx launched its public web site. PierianDx's premier product is the Clinical…
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May 12, 2014
SemanticBits attends the CI4CC Spring 2014 Symposium
The talks were very interesting, and we enjoyed catching up with all of the attendees.…
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April 25, 2014
Development of the National Cancer Institute’s Patient-Reported Outcomes Version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (PRO-CTCAE)
Basch, EM., et al. Development of the National Cancer Institute’s Patient-Reported Outcomes Version of the…
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April 7, 2014
NCTN Navigator site live
The NCTN Navigator is a comprehensive index of biospecimen and clinical trial data collected from…
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February 1, 2014
SemanticBits awarded the GSA IT Schedule 70
The IT Schedule 70 is the largest, most widely used acquisition vehicle in the federal…
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October 1, 2013
SemanticBits awarded contract for NCI's Integrated Safety Reporting (ISR) System
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is embarking on an ambitious effort to fully and seamlessly…
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September 25, 2013
Biospecimen Management System 1.3 released
The Biospecimen Management System (BioMS) 1.3 includes new features to make corrections to specimens collected…
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September 1, 2013
NCI awards CTRP system development and maintenance contract to SemanticBits
CTRP is a comprehensive database of regularly updated information, including accrual, on all NCI-supported clinical…
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March 18, 2013
Clinical Genomicist Workstation
Sharma, MK., et al. Clinical Genomicist Workstation. AMIA Summits Transl Sci Proc. 2013 Mar 18;2013:156-7.…
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November 15, 2012
CTRP team awarded NCI Director's Award
At the 2012 NCI Director's Award ceremony, the CTRP team received a Group Award titled…
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October 1, 2012
SemanticBits awarded the Cooperative Groups Bank (CGB) Data Warehouse project
SemanticBits has been awarded a contract by Washington University to build the Cooperative Groups Bank…
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August 23, 2012
caAERS Version 2.5 Released
SemanticBits is pleased to announce the availability of Version 2.5 of the Cancer Adverse Event…
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August 12, 2012
CGW 1.2.2 Released
SemanticBits is pleased to announce the availability of version 1.2.2 of Washington University's Clinical Genomicist…
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July 12, 2012
CTRP 3.8 Released
SemanticBits is pleased to announce the release of Version 3.8 of the Clinical Trails Reporting…
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February 1, 2012
SemanticBits awarded contract to build the Alliance Biospecimen Management System (BMS)
SemanticBits has been awarded a 2-year contract by Washington University to build the Alliance Biospecimen…
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January 13, 2012
NCI CBIIT awards the Clinical Trials Reporting Program (CTRP) Contract to SemanticBits
SemanticBits has been awarded the Clinical Trials Reporting Program (CTRP) project. CTRP is a comprehensive…
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November 2, 2011
NCI CBIIT awards the Clinical Trials Suite Contract to SemanticBits
SemanticBits has been awarded the Clinical Trials Suite, which is a comprehensive set of open-source…
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October 1, 2011
Semantic web data warehousing for caGrid
McCusker JP, Phillips JA, González Beltrán A, Finkelstein A, Krauthammer M. Semantic web data warehousing…
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July 15, 2011
Semantic validation of the use of SNOMED CT in HL7 clinical documents
Heymans S, McKennirey M, Phillips J. Semantic validation of the use of SNOMED CT in…
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July 1, 2011
Electronic toxicity monitoring and patient-reported outcomes
Basch EM, Reeve BB, Mitchell SA, Clauser SB, Minasian L, Sit L, Chilukuri R, Baumgartner…
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July 1, 2011
Washington University in St. Louis awards the Clinical Genomicist Workstation (CGW) Contract to SemanticBits
SemanticBits has been awarded the Clinical Genomicist Workstation (CGW) project, which provides a 'soup-to-nuts' solution…
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March 12, 2011
Semantic Web Services Fundamentals
Heymans S, Hoffmann J, Marconi A, Phillips J, Weber I. Handbook of Service Description: USDL…
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October 18, 2010
NCI CBIIT Awards SemanticBits the Legacy Sequential Layered Refactoring (LSLR) Contract
SemanticBits has been awarded The Legacy Sequential Layered Refactoring (LSLR) Project, which focuses on integrating…
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October 11, 2010
SemanticBits demonstrates HL7 terminology validation using SNOMED-CT
The promise of better clinical care from the use of electronic health care records relies…
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October 1, 2010
SemanticBits Awarded the Patient-Reported Outcomes version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (PRO-CTCAE) Development Contract
The purpose of the Patient-Reported Outcomes version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events…
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June 21, 2010
NCI CBIIT Awards SemanticBits the Cancer Clinical Information Suite (caCIS) Enterprise Services Development (ESD) Contract
The National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Cancer Clinical Information Suite (caCIS) Project is making available to…
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June 21, 2010
SemanticBits Awarded the caTissue 1.2/2.0 Development Contract
The lack of standardized, high-quality biospecimens is widely recognized as a significant roadblock to cancer…
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March 1, 2010
NCI CBIIT Awards SemanticBits the Knowledge Repository Contract
The purpose of the Knowledge Repository project is to analyze the current tools and technologies…
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October 1, 2009
SemanticBits Opens Offshore Development Center (ODC) in India
SemanticBits has expanded its operations to include a branch in Hyderabad, India. The office is…
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December 24, 2008
The cancer translational research informatics platform
McConnell P, Dash RC, Chilukuri R, Pietrobon R, Johnson K, Annechiarico R, Cuticchia AJ. The…
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March 1, 2008
caGrid 1.0: an enterprise Grid infrastructure for biomedical research
Oster S, Langella S, Hastings S, Ervin D, Madduri R, Phillips J, Kurc T, Siebenlist…
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February 1, 2008
caCORE version 3: Implementation of a model driven, service-oriented architecture for semantic interoperability
Komatsoulis GA, Warzel DB, Hartel FW, Shanbhag K, Chilukuri R, Fragoso G, Coronado S, Reeves…
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October 11, 2007
The Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG) Security Infrastructure
Langella S, Oster S, Hastings S, Siebenlist F, Phillips J, Ervin D, Permar J, Kurc…
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November 7, 2006
A molecular neuroethological approach for identifying and characterizing a cascade of behaviorally regulated genes
Wada K, Howard JT, McConnell P, Whitney O, Lints T, Rivas MV, Horita H, Patterson…
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August 1, 2006
caGrid: design and implementation of the core architecture of the cancer biomedical informatics grid
Saltz J, Oster S, Hastings S, Langella S, Kurc T, Sanchez W, Kher M, Manisundaram…
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June 20, 2006
The CAP cancer protocols–a case study of caCORE based data standards implementation to integrate with the Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid
Tobias J, Chilukuri R, Komatsoulis GA, Mohanty S, Sioutos N, Warzel DB, Wright LW, Crowley…
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January 6, 2006
The caCORE Software Development Kit: streamlining construction of interoperable biomedical information services
Phillips J, Chilukuri R, Fragoso G, Warzel D, Covitz PA. The caCORE Software Development Kit:…
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January 1, 2006
Advanced Data Mining Technologies in Bioinformatics
Lin S, Mungal S, Haney R, Patz Jr. E, McConnell P. Advanced Data Mining Technologies…
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July 29, 2004
MedlineR: an open source library in R for Medline literature data mining
Lin SM, McConnell P, Johnson KF, Shoemaker J. MedlineR: an open source library in R…
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January 1, 2003
Common data element (CDE) management and deployment in clinical trials
Warzel DB, Andonaydis C, McCurry B, Chilukuri R, Ishmukhamedov S, Covitz P. Common data element…
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November 15, 2002
A framework for integrating the songbird brain
Jarvis ED, Smith VA, Wada K, Rivas MV, McElroy M, Smulders TV, Carninci P, Hayashizaki…
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September 18, 2002
Applications of Tree-Maps to hierarchical biological data
McConnell P, Johnson K, Lin S. Applications of Tree-Maps to hierarchical biological data. Bioinformatics. 2002…
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January 1, 2002
Using Functional Genomic Units to Corroborate User Experiments with the Rosetta Compendium
Lin S, Liao X, McConnell P, Vita K, Carin L, Goldschmidt P. Critical Assessment for…
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January 1, 2002
An Introduction to Microarrays
McConnell P, Lin S, Johnson K, Lockhart D. Methods of Microarray Data Analysis II. 1…
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