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Helping to Diagnose and Treat Heart Disease, Tumors, and Other Conditions at the Intersection of Physics, Molecular Biology, and High-Performance Computing | ||
By: PR Newswire Association LLC. - 24 Apr 2024 | Back to overview list |
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Amanda Randles Awarded ACM Prize in Computing for Revolutionizing Medical Diagnostics NEW YORK, April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, has named Amanda Randles the recipient of the ACM Prize in Computing for groundbreaking contributions to computational health through innovative algorithms, tools, and high-performance computing methods for diagnosing and treating a variety of human diseases. Randles has developed computational tools to enable 3D blood flow simulations to diagnose and treat human diseases. Randles is the Alfred Winborne and Victoria Stover Mordecai Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering. She is known for developing new computational tools to harness the world's most powerful supercomputers to create highly precise simulations of biophysical processes. Her early work included creating accurate 3D simulations of how blood flows through the circulatory system. More recently, she and her team developed biomedical simulations that yield direct and concrete impacts on patient care, including simulations of 700,000 heart beats (the previous state-of-the-art was of 30 heart beats), the interaction of millions of cells, and cancer cells moving through the body. The ACM Prize in Computing recognizes early-to-mid-career computer scientists whose research contributions have fundamental impact and broad implications. The award carries a prize of $250,000 from an endowment provided by Infosys Ltd., a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. Simulations of Blood Flow and Heart Research Randles's algorithm to simulate 700,000 heartbeats was developed using wearable data-collection devices to capture a complete profile of a person's circulatory state during normal activity. This was a major advancement of the existing method, which relied on standalone snapshots captured in atypical environments such as a doctor's office. Work in Fluid Structure Interaction Promise for Tumor Research and Cancer Prevention "Developing the best tools to help doctors prevent disease and improve patient care is one of the most worthwhile endeavors," said ACM President Yannis Ioannidis. "Amanda Randles's work addresses some of humanity's most significant health challenges, such as heart disease and cancer. Every day, computers enable significant advances in many fields. Behind these advances there is always someone who has the vision to employ computing against a scientific challenge and the insight to devise and develop innovative methods to address the challenge. Amanda Randles has been that someone and has used her experience and technological breadth and depth to open new possibilities at the intersection of computation and biophysics. I am truly excited with what she has achieved and I'm eager to see where she takes us next. I always look forward to the announcement of the ACM Prize in Computing, ACM's second most prestigious honor after the ACM A.M. Turing Award. Amanda joins a long series of young professionals we have honored with this award, who are creating new paradigms of scientific thought and demonstrate with their work the vast potential of what's ahead in technology." Salil Parekh, Chief Executive Officer, Infosys, said, "Amanda Randles' remarkable accomplishments stand as a testament to her expertise. Her innovative techniques will not only deepen our understanding of diseases but also herald a new era of biomedical simulation. Amanda's visionary contributions are poised to revolutionize the field and bring hope that tough medical challenges can be solved. As the founding sponsor of the prestigious ACM Prize in Computing, Infosys is proud to commend Amanda Randles." Biographical Background Randles's honors include the ACM SIGHPC Emerging Woman Leader in Technical Computing Award, the NIH Pioneer Award, the NSF CAREER Award, the ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award, and the Alexandra Jane Noble Epiphany Award. Randles is a National Academy of Inventors Fellow, an ACM Distinguished Member, an IEEE Senior Member, and was named as an MIT TR35 Visionary. Randles will be formally presented with the ACM Prize in Computing at the annual ACM Awards Banquet, which will be held this year on Saturday, June 22 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. About the ACM Prize in Computing About ACM About Infosys View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/helping-to-diagnose-and-treat-heart-disease-tumors-and-other-conditions-at-the-intersection-of-physics-molecular-biology-and-high-performance-computing-302125219.html SOURCE Association For Computing Machinery, Inc. |
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