About the Alpha Project Research Symposia The Center for Genomic Experimentation and Computation (CGEC) plans to sponsor annual research symposia. The goal of the first CGEC symposium is to present the work of the researchers involved in the Alpha Project to one another, to interested scientists and to members of the public. Future annual symposia will highlight topics that need to be addressed in order for the goal of prediction of the behavior of biological systems to be realized, including new simulation methods and emerging technologies for generating the required experimental data.