Computational Aspects of Biological Information (C.A.B.I. 2010) is a one day workshop on challenges in computational biology. C.A.B.I. 2010 will be held at Microsoft Research New England on December 9, 2010 and will bring together experts in the Boston/Cambridge area to discuss computational and modeling challenges in biology with a focus on systems biology, phylogeny and neuroscience. The workshop is open to everyone and registration is free of charge.
Organizers:
Edo Airoldi (Harvard University)
Christian Borgs (MSR New England)
Jennifer Chayes (MSR New England)
Debora Marks (MSR New England & Harvard University)
Oznur Tastan (MSR New England)
Riccardo Zecchina (MSR New England & Politecnico di Torino)
Registration
Registration is CLOSED. Thank you for your interest.
Workshop Program & Speakers
The program and the speaker abstracts can be downloaded here.
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08:00-08:55 |
Breakfast |
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08:55-09:00 |
Opening Remarks |
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09:00-09:40 |
The Future of Connectomics Jeff Lichtman, Harvard University |
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09:45-10:25 |
It's about Time: Rewiring in Regulatory Circuits Aviv Regev, The Broad Institute |
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10:25-10:45 |
Coffee Break |
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10:45-11:25 |
All about Interactions Jun Liu, Harvard University |
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11:30-12:00 |
Protein Synthesis Errors in Budding Yeast Allan D Drummond, Harvard University |
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12:05-12:35 |
A Mathematical Framework to Determine the Temporal Sequence of Somatic Genetic Events in Cancer Franziska Michor, Dana Farber Cancer Institute |
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12:35-13:30 |
Lunch Break |
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13:30-14:00 |
Metabolic Interactions in Microbial Ecosystems Daniel Segre’, Boston University |
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14:05-14:35 |
Genomic Signatures for Interpreting Disease Variants Manolis Kellis, MIT |
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14:40-15:10 |
Computation in Biophysically-Plausible Neural Circuits Gabriel Kreiman, Harvard University |
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15:10-15:30 |
Coffee Break |
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15:30-16:10 |
Linear Algebra and Darwin's Finches Micheal Brenner, Harvard University |
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16:15-16:55 |
Estimating Ultra-Large Phylogenies and Alignments Tandy Warnow, University of Texas and Microsoft Research New England |
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17:00-17:30 |
Systems-level Analysis of Regulation and Signaling Dynamics Edo Airoldi, Harvard University |
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17:30 |
Closing Remarks |
Date & Time
Thursday, December 9, 2010
9 AM to 5:30 PM
Venue
Microsoft Research New England
Horace Mann Conference Room
First Floor Conference Center
One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA
Arrival Guidance
Upon arrival, be prepared to show a picture ID and sign the Building Visitor Log when approaching the Lobby Floor Security Desk. Alert them to the name of the event you are attending and ask them to direct you to the appropriate floor. The talks will be held the First Floor Conference Center, Horace Mann Conference Room.
Questions?
Please send an email to the organizing committee.
Flyer can be downloaded here.
