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2008-09 Program on Algebraic Methods in Systems Biology and Statistics

Transition Workshop

June 18-20, 2009 at the Radisson RTP

General Information
Application
Schedule

General Information

Synopsis:
Algebraic methods are gaining increasing importances in statistics, systems biology and beyond. This workshop will highlight some of the successful outcomes from the SAMSI program year on Algebraic Methods in Systems Biology and Statistics.

Presentations at the workshop will focus on the four main research areas represented during the year which are:

Discrete dynamical systems (DDS)
Continuous dynamical systems (CDS)
Algebraic statistical models (ASM)
Molecular evolution and phylogenetics (MEP)

Organizing Committee: Reinhard Laubenbacher (Virginia Tech), Seth Sullivant (North Carolina State University), Ruriko Yoshida (University of Kentucky)

Application

Registration is closed.

Schedule

Thursday, June 18, 2009
Radisson RTP

8:15-8:45 a.m.	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45-9:00	Welcome
9:00-10:00	Reinhard Laubenbacher, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute Stochastic Algebraic Models
10:00-10:20	Break
10:20-11:00	Heike Siebert, Freie Universität Berlin Modularity of Discrete Regulatory Networks
11:00-12:00	Luis David Garcia-Puente, Sam Houston State University Applications of Toric Varieties in the Sciences
12:00-12:30	Second Chances
12:30-2:00	Lunch
2:00-3:00	Katherine St. John, City University of New York Comparing Phylogenetic Trees
3:00-3:40	Megan Owen, SAMSI Computing the Geodesic Distance in Tree Space in Polynomial Time
3:40-4:00	Break and Poster Set-up
4:00-5:00	Marcy Uyenoyama, Duke University Genomic conflict and DNA Sequence Variation
5:00-5:30	Second Chances
5:30-6:00	Poster Advertisements (2 minute ads each)
6:00-8:00	Poster Session and Reception SAMSI will provide poster presentation boards and tape. The board dimensions are 4 ft. wide by 3 ft. high. They are tri-fold with each side being 1 ft. wide and the center 2 ft. wide. Please make sure your poster fits the board. The boards can accommodate up to 16 pages of paper measuring 8.5 inches by 11 inches.

Friday, June 19, 2009
Radisson RTP

8:30-9:00 a.m.	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:00	Henry Wynn, London School of Economics Betti Numbers, State Polytopes and the Connectivity of Experimental Design
10:00-10:15	Break
10:15-11:15	Ruriko Yoshida, University of Kentucky Markov Bases and Subbases for Bounded Contingency Tables
11:15-12:15	Peter Huggins, Carnegie Mellon University Extensions of Parametric Inference
12:15-12:40	Second Chances
12:40-2:00	Lunch
2:00-3:00	Gilles Gnacadja, Amgen Selected Problems about the Equilibrium States of Networks of Reversible Binding Reactions
3:00-3:40	Anne Shiu, University of California, Berkeley Siphons in Biochemical Reaction Networks
3:40-4:00	Break
4:00-5:00	Olgica Milenkovic, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Information Theoretic Methods for the Reverse Engineering of the Topology and Dynamics of Gene Regulatory Networks
5:00-5:30	Second Chances

Saturday, June 20, 2009
Radisson RTP

8:30-9:00 a.m.	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:00	Elena Dimitrova, Clemson University Parameter Estimation for Drought Response-related Gene Networks in Rice
10:00-10:20	Break
10:20-11:00	Paul Kidwell, Purdue University Non-Parametric Modeling of Partially Ranked Data with Application to Survey Design
11:00-12:00	Seth Sullivant, North Carolina State University Algebraic Challenges for Gaussian Graphical Models
12:00-12:30	Second Chances and Closing
12:30-2:00	Lunch

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