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Brown University CCMB Symposium, May 3-7, 2010
Co-organized with the Office of the President
Co-organized with the Department of Computer Science
Supported in part by the Office of the President, The C.V. Starr Lectureship, & the National Science Foundation
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All events held in Brown University’s Thomas J. Watson Sr. Center for Information Technology
115 Waterman Street, 3rd Floor, Providence, RI 02912-1910
Directions available from http://www.cs.brown.edu/about/directions/
John von Neumann Distinguished Lecture Series
organized by:
Leon Cooper, Thomas J. Watson Sr. Professor of Science and Director, Institute for Brain and Neural Systems
(Department of Physics)
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Stuart Geman, James Manning Professor of Applied Mathematics (Division of Applied Mathematics)
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Sorin Istrail, Julie Nguyen Brown Professor of Computational and Mathematical Sciences and Professor of Computer Science and Director, Center for Computational Molecular Biology (Department of Computer Science)
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Roberto Serrano, Harrison S. Kravis University Professor of Economics, Brown University (Department of Economics)
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8:30-9:15am
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Continental Breakfast
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9:15-9:30am
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Introductory remarks by:
Sorin Istrail, Julie Nguyen Brown Professor of Computational and Mathematical Sciences and
Professor of Computer Science and
Director, Center for Computational Molecular Biology, Brown University
Roberto Tamassia, Chair, Department of Computer Science and
Plastech Professor of Computer Science and Chair, Brown University
Clyde Briant, Vice President for Research and
Otis E. Randall University Professor, Brown University
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9:30-10:30am
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Marina von Neumann Whitman, Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy, University of Michigan
Introduced by Ruth Simmons, President, Brown University
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9:30-10:00am
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“John von Neumann: a Daughter’s View”
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10:00-10:30am
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Sweatbox Q&A Session
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10:30-10:45am
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Break
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10:45am-12:15pm
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John Conway, John von Neumann Professor of Mathematics, Princeton University
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10:45-11:45am
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von Neumann Distinguished Lecture on Mathematics: “von Neumann, Set Theory and Life”
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11:45am-12:15pm
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Sweatbox Q&A Session
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12:15-2:15pm
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Lunch
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2:15-3:45pm
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Richard Karp, University Professor, University of California, Berkeley
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2:15-3:15pm
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von Neumann Distinguished Lecture on Computer Science: “Understanding Science Through the Lens of Computation”
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3:15-3:45pm
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Sweatbox Q&A Session
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3:45-4:00pm
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Break
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4:00-5:00pm
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George Dyson, Historian of Science,
“On the Physical Realization of an Electronic Computing Instrument, 1945-1956”
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5:00pm
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Reception hosted by Provost David Kertzer
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9:30-10:00am
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Continental Breakfast
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10:00-11:30am
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Freeman Dyson, Professor Emeritus of Physics, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ
Update: Due to illness
Freeman Dyson is unable to attend. His talk will be presented by his son,
Historian of Science George Dyson.
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10:00-11:00am
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von Neumann Distinguished Lecture on Physics: “A Walk Through Johnny von Neumann's Garden”
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11:00-11:30am
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Sweatbox Q&A Session
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11:30-1:30pm
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Lunch
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1:30-3:00pm
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Leon Cooper, Nobel Laureate, Thomas J. Watson Professor of Science and Director, Institute for Brain and Neural Systems, Brown University
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1:30-2:30pm
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von Neumann Distinguished Lecture on Physics: “von Neumann and the Problem of Measurement in the Quantum Theory”
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2:30-3:00pm
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Sweatbox Q&A Session
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3:00-3:15pm
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Break
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3:15-4:45pm
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Andrew G. Clark, Jacob Gould Schurmn Professor of Population Genetics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University
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3:15-4:15pm
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“Consequences of Explosive Human Population Growth on Complex Genetic Disorders”
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4:15-4:45pm
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Sweatbox Q&A Session
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8:30-9:00am
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Continental Breakfast
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9:00-10:30am
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Eric H. Davidson, Chandler Professor of Cell Biology, California Institute of Technology
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9:00-10:00am
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von Neumann Distinguished Lecture on Biology: “Genomic Control System for Development: The Sea Urchin Embryo Gene Regulatory Network”
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10:00-10:30am
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Sweatbox Q&A Session
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10:30-10:45am
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Break
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10:45am-12:15pm
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Ellen V. Rothenberg, Albert Billings Ruddock Professor of Biology, California Institute of Technology
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10:45-11:45am
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“A Gene Regulatory System Guiding Cell Identity Choice: Stem Cells to T Cells”
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11:45am-12:15pm
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Sweatbox Q&A Session
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12:15-2:15pm
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Lunch
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2:15-3:45pm
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Jonathan W. Yewdell, Chief, Biology Section, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH
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2:15-3:15pm
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“It's Not Written in Stone: Stress Induced Alteration in the Genetic Code”
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3:15-3:45pm
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Sweatbox Q&A Session
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3:45-4:00pm
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Break
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4:00pm
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Brief Reception celebrating the Center for Computational Molecular Biology’s new Doctoral Program in the SWIG Boardroom (CIT 241)
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8:30-9:00am
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Continental Breakfast
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9:00-10:30am
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Richard Lewontin, Alexander Agassiz Research Professor, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
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9:00-10:00am
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“The Problem of Natural Selection for Genomic Variation”
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10:00-10:30am
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Sweatbox Q&A Session
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10:30-10:45am
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Break
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10:45am-12:15pm
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Martha Bulyk, Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology (and Health Sciences and
Technology), Harvard Medical School
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10:45-11:45am
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“Transcription factor-DNA interactions: cis regulatory codes in genomes”
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11:45am-12:15pm
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Sweatbox Q&A Session
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12:15-2:15pm
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Lunch
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2:15-3:45pm
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David Shaw, Chief Scientist, D.E. Shaw Research, and Senior Research Fellow, Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Columbia University
Introduced by Ruth Simmons, President, Brown University
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2:15-3:15pm
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“Millisecond-Long Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Proteins on a Special-Purpose Machine”
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3:15-3:45pm
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Sweatbox Q&A Session
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3:45-4:00pm
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Break
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4:00-5:30pm
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Martin Meier-Schellersheim, Team Leader, Computational Biology Group, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH
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4:00-5:00pm
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“The Challenges of Spatially Resolved Computational Modeling of Cellular Signaling Processes”
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5:00-5:30pm
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Sweatbox Q&A Session
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8:30-9:00am
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Continental Breakfast
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9:00-10:30am
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Sam Broder, Medical Officer, Celera, and former Director of the National Cancer Institute, NIH
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9:00-10:00am
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"The Development of Antiretroviral Therapy and Its Impact on the Global HIV-1/AIDS Pandemic: Personal Reflections on a Journey to Treat an “Untreatable” Virus After 25 Years"
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10:00-10:30am
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Sweatbox Q&A Session
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10:30-10:45am
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Break
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10:45am-12:15pm
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Kenneth Arrow, Nobel Laureate, Joan Kenney Professor of Economics and Professor of Operations Research Emeritus, Stanford University
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10:45-11:45am
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von Neumann Distinguished Lecture on Economics: “My Beliefs and Ours: Formation, Costs, Interactions, and Effects”
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11:45am-12:15pm
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Sweatbox Q&A Session
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12:15-2:15pm
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Lunch
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2:15-3:45pm
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Sean Eddy, Group Leader, Janelia Farm, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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2:15-3:15pm
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“Reading Genomes”
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3:15-3:45pm
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Sweatbox Q&A Session
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3:45-4:00pm
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Break
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4:00-5:30pm
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Panel Session: Brain Signaling: Digital, Analog or Both?
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4:00-5:00pm
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“The Challenges of Spatially Resolved Computational Modeling of Cellular Signaling Processes”
Panel Chair: Leon Cooper, Thomas J. Watson Sr. Professor of Science and Director, Institute for Brain and Neural Systems, Brown University
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Panelists:
Kenneth Arrow, Nobel Laureate, Joan Kenney Professor of Economics and Professor of Operations Research Emeritus, Stanford University
Freeman Dyson, Professor Emeritus of Physics, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (via internet)
Elie Bienenstock, Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics, Brown University
Stuart Geman, James Manning Professor of Applied Mathematics, Brown University
Sean Eddy, Group Leader, Janelia Farm, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Sorin Istrail, Julie Nguyen Brown Professor of Computational and Mathematical Sciences and
Professor of Computer Science and
Director, Center for Computational Molecular Biology, Brown University
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