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Brown University CCMB Symposium

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

All events held in Brown University's Thomas J. Watson Sr. Center for Information Technology
115 Waterman Street, 3rd Floor, Providence, RI 02912-1910

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)
Stuart Geman, James Manning Professor of Applied Mathematics (Division of Applied Mathematics)
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)
Roberto Serrano, Harrison S. Kravis University Professor of Economics, Brown University (Department of Economics)

Monday, May 3rd

8:30-9:15am

Continental Breakfast

9:15-9:30am

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

9:30-10:30am

Marina von Neumann Whitman, Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy, University of Michigan
Introduced by Ruth Simmons, President, Brown University

9:30-10:00am

"John von Neumann: a Daughter's View"
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10:00-10:30am

Sweatbox Q&A Session

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10:30-10:45am

Break

10:45am-12:15pm

John Conway, John von Neumann Professor of Mathematics, Princeton University

10:45-11:45am

von Neumann Distinguished Lecture on Mathematics: "von Neumann, Set Theory and Life"

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11:45am-12:15pm

Sweatbox Q&A Session

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12:15-2:15pm

Lunch

2:15-3:45pm

Richard Karp, University Professor, University of California, Berkeley

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2:15-3:15pm

von Neumann Distinguished Lecture on Computer Science: "Understanding Science Through the Lens of Computation"

3:15-3:45pm

Sweatbox Q&A Session

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3:45-4:00pm

Break

4:00-5:00pm

George Dyson, Historian of Science,
"On the Physical Realization of an Electronic Computing Instrument," 1945-1956

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5:00pm

Reception hosted by Provost David Kertzer

Tuesday, May 4th

9:30-10:00am

Continental Breakfast

10:00-11:30am

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.

10:00-11:00am

von Neumann Distinguished Lecture on Physics: "A Walk Through Johnny von Neumann's Garden"

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11:00-11:30am

Sweatbox Q&A Session

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11:30-1:30pm

Lunch

1:30-3:00pm

Leon Cooper, Nobel Laureate, Thomas J. Watson Professor of Science and Director, Institute for Brain and Neural Systems, Brown University

1:30-2:30pm

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

Sweatbox Q&A Session

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3:00-3:15pm

Break

3:15-4:45pm

Andrew G. Clark, Jacob Gould Schurmn Professor of Population Genetics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University

3:15-4:15pm

"Consequences of Explosive Human Population Growth on Complex Genetic Disorders"

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4:15-4:45pm

Sweatbox Q&A Session

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Wednesday, May 5th

8:30-9:00am

Continental Breakfast

9:00-10:30am

Eric H. Davidson, Chandler Professor of Cell Biology, California Institute of Technology

9:00-10:00am

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

Sweatbox Q&A Session

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10:30-10:45am

Break

10:45am-12:15pm

Ellen V. Rothenberg, Albert Billings Ruddock Professor of Biology, California Institute of Technology

10:45-11:45am

"A Gene Regulatory System Guiding Cell Identity Choice: Stem Cells to T Cells"

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11:45am-12:15pm

Sweatbox Q&A Session

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12:15-2:15pm

Lunch

2:15-3:45pm

Jonathan W. Yewdell, Chief, Biology Section, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH

2:15-3:15pm

"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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3:45-4:00pm

Break

4:00pm

Brief Reception celebrating the Center for Computational Molecular Biology's new Doctoral Program in the SWIG Boardroom (CIT 241)

Thursday, May 6th

8:30-9:00am

Continental Breakfast

9:00-10:30am

Richard Lewontin, Alexander Agassiz Research Professor, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

9:00-10:00am

"The Problem of Natural Selection for Genomic Variation"

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10:00-10:30am

Sweatbox Q&A Session

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10:30-10:45am

Break

10:45am-12:15pm

Martha Bulyk, Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology (and Health Sciences and Technology), Harvard Medical School

10:45-11:45am

"Transcription factor-DNA interactions: cis regulatory codes in genomes"

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11:45am-12:15pm

Sweatbox Q&A Session

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12:15-2:15pm

Lunch

2:15-3:45pm

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

2:15-3:15pm

"Millisecond-Long Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Proteins on a Special-Purpose Machine"

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3:15-3:45pm

Sweatbox Q&A Session

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3:45-4:00pm

Break

4:00-5:30pm

Martin Meier-Schellersheim, Team Leader, Computational Biology Group, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH

4:00-5:00pm

"The Challenges of Spatially Resolved Computational Modeling of Cellular Signaling Processes"

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5:00-5:30pm

Sweatbox Q&A Session

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Friday, May 7th

8:30-9:00am

Continental Breakfast

9:00-10:30am

Sam Broder, Medical Officer, Celera, and former Director of the National Cancer Institute, NIH

9:00-10:00am

"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

Sweatbox Q&A Session

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10:30-10:45am

Break

10:45am-12:15pm

Kenneth Arrow, Nobel Laureate, Joan Kenney Professor of Economics and Professor of Operations Research Emeritus, Stanford University

10:45-11:45am

von Neumann Distinguished Lecture on Economics: "My Beliefs and Ours: Formation, Costs, Interactions, and Effects"

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11:45am-12:15pm

Sweatbox Q&A Session

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12:15-2:15pm

Lunch

2:15-3:45pm

Sean Eddy, Group Leader, Janelia Farm, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

2:15-3:15pm

"Reading Genomes"

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3:15-3:45pm

Sweatbox Q&A Session

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3:45-4:00pm

Break

4:00-5:30pm

Panel Session: Brain Signaling: Digital, Analog or Both?

4:00-5:00pm

"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