DIMACS Working Group on Analogies Between Computer Viruses and Immune Systems and Biological Viruses and Immune Systems

June 10 - 13, 2002
DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University

Organizers:
Lora Billings, Montclair State University, billingsl@mail.montclair.edu
Stephanie Forrest, University of New Mexico, forrest@cs.unm.edu
Alun Lloyd, Institute for Advanced Study, alun@alunlloyd.com
Ira Schwartz, Naval Research Laboratory, schwartz@nlschaos.nrl.navy.mil
Presented under the auspices of the Special Focus on Computational and Mathematical Epidemiology

Co-sponsored by DIMACS, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR).

Topics of this working group will be discussed next at the second meeting of the working group on Spatio-temporal and Network Modeling


Working Group Program:


June 10

8:00 - 9:00	Breakfast and Registration


9:00 - 9:05	Opening Remarks

		Fred Roberts
		Director of DIMACS


9:05 - 10:30	Talk Session I

		Ira Schwartz
		Naval Research Laboratory

		Stephanie Forrest
		University of New Mexico

		Conference Themes


		Alun Lloyd
		Institute for Advanced Study
		Epidemiological Theory


10:30 - 11:00	BREAK


11:00 - 12:30	Talk Session I (cont'd)


		Joan Aron
		Science Communication Studies and Johns Hopkins School of
		   Public Health 
		The Benefits of a Notification Process in Addressing the
		   Worsening Computer Virus Problem: Results of a Survey
		   and a Simulation Model

		Alessandro Vespignani
		Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical
		   Physics, Trieste
		The Role of Connectivity Patterns in Computer Virus Spreading


12:30 - 2:00	LUNCH


2:00 - 3:30	Talk Session II

		Stephanie Forrest
		University of New Mexico
		A Vision of an Adaptive Artificial Immune System

		Matt Williamson
		HP Labs, Bristol (UK)
		Computer Viruses: A View from the Trenches


3:30 - 4:00	BREAK


4:00 - 4:45	Talk Session II (cont'd)

		Yamir Vega
		Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical
		   Physics, Trieste
		Epidemic Outbreaks and Immunization in Complex
		   Heterogeneous Networks


4:45 - 5:30	Discussion Session


5:30 - 6:30	Wine and Cheese Reception at DIMACS


6:30 - 7:45	Banquet at DIMACS



June 11

8:00 - 9:00	Breakfast and Registration


9:00 - 10:30	Talk Session III

		Lora Billings
		Montclair State University
		Stochastic Modeling and Chaotic Epidemic Outbreaks

		Ira Schwartz
		Naval Research Laboratory
		Bull's Eye Prediction Theory for Controlling Large Epidemic
		   Outbreaks Before They Occur


10:30 - 11:00	BREAK


11:00 - 12:30	Talk Session III (cont'd)

		H. G. Solari
		University of Buenos Aires
		The Time-evolution of Small Populations

		Erik Bollt
		Clarkson University
		Double Trouble: Attack of Two or More Separate Viral Species


12:30 - 2:00	LUNCH


2:00 - 3:30	Talk Session IV

		Alfred Steinberg
		MITRE Corporation
		Part I: A Report on the Mathematical Modeling of Anthrax and
		   Smallpox
		Part II: The Immune System and Interaction with Microbes

		Donald Burke
		Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
		A Computational Model of RNA Virus Evolution


3:30 - 4:00	BREAK


4:00 - 6:00	Discussion Group Session I

		Discussion groups meet separately


6:00		Dinner



June 12

8:00 - 9:00	Breakfast and Registration


9:00 - 10:30	Talk Session V

		Rafail Ostrovsky
		Telcordia Technologies
		Computer Viruses and Techniques to Defend
		   Against Them

		Zoltan Deszo
		University of Notre Dame
		Can Viruses Be Halted in a Scale-free Network?


10:30 - 11:00	BREAK


11:00 - 12:30	Talk Session V (cont'd)

		Alun Lloyd
		Institute for Advanced Study
		Epidemics on Complex Networks: Questions and Directions


12:30 - 2:00	LUNCH


2:00 - 3:30	Discussion Group Session II

                Discussion groups meet separately


3:30 - 4:00	BREAK


4:00 - 6:00	Discussion Group Session II cont.

		Discussion groups meet separately


6:00		Dinner



June 13

8:00 - 9:00	Breakfast and Registration


9:00 - 10:30	Plenary Session: Discussion Group Presentations


10:30 - 11:00	BREAK


11:00 - 12:30	Plenary Session: Discussion Group Presentations


12:30 - 2:00	LUNCH


2:00 - 3:30	Plenary Session: Discussion Group Presentations


3:30 - 4:00	BREAK


4:00 - 4:30	Discussion and Farewell

		Discussion of followup meeting(s) and projects


Discussion Groups

The meeting will start with short talks on Monday and Tuesday. By late
afternoon Tuesday, we plan to break into "brainstorming groups" to
discuss the role of modeling in the defense against computer virus
attacks. The groups will continue their discussions on Wednesday and
Thursday, drafting brief "white papers" on their topic. We will then
ask each group to summarize their conclusions to the entire meeting.


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