DIMACS RECONNECT '04 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Reconnecting Teaching Faculty to the Mathematical Sciences Enterprise
August 8 - 14, 2004
Sunday, August 8, 2004
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6:00 - 7:15 pm |
Dinner at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel |
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7:15 - 8:00 |
Introduction to Reconnect (Fred Roberts, Shelly Leibowitz) |
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8:00 - 8:30 |
Overview of Topic: Integrating Information from Sequence and Evolution: R. Ravi, Carnegie Mellon University |
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Hotel's Hospitality Suite and Library are available for writing or socializing |
Monday, August 9, 2004
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7:30 - 8:00 am |
Travel to DIMACS |
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8:00 - 9:00 |
Breakfast at DIMACS |
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9:00 - 10:30 |
Introduction to Molecular Biology |
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10:30 - 11:00 |
Break / Study Time |
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11:00 - 12:00 |
Sequence Analysis |
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12:00 - 12:30 |
Study Time: First Set of Suggested Problems
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12:30 - 1:15 |
Lunch |
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1:15 - 2:00 |
Writing at Reconnect (Shelly Leibowitz) |
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2:00 - 3:00 |
2-sequence Comparison |
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3:00 - 3:30 |
Break / Study Time |
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3:30 - 4:30 |
Extensions to Multiple Sequences |
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4:30 - 6:00 |
Free Time / Travel (Staff Meeting 4:30 - 5:30) |
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6:00 - 6:45 |
Wine and Cheese Reception, Four Points Sheraton Hotel |
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6:45 - 7:45 |
Dinner at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel |
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7:45 - 8:45 |
Panel Discussion on "People Networking" (Shelly Leibowitz) |
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Hotel's Hospitality Suite and Library are available for writing or socializing |
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
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7:30 - 8:00 am |
Travel to DIMACS |
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8:00 - 9:00 |
Breakfast at DIMACS |
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9:00 - 10:00 |
Phylogenetic Reconstruction Methods Overview |
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10:00 - 10:15 |
Break |
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10:15 - 11:15 |
Character Based Method Using Perfect Phylogeny |
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11:15 - 12:30 |
Study Time: Second Set of Suggested Problems |
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12:30 - 1:15 |
Lunch |
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1:15 - 2:15 |
Discussion of Suggested Problems |
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2:15 - 3:15 |
Simple and complex population models in Ecology and Epidemiology Abdul-Aziz Yakubu, Howard University |
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3:15 - 3:30 |
Break |
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3:30 - 4:30 |
Simple and complex population models in Ecology and Epidemiology (cont.) Abdul-Aziz Yakubu, Howard University |
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4:30 - 5:00 |
Writing Assignment |
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5:00 - 6:00 |
Free time / Travel |
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6:00 - 7:00 |
Dinner at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel |
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7:00 - 8:00 |
Development ,Planning, and Implementation |
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Hotel's Hospitality Suite and Library are available for writing or socializing |
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
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7:30 - 8:00 am |
Travel to DIMACS |
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8:00 - 9:00 |
Breakfast at DIMACS |
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9:00 - 10:00 |
Distance-based Methods: Ultrametrics |
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10:00 - 10:15 |
Break |
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10:15 - 11:15 |
Distance-based Methods: Additive Metrics |
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11:15 - 12:30 |
Writing Groups |
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12:30 - 1:15 |
Lunch |
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1:15 - 2:15 |
Discussion of Suggested Problems |
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2:15 - 3:15 |
Finding Closest Fit Evolutionary Trees |
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3:15 - 3:30 |
Break |
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3:30 - 4:30 |
Overview of Other Distance-based Methods |
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4:30 - 6:00 |
Free time / Travel / Work on Suggested Problems (Staff Meeting 4:30 - 5:30) |
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6:00 - 7:00 |
Dinner at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel |
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7:00 - 8:45+ |
Writing Groups |
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Hotel's Hospitality Suite and Library are available for writing or socializing |
Thursday, August 12, 2004
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7:30 - 8:00 am |
Travel to DIMACS |
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8:00 - 9:00 |
Breakfast at DIMACS |
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9:00 - 10:00 |
Tree Alignment Objective for Multiple Sequences |
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10:00 - 11:15 |
Writing Groups |
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11:15 - 11:30 |
Break |
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11:30 - 12:30 |
Progressive Alignment Methods |
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12:30 - 1:15 |
Lunch |
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1:15 - 2:15 |
Writing Groups |
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2:15 - 3:15 |
Lawler's Taxonomy of Problems Relating Alignment and Phylogeny |
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3:15 - 3:30 |
Break |
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3:30 - 4:30 |
Writing Groups |
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4:30 - 6:00 |
Free time / Travel / Work on Suggested Problems |
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6:00 - 7:00 |
Dinner at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel |
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7:00 - 8:45+ |
Writing Groups |
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Hotel's Hospitality Suite and Library are available for writing or socializing |
Friday, August 13, 2004
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7:30 - 8:00 am |
Travel to DIMACS |
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8:00 - 9:00 |
Breakfast at DIMACS |
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9:00 - 11:15 |
Writing Groups |
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11:15 - 11:30 |
Break |
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11:30 - 12:30 |
Lawler's Taxonomy of Problems Relating Alignment and Phylogeny (cont.) |
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12:30 - 1:15 |
Lunch |
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1:15 - 2:15 |
Writing Groups |
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2:15 - 3:15 |
RNA Structure Prediction Using Dynamic Programming |
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3:15 - 3:30 |
Break |
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3:30 - 4:30 |
Writing Groups |
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4:30 - 6:00 |
Free time / Travel |
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6:00 - 7:00 |
Dinner at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel |
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7:00 - 8:45+ |
Writing Groups |
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Hotel's Hospitality Suite and Library are available for writing or socializing |
Saturday, August 14, 2004
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7:30 - 8:00 am |
Travel to DIMACS |
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8:00 - 8:30 |
Breakfast at DIMACS |
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8:30 - 9:30 |
Prep time for Presentations DRAFTS DUE |
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9:30 - 12:00 |
Group Presentations |
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12:00 - 1:00 |
Lunch and Closing Discussion |
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1:00 - 3:30 |
Group Presentations |