The theoretical computer science and computational biology groups at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, are organising a short, informal meeting on the biology/computer science interface, December 10-11, 2016, on the sidelines of FSTTCS 2016.
Venue: Room 123 (NOTE CHANGE!), The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai 600113
(From main entrance, take road on the right, past the main building, enter auditorium building, follow corridor on left)
Talks will start at 14:00 on 10th and 09:00 on 11th, ending by 12:00 on 11th.
No formal "registration", but if you want to attend, please send a mail to rsidd at imsc dot res dot in (for tea/meal estimates).
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Note that the 09:40 talk on 11th is cancelled. The other talks will remain in their scheduled slot, and we may use the 09:40 slot for discussion/spillover questions/etc
| Saturday | 10 December 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 13:00 | Welcome lunch at Institute Canteen 1st Floor | ||
| 14:00 | Venkatesh Raman, IMSc Chennai | Burrows-Wheeler Transform and FM Index | |
| 14:40 | Leelavati Narlikar, NCL Pune | Understanding intricacies of long-range regulation of transcription | abstract |
| 15:20 | Shashank Sharma, IIT Delhi | De-Novo Assembly of Short Reads in Minimal Overlap Model | abstract |
| 16:00 | Tea/coffee break | ||
| 16.20 | Meirav Zehavi, U Bergen, Norway | The Copy Number Transformation Problem | abstract |
| 17:00 | Vishaka Datta, NCBS Bangalore | Detecting cooperatively bound transcription factor pairs through ChIP-seq | abstract |
| 17:40 | Vijay Natarajan, IISc Bangalore | Geometric and Topological Modeling of Channels in Biomolecules | abstract |
| 18:20 | Close | ||
| 19:00 | Dinner at Institute Canteen 1st Floor | ||
| Sunday | 11 December 2016 | ||
| 09:00 | Amihood Amir, Bar-Ilan U, Israel | Two Glass Balls and a Tower | abstract |
| 09:40 | (CANCELLED)Mandayam Srivas, CMI Chennai | SAT Solvers and Biology Modeling | |
| 10:20 | Tea/coffee break | ||
| 10:40 | Dan Gusfield, UC Davis, CA USA | Association Mapping for Compound Heterozygous Traits, using Phenotypic Distance | abstract |
| 11:20 | Rahul Siddharthan, IMSc Chennai | Machine learning and clinical data | abstract |
| 12:00 | Close |
Participants who want to attend RoA 2016 (starting 11th afternoon at CMI) can leave at 12:00, to reach CMI in time for lunch. Transport will be provided.
Please check back for updates.