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Computational Theories of Evolution
Program
Evolutionary Biology and the Theory of Computing
Location
Calvin Lab Auditorium
Date
Monday, Mar. 17
–
Friday, Mar. 21, 2014
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All events take place in the Calvin Lab Auditorium.
Monday, Mar. 17, 2014
8:30
–
8:50 a.m.
Coffee and Check-In
8:50
–
9 a.m.
Opening Remarks
9
–
11 a.m.
Presentation of Evolvability
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Vitaly Feldman (Apple)
,
Varun Kanade (UC Berkeley)
,
Elaine Angelino, Harvard University
11
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11:30 a.m.
Break
11:30 a.m.
–
12:15 p.m.
Molecular Errors, Cryptic Sequences, and Evolvability
Joanna Masel, University of Arizona
12:15
–
1:45 p.m.
Lunch
1:45
–
2:30 p.m.
Autocatalytic Sets and Models of Early Life
Mike Steel (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)
2:30
–
3:15 p.m.
The Evolution of Evolvability
Lee Altenberg, Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research
3:15
–
4 p.m.
Break
4
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5 p.m.
Discussion of Evolvability
Tuesday, Mar. 18, 2014
8:30
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9 a.m.
Coffee and Check-In
9
–
10 a.m.
Presentation of Evolution and Algorithms
Christos Papadimitriou (Columbia University)
,
Umesh Vazirani (Simons Institute, UC Berkeley)
10
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10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30
–
11:15 a.m.
What Limits the Efficiency of Natural Selection?
Nick Barton (IST Austria)
11:15 a.m.
–
12 p.m.
Interaction-based Evolution: How Natural Selection and Non-accidental Mutation Work Together
Adi Livnat (University of Haifa)
12
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1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30
–
2:15 p.m.
Variation in Regulatory Information Within and Between Species
Mike Snyder, Stanford University
2:15
–
3:15 p.m.
Break
3:15
–
4:15 p.m.
Discussion of Evolution and Algorithms
4:15
–
5 p.m.
Birth and Death of Fragile Chromosomal Regions in Mammalian Evolution
Pavel Pevzner, UC San Diego
Wednesday, Mar. 19, 2014
8:30
–
9 a.m.
Coffee and Check-In
9
–
9:45 a.m.
Evolution of Dynamic Models for Embryonic Patterning and Their Geometric Representation
Eric Siggia (The Rockefeller University)
9:45
–
10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30
–
11:15 a.m.
How to Treat Evolutionary Algorithms as Ordinary Randomized Algorithms
Carsten Witt, Technical University of Denmark
11:15 a.m.
–
12 p.m.
Measurement Scale and the Dissipation of Information Shape Biological Pattern
Steve Frank, UC Irvine
12
–
1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30
–
2:15 p.m.
A New Research Program: Evolutionary Neurodynamics
Chrisantha Fernando, Queen Mary University of London
2:15
–
3 p.m.
New Hypothesis About the Evolution of Human Brain Size
David Haussler (UC Santa Cruz)
3
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3:30 p.m.
Break
3:30
–
4:15 p.m.
Generalization of the Central Models of Evolutionary Biology in the (post)Genomic Era
Eugene Koonin, National Center for Biotechnology Information
4:15
–
6 p.m.
Reception
Thursday, Mar. 20, 2014
8:30
–
9 a.m.
Coffee and Check-In
9
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9:30 a.m.
Presentation of Evolvability
Paul Valiant (Brown University)
9:30
–
10 a.m.
Break
10
–
10:45 a.m.
The Blessing and the Curse of Multiplicative Updates
Manfred Warmuth, UC Santa Cruz
10:45
–
11:15 a.m.
Break
11:15 a.m.
–
12 p.m.
Algorithms for Multityped Branching Processes
Mihalis Yannakakis (Columbia University)
12
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1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30
–
2:15 p.m.
The Rate of Progress of Evolution
Nicholas Pippenger, Harvey Mudd College
2:15
–
2:30 p.m.
Break
2:30
–
3:15 p.m.
Evolution in Fluctuating Environments
Edo Kussell, New York University
3:15
–
3:30 p.m.
Break
3:30
–
5 p.m.
Simons Fellows Session
Shishi Luo (UC Berkeley)
,
Andrew Wan ( Institute for Defense Analyses)
,
Daniel Weissman (Emory College of Arts and Sciences)
Friday, Mar. 21, 2014
8:30
–
9 a.m.
Coffee and Check-In
9
–
9:45 a.m.
A Population Genetic Model of Disease Susceptibility and Other Quantitative Traits
Guy Sella, Columbia University
9:45
–
10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30
–
11:15 a.m.
Defensive Complexity in Antagonistic Coevolution
Carl Bergstrom, University of Washington
11:15 a.m.
–
12 p.m.
Darwinian Machine Learning: Principles of Machine Learning in Evo-devo, Evo-eco and Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality
Richard Watson, University of Southampton
12
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1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30
–
5 p.m.
Wrap-up Session and General Discussion
Daniel Fisher (Stanford University)
,
Jeff Clune, University of Wyoming
,
Artem Kaznatcheev, McGill University
,
Aviv Bergman, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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