Playlist: 29 videos Workshops

Computational Theories of Evolution

Mar. 17 – Mar. 21, 2014

During the past decade, models and theories of evolution have been articulated which were inspired by computational considerations: examples are Valiant's evolvability, and the theory of mixability for the role of sex. The...

0:51:58

How to Treat Evolutionary Algorithms as Ordinary Randomized Algorithms

Carsten Witt, Technical University of Denmark
Computational Theories of Evolution
http://simons.berkeley.edu/talks/carsten-witt-2014-03-19
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0:47:43

Measurement Scale and the Dissipation of Information Shape Biological Pattern

Steve Frank, UC Irvine
Computational Theories of Evolution
http://simons.berkeley.edu/talks/steve-frank-2014-03-19
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0:46:44

A New Research Program: Evolutionary Neurodynamics

Chrisantha Fernando, Queen Mary University of London
Computational Theories of Evolution
http://simons.berkeley.edu/talks/chrisantha-fernando-2014-03-19
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1:0:13

Generalization of the Central Models of Evolutionary Biology in the (post)Genomic Era

Eugene Koonin, National Center for Biotechnology Information
Computational Theories of Evolution
http://simons.berkeley.edu/talks/eugene-koonin-2014-03-19
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0:43:40

Presentation of Evolvability

Paul Valiant, Brown University
Computational Theories of Evolution
http://simons.berkeley.edu/talks/presentation-evolvability-2014-03-20
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0:58:56

The Blessing and the Curse of Multiplicative Updates

Manfred Warmuth, UC Santa Cruz
Computational Theories of Evolution
http://simons.berkeley.edu/talks/manfred-warmuth-2014-03-20
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0:57:28

Algorithms for Multityped Branching Processes

Mihalis Yannakakis, Columbia University
Computational Theories of Evolution
http://simons.berkeley.edu/talks/mihalis-yannakakis-2014-03-20
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2:3:25

The Rate of Progress of Evolution

Leslie Valiant, Harvard University, Vitaly Feldman, IBM Almaden, Varun Kanade, UC Berkeley, and Elaine Angelino, Harvard University
Computational Theories of Evolution
http://simons.berkeley.edu/talks/presentation-evolvability-2014-03-17
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0:46:55

Evolution in Fluctuating Environments

Edo Kussell, New York University
Computational Theories of Evolution
http://simons.berkeley.edu/talks/edo-kussell-2014-03-20
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0:49:53

A Population Genetic Model of Disease Susceptibility and Other Quantitative Traits

Guy Sella, Columbia University
Computational Theories of Evolution
http://simons.berkeley.edu/talks/guy-sella-2014-03-21
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