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John MacGregor (McMaster) Latent variable methods for process analysis, monitoring and design Alex Rubinov (U. Ballarat) Unsupervised and supervised classification via nonsmooth optimization Yong Shi (Nebraska) Data mining techniques via multiple criteria optimization approaches Martin Wainwright (Berkeley) Mathematical programming and statistical models based on graphs Stephen Wright (Wisconsin-Madison) A review of some optimization techniques in machine learning and statistics Stanley Young (National Inst. Statistical Sciences) Identifying and solving important/complex problems The 11th International Conference on DNA Computing (DNA11) June 6–9, 2005 Held at the University of Western Ontario Organizers: Lila Kari and Mark Daley (UWO) DNA Conference participants G e n e r a l S c i e n t i f i c A c t i v i t i e s Biomolecular computing has emerged as an interdisciplinary field that draws together computer science, mathematics, molecular biology, chemistry and physics. Our knowledge of DNA nanotechnology and biomolecular computing increases dramatically with every passing year. The international meeting on DNA Computing (formerly DNA Based Computers) has been the main international forum where scientists with different backgrounds, yet sharing a common interest in computing, meet and present their latest results. The 11th International Meeting on DNA Computing, now under the auspices of the International Society for Nanoscale Science, Computation and Engineering (ISNSCE), focuses on the current experimental and theoretical results with the greatest impact. DNA11 was organized by Lila Kari (DNA11 Organizing Committee Chair and newly elected Chair of the DNA Computing International Steering Committee) and Mark Daley (DNA11 Organizing Committee Vice-Chair). With a total of 150 participants, DNA11 was the best attended DNA Computing conference to date. The first day of the meeting was devoted to tutorials on computer science, molecular biology and DNA nanotechnology. Four 55-minutes invited talks were delivered by senior scientists. Eshel Ben-Jacob (Tel Aviv University) spoke on bacterial intelligence and DNA computing. James Gimzewski (University of California, Los Angeles) described recent works exploring nanomechanical characterizations of cell bacteria and proteins. Pehr Harbury (Stanford Fields Institute 2005 ANNUAL REPORT 84
University) presented recent results on the use of DNA molecules to govern generalized output processes. Eric Klavins (University of Washington) spoke on robotic self-organization. There were twenty three 25-minute oral presentations of research contributions, where the last minutes of each talk were devoted to an active time for questions and comments. Also, a poster session was held where forty five posters were presented. With Len Adleman (the founder of the field of DNA Computing) in attendance, and with an impressive array of talks combining theoretical aspects with the latest achievements in nanotechnology, DNA11 has been a successful and inspiring meeting. The Fields Institute was the lead sponsor for the conference. In addition, the conference was supported by MITACS, BIOMAR Inc. and the University of Western Ontario. Plenary Speakers: Eshel Ben-Jacob (Tel Aviv) Bacterial intelligence and DNA computing James Gimzewski (UCLA) Nanomechanical probes of biosystems Pehr Harbury (Stanford) Translating DNA words into actions Eric Klavins (Washington) Robotic self-organization Dipankar Sen (Simon Fraser) DNA as the raw material for general-purpose electrical biosensors Summer School in Operator Algebras 33 rd Canadian Operator Symposium (CoSy) June 7-17, 2005 and June 19-24, 2005 Held at the University of Ottawa Organizing committee: Thierry Giordano (Ottawa), David Handelman (Ottawa), Jamie Mingo (Queen’s), Matthias Neufang (Carleton) and Vladimir Pestov (Ottawa) Advisory Committee: George Elliott (Toronto), Ken Davidson (Waterloo), Nigel Higson (Penn State), Ian Putnam (Victoria) and Roland Speicher (Queen’s) The University of Ottawa hosted a pair of linked events in June, starting with a two-week summer school in Operator G e n e r a l S c i e n t i f i c A c t i v i t i e s Algebras, and concluding with the 33 rd Canadian Operator Symposium (CoSy). The symposium was dedicated to George Elliott, on the occasion of his 60 th birthday. George is one of Canada’s leading mathematicians, and a driving force behind operator algebras in Canada. Both events were sponsored by the Fields Institute. Additional funding was supplied by a NSERC Leadership Support Initiative grant, held by J. Mingo, M. Neufang, A. Nica, and R. Speicher and by a grant from the US National Science Foundation to support US participants at the summer school and CoSy. The summer school was a great success. Over 75 mathematicians have participated in at least one week of the summer school, nearly 60 of which number have attended both weeks. The participants came from Canada, the US and many European countries. The success of the summer school is largely due to the exceptional quality of the lecturers, who each delivered a series of 5 ninety minute lectures. First week lectures were: Roger Smith (Texas A&M) An introduction to the theory of operator spaces Roland Speicher (Queen’s) Free probability theory Stefaan Vaes (Paris VI) Type III factors in non-commutative probability theory Second week lectures were: Nigel Higson (Penn State) An introduction to noncommutative geometry Ian Putnam (Victoria) C*-algebras and dynamical systems Mikael Rørdam (U. Southern Denmark) Amenable C*-algebras and their classification Moreover, additional specialized talks were presented, in particular by Marius Junge (Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) on Probabilistic techniques in operator spaces. The summer school prepared students to get the most out of the advanced talks given at the symposium. CoSy itself represented a chance to assemble a large and active group of operator researchers. During the banquet held in the honour of George Elliott, many colleagues, friends and former students of George emphasized not only the importance of his mathematical contributions and achievements, but Fields Institute 2005 ANNUAL REPORT 85
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