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color:#1F497D;mso-themecolor:text2;mso-bidi-language:HI'>Evolution and
Computation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<div align='right'><a href='nisheeth-course-3.pdf'>Course Brochure</a> | <a href='?pg=course3'>Course Study Material</a></div>
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</span><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#333333;mso-bidi-language:HI'>Overview</span></b><span
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<span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:HI'>Computer Science has largely evolved in
an attempt to understand what computational models and resources can and cannot
do. As the discipline matured, fascinating new models and problems <span
class=GramE>arose</span> which required novel and deep techniques to resolve.
Many more questions are arising now as computational thinking is reaching
beyond the traditional boundaries of computer science. Several fundamental
problems in biology, physics, economics and the social sciences have turned out
to be inherently computational and can be, and are being studied under the
powerful “computational lens”, making use of the rich toolkit that computer
science has developed over time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>This course is one the first
attempts to elaborate on the emerging connection between computer science and
one of the key tenets in biology: evolution. Traditionally, the language of
mathematical biology has been dynamical systems and Markov chains and these
have been able model evolutionary processes locally. However, full
understanding and rigorous analysis of these processes often require a global
view. Algorithms provide such a view by making available a broader language and
a richer set of <span class=GramE>tools</span>. This course will illustrate how
the algorithmic paradigm <span class=SpellE>helps</span> us explain and analyze
certain evolution related biological phenomena.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>The objective of this course is to
expose computer scientists to the richness of biology as an application area of
the computational paradigm as well as to introduce the algorithmic methodology
to mathematical biologists by providing examples of how certain evolution
related problems have benefitted by applying the “computational lens” to
them. The course should be of interest to CS students with an interest in
biology, in particular, in evolution and to mathematical biologists interested
in enriching their toolkit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>The course is for 2 credits with 15
one-hour lectures and 5 one-hour tutorial/discussion sessions. Following topics
will be covered under this course:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:HI'>Course Start Date: 25/06/2016;
Course End Date:02/07/2016<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:HI'>Number of Participants
(maximum): 50 (Preference will be given to the participants registering
against 2 Credits)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:HI'>Mathematical and algorithmic
background (5 Lectures)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-top:3.75pt;margin-right:
0cm;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:72.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:HI'>Linear algebra,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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0cm;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:72.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:HI'>Dynamical systems,<br
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:HI'>Probability and Markov chains<span
class=GramE>,</span><br>
Convex optimization.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:HI'>Applications (10 Lectures, about
2 Lectures per topic below)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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0cm;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:72.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:HI'>Linear models of evolution: Eigen’s <span
class=SpellE>quasispecies</span> model and the Error threshold,<br
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:HI'>Quadratic models of evolution: Sex
and language dynamics,<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:HI'>Stochastic finite population
models of evolution: Wright-Fisher, Moran,<br style='mso-special-character:
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:HI'>Algorithms as a product of evolution:
the computational abilities of slime mold,<br style='mso-special-character:
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<![endif]><span style='color:#666666'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:HI'>Instance as a product of evolution:
computational aspects of protein folding.<span style='color:#666666'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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Researchers from academic, industrial and government organizations including
R&D laboratories from India or abroad.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:HI'>Number of participants for the course
will be limited to fifty. Preference will be given to the participants opting
against credits.<span style='color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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course is as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:HI'>Participants from abroad : US $500<br>
Industry/Research Organizations: INR 10,000<br>
Academic Institutions: INR 2,000 (half for SC/ST students)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:HI'>The above fee include all
instructional materials, computer use for tutorials and assignments,
laboratory equipment usage charges, 24 hours free internet facility. The
participants will be provided with accommodation on payment basis.<span
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v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1"><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#00A3D3;mso-bidi-language:
HI'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Dr. <span class=SpellE>Nisheeth</span>
<span class=SpellE>Vishnoi</span></span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:HI'> is a B. Tech. from IIT Bombay and a
PhD from Georgia Institute of Technology, and is currently an Associate
Professor at the EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland. After his PhD in 2004, <span
class=SpellE>Nisheeth</span> was in IBM <span class=SpellE>Reserach</span>
till 2008, in CNRS, France during 2008-09, and in Microsoft Research during
2009-14. He was awarded the INSA Young Scientist Medal in 2011, IBM Research
Pat Goldberg Memorial Award for 2005, and the Best Paper Award at IEEE FOCS
in 2005. <span class=SpellE>Nisheeth</span> is the Co-Organizer of <span
class=SpellE>Dagstuhl</span> Seminar on Evolution and Computing, 2016,
Breakthroughs in Theoretical Computer Science 2011, 2013, Co-Chair of FSTTCS
2013, and PC Member of ITCS 2016, 2015, SODA 2014, STOC 2011, and FSTTCS
2009, 2011. His research focuses both on foundational problems in algorithms,
complexity, and optimization, and on how theoretical computer science can be
used to gain insight into fundamental processes that occur in nature and
society which are inherently computational.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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alt="images/sb.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_6"><![endif]><a
href="http://www.iiita.ac.in/administration/message_from_director/"><b><span
style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#00A3D3;mso-bidi-language:
HI;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>Prof</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;
color:#00A3D3;mso-bidi-language:HI;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>.
<span class=SpellE>Somenath</span> Biswas</span></b></a><span
style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333;mso-bidi-language:
HI'> </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-language:HI'>obtained his <span class=SpellE>B.Tech</span>
(Electronics and Electrical Communication <span class=SpellE>Engg</span>.)
from IIT Kharagpur in 1973, <span class=SpellE>M.Tech</span> and <span
class=SpellE>Ph.D</span> in Computer Science, from IIT Kanpur, in 1976 and in
1980, respectively. Joined the faculty of the Computer Science and Engineering
Department of IIT Kanpur in 1980, where currently he is the Sanjay and <span
class=SpellE>Rachna</span> Pradhan Chaired Professor. He is a Fellow of the
National Academy of Sciences, India. Has been a Visiting Associate Professor
at the Aarhus University (1989) and a Visiting Professor at University of
Nebraska, Lincoln (1999). Has been the Department Head (1986-87, 1995-97),
and the Dean, Faculty <span class=SpellE>Aairs</span> (2005-07), IIT Kanpur.
Has been the President of the Indian Association for Research in Computing
Science (2000-2002). His Research interest includes computational complexity
theory, randomized algorithms, computational biology, <span class=GramE>logic</span>
in computer science.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:#333333;mso-bidi-language:HI'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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HI'>Course Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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13.95pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white;mso-bidi-language:HI'>Prof.
<span class=SpellE>Somenath</span> Biswas<br>
Phone: 0532-2922027<br>
Email: <span class=SpellE>sb</span> {at} <span class=SpellE>iiita</span>
{dot} ac {dot} in<br>
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Web: </span>https://gian.iiita.ac.in/<span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:white;mso-bidi-language:HI'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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