Robustness Analysis Tools with Applications to
the Biological and Physical Sciences: The Challenge of Complexity

Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
University of California at Santa Barbara
March 20-21, 2003

Organizers: Andrew Doherty, Jorge Gonçalves, John Doyle (Caltech).

Complete Workshop Information

Thursday, March 20, 2003 AM: The nature of biological complexity.
9:00amJohn Doyle (Caltech)The nature of biological complexity[Aud][Cam]
9:45amHana El-Samad (UCSB)The nature of biological complexity: Heat shock[Aud][Cam]
10:15amJohn Doyle (Caltech)The nature of biological complexity[Aud][Cam]
11:00amIrina Grigorova (UCSF)Comparison between sigma32 and sigmaE regulation in E. coli[Aud][Cam]
11:30amJohn Doyle (Caltech)The nature of biological complexity[Aud][Cam]
Thursday PM: The challenge of computational complexity.
1:30pmJohn Doyle (Caltech)The challenge of computational complexity[Aud][Cam]
3:30pmPablo Parrilo (ETH Zurich)Certificates, convex optimization, and their applications[Aud][Cam]
Friday, March 21, 2003 AM: New mathematics and algorithms for systems biology.
9:00amJorge Gonçalves (Caltech)Liapunov stability and sum of squares[Aud][Cam]
9:45amAntonis Papachristodoulou (Caltech)Liapunov stability, sum of squares, and applications in biology[Aud][Cam]
11:00amAntonis Papachristodoulou (Caltech)Liapunov stability, sum of squares, and applications in biology[Aud][Cam]
11:45amStephen Prajna (Caltech)Barrier methods for nonlinear model validation[Aud][Cam]
Friday PM: Stochastic multiscale biochemistry.
1:30pmDan Gillespie (Caltech)Stochastic chemical kinetics[Aud][Cam]
3:00pmLinda Petzold (UCSB)Stiffness in chemically reacting systems -- the implicit tau-leaping method[Aud][Cam]
  Complexity challenges in quantum information technology.
4:00pmAndrew Doherty (Caltech)Quantum entanglement and nonlocality: Complexity challenges in quantum information processing[Aud][Cam]
Saturday, March 22, 2003: Informal discussions on the mathematics and algorithms research frontiers.
9am-noon KITP Main Seminar Room

Click HERE for more details.