Biological Computation

Towards a
Better Understanding of
Complex Biological Systems

Winter 2003

CPSC 601.73
Christian Jacob, Department of Computer Science

jacob@cpsc.ucalgary.ca
Tuesday and Thursday, 11:00 - 12:15
MS 773, Math Sciences
Date
Presentation
Slides
Jan. 14

Introduction: Course Outline
PDF


Part I. Computers Go Biological
Jan 16

A Crash Course in Genetics

Presenter: Christian Jacob
PDF
Jan 21

DNA Computing

  • An Introduction

    Presenter: Christian Jacob

PDF
Jan 23

  • Biological Mathematics, Beginnings of Molecular Computing

    Presenter: Christian Jacob

PDF
Jan 28

  • DNA Computers: What's the State of the Art?

    Presenter: Omair Quraishi (more on DNA Computers ...)

PDF

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Jan 30

Immune System Computing

  • The Immune System: An Introduction

    Presenter: Christian Jacob

PDF
Feb 04

  • Applications of Immune System Computing

    Presenter: Ricardo Hoar

PDF
Feb 06

Evolution and Development

  • L-systems, Cellular Encoding, and Genetic Programming

    Presenter: Christian Jacob

PDF
Feb 11

  • (Co-)Evolution of Morphologies and Behavior

    Presenters: Seamus Carrol & Jie Gao

PDF
Feb 13

  • VIDEO: Evolution of Electronic Circuits
Feb 25

  • Evolvable Hardware: The Darwin Chip - Dream or Reality?

    Presenter: Deyasini Majumdar

PDF
Feb 27
 Introductory Project Presentations (1)
Mar 04
 Introductory Project Presentations (2)

Part II. Biology Goes Digital
Mar 06

Explorations in Complexity

    Cellular Automata and the World of Simple Programs

    Presenter: Christian Jacob

PDF
Mar 11

  • Evolution of Cellular Automata Machines

    Presenter: Al Fedoruk

PDF
Mar 13

  • Substitution Systems and Beyond

    Presenter: Christian Jacob

PDF
Mar 18

  • Small-World Phenomena in Networks

    Presenter: Jeroen Keijser

PDF
Mar 20

  • Self-Organized Criticality

    Presenter: Tino Duong

PDF
Mar 25

Artificial Chemistries

  • An Overview

    Presenter: Christian Jacob

PDF
Mar 27

  • Autocatalytic Sets, Catalytic Networks, and Self-Reproduction

    Presenter: Mark Baumback

PDF
Apr 01

  • Classifier Systems and Random Boolean Networks

    Presenter: Christian Jacob

PDF
Apr 03

  • Self-Organization, Reaction, and Gene Regulatory Networks

    Presenters: Glorious Tsui & Yimin Liu

PDF
Apr 08
 Final Project Presentations (1)
Apr 10
 Final Project Presentations (2)
Apr 15
 Final Project Presentations (3)
Apr 17
 Final Project Presentations (4)