2. What is the real secret to the success of DIMACS?

3. Talented leadership

4. Robustly funded

5. Talented leadership Robustly funded Ably administered

6. Talented leadership Robustly funded Ably administered Nimble and opportunistic

7. Talented leadership Robustly funded Ably administered Nimble and opportunistic Superior science

8. Talented leadership Robustly funded Ably administered Nimble and opportunistic Superior science

9. Trans-fat?

11. Trans-sector – Industry – Government – Academia

12. Trans-disciplinarity – Biomedical informatics – Botanical epidemiology – Wireless ad hoc and sensor networks – Human population genomics – Statistical de-identification of health data – Security and privacy – modeling biological data

13. Trans-continental Trans-national

14. TRANS: The DIMACS Secret “It’s in the trans-mission!”