1. 2012 CMACS Workshop on Modeling Biological Systems Nancy Griffeth Professor of Computer Science Lehman College January 4, 2012

2. Welcome!

3. Today’s agenda 10 am Welcome and Paperwork 11 am Workshop Overview Nancy Griffeth 12 noon Lunch 1 pm Introduction to Biology Stephen Redenti 3 pm Mac OS X and Unix Terri Grosso Agenda

4. What are we doing here? Preparation and recruiting for research internships and graduate school Exposure to research projects Interdisciplinary work experience Learn a few things Introductions

5. Staff Nancy Griffeth: professor of computer science at Lehman College Terri Grosso: PhD student in computer science at the Graduate Center Kai Zhao: PhD student in computer science at the Graduate Center Aron Wolinetz: PhD student in computer science at the Graduate Center Introductions

6. Support James Faeder: professor of Computational Biology at the University of Pittsburgh Stephen Redenti: professor of Biology at Lehman College Bud Mishra: professor of computer science and math at NYU’s Courant Institute

7. Visiting Lecturers James Faeder Bud Mishra Ilya Nemenman, professor of mathematics at Emory University

8. Participants by College Introductions

9. Participants by Major Introductions

10. Participants Time to introduce yourselves… What’s your college? Your major? If you were an animal, what would you be? Introductions

11. Logistics What’s important? Cafeteria Coffee Bathrooms Logistics and paperwork

12. Maps Campus Map Logistics and paperwork R ESTROOMS

13. Tunnels Logistics and paperwork

14. Paperwork For stipend Everyone: Form 701 Non-resident aliens: Form 702 Logistics and paperwork

15. Paperwork For teams Bio column: O=organisms, C=cells Chem column: I=Intro, O=organic CS column: J=Java, P=other intro programming, U=Unix Math column: 1=Calc 1, 2=Calc 2, M=Maple, A=More advanced course(s) Logistics and paperwork

16. Questions or Discussion?