[dorkbotpdx-blabber] Fwd: [Css] CSS First Friday Discussion Meeting: May 2, 2008

[Thomas Lockney]

This looks like it could be of interest to some dorkbotpdx type folks

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> From: wakeland at pdx.edu
> Date: April 23, 2008 1:00:00 AM PDT
> To: css at cecs.pdx.edu
> Subject: [Css] CSS First Friday Discussion Meeting: May 2, 2008
>
> Date:  Friday, 5/2/08
>
> Time:  4:00 to 6:00 (primary discussion from 4:30 to 5:30)
>
> Place:  Harder House, Room 104 (HH is at 10th and Market)
>
> Topic:  Digital Evolution and Sensors in a Dynamic Fitness Landscape
>
> Discussion Facilitator: Jory Schossau
>
> Abstract:
>
> Being able to simulate a living, procreating population of cells and  
> being able observe their genetic behavior would be immensely  
> beneficial for science. This would allow nearly instantaneous  
> observed results of genetic augmentation, gene network modularity,  
> and it would also allow further study of evolution. In this  
> presentation I'll share some experience gained from developing such  
> a system, the problems that arose, and how we dealt with some of  
> those problems.
>
>
> Biography:
>
> Coming from a computer science and music background at Linfield  
> College, you might not expect Jory to be interested in Evolutionary  
> Computational Biology. But after an internship last summer at Keck  
> Graduate Institute Jory realized that he wanted to continue school  
> and plunge into computer science, math, and biology.
>
> Jory finds almost anything related to computers cool. He's been  
> keeping busy contracting doing IT work in everything from repair and  
> installation to user training. In his free time Jory likes to play  
> and compose music, play with Flash, and look for a full time position.
>
>
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