Deep Green — College Park
The Computational Challenges of Green Plant Phylogeny
June 2 & 3, 2000, University of Maryland - College Park
Sponsored by the Green Plant Phylogeny Research Coordination (Deep Green) Group and UMIACS
Research in green plant phylogeny has advanced greatly in recent years. Following the 1999 International Botanical Congress in St. Louis, MO, several large datasets relevant to green plant phylogeny have been published, and several biological questions have emerged as critical to an understanding of the evolution of green plants. The goal of this workshop is to bring together computer scientists, theoreticians, and plant systematists to discuss specific computational and analytical challenges and their significance to green plant phylogeny.
Topics
- New and emerging computational approaches to phylogenetic analysis
- Character evolution in green plants
- Bayesian methods in phylogenetic analysis
- Visual display of phylogenetic information
Challenges
To stimulate discussion, workshop participants are encouraged to tackle specific analytical challenges. These are intended to include computational, analytical, and botanical problems which are perceived to be important and difficult.
The first Deep Green Challenges are now posted!
Schedule
Friday June 2
Symposium - 2:00 - 5:30 pm, 2460 AV Williams Bldg. - The Public is Welcome
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2:00 pm | Sean Graham | "Challenges in deep green phylogeny with examples from the seed plants" |
| 2:30 | John Huelsenbeck | "Bayesian inference of large phylogenies" | |
| 3:00 | Tandy Warnow | "New approaches for large scale phylogeny reconstruction, and what we still need to do" | |
| 3:30 | Break | ||
| 4:00 | Mike Sanderson | "Supertree strategies for assembling the tree of life" | |
| 4:30 | David Hillis | "Genetic algorithms for large phylogenies: problems and possibilities" |
Social - 5:30 - 7:30 pm - U. Maryland Golf Course Club House
Saturday June 3
Workshop - 8:30 am - 5:30 pm - 2460 AV Williams Bldg.
Dinner, 6:30 pm - U. Maryland Inn and Conference Center
Speaker: Brent Mishler, "Where we have been, where we want to go."
Travel Information
Directions and map of the College Park Campus: http://www.inform.umd.edu/CampusInfo/About_UMCP/Maps/
Information on the College Park Metro Shuttle (which apparently will be running on Friday, but not on Saturday): http://www.inform.umd.edu/CampusInfo/Departments/commute/Services/shuttle/
Additional Travel Information for Participants
For additional information, contact Charles Delwiche (delwiche@umd5.umd.edu).
Deep Green - College Park
c/o Charles F. Delwiche
Assistant Professor
CBMG, HJ Patterson Hall, Bldg. 073
College Park, MD 20742-5815
