2012 Keynote Speaker

2012 SIAM Conference Keynote Presentation

Speaker:
Michael Waterman
Professor of Biological Sciences, Mathematics, and Computer Science
University of Southern California

Title:
Eulerian Graphs and Reading DNA Sequences

Abstract:
With the discovery of the double helix in 1953, it became clear that determining DNA sequences was an important goal. The Sanger experimental method was invented in 1975 and by 2001 refinements of that methods allowed sequencing of the human genome. Today an exciting new generation of sequencing technologies are rapidly increasing the speed of DNA sequencing. This lecture will consider the mathematical and computational challenges of sequencing DNA.