Summer School 2018
Graphical Models: From Mathematical Foundations to Biological Applications
Scope
This summer school provides a steep introduction to and recent developments in probabilistic graphical models and their applications in computational biology. It includes models for high-dimensional data, causal inference from observational and interventional data, and algebraic approaches to conditional independence. The format is general lectures by invited speakers in the morning and specialized short talks by participants in the afternoon.
Confirmed keynote speakers
- Niko Beerenwinkel (ETHZ Zurich)
- external pageJan Draisma (University of Bern)
- external pageEliana Duarte (Otto Von Guericke Universität Magdeburg)
- Jack Kuipers (ETH Zurich)
- Marloes Maathuis (ETH Zurich)
- external pageBernd Sturmfels (Max Planck Institute Leipzig and UC Berkeley)
- external pageCaroline Uhler (MIT)
Date
June 25 to June 29, 2018
Registration
external pageRegistration closed.
Program
Program draft available Downloadhere (PDF, 29 KB), abstracts are available Downloadhere. (PDF, 70 KB)
Location
Misrock seminar room
Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering
ETH Zurich
Mattenstrasse 26
4058 Basel, Switzerland
Contact
Organizing committee
external pageCaroline Uhler, Niko Beerenwinkel, Lisa Lamberti
Credit points
Master's and PhD students who present can obtain 2 ETCS. PhD students are expected to give short talks about their research that contain at least one open problem and could initiate a collaboration. Master's students will present selected introductory material that will be assigned in advance.
Accomodation
Participants are requested to book their accomodation. Some suggestions can be found on the following Downloadlist (PDF, 67 KB).
Lunch places near BSSE
A list of places nearby can be found Downloadhere. (PDF, 255 KB)