Thursday, 18 Nov 2010
Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Materials, Science and Engineering Seminar
"Putting Chemistry to Work for Nano and Biomedical Research," Younan Xia, Washington University, St. Louis.
Computer Science Distinguished Lecture
"Silence of the Labs: Why are We Still Commuting the Way We Did 40 years Ago?" Ouri Wolfson, University of Illinois, Chicago.
Algorithmic Thinking in Biology
Iowa State professor of computer science Vasant Honavar directs the university's Center for Computational Intelligence, Learning and Discovery. Much of his work is aimed at helping scientific researchers access, use and share massive amounts of data. Sigma Xi Local Honor Lecture.