California Institute of Technology

Duke University

Mt. Sinai

MIT

New York University

Princeton University

University of Delaware

University of Memphis

University of Pennsylvania

University of Rochester

University of South Florida

University of Texas at Austin

University of Wisconsin.

Also: University of Vancouver (via secondary subcontract to University of Wisconsin)

University of Western Ontario (via secondary subcontract to Princeton University)

The members include virtually all active researchers in Biomolecular Computing in the US and Canada, and include all the subcontactor PIs of the current DARPA/NSF project in Prototyping Biomolecular Computations, as well as additional collaborating members.

To provide vision for future research efforts in Biomolecular Computing, the Consortium ran two meetings of the Consortium on Biomolecular Computing and Applications in fall of 1999 and spring of 2000. The meetings were attended by the consortium members, who may be expected to give brief presentations, as well as some additional invited speakers. The meetings were attended also by program managers from NSF, DARPA, and other agencies. We articulated at thesemeetings the applications of BMC beyond solution of combinatorial search problems, and the potential for scaling up to large scale experimental prototypes.

Date: Saturday, Feb 26, 2000, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Location of Meeting: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Crystal City

Summary of Meeting. The goals of the meeting were to discuss the applications of BMC beyond solution of combinatorial search problems, the potential for scaling up to large scale experimental prototypes, and to promote and plan interdisciplinary collaborations. While there have yearly meetings of the DNA computation workshop sponsored by DIMACS, this was the first meeting devoted to considering, critiquing, and planning the directions of this emerging field. The meeting was attended by leading researchers in Biomolecular Computation and also by program managers from NSF, DARPA, and other agencies. There were 22 talks with 22 invited speakers, organized into 7 sessions. The scientists giving talks included all the all the subcontactor PIs of the current DARPA/NSF project in Prototyping Biomolecular Computations, as well as additional speakers, as listed below in the agenda. The speakers devoted about half of each of their talks to current achievements and in the other half of their talks they discussed future directions and new applications of their research.

Time: October 1, 1999, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Location: Room 340, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1145, Arlington, VA 22203.

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Meeting Funding: The meeting was funded by a grant from the NSF via an augmentation to NSF Award Number: CCR-9725021

Meeting Sponsorship: By the Consortium on Biomolecular Computing and Applications

Meeting Chairman: John Reif, Computer Science Department, Duke University

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