Luca
Cardelli
Microsoft Research
Abstract:
Systems Biology
is a new discipline aiming to understand the behavior of biological
systems as it results from the (non-trivial, "emergent") interaction of
biological components. In addition to analyzing existing biological
networks to understand their function, it is also important to
understand from the ground up what simple networks of interacting
components "can do". That investigation can be carried out in abstract
"artificial" frameworks, as long as the ground rules are kept close
enough to the ones of biochemistry. We discuss some biologically
inspired networks that are characterized by simple components, but by
complex interactions. Subtle and unexpected behavior emerges even from
simple circuits, and yet stable behavior emerges too, giving some hints
about what may be critical and what may be irrelevant in the
organization of biological networks.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
3:30 p.m.
Newell-Simon
Hall 1305
Mauldin Auditorium
Principles
of Programming Seminars