Schedule

Short Courses on the Mathematics of Biological Complexity
Course #2: Complexity in Evolutionary Biology: Genetic Algorithms,
        Cellular Automata and Adaptive Landscapes
                     October 1-4, 2000

Course Director: Sergey Gavrilets, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Lecturers:       Lee Altenberg, University of Hawaii, Manoa 
                 Janko Gravner, University of California, Davis


Sunday, October 1, 2000

 8:30- 9:20	Registration and Continental Breakfast
 9:20- 9:30 	L.Gross and S.Gavrilets - Introduction and objectives
 9:30-10:20	S.Gavrilets "Adaptive landscapes: basic ideas and definitions"
10:20-11:10	L.Altenberg "Evolutionary Computation: Overview"
11:10-11:30	Break
11:30-12:20	J.Gravner "Introduction to cellular automata (CA) models"
12:30- 2:00	Lunch		UT Conference Center Room 404
 2:00- 2:50	S.Gavrilets "Wright's rugged adaptive landscapes"
 2:50- 3:40	L.Altenberg "Foundations of Evolutionary Computation I"
 3:40- 4:00	Break
 4:00- 4:50	J.Gravner "Geometry of simple growth CA"
 4:50- 5:40	S. Gavrilets "Fisher's single-peak landscapes and Kimura's flat landscapes"
 6:00		Dinner		UT Conference Center Room 404


Monday, October 2, 2000

 8:00- 8:40	Breakfast
 8:40- 9:30	S.Gavrilets "Adaptive landscapes for mating pairs and
adaptive landscapes for quantitative characters I"
 9:30-10:20	J.Gravner "Growth in random environments"
10:20-10:40	Break
10:40-11:30	L.Altenberg "Foundations of Evolutionary Computation II"
11:30-12:20	J.Gravner "Waves in excitable media and models of epidemics"
12:30- 2:00	Lunch		UT Conference Center Room 404
 2:00- 2:50	S.Gavrilets "Adaptive landscapes for quantitative characters II"
 2:50- 3:40	L.Altenberg	Lab session
 3:40- 4:00	Break
 4:00- 4:50	J.Gravner 	Lab session
 4:50- 5:40	L.Altenberg	Lab session
 6:00		Dinner		UT Conference Center Room 404
 7:00  Walk (or drive) to Laurel Theatre
 7:30  Laurel Theatre (Basic steps of contra-dancing)
 8:00  Contra-dance with Music by the Atomic City Rhythm Rascals and
       calling by Charley Harvey of Berea, KY


Tuesday, October 3, 2000

 8:00- 8:40	Breakfast
 8:40- 9:30	S.Gavrilets "Nearly neutral networks and holey adaptive landscapes"
 9:30-10:20	L.Altenberg "Genetic Programming and other complex domains"
10:20-10:40	Break
10:40-11:30	J.Gravner "Competition for space: voter and surface tension CA"
11:30-12:20	L.Altenberg "Artificial Life"
12:30- 2:00	Lunch		UT Conference Center Room 404
 2:00- 2:50	S.Gavrilets "Genetic canalization on holey adaptive landscapes"
 2:50- 3:40	J.Gravner 	Lab session
 3:40- 4:00	Break
 4:00- 4:50	L.Altenberg	Lab session
 4:50- 5:40	J.Gravner 	Lab session
 6:00		Dinner		UT Conference Center Room 404



Wednesday, October 4, 2000

 8:00- 8:40	Breakfast
 8:40- 9:30	S.Gavrilets "Speciation on holey adaptive landscapes"
 9:30-10:20	J.Gravner "Competition for space: further examples"
10:20-10:40	Break
10:40-11:30	L.Altenberg	"The Evolution of Evolvability"
11:30-12:00	S.Gavrilets	Wrap-up session & Adjournment
12:00 		Lunch		UT Conference Center Room 404