Enquiries: Vice-President Of ce of the (Research and Technology) 3442 4666 Tel: 3442 0386 Fax: Email: [email protected] Distinguished Lecture Series Speaker Waterman Michael

University Professor at University of Southern California at University of Southern University Professor

, 8 September 2014 at 10:30 am

http://www.cityu.edu.hk/vprt/distinguished_lecture_series/upcoming.htm Online registration: Online registration: Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Avenue, Chee Tat City University of Hong Kong City University Monday Building Yick-chi 4/F Cheng on Room Multi-media Conference Connie Fan at from DNA Sequencing from DNA Mathematical and Statistical Problems Mathematical and The ability to produce DNA sequence has dramatically increased since the 2001 announcement of the human genome genome human the of announcement 2001 the since increased dramatically has sequence DNA produce to ability The sequence raw of volume The area. this in issues statistical and algorithmic the of few a survey will lecture This sequence. Genome Human the in used methods computational the from shift a caused has estimated be must genomes which from reads but time, computation reduced approach new A 1970s. mid the since improved and used been have methods Those Project. traditional time, same the At techniques. reduction memory new about brought result This memory. more much required methods. alignment-free so-called by replaced been part in have 1970s early the since used methods comparison sequence Abstract Professor Waterman works in the area of Computational and , concentrating on the creation and and thecreation on concentrating Bioinformatics, and Biology Computational in thearea of works Waterman Professor sequence DNA, RNA particularly to protein and biology, molecular to science computer and , of application for formula theLander-Waterman of and comparison sequence for algorithm theSmith-Waterman of theco-developer is He data. assembly. sequence for graphs De Eulerian and Bruijn the use of introduced with Idury in His 1995 paper mapping. physical From May 2008 to May 2013, in addition to his USC appointment Professor Michael Waterman became Chair Professor at at became Chair Professor Waterman Michael Professor his USC to appointment in addition 2013, 2008 May May to From Labs), Harbor Spring Zhang (Cold Michael of distinguished consisting a team of scientists He led in Beijing. University Tsinghua to worked The team Sun collectively (USC). Fengzhu and (UC Riverside) Jiang Tao (Harvard), Liu Jun (Stanford), Wing Wong biology. computational and in programs bioinformatics enhance Tsinghua’s During 2003-2008, Professor Waterman held a 5-year term as Faculty Master of Parkside International Residence College at USC. at College Residence International Parkside of Master Faculty as term a 5-year held Waterman During 2003-2008, Professor cultural, oriented internationally for a center as serves and 600 undergraduates over to home is that college a residential is PIRC social and events. academic Professor Michael Waterman was named a Guggenheim Fellow (1995). He is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts of the American of Academy member an He is elected (1995). named a Guggenheim Fellow was Waterman Michael Professor Also an is he Engineeringof (2012). Academy theNational and Sciences (2001) of Academy theNational Sciences (1995), and (1991), Statistics Mathematical Institute of (1990), Science of the Advancement the Americanfor of Association Fellow elected In fall 2000 he (2009). Biology Society Computational International of and (2009) Mathematics Society IndustrialApplied and of the Friendship and (2002) Award International a Gairdner Foundation He received Genomics. Celera of became the rst Fellow the and Sciences (2005) des Académie the French of Member Foreign an He is elected (2013). the Chinese from government Award and (2011) University Aviv Tel from Causia Honors Philosophiae Doctor He received Sciences (2013). of Chinese Academy (2013). Denmark University Southern Professor Michael Waterman holds an Endowed Associates Chair at USC. He came to University of Southern California Southern (USC) in of Chair Associates USC. at University He came an to Endowed holds Waterman Michael Professor degree in Mathematics He has a bachelor’s University. State Idaho and Los Laboratory Alamos at National after positions 1982 visiting hasheld He University. Michigan State from is PhDa and in Probability and Statistics University, State Oregon from Sinai Mt. Medical School (1982), California San Francisco of at the University (1979–80), Hawaii of the University at positions Montreal. of in and 2000–2001 (2000), Chairthe University Aisenstadt at Chalmers held University he (1988), Biography City University Distinguished Lecture Series Distinguished City University