AGENDA
Specializations have emerged that deal with the analyses of organism behavior e.g., response to stimuli, memory and group behaviors. On the contrary, there are experts dealing almost exclusively with molecular behavior on the individual protein level, interaction of nucleic acids with other components and cellular cross-talk. We feel that there exists a space for discussing organism behavior as arising out of molecular interactions and cellular networking. Thus emergent properties do not necessarily comprise the nano-scale (as held by nano-technologists) and may be apparent in the realm of macro-scopically observable behavior. On the other hand the applications of nano-devices in conjunction with organs or as components of synthetic organs paves the way for information transfer from biotic to abiotic systems and vice versa.
The greatest unification of these streams is in their application of mathematics. This is a tool that handles networks and dynamical processes in nano-, meso- and macroscopic domain, following essentially the same subset of rules. Our conference seeks a concentrated discussion of such common media like simulations, image processing and time series analyses.
We seek to establish that such widely varying disciplines, though separated by scale, actually constitute a single field of study: transfer of information. This is a field more generally associated with computer sciences. However, the governing principles are the same and the two may complement each other in terms of design: as in bio-mimetic information transfer between nano-material junctions and emergent behavior of robotic swarms.
Hence our conference draws on expertise from apparently distant branches of study sharing in only the principle of biological IT, complemented by its applications in human built systems.
Regards
Prof. Anjan Kr. Dasgupta
Convener, ITACROSSSCALES
The greatest unification of these streams is in their application of mathematics. This is a tool that handles networks and dynamical processes in nano-, meso- and macroscopic domain, following essentially the same subset of rules. Our conference seeks a concentrated discussion of such common media like simulations, image processing and time series analyses.
We seek to establish that such widely varying disciplines, though separated by scale, actually constitute a single field of study: transfer of information. This is a field more generally associated with computer sciences. However, the governing principles are the same and the two may complement each other in terms of design: as in bio-mimetic information transfer between nano-material junctions and emergent behavior of robotic swarms.
Hence our conference draws on expertise from apparently distant branches of study sharing in only the principle of biological IT, complemented by its applications in human built systems.
Regards
Prof. Anjan Kr. Dasgupta
Convener, ITACROSSSCALES
Organizers
Convener
Prof. Anjan Kumar Dasgupta
Dept. of Biochemistry & CoE in Systems Biology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Calcutta.
Chair Person
Prof. Ajay Ghosh, University of Calcutta
Chief Advisory Committee
Prof. Kallol Bhattacharya, University of Calcutta.
Prof. Amlan Chakraborty, University of Calcutta.
Prof. Sudip Kundu, University of Calcutta.
Prof. Deepak Sinha, IACS, Kolkata
Dr. Nabarun Bhattacharyya, C-DAC, Kolkata
Organizing committee
Dr. Sufi O Raja, InStem, Bangalore
Dr. Neekkan Dey, University of Calcutta.
Ms. Sanhita Ray, University of Calcutta.
Mr. Arumoy Chatterjee, NCBS, Bangalore
Mr. Anirban Bose, University of Calcutta.