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SUMMARY:Parallel Computation of the Phylogenetic Likelihood Kernel in HW a
 nd SW - Dr. Alexandros Stamatakis\, Exelixis Lab\, Department of Computer 
 Science\, Technische Universität München
DTSTART:20090331T133000Z
DTEND:20090331T143000Z
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CONTACT:Dr George A Constantinides
DESCRIPTION:The Phylogenetic Likelihood Kernel (PLK) is an important and c
 ompute-intensive Bioinformatics function that is used to infer phylogeneti
 c (evolutionary) trees from molecular sequence data. This kernel typically
  consumes 85-95% of the total run time in algorithms for phylogeny reconst
 ruction which represent a common task in biological data analysis.\n\nI wi
 ll briefly outline the underlying mathematical ideas at an abstract level.
  Then\, I will describe a dedicated HW architecture to compute the PLK and
  address parallelization strategies for various computer architectures suc
 h as current multi-core systems and the IBM BlueGene/L.\n\nI will conclude
  with a brief overview of future work and potential topics for joint work.
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LOCATION:Mahanakorn Laboratory\, EEE
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