Computational Aspect of the Protein Folding Problem
Event details
| Date | 02.07.2015 |
| Hour | 16:00 › 17:00 |
| Speaker |
Somenath Biswas Abstract: A protein is a chain of amino acids which, after getting formed in an arbitrary shape, quickly assumes a unique 3D structure. The unique 3D structure of a protein determines its biological functions. The folding process seeks out the minimum energy conformation out of a huge space of conformations. To understand the kinetics of the folding process, researchers have considered certain simplified models and studied how the folding process takes place by running a randomized search heuristics, called the Metropolis algorithm. On the basis of such studies, there is a conjecture that characterizes which of the set of chains of amino acids are proteins. We discuss the issues involved in attempting to analytically justify the conjecture. Short Bio Currently, Director of the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, Biswas obtained his B.Tech (Electronics and Electrical Communication Engg.) from IIT Kharagpur, M.Tech and Ph.D in Computer Science, both from IIT Kanpur, in 1976 and in 1980, respectively. Joined the faculty of the Computer Science and Engineering Department of IIT Kanpur in 1980, and remained there till 2014 before moving to Allahabad. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India. Has been a Visiting Faculty at the Aarhus University and at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Has been the Department Head (1986--87, 1995--97), and the Dean, Faculty Affairs (2005--07) at IIT Kanpur. He has been the President of the Indian Association for Research in Computing Science (2000--2002). |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- Nisheeth Vishnoi