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SUMMARY:Computational Aspect of the Protein Folding Problem
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DESCRIPTION:Somenath BiswasAbstract: A protein is a chain of amino acids w
 hich\, after getting formed in\nan arbitrary shape\, quickly assumes a uni
 que 3D structure. The unique 3D\nstructure of a protein determines its bio
 logical functions. The folding\nprocess seeks out the minimum energy confo
 rmation out of a huge space of\nconformations. To understand the kinetics 
 of the folding process\, researchers\nhave considered certain simplified m
 odels and studied how the folding process\ntakes place by running a random
 ized search heuristics\, called the Metropolis\nalgorithm. On the basis of
  such studies\, there is a conjecture that\ncharacterizes which of the set
  of chains of amino acids are proteins. We\ndiscuss the issues involved in
  attempting to analytically justify the\nconjecture.Short Bio\nCurrently\,
  Director of the Indian Institute of Information Technology\,\nAllahabad\,
  Biswas obtained his B.Tech (Electronics and\nElectrical Communication Eng
 g.) from IIT Kharagpur\, M.Tech and Ph.D\nin Computer Science\, both from 
 IIT Kanpur\, in 1976 and in 1980\, respectively.\nJoined the faculty of th
 e Computer Science and Engineering Department of IIT\nKanpur in 1980\, and
  remained there till 2014 before moving to Allahabad.\nHe is a Fellow of t
 he National Academy of Sciences\, India. Has been\na Visiting Faculty at t
 he Aarhus University and at the\nUniversity of Nebraska\, Lincoln. Has bee
 n the Department\nHead (1986--87\, 1995--97)\, and the Dean\, Faculty Affa
 irs (2005--07) at IIT\nKanpur. He has been the President of the Indian Ass
 ociation for Research\nin Computing Science (2000--2002).\n
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