NSF Frontier Review Agenda – October 11, 2018

bioCPS NSF Site Visit Meeting

110 Cummington Mall, Room 245


TIME


SPEAKER


TITLE


8:30am-9:00am BREAKFAST


9:00am-9:30am Calin Belta, Boston University


Welcome Remarks and Project Overview

 

9:30am-10:00am

 

Vijay Kumar, University of Pennsylvania
Ed Steager, University of Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Hunter, University of Pennsylvania


Micro-Robotic Platforms for Pattern Formation
10:00am-10:15am  

MORNING BREAK


10:15am-10:45am

 

 

Ron Weiss, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Nicholas DeLateur, Massachusetts Institute of Technology


Synthetic Biology for Pattern Formation

 

10:45am-11:15am

 

Demarcus Briers, Boston University
Iman Haghighi, Boston University
Noushin Mehdipour, Boston University
Junmin Wang, Boston University


Modeling, Machine Learning, and Optimization for Pattern Formation
11:15am-12:00pm

 

 

Doug Densmore, Boston University
Curtis Madsen, Boston University
Prashant Vaidyanathan, Boston University


Software for Biodesign Automation

 

 

12:00pm-1:00pm  

LUNCH


1:00pm-1:30pm

 

Prashant Vaidyanathan, Boston University

Nicholas DeLateur, Massachusetts Institute of Technology


Workflow Demo: Automatic Synthesis of Gene Circuits

 

1:30pm-2:00pm

 

 

Ed Steager, University of Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Hunter, University of Pennsylvania
Sam Das, University of Pennsylvania
Nicholas DeLateur, Massachusetts Institute of Technology


Micro-Robotics for Molecule Delivery

 

 

2:00pm-2:30pm

 

Demarcus Briers, Boston University
Sam Das, University of Pennsylvania


Pattern Formation

 

2:30pm-2:45pm

 

AFTERNOON BREAK


2:45pm-3:00pm

 

 

Calin Belta, Boston University
Vijay Kumar, University of Pennsylvania
Doug Densmore, Boston University


Outreach, Education, and Technology Transfer
3:00pm-3:30pm Poster Session


3:30pm-4:00pm Feedback from NSF