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2012 PiTP

Tentative Program Schedule*

July 9 - 20, 2012


THIS SCHEDULE HAS BEEN UPDATED; PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK


REGISTRATION/CHECK-IN: Sunday, July 8 from 3:00 - 7:45 p.m. 
(in Bloomberg Hall Common Room)

A list of topics to be covered, and the lecturers expected to speak on each topic, are noted below*:
  • "Errors and codes": Måns Ehrenberg (Uppsala University) and Tsvi Tlusty (Institute for Advanced Study)
  • "Viruses and immunity": Guillaume Bonfante (Université de Nancy), Arup Chakraborty (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and Arnold Levine (Institute for Advanced Study)
  • "Growth and form": Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz (University of Calgary) and Enrico Coen (John Innes Centre, Norwich)
  • "Natural algorithms": Bernard Chazelle (Princeton University), Jean-Louis Deneubourg (Université Libre de Bruxelles), and Guy Theraulaz (Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse)
  • "Learning & robotics": Hod Lipson (Cornell University) and Dario Floreano (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

WEEK 1: All events held in Wolfensohn Hall, unless otherwise noted.



July 9 July 10 July 11 July 12 July 13
8:45 am - 9:00 am
Greeting &
Introduction

 




9:00 am - 10:30 am


Daily Lecture
#1

 
Daily Lecture
#1
Daily Lecture
#1
Daily Lecture
#1
Daily Lecture
#1

10:30 am - 11:00 am

Coffee Break (in Fuld Hall Common Room)

11:00 am - 12:30 pm


Daily Lecture
#2

 
Daily Lecture
#2
Daily Lecture
#2
Daily Lecture
#2
Daily Lecture
#2
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Lunch Break
Institute Dining Hall
(NOTES:
Lunch tickets are valid only after 12:30 pm. Dining Hall serves only until 1:30 pm)

2:00 pm - 3:15 pm Daily Lecture
#3
Daily Lecture
#3
Daily Lecture
#3
Daily Lecture
#3

Daily Lecture
#3

 
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm Afternoon Tea Break (in Fuld Hall Common Room)
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Homework/
Discussion Session

 
Homework/
Discussion Session
Homework/
Discussion Session
Homework/
Discussion Session
Homework/
Discussion Session
Evening Grocery Shuttle (departs from in front of Fuld Hall)
1st group leaves @ 5:30 pm







SUGGESTED PRINCETON SITES TO VISIT - WEEKEND ACTIVITIES: Information to be posted by early July 2012


WEEK 2: All events held in Wolfensohn Hall, unless otherwise noted. 


July 16 July 17 July 18 July 19 July 20

9:00 am - 10:30 am


Daily Lecture
#1


Daily Lecture
#1
Daily Lecture
#1
Daily Lecture
#1
Daily Lecture
#1
10:30 am - 11:00 am Coffee Break (in Fuld Hall Common Room)

11:00 am - 12:30 pm


Daily Lecture
#2


Daily Lecture
#2
Daily Lecture
#2
Daily Lecture
#2
Daily Lecture
#2
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Lunch Break
Institute Dining Hall
(NOTES:
Lunch tickets are valid only after 12:30 pm. Dining Hall serves only until 1:30 pm)

2:00 pm - 3:15 pm Daily Lecture
#3
Daily Lecture
#3
Daily Lecture
#3
  
Daily Lecture
#3


PROGRAM ENDS
WITH
LUNCH on July 20
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm Afternoon Tea Break (in Fuld Hall Common Room)
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Homework/
Discussion Session

 
Homework/
Discussion Session

Homework/
Discussion Session

Homework/
Discussion Session

Evening Grocery Shuttle (departs from in front of Fuld Hall)
1st group leaves @ 5:30 pm




 

* Schedule and list of topics and speakers may be subject to change