DNA microarrays assemble up to 100,000 unique and specified test fragments of DNA on the surface of a glass microchip, and can be used to produce a somewhat noisy picture of the state of the genome at that many points. From this, mutational events significant for conditions like insterility and cancer can be analyzed. This talk will provide an introduction to the fascinating technologies involved and some of the data processing techniques that can be used to sharpen the noisy pictures originally furnished by these chips.

Born: January 9,1930, New York City

Education:

B.S.: C.C.N.Y., 1948

Ph.D.: Yale University, 1951

Academic Employment:

Instructor: Yale University, 1951-1953

Assistant Professor: Yale University, 1953 -1956

Associate Professor: New York University, 1957 -1958

Professor: New York University, 1958 - present

Currently: Professor, Mathematics and Computer Science, Courant Institute, New York University

Administrative Service:

Former Director, NYU Multimedia Center, 1995-96

Chairman, Computer Science Department, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, 1969-1977

Former Director, DARPA/ISTO, Arlington VA, 1987-89.

Former Chairman, Computer Science Board, National Research Council

Technical Program Chairman, AFIPS Spring Joint Computer Conference, 1972