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	<entry>
		<id>https://murray.cds.caltech.edu/index.php?title=Winter_2009_Meeting_Schedule&amp;diff=8683</id>
		<title>Winter 2009 Meeting Schedule</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://murray.cds.caltech.edu/index.php?title=Winter_2009_Meeting_Schedule&amp;diff=8683"/>
		<updated>2008-12-21T19:28:35Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Barmpoutis: /* Mon */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;__NOTOC__&lt;br /&gt;
Please sign up for a time to meet.  Note that some meetings are for different lengths of time and different frequencies.&lt;br /&gt;
{| width=100% border=1&lt;br /&gt;
|- valign=top&lt;br /&gt;
| width=20% |&lt;br /&gt;
==== Mon ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|2:00p|Dionysios}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|5:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|6:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Tue ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|1:30p|Open (short)}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|2:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|5:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|6:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
| &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Wed ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|2:00p|Julia}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|5:00p|Elisa}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|6:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Thu ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|1:30p|Open (short)}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|2:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|4:30p|Odd: Francisco}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||Even: Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|6:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Fri ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|2:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|3:00p|Andrea}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|4:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|5:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Barmpoutis</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://murray.cds.caltech.edu/index.php?title=Group_Schedule,_Fall_2008&amp;diff=8075</id>
		<title>Group Schedule, Fall 2008</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://murray.cds.caltech.edu/index.php?title=Group_Schedule,_Fall_2008&amp;diff=8075"/>
		<updated>2008-10-01T17:46:50Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Barmpoutis: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;This page contains information about various upcoming events that are of interest to the group.   __NOTOC__&lt;br /&gt;
{| width=100%&lt;br /&gt;
|- valign=top&lt;br /&gt;
| width=50% |&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Fall 2008 Meeting Schedule]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~murray/calendar.html Richard&#039;s calendar]&lt;br /&gt;
| width=50% |&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Group Schedule, Summer 2008]]&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Group Meetings ==&lt;br /&gt;
Group meetings are at noon in 114 Steele.  Visitors are welcome (but be prepared to get signed up to give a talk!).&lt;br /&gt;
{| width=100% border=1&lt;br /&gt;
|- valign=top&lt;br /&gt;
| width=30% |&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|Date|Speaker}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|1 Oct (Wed)|Nok}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|6-10 Oct|No meeting}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|15 Oct (Wed)|Shuo}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|20 Oct (Mon)|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
| width=30% |&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|Date|Speaker}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|29 Oct (Wed)|Julia}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|5 Nov (Wed)|Ophelia}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|10 Nov (Mon)|Pete}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|16 Nov (Mon)|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
| width=30% |&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|Date|Speaker}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|24 Nov (Mon)|Dionysios}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|3 Dec (Wed)|Hold: visiting students}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|9 Dec (Tue)|Hold for schedule changes}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Barmpoutis</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://murray.cds.caltech.edu/index.php?title=Fall_2008_Meeting_Schedule&amp;diff=7988</id>
		<title>Fall 2008 Meeting Schedule</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://murray.cds.caltech.edu/index.php?title=Fall_2008_Meeting_Schedule&amp;diff=7988"/>
		<updated>2008-09-24T16:32:02Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Barmpoutis: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;__NOTOC__&lt;br /&gt;
Sign up for a time to meet.  Note that different slots are for different amounts of time.  Here are some guides:&lt;br /&gt;
* 30 minute slot - weekly meeting; good if you are busy with mainly classes&lt;br /&gt;
* 60 minute slot - standard weekly meeting&lt;br /&gt;
* 90 minute slot - &#039;&#039;biweekly&#039;&#039; meeting.  Pick even or odd weeks (week of 29 Sep = odd)&lt;br /&gt;
{| width=100% border=1&lt;br /&gt;
|- valign=top&lt;br /&gt;
| width=20% |&lt;br /&gt;
==== Mon ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|4:30p|Yizhar}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|5:30p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|6:30p|Andrea}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
| width=20% |&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Tue ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|1:30p|Julia}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|2:30p|Mumu}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|3:00p|Odd: Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||Even: Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|6:00p|Odd: Francisco}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||Even: Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
| width=20% |&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Wed ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|4:30p|Shuo}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|5:30p|Ufuk}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|6:30p|Elisa}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
| width=20% |&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Thu ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|3:30p|Open (short)}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|4:00p|Odd: Sawyer}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||Even: Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|5:30p|Dionysios}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|6:30p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
| width=20% |&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Fri ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|3:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|4:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|5:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Barmpoutis</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://murray.cds.caltech.edu/index.php?title=Group_Schedule,_Fall_2008&amp;diff=7987</id>
		<title>Group Schedule, Fall 2008</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://murray.cds.caltech.edu/index.php?title=Group_Schedule,_Fall_2008&amp;diff=7987"/>
		<updated>2008-09-24T16:12:37Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Barmpoutis: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;This page contains information about various upcoming events that are of interest to the group.   __NOTOC__&lt;br /&gt;
{| width=100%&lt;br /&gt;
|- valign=top&lt;br /&gt;
| width=50% |&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Fall 2008 Meeting Schedule]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~murray/calendar.html Richard&#039;s calendar]&lt;br /&gt;
| width=50% |&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Group Schedule, Summer 2008]]&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Group Meetings ==&lt;br /&gt;
Group meetings are at noon in 114 Steele.  Visitors are welcome (but be prepared to get signed up to give a talk!).&lt;br /&gt;
{| width=100% border=1&lt;br /&gt;
|- valign=top&lt;br /&gt;
| width=30% |&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|Date|Speaker}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|1 Oct (Wed)|Nok}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|6-10 Oct|No meeting}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|14 Oct (Tue)|Shuo}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|20 Oct (Mon)|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
| width=30% |&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|Date|Speaker}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|28 Oct (Tue)|Julia}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|4 Nov (Tue)|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|11 Nov (Tue)|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|17 Nov (Mon)|Dionysios}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
| width=30% |&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|Date|Speaker}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|25 Nov (Tue)|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|3 Dec (Wed)|Hold: visiting students}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|9 Dec (Tue)|Hold for schedule changes}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Barmpoutis</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://murray.cds.caltech.edu/index.php?title=Summer_2008_Meeting_Schedule&amp;diff=7854</id>
		<title>Summer 2008 Meeting Schedule</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://murray.cds.caltech.edu/index.php?title=Summer_2008_Meeting_Schedule&amp;diff=7854"/>
		<updated>2008-06-09T17:44:32Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Barmpoutis: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;__NOTOC__&lt;br /&gt;
Pick a time that works..&lt;br /&gt;
{| width=100% border=1&lt;br /&gt;
|- valign=top&lt;br /&gt;
| width=20% |&lt;br /&gt;
==== Mon ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|2:00p|Mary (June), Julia (July and August)}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|3:00p|Shuo}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|4:00p|Ling}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|5:00p|Yizhar}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
| width=20% |&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Tue ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|12:00p|Group meeting}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|2:00p|Andrea}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|3:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|4:00p|Synbio SURF}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|5:00p|Dionysios}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
| width=20% |&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Wed ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|2:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|3:30p|Alice SURF}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|4:30p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|5:30p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
| width=20% |&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Thu ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|2:00p|Pete}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|3:00p|Ophelia}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|4:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|5:00p|Nok}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|6:00p|iGEM SURF?}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Barmpoutis</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://murray.cds.caltech.edu/index.php?title=Vinutha_Kallem,_April_2008&amp;diff=7773</id>
		<title>Vinutha Kallem, April 2008</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://murray.cds.caltech.edu/index.php?title=Vinutha_Kallem,_April_2008&amp;diff=7773"/>
		<updated>2008-04-26T01:57:26Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Barmpoutis: /* Tuesday */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Vinutha Kallem is a PhD student at Johns Hopkins who is visiting on 28-29 April 2008.  __NOTOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Schedule ===&lt;br /&gt;
{| width=100%&lt;br /&gt;
|- valign=top&lt;br /&gt;
| width=50% |&lt;br /&gt;
==== Monday ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|9:30a|Richard}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|10:00a|Julia}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|10:45a|Seminar prep}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|11:00a|Seminar}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|12:15p|Lunch: V&amp;amp;V?}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|1:30p|Mani Chandy}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|2:00p|Nok}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|3:15p|Ling}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|4:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|4:45p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
| width=50% |&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Tuesday ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|9:30a|Dionysios}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|10:15a|Elisa}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|11:00a|Erik Winfree}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|11:30p|Richard}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|12:00p|Lunch: biocircuits?}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|1:30p|Depart for airport}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Abstract ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
TASK-INDUCED REDUCTION WITH APPLICATIONS TO NEEDLE STEERING&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Vinutha Kallem&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Mechanical Engineering Department&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Johns Hopkins University&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Monday, April 28, 2008&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Steele Bldg. Room 114 (CDS Library)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What if sensitive organs prevents a physician from accessing a percutaneous target using a straight, rigid needle? One promising solution involves steering flexible bevel-tip needles. These needles introduce exciting robotics and control systems challenges because the needle tip evolves on a Lie group, and the system exhibits a high degree of nonholonomy.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In this work, we present image-guided controllers for steerable needles to improve the accuracy of needle insertions. We build upon a previously proposed needle steering model to develop nonlinear observer-based controllers to drive the needle tip to a desired subspace. These controllers are designed to work in conjunction with subspace planners for the needle tip to reach a desired location in human tissue. We show that the tasks of these controllers induces symmetry, thus resulting in a reduced system which greatly simplifies controller and observer design. We propose a method to perform such reductions for generic nonholonomic kinematic systems on Lie groups with left-invariant vector fields. This technique is used to develop controllers for curve-following of a unicycle and subspace-following in needle steering. We show that this &amp;quot;task-induced&amp;quot; reduction lifts to mechanical systems.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Barmpoutis</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://murray.cds.caltech.edu/index.php?title=David_Thorsley,_April_2008&amp;diff=7750</id>
		<title>David Thorsley, April 2008</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://murray.cds.caltech.edu/index.php?title=David_Thorsley,_April_2008&amp;diff=7750"/>
		<updated>2008-04-20T02:35:05Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Barmpoutis: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;David Thorsley, a research associate with Eric Klavins at U. Washington, will be visiting Caltech on 24-25 April.  This page is for keeping track of his schedule. __NOTOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Schedule ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| width=100% border=1&lt;br /&gt;
|- valign=top&lt;br /&gt;
| width=50% |&lt;br /&gt;
==== Thursday (24 Apr) ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|9:30|Nok Wongpiromsarn}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|10:15|Elisa}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|11:00|Seminar (CDS library)}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|12:15|Lunch: Nok, Dionysios, ___}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
| width=50% |&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Friday (25 Apr) ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|10:30|Julia}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|11:15|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|12:00|Lunch: Nok, Sayan, ___}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|1:30|Sayan}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|2:15|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|3:00|Mani Chandy}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|3:30|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Seminar ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
APPROXIMATING STOCHASTIC BIOCHEMICAL NETWORKS&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
David Thorsley&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Research Associate&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Department of Electrical Engineering &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
University of Washington&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thursday, April 24, 2008&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Steele 114 (CDS Library)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Understanding stochastic phenomena is a fundamental problem throughout science and engineering. When faced with new types of complex or complicated systems, we as engineers strive to develop intuitive methods that allow us to intelligently and safely make simple approximations, thus allowing us to more easily and efficiently answer questions about these systems. In the emerging field of systems biology, we are still striving to develop the necessary approaches to approximation that will make the analyses of such systems tractable. In this talk, I will present a general methodology for quantifying the differences between stochastic biochemical networks that can be used in to address the problems of model comparison, model reduction, and parameter optimization. The potential of this approach will be illustrated using a stochastic reaction network model of gene expression in bacteria.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Barmpoutis</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://murray.cds.caltech.edu/index.php?title=Group_Schedule,_Spring_2008&amp;diff=7741</id>
		<title>Group Schedule, Spring 2008</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://murray.cds.caltech.edu/index.php?title=Group_Schedule,_Spring_2008&amp;diff=7741"/>
		<updated>2008-04-01T21:57:43Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Barmpoutis: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;This page contains information about various upcoming events that are of interest to the group.   __NOTOC__&lt;br /&gt;
{| width=100%&lt;br /&gt;
|- valign=top&lt;br /&gt;
| width=50% |&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Spring 2008 Meeting Schedule]]&lt;br /&gt;
| width=50% |&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Group Schedule, Winter 2008]]&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Group Meetings ==&lt;br /&gt;
Group meetings are on Tuesdays at 6 pm in 114 Steele.  Visitors are welcome (but be prepared to get signed up to give a talk!).&lt;br /&gt;
{| width=100% border=1&lt;br /&gt;
|- valign=top&lt;br /&gt;
| width=30% |&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|Date|Speaker}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|1 Apr|Julia}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|8 Apr|No group meeting (Frankfurt)}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|15 Apr|No group meeting (Hartford)}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|22 Apr|No group meeting (IMA)}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
| width=30% |&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|Date|Speaker}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|29 Apr|No group meeting (AFRL)}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|6 May|Francisco}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|13 May|No group meeting (NCWIT)}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|20 May|Pete}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
| width=30% |&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|Date|Speaker}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|27 May| Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|3 June|No group meeting (Brazil)}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|10 June|No group meeting (ACC)}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|17 June| Dionysios}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Barmpoutis</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://murray.cds.caltech.edu/index.php?title=Group_Schedule,_Spring_2008&amp;diff=7627</id>
		<title>Group Schedule, Spring 2008</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://murray.cds.caltech.edu/index.php?title=Group_Schedule,_Spring_2008&amp;diff=7627"/>
		<updated>2008-03-27T00:57:54Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Barmpoutis: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;This page contains information about various upcoming events that are of interest to the group.   __NOTOC__&lt;br /&gt;
{| width=100%&lt;br /&gt;
|- valign=top&lt;br /&gt;
| width=50% |&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Spring 2008 Meeting Schedule]]&lt;br /&gt;
| width=50% |&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Group Schedule, Winter 2008]]&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Group Meetings ==&lt;br /&gt;
Group meetings are on Tuesdays at 6 pm in 114 Steele.  Visitors are welcome (but be prepared to get signed up to give a talk!).&lt;br /&gt;
{| width=100% border=1&lt;br /&gt;
|- valign=top&lt;br /&gt;
| width=30% |&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|Date|Speaker}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|1 Apr|Julia}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|8 Apr|No group meeting (Frankfurt)}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|15 Apr|No group meeting (Hartford)}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|22 Apr|No group meeting (IMA)}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
| width=30% |&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|Date|Speaker}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|29 Apr|No group meeting (AFRL)}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|6 May|Pete}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|13 May|No group meeting (NCWIT)}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|20 May|Francisco}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
| width=30% |&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|Date|Speaker}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|27 May| Dionysios}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|3 June|No group meeting (Brazil)}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|10 June|No group meeting (ACC)}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Barmpoutis</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://murray.cds.caltech.edu/index.php?title=Spring_2008_Meeting_Schedule&amp;diff=7622</id>
		<title>Spring 2008 Meeting Schedule</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://murray.cds.caltech.edu/index.php?title=Spring_2008_Meeting_Schedule&amp;diff=7622"/>
		<updated>2008-03-25T14:13:13Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Barmpoutis: /* Mon */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;__NOTOC__&lt;br /&gt;
Pick a time that works..&lt;br /&gt;
{| width=100% border=1&lt;br /&gt;
|- valign=top&lt;br /&gt;
| width=20% |&lt;br /&gt;
==== Mon ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|10:00a| Shuo}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|11:00a| Julia}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|5:00p| Yizhar/Sayan}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|6:00p| Dionysios}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
| width=20% |&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Tue ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|3:00p| Dom}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|5:00p| Mary}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|6:00p|[[Group Schedule|Group Meeting]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
| width=20% |&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Wed ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|2:00p| Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|5:00p| Johan}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|6:00p| Sawyer}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
| width=20% |&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Thu ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|9:30a|Elisa}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|3:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|5:00p| Nok}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|6:00p| Pete}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
| width=20% |&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Fri ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|5:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|6:00p|Ling}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Barmpoutis</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://murray.cds.caltech.edu/index.php?title=Jan/Feb_2008_Meetings&amp;diff=7195</id>
		<title>Jan/Feb 2008 Meetings</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://murray.cds.caltech.edu/index.php?title=Jan/Feb_2008_Meetings&amp;diff=7195"/>
		<updated>2008-01-27T19:41:40Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Barmpoutis: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The list below has times that I am available to meet between 28 Jan and 8 Feb. Please pick a time that works and fill in your name.  If none of the times work, send me e-mail (or find someone else who has a slot that does work and see if you can switch). __NOTOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;table width=100% border=1&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;tr valign=top&amp;gt;&amp;lt;td width=20%&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
==== Mon, 28 Jan ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|9:15a|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|6:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt;&amp;lt;td width=20%&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Tue, 29 Jan ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|2:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|3:00p|Sayan}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt;&amp;lt;td width=20%&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Wed, 30 Jan ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|9:15a|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|10:00a|Dionysios}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt;&amp;lt;td width=20%&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Tue, 5 Feb ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|3:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|4:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|5:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt;&amp;lt;td width=20%&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Wed, 6 Feb ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|10:00a|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|4:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|5:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|6:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/tr&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/table&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Barmpoutis</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://murray.cds.caltech.edu/index.php?title=SoCal_NLC,_Jan_08&amp;diff=7185</id>
		<title>SoCal NLC, Jan 08</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://murray.cds.caltech.edu/index.php?title=SoCal_NLC,_Jan_08&amp;diff=7185"/>
		<updated>2008-01-25T06:49:08Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Barmpoutis: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;* [http://ee.usc.edu/socalcontrol/ Workshop webpage]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Carpooling ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Elisa: leaving 8 am, returning ~5 pm.  Can take 3 people&lt;br /&gt;
* Passengers: Nok, Dionysios&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Richard: leaving 8 am from Steele, returning 12:30 pm.  Can take 3 people&lt;br /&gt;
* Passengers: Ling&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Shuo: leaving 9:30 am from the Catalinas, returning 5:30 pm.  Can take 2 people&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Barmpoutis</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://murray.cds.caltech.edu/index.php?title=Winter_2008_Meeting_Schedule&amp;diff=7081</id>
		<title>Winter 2008 Meeting Schedule</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://murray.cds.caltech.edu/index.php?title=Winter_2008_Meeting_Schedule&amp;diff=7081"/>
		<updated>2008-01-05T21:38:17Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Barmpoutis: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;__NOTOC__&lt;br /&gt;
Meetings will start 7 January.&lt;br /&gt;
{| width=100% border=1&lt;br /&gt;
|- valign=top&lt;br /&gt;
| width=20% |&lt;br /&gt;
==== Mon ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|10:00a| Shuo}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|11:00a| Julia}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|3:00p| Dionysios}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|5:00p| Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|6:00p| Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
| width=20% |&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Tue ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|9:30a|Mary}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|3:00p| Dom}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|6:00p|[[Group Schedule|Group Meeting]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
| width=20% |&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Wed ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|5:00p| Pete}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|6:00p| Sawyer}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
| width=20% |&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Thu ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|9:30a|Elisa}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|3:00p|Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|5:00p| Nok}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|6:00p| Open}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
| width=20% |&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Fri ====&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda begin}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda item|6:00p|Ling}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{agenda end}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Barmpoutis</name></author>
	</entry>
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