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Claudia Solís-LemusUW-Madison
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Motivation: Tree of life
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A little bit about my research: phylogenetics
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A little bit about my research: phylogenetics
Alligator
Emu
Kiwi
Ostrich
Swan
Goose
Chicken
Falcon
Finch
Osprey
Woodpecker
Ibis
Stork
Vulture
Penguin
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What is a phylogenetic network?
(a) Rooted (b) Unrooted
Figure: Binary phylogenetic network
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A little bit about my research: phylogenetics
Numerical optimization for branch lengths
Heuristic optimization for tree/network topology
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Why I chose Julia?
C++ vs JuliaFast to code: not CS, experience in Java, R, MatlabFast as C++: many genes, many species being analyzed, heavyoptimizationUse packages: NLopt for numerical optimization
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Julia resources
http://julialang.org/learning/
http://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/julia/
https://www.juliabox.org
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