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Dr. Mohan Tanniru welcomes participants |

Dr. Leslie Tolbert, Vice-President for Research,
describes research directions for the University
of Arizona
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Dr. Vicki Chandler discusses the BIO5 Institute
for Collaborative Research at the University of
Arizona |

Dr. James Kvach fields a question from the audience |
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Dr. Mark Thurmond, University of California-Davis,
presents on the Foot and Mouth Disease Lab's FMD
BioPortal |

Dr. Kathleen Carley, Carnegie-Mellon, examines
modeling for biodefense |
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Dr. Hsinchun Chen, Director, UA
Artificial Intelligence Lab, describes the BioPortal
initiative |

Mr. Chunju Tseng, UA Artificial
Intelligence Lab, demonstrates the BioPortal system |
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Ms. Colleen Burgess of MathEcology, discusses
modeling for flu pandemics |

Mary Derby of UA's Epidemiology program, describes
a very large data set |
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Dr. Hsinchun Chen listens attentively to the
presentation, but also prays for rain during Tucson's
long dry spell |

The private dining room at Hacienda del Sol
prior to participants' arrival for dinner |
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Dan Desmond, Hsinchun Chen and James Kvach enjoy
a little pre-dinner
refreshment |

A group toast to an excellent gathering |
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Dr. James Kvach responds to the toast to his
impending retirement |

(Front) Dr. Daniel Zeng, UA and Dr. Cecil Lynch,
University of California-Davis; (back) Joseph
Wu, National Taiwan University and Wei Chang,
UA |

The evening closes with participants enjoying
the night air prior to departure |
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