2011 CMACS Workshop on
Atrial Fibrillation
Nancy Griffeth
Professor of Computer Science
Lehman College
January 3, 2011
Welcome!
Agenda
Today’s agenda
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Welcome talk
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Introductions
Logistics and paperwork
Workshop information
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Schedule
Pedagogical approach
First lectures
Introductions
What are we doing here?
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Preparation and recruiting for research
internships and graduate school
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Exposure to research projects
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Interdisciplinary work experience
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Learn a few things
Introductions
Staff
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Nancy Griffeth: Lehman College and
CUNY Grad Center, Workshop Director
Terri Grosso: CUNY Grad Center
Kai Zhao: CUNY Grad Center
Joshua Rogers: Lehman College
Aron Wolinetz: Lehman College
Introductions
Visiting Lecturers
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Flavio Fenton
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Ezio Bartocci
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Cornell University
Biology
Stony Brook University
Computer Science
Robert Gilmour
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Cornell University
Physiology
Introductions
Visiting Lecturers
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James Glimm
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Scott Smolka
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Stony Brook University
Applied Math
Stony Brook University
Computer Science
Radu Grosu
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Stony Brook University
Computer Science
Introductions
Participants by College
Queens
Lehman
Hunter
Brooklyn
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Introductions
Participants by Major
CS
Math &
Stat
Bio
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Introductions
Participants
Time to introduce yourselves…
What’s your college? Your major?
If you were an animal, what would
you be?
Logistics and paperwork
Logistics
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What’s important?
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Cafeteria
Coffee
 Bathrooms
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Logistics and paperwork
Maps
Campus Map
RESTROOMS
Logistics and paperwork
Tunnels
Logistics and paperwork
Paperwork
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For stipend
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Everyone: Form 701
Non-resident aliens: Form 702
Workshop Information
Subject Matter
Modeling the electrical behavior of cardiac
cells
Workshop Information>Schedule
Schedule
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This week: Flavio Fenton on modeling the
heart
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Next week: Practice with mathematical and
computer modeling
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Invited lecture by Robert Gilmour
Invited lecture by James Glimm
Third week: A modeling project
Last two days
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Team presentations
Invited lecture by Scott Smolka/Radu Grosu
Workshop Information>Pedagogical Approach
Pedagogical Approach
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Collaborative
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Questions are always welcome
Discussion is encouraged!
Scribe to record unanswered questions
Problem-oriented
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How to model cardiac action potentials
Efficiently simulating models
Workshop Information>Pedagogical Approach
Pedagogical Approach
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Interdisciplinary team oriented
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At least 1 chemistry/biology expert
At least 1 computer science expert
At least 1 math expert
Workshop Information>Pedagogical Approach
Speaking of Interdisciplinary…
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Workshop Information>Pedagogical Approach
Learning Objectives
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Learn how electrical potentials are
generated in cells
Learn some techniques for modeling
electrical activity
Learn to function on interdisciplinary
teams
Investigate some research problems
Meet new people and have some fun!
Workshop Information>Pedagogical Approach
Specific Learning Objectives
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Understand cardiac cells as an example of an
excitable system
Learn various models of electrical activity in cardiac
cells
Learn some basic analytic techniques for analysing
the models
Learn to use the CUDA architecture with NVIDIA
graphics cards to program models on multiprocessing systems
Investigate the development of spiral waves in
cardiac tissue using Fenton’s minimal model in the
CUDA-based architecture
Questions or Discussion?