Claudia Solís-Lemus UW-Madisonpages.stat.wisc.edu/~claudia/julia_talk.pdf · Ozaena hnxi Ozaena lermulti Shimneu Pemphig dae Grusantigon Myrmochanes hemileucus Gymnophaps stalkeri

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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