BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:icalendar-ruby
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Europe/Vienna
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20170326T030000
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0200
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3
TZNAME:CEST
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:20171029T020000
TZOFFSETFROM:+0200
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10
TZNAME:CET
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260428T072822Z
UID:57209db7e4df0739155903@ist.ac.at
DTSTART:20170508T160000
DTEND:20170508T171500
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: L Mahadevan\nhosted by Bernd Bickel\nAbstract: Mathema
 tically\, the shape of an object is defined as what is left over after sca
 le\, translation and rotation are eliminated. How can we describe\, predic
 t\, design and perceive shape? Using the vast diversity of biological shap
 es as motivation\, I will show how physical theories and experiments can b
 uild on geometrical descriptions to provide a predictive theory of shape i
 n such contexts as stems and leaves\, and guts and brains. Understanding t
 hese allows us to ask how we might solve the inverse problem of engineerin
 g shape\, a question that I will answer by asking how we might grow a flow
 er or a face.  Finally\, if there is time\, I will describe some new mathe
 matical approaches to how we perceive shape\, probabilistically.
LOCATION:Raiffeisen Lecture Hall\, Central Building\, ISTA
ORGANIZER:aeller@ist.ac.at
SUMMARY:L Mahadevan: Shape: mathematics\, physics and biology
URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/19
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR