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SUMMARY:Algorithmic Advances and Implementation Challenges: Developing Prac
	tical Tools for Phylogenetic Inference
DTSTAMP:20260401T014400Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241122
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, we will consider challenges and best practic
	es in translating theory to software for phylogenetic inference. We will d
	iscuss strategies adopted by the tool development community\, their relati
	ve advantages\, and lessons learned through software development. We will 
	discuss a variety of objective functions (parametric and non-parametric) a
	nd algorithmic techniques used by inference methods. We will cover paralle
	lization and how it interacts with the choice of objective function and al
	gorithmic technique. Finally\, we will discuss best practices for evaluati
	ng new and existing software tools\, not just to validate the implementati
	on but also to study accuracy and scalability in relation to theory and us
	age in realistic bioinformatics pipelines. In addition to discussing how t
	heory influences tools\, we will examine how tool development can inform t
	he theoretical questions asked.
URL:https://icerm.brown.edu/programs/sp-f24/w3/
LOCATION:Providence\, RI\, USA
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