THIRD NYU VIRTUAL PATIENT SEMINAR: The Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Research is pleased to announce the third in a series of seminars this fall on the theme of the "Virtual Patient". All interested faculty and staff are welcome. All talks are jointly hosted by the Courant Institute and the School of Medicine, and will alternate between these two venues. This next talk, to be held on Thursday, November 17 between 4pm and 6pm, will be held in the 12th floor conference room of the department of computer science, at 715-719 Broadway (between Waverly St. and Washington Place). The Virtual Patient (VP) is an initiative that uses simulation and modeling of the patient, and of the interface between doctor and patient, to help bridge the gap between medical research and clinical practice. VP research occupies interesting territory already being explored by physicians, computer scientists, psychologists, biologists, physicists, mathematicians, educators and others. The purpose of the series is to establish common research goals and areas of concentration within the university and to foster collaborations that will advance research into these areas. This third meeting will consist of four 20 minute talks beginning at 4pm, interspersed with informal discussion. The speakers at this event will be Dr. Gene Grossi (Dept. of Cardiothoracic Surgery, SOM), Dr. Michael Macari (Dept. of Radiology, SOM), Jan Plass (Educational Communication and Technology, SSE), and Daniel Reznik (Siemens Corporate Research). Refreshments will be served, courtesy of the Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Research.