Billie Sandak (Bilha Sandak), PhD, MBA

Dr. Billie Sandak
Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot 76100
Israel

E-mail: billie.sandak@weizmann.ac.il
Tel: +972-8-9342958
Fax: +972-8-9346023 or +972-8-9344122
Location: Ziskind building, room #15
URL: http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~billie

Research Interests

• digital humanities
• reactive and real-time systems
• visual formalism and behavioral programming
• computational biology & bioinformatics
• molecular docking and drug discovery
• systems biology and mathematical biology
• object recognition and machine learning
• technology transfer
• multiscale computational methods

Brief CV

List of Publications

• Sandak, B., Gilboa A. and Harel, D. (2023). Computational Elucidation of Non-Verbal Behavior and Body Language in Music Therapy. Submitted.
• Sandak, B., Gilboa A. and Harel, D. (2020). Computational Paradigm to Elucidate the Effects of Arts-Based Approaches and Interventions: Art and Music Studies and Implication for Research and Therapy. Frontiers in Psychology 11:1200. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01200 [Link] [PDF]
• Sandak, B., Cohen, S., Gilboa, A. and Harel, D. (2019). Computational Elucidation of the Effects Induced by Music Making. PLoS ONE 14(3): e0213247. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213247. [Link] [PDF]
• Sandak, B., Mazor, A., Asis, A., Gilboa, A. and Harel, D. (2019). Computational Music Therapy. In: Montiel M., Gomez-Martin F., Agustin-Aquino O. (eds) Mathematics and Computation in Music. MCM 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11502, pp. 359-368. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21392-3_31 [Link] [PDF]
• Sandak, B., Huss, E., Sarid, O. and Harel, D. (2015). Computational Paradigm to Elucidate the Effects of Arts-Based Approaches and Interventions: Individual and Collective Emerging Behaviors in Artwork Construction. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0126467. https://doi.org/10.1371/j.journal.pone.0126467. [Link] [PDF]
• Sandak, B. (2002). Efficient Computational Algorithms for Fast Electrostatics and Molecular Docking. Computational Methods for Macromolecules: Challenges and Applications, Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Algorithms for Macromolecular Modeling, New York, Oct. 12-14, 2000. Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering (LNCSE) , Vol. 24, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 2002. Editors: T. Schlick and H. H. Gan.
• Sandak, B. (2001). Multiscale Fast Summation of Long-Range Charge and Dipolar Interactions. Journal of Computational Chemistry . 22(7), 717-731. [PDF]
• Sandak, B. and Brandt, A. (2001). Multiscale Fast Summation of Long Range Charge and Dipolar Interactions. In Multiscale Computational Methods in Chemistry and Physics, Eds. Bradt, A., Bernholc J. and Binder, K. NATO Science Series: Series III Computer and Systems Sciences.
• Sandak, B. and Brandt, A. (2001). Fast Multiscale Electrostatics of Long Range Charge and Dipolar Interactions. First SIAM-EMS Conference on Applied Mathematics in Our Changing World. Berlin, September 2-6.
• Sandak, B., Nussinov, R. and Wolfson, H.J. (2001). Biomolecular Structural Recognition and Docking Allowing Conformational Flexibility. First SIAM-EMS Conference on Applied Mathematics in Our Changing World. Berlin, September 2-6.
• Sandak, B. and Brandt, A. (2000). Multiscale Fast Summation of Long Range Charge and Dipolar Interactions. Third International Workshop on Methods for Macromolecular Modeling (M3), NYU, October 12-14.
• Sandak, B., Nussinov, R. and Wolfson, H.J. (2000). A Computer-Vision Based Method for Biomolecular Structural Recognition and Docking Allowing Conformational Flexibility. Third International Workshop on Methods for Macromolecular Modeling (M3), NYU, October 12-14.
• Sandak, B. and Brandt, A. (2000). Multiscale Fast Summation of Long Range Charge and Dipolar Interactions. NATO Advanced Research Workshops on Multiscale Computational Methods in Chemistry and Biology, Eilat, April 5-11.
• Sandak, B., Nussinov, R. and Wolfson, H.J. (1998). A Method for Biomolecular Structural Recognition and Docking Allowing Conformational Flexibility. Journal of Computational Biology. 5(4), 631-654. [PDF]
• Sandak, B., Wolfson, H.J. and Nussinov, R. (1998). Flexible Docking Allowing Induced Fit in Proteins: Insights from an Open to Closed Conformational Isomers. Proteins: Struc., Func. & Genet. 32(2), 159-174. [PDF]
• Sandak, B. (1997). A Method for Biomolecular Structural Recognition Allowing Conformational Flexibility. Ph.D. Thesis. Tel-Aviv University. Department of Computer Science.
• Sandak, B., Nussinov, R. and Wolfson, H.J. (1996). Docking of conformationally flexible proteins. In Seventh Symposium on Combinatorial Pattern Matching (CPM96), Laguna Beach, California, June. Springer Verlag. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 1075. pages 271-287.
• Sandak, B., Wolfson, H.J. and Nussinov, R. (1996). Hinge-bending at molecular interfaces: Automated docking of a dihydroxyethylene-containing inhibitor to the HIV-1 protease. In Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics, Vol. 1, Proceedings of the Ninth Conversation. Eds., R.H. Sarma and M.H. Sarma, pages 233-252, Adenine Press.
• Sandak, B., Nussinov, R. and Wolfson, H.J. (1995). An automated Computer Vision & Robotics based technique for 3-D flexible biomolecular docking and matching. Bioinformatics. 11(1), 87-99. [PDF]
• Sandak, B., Nussinov, R. and Wolfson, H.J. (1994). 3-D flexible docking of molecules. In Proceeding of the IEEE First International Workshop on Shape and Pattern Matching in Computational Biology. Pages 41-54, Seattle, Washington, USA, June.
• Wolfson, H.J., Sandak B. and Nussinov, R. (1994). Computer-Vision-motivated technique for docking and matching of molecules with few rotatable bonds. American Chem. Soc. National Meeting. Washington DC, August.
• Agur, Z., Arnon, R., Sandak, B. and Schechter, B. (1991). Zidovudine toxicity to murine bone marrow may be affected by the exact frequency of drug administration. Experimental Hematology 19, 364-368. [Link]
• Agur, Z., Arnon, R., Sandak, B. and Schechter, B. (1989). A new method for reducing cytotoxicity of AZT to the bone marrow. Proceeding of the 16th International Congress of Chemotherapy, Jerusalem, June 11-16.

Media

• The DOCTOR - Medicine and Health Portal. 25 Aug, 2019. (Hebrew). [Link]
• Charts in the Keys of Life. The Weizmann Institute of Science. June, 2019. [Link]
• The Music of Chance. "HaMachon" - The Weizmann Institute of Science. Vol. 95, June, 2019. (Hebrew) [JPG-photo] [Link]
• The therapeutic magic of music. Weizmann Compass. Oct, 2019. [Link]
• Facebook - post by the "The Weizmann Institute of Science". 18 June 2019. [Link]
  
• LinkedIn - post by the "The Weizmann Institute of Science". 19 June, 2019. [Link-hebrew] [Link-english]
• Arts Therapies in a Quantitative Language. National Geographic Israel. December 2015 issue. Page 24. (Hebrew) [JPG-photo] [issue's extract] [issue's cover]
• Facebook - post by the "The Weizmann Institute of Science". 14 December, 2015. [Link]
• LinkedIn - post by the "The Weizmann Institute of Science". December, 2015. [screen-shot]
• Therapy by Numbers. "Interface" - The Weizmann Institute of Science. 12 October, 2015. [Link]
• In Treatment. "HaMachon" - The Weizmann Institute of Science. Vol. 80, September, 2015. (Hebrew) [Link]. On the issue's cover: [link]
• Empirical Art. "Ha'aretz" - News. 21 August, 2015. (Hebrew) [Link] [JPG-photo]
• Sculpting Science. "The Weizmann International Magazine for Science and People". No. 8, Fall 2015, [Weizmann-Compass] ; Page 17/6 ; [JPG-version]

Webinars

• "HIGHLIGHTS - Computational Paradigm to Elucidate the Effects of Arts-Based Approaches and Interventions" (7:25 min)- [YouTube]
• "Computational Paradigm to Elucidate the Effects of Arts-Based Approaches and Interventions" (35:37 min)- [YouTube]