Presentations

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Friday, April 12, 2013
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4:45 pm - 6:30 pm
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm	PIMS/CSC Distinguished Lecture Series: High-Order and Adaptive Time Stepping Methods for Energy Gradient Flows Friday, April 12, 2013 Tao Tang, Department of Mathematics, Hong Kong Baptist University The phase-field method is very... More Details
2:15 pm - 3:30 pm
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm	Mathematical models: Uses, abuses, and non-uses Friday, April 12, 2013 Andrew Odlyzko, Professor, School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota Models are indispensable, but have to be used with caution. Some early quantitative models, drawn from the early history of British railways and... More Details Click to watch (Duration: 1:06:04)
1:05 pm - 1:15 pm
12:55 pm - 1:05 pm	Peter Borwein's contributions to community Friday, April 12, 2013 Derek Bingham, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science More Details
12:40 pm - 12:55 pm	Peter Borwein's contributions to research Friday, April 12, 2013 Stephen Choi, Department of Mathematics More Details
12:30 pm - 12:40 pm	Launch of IRMACS 2013 Thematic Year / Peter Borwein Scholarship Award Presentation Friday, April 12, 2013 Felix Breden, IRMACS Deputy Director More Details
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm	Welcome / Opening Remarks Friday, April 12, 2013 Veselin Jungic, IRMACS Deputy Director Mario Pinto, Vice President Research More Details Click to watch (Duration: 1:00:18)
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
11:30 am - 12:00 pm	MoCSSy Semester End Presentations: "Complex social systems: Creating coherence using mathematical and computer models" Friday, April 12, 2013 11:20-11:40: Hilary Kim Morden (School of Criminology, SFU) "Complex social systems: Creating coherence using mathematical and computer models" More Details Click to watch (Duration: 18:17)
11:00 am - 11:30 am	MoCSSy Semester End Presentations: "Pursuing Complexity in Social Systems" Friday, April 12, 2013 11:00-11:20: Piper Jackson (School of Computing Science, SFU) "Pursuing Complexity in Social Systems" More Details Click to watch (Duration: 19:45)
10:30 am - 11:00 am	MoCSSy Semester End Presentations: "The MoCSSynergies of interdisciplinary research" Friday, April 12, 2013 10:40-11:00: Philippe Giabbanelli (Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, SFU) "The MoCSSynergies of interdisciplinary research" More Details Click to watch (Duration: 9:07)
10:00 am - 10:30 am	Using Mathematical Modelling and Optimization to Mitigate Earthquake Damage Friday, April 12, 2013 Warren Hare, Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Statistics, University of British Columbia, Okanagan The damages observed from seismic pounding, i.e., heavy and repeated collision of buildings, are devastating. Earthquake-prone areas with... More Details Click to watch (Duration: 39:21)