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Friday, April 12, 2013

8th Annual IRMACS Day & 60th Birthday Reception
4:45 pm - 6:30 pm

PIMS/CSC Distinguished Lecture Series: High-Order and Adaptive Time Stepping Methods for Energy Gradient Flows
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Tao Tang,
Department of Mathematics, Hong Kong Baptist University 

IRMACS Open House, Presentations, Demonstrations and Refreshments
2:15 pm - 3:30 pm
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Mathematical models: Uses, abuses, and non-uses
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm

Andrew Odlyzko,
Professor, School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota 
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Break
1:05 pm - 1:15 pm

Peter Borwein's contributions to community
12:55 pm - 1:05 pm

Derek Bingham,
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science 

Peter Borwein's contributions to research
12:40 pm - 12:55 pm

Stephen Choi,
Department of Mathematics 

Launch of IRMACS 2013 Thematic Year / Peter Borwein Scholarship Award Presentation
12:30 pm - 12:40 pm

Felix Breden,
IRMACS Deputy Director 

Welcome / Opening Remarks
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm

Veselin Jungic, IRMACS Deputy Director
Mario Pinto, Vice President Research 
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Break
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm

MoCSSy Student Presentations: Closing Remarks

12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
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MoCSSy Semester End Presentations: "Complex social systems: Creating coherence using mathematical and computer models"
11:30 am - 12:00 pm

 

11:20-11:40: Hilary Kim Morden (School of Criminology, SFU)
"Complex social systems: Creating coherence using mathematical and computer models"

 
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MoCSSy Semester End Presentations: "Pursuing Complexity in Social Systems"
11:00 am - 11:30 am

 

11:00-11:20: Piper Jackson (School of Computing Science, SFU) 
"Pursuing Complexity in Social Systems"

 
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MoCSSy Semester End Presentations: "The MoCSSynergies of interdisciplinary research"
10:30 am - 11:00 am

 

10:40-11:00: Philippe Giabbanelli (Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, SFU)
"The MoCSSynergies of interdisciplinary research"

 
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Using Mathematical Modelling and Optimization to Mitigate Earthquake Damage
10:00 am - 10:30 am

Warren Hare,
Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Statistics, University of British Columbia, Okanagan 
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