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Event: 8th Annual IRMACS Day

8th Annual IRMACS Day & 60th Birthday Reception
Friday, April 12, 2013 - 4:45pm - 6:30pm

PIMS/CSC Distinguished Lecture Series: High-Order and Adaptive Time Stepping Methods for Energy Gradient Flows
Friday, April 12, 2013 - 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Tao Tang,
Department of Mathematics, Hong Kong Baptist University 

IRMACS Open House, Presentations, Demonstrations and Refreshments
Friday, April 12, 2013 - 2:15pm - 3:30pm
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Mathematical models: Uses, abuses, and non-uses
Friday, April 12, 2013 - 1:15pm - 2:15pm

Andrew Odlyzko,
Professor, School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota 

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Break
Friday, April 12, 2013 - 1:05pm - 1:15pm

Peter Borwein's contributions to community
Friday, April 12, 2013 - 12:55pm - 1:05pm

Derek Bingham,
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science 

Peter Borwein's contributions to research
Friday, April 12, 2013 - 12:40pm - 12:55pm

Stephen Choi,
Department of Mathematics 

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

Felix Breden,
IRMACS Deputy Director 

Welcome / Opening Remarks
Friday, April 12, 2013 - 12:15pm - 12:30pm

Veselin Jungic, IRMACS Deputy Director
Mario Pinto, Vice President Research 

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Break
Friday, April 12, 2013 - 12:10pm - 12:15pm

MoCSSy Student Presentations: Closing Remarks

Friday, April 12, 2013 - 12:00pm - 12:10pm
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MoCSSy Semester End Presentations: "Complex social systems: Creating coherence using mathematical and computer models"
Friday, April 12, 2013 - 11:30am - 12:00pm

 

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"
Friday, April 12, 2013 - 11:00am - 11:30am

 

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"
Friday, April 12, 2013 - 10:30am - 11:00am

 

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
Friday, April 12, 2013 - 10:00am - 10:30am

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

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