Math Biology Seminar

Schedule Spring 2008



Time: 3:40 pm Fridays
Room: ECG 237
(unless otherwise specified)

Contact: Joaquin Rivera Cruz - rivera@mathpost.asu.edu
               Abdessamad Tridane - tridane@math.asu.edu

DATE SPEAKER TOPIC/ABSTRACT

January 25, 2008
Dr. Kailash C. Patidar
Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
University of the Western Cape,
South Africa
On the selection of non-standard finite difference modeling rules

February 01, 2008
Donald Saari,
University of California,
Irvine
The Evolution of Newton's Universe

February 08, 2008
Anuj Mubayi,
Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
Arizona State University
Alcohol Drinking Dynamics in Distinct Risk Environments: Mathematical Models with Application to College Drinking

February 15, 2008
Professor Tom Andersen,
Department of Biology,
University of Oslo, Norway
The stoichiometry of autotroph-herbivore systems - a gentle introduction

Thursday, February 21,
Time: 4 - 5 pm,
Place : COOR L1-20
John Rinzel
Professor of Neural Science and Mathematics
New York University.
Dynamics of Perceptual Bistability

February 29, 2008
Ulrike Feudel
Carl von Ossietyky University,
Oldenburg, Germany
Spatio-temporal patterns in simple models of marine systems

March 07, 2008
Azmy S. Ackleh
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Structured Population Models with Application to Green Treefrogs

March 14, 2008
Spring Break
NA

March 21, 2008
Suzanne Lenhart
The University of Tennessee
Rabies in Raccoons: Optimal Control for a Discrete Time Model on a Spatial Grid

March 28, 2008
Joaquin Rivera
Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
Arizona State University
Traveling Pulse Solutions for a Nonlocal Reaction-Diffusion Model of Influenza A

April 04, 2008
Jean-Marc Fellous
University of Arizona
Is it time for spikes? Precision and reliability of the neural code

April 11, 2008
Lydia Bilinsky
Arizona State University
"Impact of Quiescence on Predator-Prey Dynamics"

April 18, 2008
Time: 2 - 3 pm
Yi Li
University of Iowa
Stability of Traveling Waves with Noncritical Speeds for Double Degenerate Fisher-Type Equations

April 18, 2008
Paul-Leonard Salceanu
Arizona State University
Persistence in a Discrete-time, Stage-structured Epidemic Model

April 25, 2008
Carole Baskin,
Biodesign Institute,
Arizona State University
Non-Human Primates as Models of Avian and other Highly Pathogenic Influenza Virus Infections




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