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AIM/MCRN Summer School: Week 6

August 2, 2020

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AIM/MCRN Summer School: Week 5

July 26, 2020

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Professor Christopher K.R.T. Jones — Recipient of the 2020 MPE Prize


Professor Chris Jones is the Bill Guthridge Distinguished Professor in Mathematics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Director of the Mathematics and Climate Research Network (MCRN). The 2020 MPE Prize recognizes Professor Jones for his many significant contributions to climate science and the mathematics of planet Earth.

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Category Archives: Public Health

General Event

Woo casino

General, Public Health

Woo Casino Review A look at Woo Casino’s website will show that the online casino has clearly put a lot of effort into wooing players. Its website is well-designed, and makes good use of icons and images to give it … Continue reading →

Workshop

BioInfoSummer 2013

Biology, Computational Science, Ecology, General, Mathematics, Public Health

BioInfoSummer is a major annual bioinformatics educational and outreach event in Australia, bringing together in excess of 150 biologists, statisticians and bioinformatics professionals. Bioinformatics creates biological information and knowledge by the acquisition, archiving, integration, analysis and interpretation of biological data. … Continue reading →

Workshop

Biomath days

Biodiversity, Biogeochemistry, Biology, Carbon Cycle, Climate, Complex Systems, Computational Science, Disease Modeling, Ecology, Epidemiology, General, Mathematics, Natural Disasters, Patterns, Workshop Announcement

On November 12, 13 and 15, we are organizing the so-called Biomath days to which we invite students from the third grade of secondary school. On each of these days, the participating students will get in touch with the world … Continue reading →

Colloquium or Seminar

MPE @ FBE

Biodiversity, Biology, Climate, Climate Modeling, Computational Science, Disease Modeling, Ecology, Geophysics, Mathematics, Natural Disasters

The Department of Mathematical Modelling, Statistics and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, has seized the worldwide MPE initiative to illustrate the merits of clinging to a mathematical viewpoint within those domains of science that pursue deeper insights into … Continue reading →

Public Lecture

Mathematics of Planet Earth – Tellusmatematik

Biology, Climate Modeling, Computational Science, General, Public Event, Public Health, Renewable Energy, Weather

The Swedish National Committee for Mathematics arranges a free of charge public symposium in Stockholm, November 9th, 2013. The talks, given in Swedish, have titles that can be translated to:”So do numerical models for weather-  and climate-forecasts work” , “Even living … Continue reading →

Meeting

BIOMAT 2013: Evolution and cooperation in social sciences and biomedicine

Biology, Disease Modeling, General, Mathematics, Social Systems

Program: -Tomás Alarcón (Centre de Recerca Matematica, Barcelona, Spain): An Introduction to Stochastic Methods in Mathematical Biology -Mario Primicerio (Dipartimento di Matematica “Ulisse Dini”, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy): Mathematical Models for Social Changes and Criminology -Koby Rubinstein (Department … Continue reading →

MPE Summer School

UIPM “Luis Santaló” School. Mathematics of Planet Earth: Scientific challenges in a sustainable planet.

Biodiversity, Biology, Disease Modeling, General, Geophysics, Mathematics

Program: – Jordi Bascompte  (Integrative Ecology Group, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Spain): The Mathematics of Biodiversity – Nicola Bellomo (Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy): Towars a Theory of Complex Living Beings – Joel Brown (UIC Biological Sciences, University of … Continue reading →

Workshop

Stochastic, statistical and computational approaches to immunology

Disease Modeling, General, Mathematics

The primary objective of this workshop is to continue the current effort in mathematical immunology that has been initiated by a series of international meetings. The second objective of the workshop is to enhance and train the strong mathematical immunology … Continue reading →

Public Lecture

Surviving the next pandemic

Disease Modeling, Epidemiology, General, Mathematics, Public Health

How would you control the outbreak of a deadly infectious disease? What would you prioritise – developing a vaccine; isolating the sick; closing borders? In this interactive event using reports from the 2003 SARS outbreak and swine flu pandemic of … Continue reading →

Curriculum Material

Teach Networks to Teenagers

This is an article about outreach efforts to teach networks to students of age 13-16 in England. Supplementary teaching materials are available, too. Link to the abstract and article Download supplementary materials (.zip file)

Public Lecture

The Public Health Impact of Air Pollution and Climate Change

Climate, General, Public Health

Watch the video of Dr. Dominici’s lecture Abstract Over the next century, climate change is expected to lead to an increase in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events such as heat waves.  Climate change is also expected to impact … Continue reading →

Curriculum Material

Victor Donnay: Ordinary Differential Equations in Real World Situations

This course for junior and senior math majors uses mathematics from ordinary differential equations, to analyze and understand a variety of real-world problems. Among the civic problems explored are specific instances of population growth and over-population, over-use of natural resources … Continue reading →

Meeting

ICAMI ‘2013 – International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Informatics

Disease Modeling, Economics, Epidemiology, Geophysics, Mathematics, Sustainable Development

The Second International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Informatics (ICAMI’2013) will be organized during November 24 – 29, 2013 in San Andres Island, Colombia within the framework of the REALMA Network (REALMA). ICAMI’2013 will be hosted by the community of Colombian scholars, engineers and other specialists working in the field of applied mathematics and its adjunct areas, informatics and computer sciences. Continue reading →

Workshop

Mathematical Methods and Modeling of Biophysical Phenomena

Biology, Disease Modeling, Ecology, Epidemiology, General, Social Systems

This is part of a series of workshops organized by IMPA aiming at bringing together a multidisciplinary group of scientists to study problems in the biophysical sciences upon which mathematics may have an impact. This year’s main topics are: Inverse … Continue reading →

Workshop

Industrial Problem Solving

Epidemiology, General

CIMAT is holding a 5-day workshop called “6th Industrial Problem Solving Workshop”. This event will take place at CIMAT in Guanajuato, Mexico.  The workshop is designed to provide graduate students and qualified advanced undergraduates with firsthand experience in industrial research. … Continue reading →

Public Lecture

Pigs didn’t fly but swine flu: the mathematics of epidemics

Epidemiology

Over the past few years, mathematicians have found themselves on the front line in the fight against epidemics. Mathematical models are frequently called upon by policy makers to answer questions about the likely scale of outbreaks and to help guide control efforts. Continue reading →

Curriculum Material

DIMACS Sustainability Modules for Core Math Classes

Coming Soon: modules on math and sustainability topics, developed with NSF funding at the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS) in collaboration with the Mathematics and Climate Research Network.  Modules are targeted to core curriculum college mathematics … Continue reading →

Long Term Program

Mathematical Biology

Biodiversity, Biology, Disease Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, General

The thematic program “Mathematical Biology” will be held in Lyon from March 4th to June 14th, 2013. The main topics to be addressed in this program are: cell biology, population dynamics, quantitative modeling for drug development, systems biology, and evolutionary … Continue reading →

Workshop

Mathematical Models of Tumor-Immune System Dynamics

Biology, Disease Modeling

The workshop will include plenary lectures by leading researchers in tumor-immune system dynamics, parallel sessions of contributed/invited talks by senior and junior scientists, a poster session for graduate students, and a panel discussion on how to foster and sustain international collaborations in this highly multidisciplinary field of cancer immunology. Continue reading →

Workshop

Everything disperses to Miami

Ecology, Epidemiology

THE ROLE OF MOVEMENT AND DISPERSAL IN SPATIAL ECOLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Continue reading →

Long Term Program

Infectious Disease Dynamics

Disease Modeling

On 1 January 2013, it will be twenty years since Epidemic Models started as a 6-month programme in the first year of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences. Since then, the field has grown enormously, in topics addressed, methods … Continue reading →

Workshop

CIMPA-Evolutionary equations with application in natural sciences

Disease Modeling, Ecology, Epidemiology
MPE Summer School

Mathematics of Infectious Diseases

Disease Modeling

The summer school school will include lectures on mathematical epidemiology, and one of the most important aspects will be projects for groups of 4–6 students, mixing scientific backgrounds and levels of experience, and focusing on real-world problems around which students develop and analyze models. It will also incorporate several lectures on public-health topics with focus on those relevant to other events of MPE2013 such as global spread, Indigenous populations health, vector-borne diseases and integration of surveillance, statistical data analysis and dynamical modelling and simulations. Continue reading →

Workshop

Mathematical Modeling of Indigenous Population Health

Public Health

In Canada, the 2009 influenza H1N1 pandemic disproportionately affected Indigenous populations with severe disease outcomes often necessitating hospitalization and intensive care unit admission. Continue reading →

Workshop

Climate Change and the Ecology of Vector-borne Diseases

Climate, Disease Modeling, Ecology

Climate change is a significant and emerging threat to public health, and changes the way we must look at protecting vulnerable populations. Continue reading →

Workshop

Major and Neglected Diseases in Africa

Disease Modeling

Africa counts 54 countries and 15% of the world population, however, the combined GDP of African countries represented in 2003 just over 3% of the world’s GDP. Continue reading →

Workshop

Quantitative Public Health Decision Making

Public Health

Science informed public health policy relies on the interactive interplay among surveillance systems, data analysis, mathematical modeling, and simulation. Continue reading →

Workshop

Models and Methods in Ecology and Epidemiology

Ecology, Epidemiology

In epidemiology and ecology, models are typically developed along one of two directions: directly from available data, incorporating as much empirical records as possible, or conceptually as dynamical systems, incorporating data via estimation of parameters. Continue reading →

Workshop

Immunization, a True Multi-scale Problem

Disease Modeling

Recent debates surrounding the HPV vaccine and the rush to develop and distribute a vaccine during the 2009 influenza pandemic are reminders of the important role immunization plays in our fight against infectious diseases. Continue reading →

Workshop

Exponential Random Network Models

Disease Modeling

This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, will bring practicing social scientists and statisticians who study exponential random graph models and use these models into contact with an emerging group of mathematicians who use a variety of new tools, … Continue reading →

Workshop

Epilepsy

Disease Modeling, Public Health

This Workshop is part of the Focus Program on “Towards Mathematical Modeling of Neurological Disease from Cellular Perspectives”

Workshop

Parkinson’s Disease

Disease Modeling, Public Health

This Workshop is part of the Focus Program on “Towards Mathematical Modeling of Neurological Disease from Cellular Perspectives”

Workshop

Schizophrenia

Disease Modeling, Public Health

This Workshop is part of the Focus Program on “Towards Mathematical Modeling of Neurological Disease from Cellular Perspectives”

Long Term Program

Models and methods in epidemiology, ecology and public health

Ecology, Epidemiology, Public Health
Public Lecture

Puzzles in the Patterns of Plagues

Epidemiology

Over the last century, there has been tremendous progress in understanding the transmission of infectious diseases in human populations. However, most historical outbreaks have not been studied in detail because data that might permit such investigations are buried in thousands of handwritten records. In recent years, my research group has digitized a large number of these historical records and begun to dissect the epidemic patterns. Modern computers allow us to visualize these patterns, and mathematical methods are helping us unravel the biological mechanisms that gave rise to the outbreaks. I will discuss our ongoing work, focussing on outbreaks of plague, from the Black Death in the 14th century to the Great Plague of London in the 17th century. Continue reading →

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