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Third Simons Public Lecture

Professor Inez Fung visits South Africa to deliver the third in the international series of MPE2013 Simons Public Lectures on March 26 in Capetown. Read more →

Recent Posts

The Great Wave Explained by Directional Focusing

March 13th, 2013

One of the most famous images in Japanese art is the Great Wave off Kanagawa, a woodblock print [...]

MPE2013 Launched in Portugal, March 5, 2013, at "Pavilhão do Conhecimento" in Lisbon

March 12th, 2013

Contributed by José Francisco Rodrigues In Portugal, the "Matemática do Planeta Terra" (MPT2013) initiative is coordinated by a National [...]

MPE2013 Newsletter

Category Archives: Epidemiology

Meeting

ICAMI ’2013 - International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Informatics

Disease Modelling, 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 Modelling, 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 →

Workshop

Everything disperses to Miami

Ecology, Epidemiology

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

Workshop

CIMPA-Evolutionary equations with application in natural sciences

Disease Modelling, Ecology, Epidemiology
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 →

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 →

Public Lecture

La prévision des grandes catastrophes

Climate, Epidemiology, Finance, Geophysics, Solar Systems

Florin Diacu est professeur des mathématiques à l’université de
Victoria. Il est l’auteur de “Megadisasters-Predicting the Next Catastrophe,”
publié par Princeton University Press en Amérique du Nord et par
Oxford University Press en Europe. Ce livre a reçu le prix du
“meilleur livre académique” en 2011. Continue reading →

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