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
Category Archives: Epidemiology
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
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
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
THE ROLE OF MOVEMENT AND DISPERSAL IN SPATIAL ECOLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Continue reading
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
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
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