Talks!

Multiplex network modeling for the impact of the opinion and behavior of mask-wearing on the spreading and control of COVID-19 Sanaz Gholizadeh Wednesday, April 5 at 3:30 pm Ross N638 We propose a network model to find out how and to what extent the level of people's behavior and opinion toward protection measures will affect […]

Winter 2022 Kickoff! an unofficial 3-minute thesis competition   (and free lunch for everyone)   Wednesday, February 1 11:30 am to 1:30 pm Ross N620 To kick off the Winter 2023 term, LTTR together with Math & Stats Graduate Student Association (MSGSA) and Experiment Math Space is hosting an unofficial 3-minute competition. To participate or […]

Hopf Algebras and Quasisymmetric Powersums Anthony Aurthur LAZZERONI JR Thursday, December 1 at 4:30 pm Ross N638 In this talk we will introduce a new basis for Quasisymmetric functions that refine the symmetric powersum basis. The change of basis to the quasisymmetric monomial basis has a combinatorial interpretation given by fillings of matrices. This basis […]

Forecasting the Effect of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) on HIV Propagation with a System of Differential–Difference Equations with Delay Gregoire Ranson Thursday, November 17 at 4:30 pm Ross N638 The HIV/AIDS epidemic is still active worldwide with no existing definitive cure. Based on the WHO recommendations stated in 2014, a treatment, called Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), has […]

Mathematics and medicine: not as disjoint as you might think! Maria Geneva Roselle Liwag Thursday, November 3 at 4:30 pm Ross N638 According to James Keener, a professor of mathematical biology at the University of Utah, "Heart attacks can give you mathematics." While a few might say it should be written the other way around […]

Finite State Machines and Regular Languages: An Introduction to the Chomsky Hierarchy Curran McConnell Thursday, October 20 at 4:30 pm Ross N638 The Chomsky hierarchy is a correspondence between various classes of languages and various classes of machines, arranged according to their grammatical/mechanical complexity. I will introduce this hierarchy, and give concrete examples from the […]

Reducing Systemic Risk in Financial Networks using Reinforcement Learning Richard Le Thursday, July 28 at 4 pm Ross N638 An essential property of a financial system is the interconnectedness between each of its participants. Commonly, these connections present themselves as lending and borrowing relationships. Unfortunately, these relationships also serve as a channel for amplifying economic […]

Mathematical modelling of lithium ion batteries Laura Keane Thursday, July 14 at 4 pm Ross N638 In recent years there has been an increase in the demand for renewable energy sources for energy storage, to combat climate change, and to reduce reliance on diminishing resources of fossil fuels. One popular source has been rechargeable batteries […]

This week’s talk will be more of a workshop.  Our speaker, Jingjing, has thoughtfully prepared a registration/survey to get a sense of everyone’s experience in literature management.  Please fill it out before Thursday. Keeping an organized record of literature an introduction to the citation management tool Zotero Jingjing Xu Thursday, June 30 at 4 pm Ross […]

Predicting the next pandemic? Marco Tosato Thursday, June 16 at 4 pm Ross N638 As the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has shown, the importance of understanding the danger caused by infectious diseases is key to try to prepare, control and predict its effect on the population. This is one of the humongous tasks that a mathematical […]