Past Events
Scientific, Seminar
2008 PIMS-CSC Seminar - 01
February 8, 2008
Simon Fraser University
The impact of waves, both resolved and parameterized, on the general circulation of the atmosphere is essential to the upward extension of atmospheric general circulation models (GCMs) into the stratosphere and mesosphere. Such efforts have lead to a...
Scientific, Seminar
Manin conjectures for K3 surfaces
February 7, 2008
Simon Fraser University
Scientific, Seminar
An extension to the Brun-Titchmarsh theorem
February 7, 2008
Simon Fraser University
Scientific, Seminar
Analysis of immune cell chemotaxis and signal integration
February 7, 2008
University of British Columbia
Scientific, Seminar
2008 DG-MP-PDE Seminar - 04
February 7, 2008
University of British Columbia
Varchenko described how one can obtain sharp estimates for scalar oscillatory integrals when the Newton polyhedron of the phase satisfies a certain nondegeneracy condition. These estimates can be described in a nice geometric way in terms of this...
Educational
Math Mania
February 7, 2008
None
"Fun" methods to teach math and computer science concepts to children (and adults!) by games and art will be demonstrated. Lots of hands-on activities! Exciting Geometrical Models from Straws and Paper Mathematical Puzzles The Guessing Game A Sorting...
Scientific, Seminar
Data cloning: easy maximum likelihood estimation for complex ecological models using Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo methods
February 4, 2008
University of Alberta
Scientific, Seminar
Mathematical modelling of intracellular polarization
February 1, 2008
University of Alberta
Scientific, Seminar
When optimization becomes irrelevant: time-inconsistency and its consequences
January 31, 2008
University of Victoria
Scientific, Seminar
Elliptic Nets
January 29, 2008
University of British Columbia