Past Events
Scientific, Seminar
PIMS- SFU -CSC Distinguished Speaker: Jose A. Carrillo
April 6, 2018
Simon Fraser University
We will discuss properties of solutions to aggregation-diffusion models appearing in many biological models such as cell adhesion, organogenesis and pattern formation. We will concentrate on typical behaviours encountered in systems of these equations...
Scientific, Seminar
Mathematical Biology Seminar: Josh Scurll
April 4, 2018
University of British Columbia
Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL), a non-Hodgkin lymphoma, is the most common blood cancer and comprises more than two subtypes. The Activated B-Cell like (ABC) subtype has inferior survival rates, and is typically characterized by constitutive...
Scientific, Seminar
Topology Seminar: Robert Raussendorf
April 4, 2018
University of British Columbia
Contextuality is a property of quantum mechanics that sets it apart from classical physics. Recently, it has been established as a necessary ingredient that any quantum computation must have in order to provide a speedup over conventional classical...
Scientific, Seminar
Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Marcello Porta
April 3, 2018
University of British Columbia
In this talk, I will present universality results for the edge transport properties of interacting, 2d topological insulators. I will mostly focus on the case of quantum Hall systems, displaying single mode edge currents. After reviewing recent...
Scientific, Seminar
Pacific Northwest Combinatorics Day
March 31, 2018
University of Washington
This is a one-day conference taking place on Saturday, March 31st on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle. The topics of this event are enumerative and algebraic combinatorics. The conference will feature 4 invited talks as well 5...
Scientific, Seminar
UW-PIMS Distinguished Colloquium: Candice Price
March 30, 2018
University of Washington
Mathematical modeling is an effective resource for biologists-- it provides ways to simplify, study and understand the complex systems common in biology and biochemistry. Many mathematical tools can be applied to biologicalproblems, some traditional...
Scientific, Seminar
Topology Seminar: Liam Watson
March 29, 2018
University of British Columbia
The symmetry group of a knot in the three-sphere is the mapping class group of the knot’s exterior. Elements of order two with fixed point set meeting the boundary of the knot exterior are called strong inversions, and a pair (K,h) is called a...
Scientific, Seminar
Topology Seminar: Danny Shi
March 28, 2018
University of British Columbia
We show that Lubin--Tate spectra at the prime 2 are Real oriented and Real Landweber exact. The proof is by application of the Goerss--Hopkins--Miller theorem to algebras with involution. For each height n, we compute the entire homotopy fixed point...
Scientific, Seminar
Math Biology Seminar: Somdatta Sinha
March 28, 2018
University of British Columbia
Understanding incidence, spread, prevalence and control of an infectious disease requires a multidisciplinary approach that encompasses many fields of inquiry in Natural and Social Sciences. Several biological, environmental and economic/social...
Scientific, Seminar
Discrete Math Seminar: Harrison Chapman
March 27, 2018
University of British Columbia
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