Simon Fraser University

Developmental Systems Theory (Gottlieb, 2007; Johnston & Edwards, 2002; Oyama, 2000) offers a compelling approach to development. Stressing bidirectional flow of information between genes, biological structures like the brain, and behavior, it offers...

Stochastic differential equations of motion (e.g., the Langevin equation) provide a popular framework for simulating molecular systems. Any computational algorithm must discretize these equations, yet the resulting finite time step integration...

Differential equations (DEs) are widely used to model complex dynamical systems in many areas including neuroscience, biology, medicine, genetics, ecology, engineering, physics, and finance. While parameters in DEs usually have scientific...

Aggregation is an ubiquitous natural phenomenon that pervades both the animal world and many inanimate physical systems. In the animal kingdom, group formation is observed across all levels from bacterial colonies and insect swarms to complex...

The SFU-UBC Joint Graduate Student Workshop in Statistics is going into its 11th year. This is the first of two seminars to take place this school year; the one in Fall is organized by graduate students from SFU and the one in Spring is organized by...

The mechanical properties of vertebrate bone are determined by its structure, which in turn depends on the outcome of the process of bone turnover. At any time of our life, asynchronously, at multiple sites in the skeleton, the bone tissue is...

Cholera is a severe water-borne disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. In this talk, I will present some recent development of cholera epidemics. Particularly, I will talk about endemic stability, cholera traveling waves and disease...