WIMIN14
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Smith College
A one-day conference in mathematics and statistics.
Open to all
Click here for a detailed schedule and abstracts.
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The Alice Dickinson Lecture in Mathematics:
Ami Radunskaya, Pomona College
"Noisy, self-limiting growth: a look at stochastic difference equations"
Abstract
Many biological and physiological processes involve self-regulating mechanisms that prevent too much growth while ensuring against extinction. The rate of growth is somewhat random (``noisy"), and the distribution of the growth rate depends on the current state of the system. Some questions that we'd like to answer are: does the system have a well-defined average? In more technical terms, we want to know if the system is ergodic. How does this long-term average compare to the long-term behavior of the deterministic (not random) system? What can we say about the distribution of "survival times", i.e. the distribution of times until the system reaches a particular value?
and the Dorothy Wrinch Lecture in Biomathematics:
Erika Camacho, Arizona State University
"Modeling Photoreceptor Death and Rescue"
Abstract
Computer (in silico) experiments in this area have given researchers invaluable insights and in some cases re-directed experimental research and theory. With mathematics and in silico experiments, we will explore the experimentally observed photoreceptor death and rescue in retinal degeneration and provide a framework for future physiological investigations and potential ways to circumvent blindness.
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plus short talks by students, -
lunch for everyone, a panel discussion on being a graduate student, -
and no registration fee.
Please register here to let us know you're coming.
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Last update: 9/22/14