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Seminar Schedule 2006/07  

The 2006/07 IAM seminars were organised by Michael Ward (IAM Director) and Marek Labecki (IAM Research/IT Manager). The series included 15 regular seminar talks, six Distinguished Colloquiua, two joint IAM-Math colloquiua, and the Third Annual Seminar Retreat.

    Wednesday, 06 Sep 2006, 4:00-5:00 pm
    Tenth IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium Series
    Prof. Alex Mogilner, Department of Mathematics and Center for Genetics and Development, University of California at Davis
    "System Level Mathematical Analysis of Mitosis" [abstract]

    Wednesday, 13 Sep 2006, 3:15-4:15 pm
    Tenth IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium Series
    Prof. William L. Kath, Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Department of Neurobiology and Physiology, Northwestern University
    "Models of Initiation and Propagation of Dendritic Spikes in Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Neurons" [abstract]

    Monday, 18 Sep 2006, 3:00-4:00 pm
    IAM Seminar Series

    Prof. Frederic Yui-Ming Wan, Department of Mathematics, University of California at Irvine
    "Morphogen Gradients in Biological Systems" [abstract]

    Monday, 25 Sep 2006, 3:00-4:00 pm
    IAM Seminar Series

    Dr. Traian Pirvu, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mathematics, UBC
    "Pricing in Complete and Incomplete Markets" [abstract]

    Monday, 02 Oct 2006, 3:00-4:00 pm
    IAM Seminar Series

    Prof. Razvan Fetecau, Department of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University
    "Leray-Type Regularizations of the Burgers and the Isentropic Euler Equations" [abstract]

    Monday, 16 Oct 2006, 3:00-4:00 pm
    IAM Seminar Series

    Prof. Adam Oberman, Department of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University
    "Fully Nonlinear Elliptic PDEs: Applications and Solution Methods" [abstract]

    Monday, 23 Oct 2006, 3:00-4:00 pm
    IAM Seminar Series

    Prof. Alex Vladimirsky, Department of Mathematics, Cornell University
    "Going with the (Information) Flow: On Efficient Computations and Boundary Value Problems" [abstract]

    Monday, 30 Oct 2006, 3:00-4:00 pm
    IAM Seminar Series

    Dr. Anmar Khadra, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mathematics, UBC
    "Analyzing the Robustness of Synchrony in GnRH Neurons when a Common Pool of GnRH Hormone is Considered" [abstract]

    Monday, 06 Nov 2006, 3:00-4:00 pm
    Tenth IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium Series
    Prof. Peter A. Forsyth, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
    "Hedging Under Jump Diffusion with Transaction Costs" [abstract]

    Monday, 20 Nov 2006, 3:00-4:00 pm
    IAM Seminar Series

    Prof. Uri Ascher, Department of Computer Science, UBC
    "Artificial Time Integration" [abstract]

    Wednesday, 29 Nov 2006, 3:30-4:30 pm
    IAM Seminar Series

    Prof. Karlheinz Gröchenig, Department of Mathematics, University of Vienna
    "Time-Frequency Analysis: From Wireless Communications to Abstract Harmonic Analysis" [abstract]

    Monday, 08 Jan 2007, 4:00-5:00 pm
    Room 104, Mathematics Bldg., 1984 Mathematics Road, UBC
    Joint Mathematics Colloquium / IAM Seminar Series

    Prof. Doron Levy, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University
    "Balanced Schemes for the Shallow Water Equations" [abstract]

    Monday, 15 Jan 2007, 4:00-5:00 pm
    Room 104, Mathematics Bldg., 1984 Mathematics Road, UBC
    Joint Mathematics Colloquium / IAM Seminar Series

    Dr. Christoph Hauert, Program for Evolutionary Dynamics, Harvard University
    "Evolutionary Dynamics: Structured Populations and the Problem of Cooperation" [abstract]

    Monday, 22 Jan 2007, 3:00-4:00 pm
    Seminar Series

    Prof. Michael Ward, Department of Mathematics, UBC
    "The Dynamics of Pulses for Reaction-Diffusion Systems" [abstract]

    Monday, 29 Jan 2007, 3:00-4:00 pm
    IAM Seminar Series

    Prof. Carl Olivier-Gooch, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UBC
    "High-Fidelity Methods in Computational Fluid Dynamics" [abstract]

    Monday, 05 Feb 2007, 3:00-4:00 pm
    IAM Seminar Series

    Prof. Steven Ruuth, Department of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University
    "A Simple Technique for Solving Partial Differential Equations on Surfaces" [abstract]

    Monday, 12 Feb 2007, 3:00-4:00 pm
    Tenth IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium Series
    Prof. James R. Rice, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
    "Episodic Slow Slipping of Seafloor Under Cascadia: What Physical Processes Cause Aseismic Deformation Transients?" [abstract]

    Monday, 26 Feb 2007, 3:00-4:00 pm
    IAM Seminar Series

    Prof. Emily Stone, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Montana
    "Analysis of Stomatal Dynamics" [abstract]

    Wednesday, 07 Mar 2007, 4:00-5:00 pm
    IAM Seminar Series

    Dr. Yoichiro Mori, Department of Mathematics, UBC
    "Convergence Proof for a Stokes Flow Immersed Boundary Method" [abstract]

    Monday, 12 Mar 2007, 3:00-4:00 pm
    Tenth IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium Series
    Prof. Emmanuel Candes, Department of Applied Mathematics, California Intitute of Technology
    "Compressive Sampling" [abstract]

    Monday, 19 Mar 2007, 3:00-4:00 pm
    Tenth IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium Series
    Prof. Paul Bressloff, Department of Mathematics, University of Utah
    "Mathematical Models of Protein Receptor Trafficking and Its Role in Synaptic Plasticity" [abstract]

    Monday, 26 Mar 2007, 3:00-4:00 pm
    IAM Seminar Series

    Prof. Özgür Yilmaz, Department of Mathematics, UBC
    "Mathematical Problems Related To Analog-to-Digital Conversion" [abstract]

    Monday, 02 Apr 2007, 3:00-4:00 pm
    IAM Seminar Series

    Prof. Richard Craster, Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London
    "Fingering of a Surfactant Droplet on a Thin Liquid Film" [abstract]

    Friday, 13 Apr 2007, 9:00 am-5:15 pm
    Third Annual IAM Seminar Retreat

    Location: Minnekhada Lodge, Minnekhada Regional Park

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