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Name |
Department |
Research Interests |
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Earth and Ocean Sciences |
Modelling the underlying fluid dynamical structures in the
ocean using idealized numerical models, laboratory experiments,
and mathematical analysis |
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Mathematics |
Discrete mathematics; extremal set theory; graph theory; matching theory |
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Computer Science |
Scientific computation, particularly involving differential equations with constraints;
data inversion in geophysics, 3D electromagnetic simulations;
modeling and simulation for physical systems in virtual environments
[selected
publications]
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Earth and Ocean Sciences |
Cloud physics; understanding the processes that determine the radiative
properties of layer clouds; formation, lifetime and dissipation of stratus
and cirrus clouds; influence of clouds on the global climate
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Chemical and Biological Engineering |
Bioprocess engineering and modelling of physiological processes
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Earth and Ocean Sciences /
Mathematics |
Geophysical and astrophysical fluid mechanics
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Mathematics |
Probability theory, fractal sets; cluster growth models,
in particular diffusion limited aggregation (DLA)
[selected
publications]
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Earth and Ocean Sciences |
The role of scale in site characterization and modeling of groundwater systems
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Mathematics |
Similarity and perturbation methods, Stefan problems
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Computer Science |
Computer graphics and animation, geometric modeling and implicit surfaces,
scientific computing, numerical PDEs, sparse matrix methods, mesh generation
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Mathematics |
Statistical mechanics, quantum field theory, functional integration, probability
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Mechanical Engineering |
Combustion, turbulence, numerical simulation, computational fluid dynamics,
IC engines, thermal power generation
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Physics and Astronomy |
Numerical relativity
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Computer Science |
Computational complexity theory and biomolecular computing, biomolecular computation
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Mathematics |
Mathematical biology: cell signaling
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Mechanical Engineering |
Robotics; high level planning and control; sensor integration and artificial
intelligence applications to robotics, machine vision, industrial
automation, and computer-integrated manufacturing
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Mathematics |
Mathematical biology: cell biology, cardiac electrophysiology
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Mathematics /
Zoology |
Theoretical ecology and evolution;
integration of ecological and population genetic modeling approaches;
ecology and evolution of spatially structured populations
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Chemical and Biological Engineering /
Mathematics |
Fluid dynamics and rheology of complex fluids
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Computer Science |
Numerical optimization, numerical linear algebra, design and implementation
of algorithms for constrained optimization, scientific computing
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Mathematics |
Laplacians, eigenvalues, and expansion, primarily on graphs;
explicit construction questions, primarily from theoretical computer science
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Mathematics /
Mechanical Engineering |
Non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, visco-plastic fluids,
non-Darcy flows with limiting pressure gradients,
mathematical modelling of metal sprayforming
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Mathematics |
Mathematical physics, spectral and scattering theory of
Schrödinger operators and Laplacians resonances
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Mathematics |
Nonlinear analysis and partial differential equations
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Mechanical Engineering |
Fluid dynamics: twin wire blade forming, pulp fibre separation,
cavitation, marine propellers, wing tip vortices; biomechanics: blood
vessel dynamics, glaucoma
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Computer Science |
Scientific computing, numerical linear algebra
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Mathematics |
Evolutionary game theory in structured populations
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Computer Science |
Interactive computer graphics, shading and lighting
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Earth and Ocean Sciences |
Theoretical aspects of exploration and global reflection seismology
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Computer Science |
Empirical algorithmics, stochastic search, artificial intelligence,
bioinformatics, combinatorial auctions, computer music
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Earth and Ocean Sciences |
Modelling, analysis and prediction of climate variability;
application of machine learning methods to environmental sciences
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Earth and Ocean Sciences |
Application of experimental and theoretical fluid dynamics and field
and laboratory observations to the understanding of the formation and thermal
evolution and differentiation of planets
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Statistics |
Multivariate models and dependence, extreme value inference,
statistical computing, random utility models
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Mathematics |
Mathematical biology: dynamics of actin filaments in the cytoskeleton,
swarming behaviour, type 1 diabetes
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Computer Science |
Computational complexity, combinatorial algorithms, computational geometry,
parallel and distributed computation
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Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Statistical signal processing, hidden Markov models, stochastic optimization,
re-inforcement learning, time-series analysis,
applications in defense and telecommunications
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Mathematics |
Chaotic dynamical systems, modulated two-dimensional patterns
in reaction-diffusion systems
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Civil Engineering |
Environmental fluid mechanics, hydraulics, hydrodynamic stability and mixing,
physical limnology, water quality management
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Mathematics |
Calcium signalling in neuroendocrine cells, fertilization calcium waves in oocytes,
synchrony in neuroendocrine cells and rhythmogenesis in hormonal signals
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Mathematics |
Calculus of variations, optimal control theory, nonsmooth analysis,
mathematical programming
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Forest Resources Management |
Continuum mechanics, logging mechanics, operations research
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Mathematics |
Coding and information theory, symbolic dynamics,
ergodic theory and dynamical systems
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Chemical and Biological Engineering |
Hydrodynamics and heat transfer in paper machines
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Computer Science |
PDE methods for control, level set methods, hybrid and embedded systems,
verification, mathematical software
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Mathematics |
Dynamical systems, especially bifurcation theory and applications
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Faculty of Land and Food Systems |
The energy and mass-flow interactions between the soil and the lower atmosphere,
and the ways that these are affected by surface modifications such as covering
the soil with a mulch
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Earth and Ocean Sciences |
Development of rigorous and approximate methods to invert geophysical data
and to apply those techniques to solve practical problems
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Mechanical Engineering |
Creating a general framework for solving PDEs on unstructured
meshes, and unstructured mesh generation; application areas of
particular interest include computational fluid dynamics, external
aerodynamics, and aerodynamic/hydrodynamic optimization
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Zoology |
Population genetics and evolutionary biology
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Computer Science |
Robotics, graphics, modeling, and simulation;
Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS)
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Earth and Ocean Sciences |
Theoretical dynamics of the atmospheric general circulation and climate,
global climate change, statistical analysis and numerical modelling of athmospheric
variability, wave propagation in random media with application to the athmosphere
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Mathematics |
Asymptotic and numerical methods, modeling fracture processes in rocks,
reactive flows in porous media, control of quantum molecular systems
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Mathematics |
Random processes which model the distribution of a population
undergoing random migration and reproduction; Brownian motions
and random walks on "fractals" and discrete graphs
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Mechanical Engineering |
Dynamics of Multiscale Materials, Structures and Devices; Applied Mechanics; Micromechanics; MEMS and Biomedical Applications of Lattice Devices
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Physics and Astronomy |
Dynamics and disorder in the theory of protein folding and function,
genetic and phylogenetic networks, pattern formation and symmetry
breaking in morphogenesis
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UBC Centre for Disease Control / Health Care and Epidemiology |
Modeling the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases, impact of different control strategies on disease dynamics, designing optimal public health policy
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Sauder School of Business |
Markov decision processes, statistical models for discrete data,
applied statistics and forecasting
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Mechanical Engineering |
Theoretical and computational modelling of fracture and domain
switching of ferroelectrics for applications in adaptive structures;
computational modeling of superelastic behaviour and fatigue of
shape memory alloys; SMA reinforced composites;
computer-aided analysis of guyed towers and latticed towers
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Zoology |
Study of molecular signals that induce DNA uptake,
examination of earliest precursors of real meiotic sex in eukaryotes,
mathematical analysis and computer-simulation modelling
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Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Robotics and teleoperation; design, modelling and control
of electro-mechanical devices; optimization-based CAD of control systems
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Mechanical Engineering |
Appropriate use of renewable resources, advanced processes for
grading lumber, dynamics and stability of circular and band saws,
computational methods for residual stress analysis
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Mathematics |
Numerical methods for partial differential equations,
finite element methods, discontinuous Galerkin methods
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Earth and Ocean Sciences |
Non-Newtonian fluid dynamics in geophysics, ice sheet dynamics
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Physics and Astronomy |
Superstring theory, quantum field theory, statistical mechanics,
elementary particle physics; gauge field theories, large N limits,
effective string theories of confinement;
conformal field theory, renormalization theory and the conformal bootstrap;
chiral symmetry breaking by strongly coupled gauge theories
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Mathematics |
Linear and nonlinear wave propagation, fluid mechanics,
elasticity, acoustics, meteorology
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Computer Science |
Digital geometry processing, parameterization of mesh surfaces
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Mathematics |
Probability theory and statistical mechanics
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Earth and Ocean Sciences |
Observational studies and mathematical modelling of micro-
and mesoscale flow and turbulence phenomena in the atmospheric boundary layer;
atmospheric pollution
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Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences |
Pattern formation and visual cortex models |
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Chemistry |
Dynamics of chemical reactions/processes using mathematical and computational techniques
[selected publications]
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Civil Engineering |
Mechanics of composite materials, impact dynamics, nonlinear finite element
analysis, constitutive modelling of materials, plasticity, damage mechanics,
numerical studies in impact and processing of fibre-reinforced composite
structures
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Chemistry |
Quantum chemistry, ab initio methods, density-functional theory,
computational chemistry, computational chemical biology
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Mathematics |
Applied analysis, singular perturbations,
mathematical modeling and scientific computation
[selected publications]
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Mathematics |
Numerical analysis of finite difference methods with applications to
computational fluid dynamics, particularly to incompressible flow,
and to interface problems
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Zoology |
Evolution in structured populations: What are the forces that control
the nature and distribution of genotypes in subdivided populations?
How does this affect the outcome of other evolutionary
processes? These and other questions are addressed in a variety of ways,
from theoretical analyses to experimental lab model systems to field research.
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Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Acoustic wave propagation; applied digital signal processing
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Mathematics |
Applied harmonic analysis, wavelets, signal processing, information theory
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Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education /
Statistics |
Statistical theory and quantitative methods for conducting research, testing,
and evaluation
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