Fifth Annual IAM Retreat 2009

Annual Retreat
April 9, 2009 4:00 pm

Speaker:  Fifteen Speakers

Location:  Cammidge House, Boundary Bay Regional Park

Intended Audience:  Public

The Fifth Annual IAM Seminar Retreat was organised by Prof. Dan Coombs (IAM Faculty, Mathematics), Prof. Neil Balmforth (IAM Director, Earth and Ocean Sciences and Mathematics) and Dr. Marek Labecki (IAM Research/IT Manager), and took place on Thursday, the 9th of April, 2009. This year, our venue was Cammidge House, a heritage building located in Boundary Bay Regional Park. The retreat turned out to be a great success, with a total of 28 participants and 15 excellent talks covering several areas of applied mathematics. Favourable weather and low-tide conditions gave us an opportunity to enjoy an extended walk on the beach during our lunch break.

Retreat Schedule
Time Presenter Talk Title
9:00-9:40 ARRIVAL, SETUP, REFRESHMENTS
9:40-9:45 WELCOMING REMARKS
9:45-10:39 SESSION ONE
9:45 Ryan Lukeman Inferring Interaction Rules from Field Data of Animal Groups (Ducks)
10:03 Erin Prosk Cofilin Activity at the Wheel of Invasive Cancer Cells
10:21 Ben Vanderlei Modeling Cell Motility
10:39-10:45 SPEND-A-PENNY BREAK
10:45-11:39 SESSION TWO
10:45 Jennifer Morrison Detecting Transient Directed Motion in Single Particle Tracks
11:03 Jessica Conway A Stochastic Model of Viral Load in HIV Patients on ART
11:21 Jun Allard Z-Polymers in Bacteria and Liposomes
11:39-11:51 RECHARGE-YOUR-BATTERIES BREAK
11:51-12:45 SESSION THREE
11:51 Maria Khomenko Thin Fluid Flow Instabilities
12:09 Ian Chan Parametric Subharmonic Instability and the Beta Effect
12:27 Eric DeGiuli Pattern Formation in Ice Sheets
12:45-15:00 LUNCH, GROUP PHOTO, WALK/RUN/SWIM
15:00-15:54 SESSION FOUR
15:00 Sandra Merchant Instabilities, Spatial Patterns and Predator Invasions in a Predator-Prey Model with Non-Local Prey Competition
15:18 Ignacio Rozada Strong and Weak Instabilities in the Schnakenberg Model on a Growing Sphere
15:36 Alan Lindsay Modeling of MEMS Devices
15:54-16:06 TEA-AND-BISCUITS BREAK
16:06-17:00 SESSION FIVE
16:06 Majid Hosseini A Particle-Based Model for the Transport of Erythrocytes in Capillaries
16:24 Peng Gao Boundary Slip on a Roughly Patterned Surface
16:42 Diwen Zhou Experiment and Simulation of Selective Withdrawal in Viscoelastic Fluid
17:00 CLEANUP
17:20 DEPARTURE

 

Our Group in front of Cammidge House

Our Group in front of Cammidge House

 

The Speakers

Ryan LukemanErin ProskDr. Ben Vanderlei

Jennifer MorrisonDr. Jessica ConwayJun AllardMaria KhomenkoIan ChanEric DeGiuliSandra MerchantIgnacio RozadaAlan LindsayMajid HosseiniDr. Peng GaoDiwen Zhou

A walk on the beach in Boundary Bay Park