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Date/Place |
Speaker/Affiliation |
Title of the talk |
Abstract of the
talk |
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2006-2007 |
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January 25, 2007
(4pm, BA308) |
Prof. Robert
Krasny (Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, USA) |
A Treecode
Algorithm for Regularized Particle Simulation |
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November 23, 2006
(4pm, BA111)
|
Prof. Ken Jackson
(University of Toronto, Canada) |
Rigorous Shadowing
of Numerical Solutions of Ordinary Differential Equations by Containment |
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October 6, 2006
(2:30pm, SBE1240) |
Prof. Norman Schofield
(Washington University, U.S.A.) |
Activists and Political Coalitions in the United States (on the
Applications of the Mean Voter Theorem) |
(further details:
ns1,
ns2) |
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2005-2006 |
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May 10, 2006
(2pm, Bob Room, Perimeter Institute) |
Prof. Efthimios Kaxiras
(Harvard University) |
Simulations of Complex Materials Across Multiple Length Scales
(Joint
Laurier-Perimeter seminar at the Perimeter Institute of Theoretical
Physics) |
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April 20, 2006
(4pm, BA101) |
Prof. Ching-Yao Fong
(University of California, Davis) |
Design Half Metallic Materials for Spintronics - One of the
Frontiers of Physics |
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March 9, 2006
(4pm, Bob Room, Perimeter Institute) |
Prof. Don Saari (University of California, Irvine) |
The Chaotic Evolution
of Newton's Universe
(Joint Laurier-Perimeter
seminar at the Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics)
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February 9, 2006
(4pm, BA101) |
Prof. Arthur Kuo (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) |
Human Walking Isn't
All Hard Work, or How to Freeload on Physics |
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December 2, 2005
(BA101, 4pm) |
Prof. Doron Zeilberger
(Steel Prize co-recipient 1998, Rutgers University, U.S.A.) |
The
GuessAndCheck Methodology |
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November 18, 2005
(Mike Lazaridis Theatre of Ideas, Perimeter Institute, 4:15pm) |
Prof. Seth Lloyd (Massachusetts Institute of
Technology) |
Computing the Universe
(Joint Laurier-Perimeter
seminar at the Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics) |
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October 27, 2005
(2:15 - 3:45pm)
N1001 |
Prof. Myron Scholes
(1997 Nobel Laureate in Economics, Managing Partner of Oak Hill
Capital Management and Frank E. Buck Professor of Finance
Emeritus, Stanford University) |
Financial Innovation in a Chaotic Environment
(Sponsored
by the Faculty of Science as part of "A Focus on Financial
Mathematics") |
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October 27, 2005 (1:45 - 2:15pm)
N1001 |
Dr Roberta Wilton
(President and CEO of CSI Global Education Inc) |
Getting Ahead in Financial Services: How life-long education will
drive your career
(Sponsored
by the Faculty of Science as part of "A Focus on Financial
Mathematics") |
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October 13, 2005
(4pm BA101) |
Prof. Mike Mesterton-Gibbons
(Florida State University) |
Effects of Continuous Variations on the Strategic Stability of
Conventions |
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September 29, 2005
(4pm BA101) |
Prof. Steven Brams
(New York University) |
Fair Division: From Cake-Cutting to Dispute Resolution |
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September 9, 2005
(4pm, BA101) |
Prof. Michiel de Hoon
(Columbia University, N.Y.) |
Computational Biology of Gene Regulation |
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2004-2005 |
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June 9, 2005
(4pm, BA102) |
Prof. Shoshana Wodak
(Director of the Center for
Computational Biology and Genomic Computing, HSC) |
Expression and Regulation of Protein Complexes in Yeast: Towards a
Dynamic View |
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June 2, 2005
(4pm BA102) |
Prof. Anthony Roberts
(University of Southern Queensland) |
Complex Systems: Rational Modelling Ensures Fidelity |
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April 7, 2005
(4pm BA102) |
Prof. Duncan Murdoch
(University of Western Ontario,
London) |
Perfect Sampling for Non-Markovian Queues
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March 17, 2005,
BA 101 |
Prof. Doug Mewhort
(Queen's University, Kingston) |
Why
Does a Psychologist Need a Supercomputer? or The Representation
and Use of Knowledge in Memory
|
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February 17, 2005
BA101, 4pm |
Prof. Daniel Kleitman
(Massachusetts Institute of
Technology) |
Some Results in Mathematical Biology and in Ramsey Theory |
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January 20, 2005
SBE-1210,
4pm |
Prof. Thomas Coleman
(Cornell University, U.S.A) |
Financial Engineering on Computational Clusters |
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December 16,
2004 (4pm, BA 102) |
Dr Juergen Gerhard
(Software Group Leader, MapleSoft) |
Mathematical Modelling with Maple and Applications |
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November 26, 2004
(4:30pm, BA201) |
Prof. Ted Sargent
(M.I.T. and University of Toronto) |
Choreographing the Dance of Molecules: Nanotechnology for
Medicine, Communication, and Information
(Sponsored
by the Faculty of Science as part of the Research Centre Opening
event) |
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October 7, 2004
(4pm, BA110) |
Prof. Hermann Eberl
(University of Guelph) |
A
Mathematical Study of Disinfection of Bacterial Biofilms with
Antibiotics |
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