Past Events

Speaker: Dr. Peijun Sang Affiliation: University of Waterloo Title: Functional principal component analysis with informative observation times.

Speaker: Jianhong Wu, Center of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence for Public Health Advancement (York University) Title: Impact of Spatial Heterogeneity in Developmental Delay on Tick Population Distribution Dynamics Abstract: 

Speaker: Harry Gaebler (Falkirk Environmental Consultants and UoG) Title: Making Decisions in Complex Environmental Systems Abstract: 

Speaker: Dr. Kevin Zumbrun Affiliation: Indiana University Title: Continuous guts poker, generalized recursive games, and synchronous vs. asynchronous coalitions in multi-player games

Speaker: Jack Hughes, (Concordia University) Title: Travelling waves and wave pinning (polarity): Switching between random and directional cell motility Abstract: 

Speaker: Dr. Mufan Li Affiliation: University of Waterloo Title: The Proportional Scaling Limit of Neural Networks 

Speaker: Ed Thommes Title:  Long-range forecasting of seasonal influenza vaccine uptake using web search data Abstract:

Speaker: Richard Zhao (McMaster University) Title: Improving infectious disease prevalence estimation and parameter inference using number of tests and positivity data

Speaker: Benjamin Benteke Affiliation: PhD student at University of Guelph Title: Expanding optimization ensemble model methods for forecasting seasonal influenza in the U.S.

Speaker: Jenny Lawson, Univ. Calgary. Title: Resource Driven Dispersal Models with Harvesting  Abstract: