Modelling Summer School

As part of the IRMACS Thematic Year: “Scientific Modelling at SFU”, the IRMACS Centre was pleased to host the first IRMACS Modelling Summer School. The School was held in the IRMACS Centre from July 4th - July 15th, 2011.

The primary goal of the summer school was to introduce students to the advantages of uniting researchers from diverse fields in order to conduct scientific modeling using an interdisciplinary approach. The first week of the summer school began with a joint session during which all participants were introduced to proposed problems. Participants were then divided into two smaller groups led by group supervisors and mentors, who guided them in working on the proposed problem for which they were assigned. On the final day of the school, July 15th, each group presented their solutions to their problem.

Summer school students are invited to participate in the post-event survey.

Summer School Problems

A Fuzzy Cognitive Map Approach for Analyzing Impact of Social Aspects Contributing to Homelessness

Supervisor: Dr. Vahid Dabbaghian, Modelling of Complex Social Systems (MoCSSy) Program, SFU
Mentor: Dr. Vijay Kumar Mago Research Associate, MoCSSy Program

Modelling evolutionary processes using Kernel density methods

Supervisor: Dr. Arne Mooers, Biodiversity Lab, SFU
Mentor: Mick Elliot, Ph.D. Student, Department of Biology, SFU.

Resources

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Modelling evolutionary processes using Kernel density methods (PDF)	127.36 KB
MoCSSy Summer School Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping Final (PDF)	5.35 MB

Presentation Videos

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Modelling evolutionary processes using Kernel density methods (PDF)	127.36 KB
MoCSSy Summer School Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping Final (PDF)	5.35 MB

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I just wanted to say thank you for the wonderful opportunity provided by MoCSSy and IRMACS in the first Modelling Summer School. Over the two weeks of the project, working with the inter-disciplinary team, provided me the opportunity to share the best of my knowledge and experience as well as to acquire the best of the knowledge and experience of my team members - an invaluable experience. In addition to the project being intellectually stimulating and providing an opportunity to acquire new skills, it was emotionally satisfying by providing the opportunity to make new friends at SFU with individuals I could not have otherwise come in contact with. The project was well directed, well organized, and overall I found it to be an exceptional experience.
--Hilary Kim Morden

A great school to learn a lot in a short time. The opportunity of such experience is precious.
--Tim

It was a great summer school. Thanks to IRMACS and MOCSSY.
--Parastoo

It was a great oppurtunity for me to take part in the first IRMACS modelling summer school 2011. I must say that I had a great time and experience working in real time projects and applying mathematical tools to analyze the present socioeconomic problems that exists in our present society. It was great to work with a group of knowledgable people coming from various major subjects like Mathematics, Criminology, Social Science, Geography and Computing Science. The way the school was conducted was great with our mentor Vijay Mago and supervisor Vahid Dabbaghian leading from the front. I learnt a lot about the methodology and some intrinsic details of the project. Finally Irmacs facilities are beyond praise, one of the best in the world for sure. I look forward to work in future in many projects and contribute to the MOCSSY department.
--Rakhi Chattopadhyay

This summer school was very productive and useful for me . I learned new approach(FCM) and applied it in Homelessness problem. It was completely organized, fruitful. I enjoyed it and I hope we could have it at least once a year or even twice. It is a short term workshop, but very dense and helpful. I really appreciate all organizers who made it happen. Thank you all. It was a really good experience.
--Sara Namazi

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