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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Modelling Treatment as Prevention - New Approaches to Combating the HIV Epidemic
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Dr. Krisztina Vasarhelyi, Interdisciplinary Modelling for the Prevention, Care and Treatment of HIV (IMPACT-HIV)
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The Last Three Years in the MoCSSy Program
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Dr. Vahid Dabbaghian, Modelling of Complex Social Systems (MoCSSy) Program.
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Can Mathematical Modelling Make Better Public Policy?
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Dr. Alexander (Sandy) Rutherford, Complex Systems Modelling Group
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Poster Session
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Reflections on the Verification and Validation of Computer Simulations
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Dr. Eric Winsberg, Philosopher of Science, University of South Florida
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Intelligent Decision Support for Marine Safety and Security Operations
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

Mr. Ali Khalili Araghi, winner of the Peter Borwein Annual Graduate Scholarship in Mathematics & Computational Modelling of Complex Systems
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6th Annual IRMACS Day - Welcome and Introductions
11:30 am - 12:00 pm

by Dr. Veselin Jungic, IRMACS Centre Deputy Director, Dr. Mario Pinto, SFU Vice President Research, Dr. Arne Mooers, Biology & IRMACS Management Committee and Ms. Pam Borghardt, IRMACS Centre Managing Director.
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Friday, April 1, 2011

Sources of bias for estimators of gene-by-environment interaction from case-parent trio data
11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Brad McNeney

Department of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Responding to the Climate Change Challenge
12:30 pm - 1:20 pm

Thomas Pedersen
Professor and Director of the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, University of Victoria
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

The Cloud Experiment at CERN
12:30 pm - 1:20 pm

Jasper Kirkby
Head of the CLOUD Experiment, CERN, Geneva
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Friday, March 18, 2011

Are Stock Markets Beauty Contests?
11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Kenneth Kasa
Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

The Role of Clouds and Water Vapor in Climate Change
12:30 pm - 1:20 pm

David Randall
Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

The Role of the Oceans in Climate
12:30 pm - 1:20 pm

Kevin Trenberth
Senior Scientist and Head of the Climate Analysis Section, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
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Friday, March 4, 2011

Modelling the Expansion of the Highly Active Anti-retroviral Therapy for HIV, within Risk Behaviour Environment
11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Bojan Ramadanovic
Complex Systems Modelling Group, The IRMACS Centre, Simon Fraser University
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Climate Change and the Melting Polar Ice Caps
12:30 pm - 1:20 pm

Kenneth M. Golden
Professor of Mathematics and Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering, University of Utah
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