Presentations

Thematic Event: 6th Annual IRMACS Day

A Simulation Model of an Offender's Journey to Crime April 8, 2011 - 12:30 pm Natalia Iwanski (Undergraduate Student, Department of Mathematics)	Application of Fuzzy Cognitive Map for Understanding Behavior of Urban Transformations: Crime and Infectious Disease April 8, 2011 - 12:00 pm Vijay Mago (Post Doctoral Fellow, MoCSSy Program)
Disconnecting the Dots: First Steps in Computational Topology for Simulation and Data Cleaning April 8, 2011 - 11:15 am Laurens Bakker (M.Sc. Candidate, School of Computing Science, SFU)	Estimates of Cardiovascular Disease Reduction in Latin American Countries Following Gradual Reductions in Sodium Intake at the Population Level April 8, 2011 - 10:45 am Azadeh Alimadad (Ph.D. Candidate, Faculty of Health Sciences, SFU)
Modelling Treatment as Prevention - New Approaches to Combating the HIV Epidemic April 7, 2011 - 3:30 pm Dr. Krisztina Vasarhelyi, Interdisciplinary Modelling for the Prevention, Care and Treatment of HIV (IMPACT-HIV)	The Last Three Years in the MoCSSy Program April 7, 2011 - 3:00 pm Dr. Vahid Dabbaghian, Modelling of Complex Social Systems (MoCSSy) Program.
Can Mathematical Modelling Make Better Public Policy? April 7, 2011 - 2:30 pm Dr. Alexander (Sandy) Rutherford, Complex Systems Modelling Group	Reflections on the Verification and Validation of Computer Simulations April 7, 2011 - 12:30 pm Dr. Eric Winsberg, Philosopher of Science, University of South Florida
Intelligent Decision Support for Marine Safety and Security Operations April 7, 2011 - 12:00 pm Mr. Ali Khalili Araghi, winner of the Peter Borwein Annual Graduate Scholarship in Mathematics & Computational Modelling of Complex Systems	6th Annual IRMACS Day - Welcome and Introductions April 7, 2011 - 11:30 am 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.

Thematic Event: IMC Colloquium Series

Sources of bias for estimators of gene-by-environment interaction from case-parent trio data

April 1, 2011 - 11:30 am

Brad McNeney

Department of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences, Simon Fraser University

Are Stock Markets Beauty Contests?

March 18, 2011 - 11:30 am

Kenneth Kasa
Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University

Thematic Event: 2011 Global Warming Seminar Series

Responding to the Climate Change Challenge March 30, 2011 - 12:30 pm Thomas Pedersen Professor and Director of the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, University of Victoria	The Cloud Experiment at CERN March 23, 2011 - 12:30 pm Jasper Kirkby Head of the CLOUD Experiment, CERN, Geneva
The Role of Clouds and Water Vapor in Climate Change March 15, 2011 - 12:30 pm David Randall Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

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