Past Events at Simon Fraser University

Past Events
- 21-Jan-07
- 23-Jan-07
2nd International Conference on Algorithmic Operations Research (AlgOR 2007)
The website for this event has been removed.  more››
Scientific Event
- 19-Jan-07
A Simple Technique for Solving Partial Differential Equations on Surfaces
Many applications require the solution of time dependent partial differential equations (PDEs) on surfaces or more general manifolds. Methods for treating such problems include surface parameterization, methods on triangulated surfaces and embeddi  more››
Scientific Event
- 5-Jan-07
Mechanistic Images in Geometric Form: Heinrich Hertz's Principles of Mechanic
During the last three years of his life Heinrich Hertz wrote a treatise on mechanics which was to be the last attempt to supply a satisfactory foundation to classical mechanics. It was published posthumously in 1894, the year of his death.  more››
Scientific Event
- 20-Nov-06
Feasible Proofs and Computations
The concepts of proof and computation are central to virtually any intellectual human activity. However, before the remarkable advances of the 20th century mathematical logic, the border between them had never been sharp even in the context of pur  more››
Scientific Event
- 10-Nov-06
Glacier and ice sheet dynamics
Glaciers and ice sheets are thin viscous gravity currents subject to mass sources and sinks due to surface snow accumulation and melting. Mathematically, the evolution of glacier geometry poses interesting free boundary problems. Land-based glaciers  more››
Scientific Event
- 3-Nov-06
Optimal Drug Therapy for Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
Drug therapy is introduced as a control in a mathematical model for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). The cancer is modeled as a system of ODE's representing the dynamics between the immune systen in the body and cancer cells. We introduce two cont  more››
Scientific Event
- 3-Nov-06
A Polymer Model Explains MinDE Dynamics in E. coli Cell Division
In Escherichia coli, the location of the site for cell division is regulated by the action of the Min proteins. These proteins undergo a periodic pole-to-pole oscillation that involves polymerization and ATPase activity of MinD under the controlling  more››
Scientific Event
- 20-Oct-06
Going with the (Information) Flow: on efficient computations & boundary value problems.
The direction of information propagation can be used to de-couple certain systems of nonlinear equations. This fundamental principle is the basis of Dijkstra's classical method for finding shortest paths on graphs. We will use the continuous analogue  more››
Scientific Event
- 13-Oct-06
The first annual applied math show and tell will be an opportunity graduate students and other faculty to learn about what faculty in the applied math group are doing. Each speaker will have under five minutes to give a one paragraph intro to their r  more››
Scientific Event
- 6-Oct-06
- 6-Oct-06
Three-dimensional Turing patterns: Stability, implications in biological modeling, and equilibrium
Turing patterns are structures that can form spontaneously in systems of reacting and diffusing chemicals. Since the 1950s, when Alain Turing first put forth the theoretical considerations, there has been a vast amount of literature on the subject. I  more››
Scientific Event
- 30-Sep-06
- 1-Oct-06
Pacific Northwest Numerical Analysis Seminar
The Twentieth Annual Pacific Northwest Numerical Analysis Seminar will be hosted by the Department of Mathematics at Simon Fraser University. The meeting will run from  more››
Scientific Event
- 9-Aug-06
CECM, Maplesoft, MITACS, IRMACS and PIMS are pleased to present "CECM 2006", a summer conference hosted by CECM under the title "Summer Workshop on Computational Mathematics" at Simon Fraser University. The Workshop  more››
Scientific Event
- 18-Jul-06
Heisenberg-Weyl groups and their application to sequence design
We will describe how Heisenberg-Weyl groups appear in the construction of phase coded radar waveforms, in the design of spreading sequences in wireless communications, and in the theory of classical and quantum error-correcting codes. Interesti  more››
Scientific Event
- 18-Jul-06
A rare event for students (undergraduate and graduate) to meet two of the most acclaimed mathematical scientists of our time. PIMS invites you to attend a special informal question & answer session with these speakers after their lectures, to be  more››
Scientific Event
- 18-Jul-06
Wavelets are a new approach used in the analysis of sounds and images, as well as in many other applications. The wavelet transform provides a mathematical analog to a music score: just as the score tells a musician which notes to play whe  more››
Scientific Event
- 17-Jul-06
- 22-Jul-06
The conference will explore new research directions within the fields of sequence design and algebraic error-correcting codes, including radar applications of sequence design, algebraic constructions of space-time  more››
Scientific Event
- 12-Jul-06
Some arithmetic problems raised by rabbits, cows and the Da Vinci Code
In 1202, the Italian mathematician Leonardo da Pisa, alias Fibonacci, introduced a sequence of numbers that nowadays bears his name. Under the assumption that rabbits breed (producing a pair of rabbits) when  more››
Scientific Event
- 11-Jul-06
The Physics of Eternity Recent evidence points to an open universe, where time might run forever. If we take the current laws of physics, and run things forward, what could we see of the far future? We find some predictions out to 10**15 years are fa  more››
Scientific Event
- 7-Jul-06
Polynomials, Permutations, Prime Ideals, and factoring Polynomials modulo p
The talk began as an attempt to answer the following question - if f(x) is an irreducible polynomial with integer coefficients, does it remain irreducible modulo p for infinitely many primes p? It turns out that the answer is sometimes yes and som  more››
Scientific Event