Past Events
Scientific, Summer School
2020 Diversity in Mathematics: Online High School Math Camp- Information and Registration
August 4–14, 2020
Online
Online High School math camp Application Information: Due to COVID-19, we are moving this camp entirely ONLINE! Application deadline extended to July 10, 2020. Are you in grade 10, 11 or 12? Do you find math stimulating and fun? Do you want to...
Scientific, Seminar
UBC Math Bio Seminar: Jennifer Flegg (Online)
July 30, 2020
Online
Malaria is a leading cause of death in many low-income countries despite being preventable, treatable and curable. One of the major roadblocks to malaria elimination is the emergence and spread of antimalarial drug resistance, which evolves when...
Scientific, Summer School
2020 PIMS - Germany Summer School on Eigenvarieties (Postponed)
July 27 – August 8, 2020
University of British Columbia
Due to the current health crisis and restrictions to movement globally, this event has now been postponed. All confirmed participants will be contacted by the organizers Non-archimedean geometry is the analogue of complex geometry, where the field of...
Scientific, Seminar
UBC Math Bio Seminar: Kasia Rejniak
July 23, 2020
Online
Systemic chemotherapy is one of the main anticancer treatments used for most kinds of clinically diagnosed tumors. However, the efficacy of these drugs can be hampered by the physical attributes of the tumor tissue, such as tortuous vasculature...
Scientific, Seminar
UBC Math Bio Seminar: Shane Hutson (Online)
July 15, 2020
Online
The first response of epithelial cells to local wounds is a dramatic increase in cytosolic calcium. This increase occurs quickly – calcium floods into damaged cells within 0.1 s, moves into adjacent cells over ~20 s, and appears in a much larger set...
Scientific, Seminar
UBC Probability Seminar: Elchanan Mossel (Online)
July 15, 2020
Online
TBA This is a continuation of the first lecture given on Monday. See here for more details
Scientific, Seminar
UBC Probability Seminar: Elchanan Mossel (Online)
July 14, 2020
Online
TBA
Scientific, Seminar
UBC Probability Seminar: Elchanan Mossel (Online)
July 14, 2020
Online
TBA This is a continuation of the first lecture given on Monday. See here for more details
Scientific, Seminar
UBC Probability Seminar: Andrea Montanari (Online)
July 11, 2020
Online
Lecture 5) Optimization algorithms for mean field spin glasses. This is a continuation of the first lecture given on Monday. See here for more details
Scientific, Seminar
UBC Probability Seminar: Andrea Montanari (Online)
July 10, 2020
Online
Lecture 4) Replica symmetry breaking. Parisi formula. Computational implications aspect. This is a continuation of the first lecture given on Monday. See here for more details