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Population neuroimaging is devoted to the identification and modelling of brain development, maturation and aging by using a combination of neuroimaging with epidemiology and omics sciences, as applied in large cohorts and meta-analytical datasets...

Given coprime integers $a,b$, the classical identity of Bezout provides integers $u,v$ such that $au-bv = 1$. We consider refinements to this identity, where we ask that $u,v$ are norms from a quadratic extension. We then find ourselves counting...

Families of p-adic automorphic forms are well studied objects of arithmetic geometry since the pioneering work of Hida and Coleman. Their study resulted in the definition of geometric objects, called eigenvarieties, that parametrize systems of Hecke...

The Coast Combinatorics Conference Series began in 1999. In most years there has been a meeting on the Canadian west coast in February or March, featuring a collegial, collaborative, workshop-style atmosphere and a diverse collection of talks on...

A graph is Ramsey if its largest clique or independent set is of size logarithmic in the number of vertices. While almost all graphs are Ramsey, there is still no known explicit construction of Ramsey graphs. We discuss recent progress on finding...

A-homotopy theory is a discrete homotopy theory for graphs. While A-homotopy theory has many of the nice properties of the classical homotopy theory on topological spaces, we would like to know if it also has a nice structure to work with as well. We...

The pandemic placed considerable stress on the critical care system in British Columbia. In this talk, I will present simulation modelling analysis done to support the response to the pandemic and ongoing work to improve the ability of the critical...

Observing a sample of random variables, we wish to decide whether or not some hypothesis about the distribution of the observed sample is correct. A decision procedure for such a problem is called a statistical test of the hypothesis under...

Techniques developed for transcendental number theory have had many surprising applications in the study of purely arithmetic questions. The aim of our talk will be to discuss this phenomenon. Speaker Bio: Cameron L. Stewart is a University Professor...

The strong Allee effect plays an important role on the evolution of population in ecological systems. One important concept is the Allee threshold that determines the persistence or extinction of the population in a long time. In general, a small...