Mathematics

Multiscale Modeling of Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Speaker: 
Alan Perelson
Date: 
Thu, Jan 17, 2013
Location: 
PIMS, University of British Columbia
Conference: 
Disease Dynamics 2013
Abstract: 

Multiscale Modeling of Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Class: 
Scientific
Subject: 
Mathematics
Mathematical Biology

A cross-scale approach to determining measures of vaccine efficacy

Speaker: 
Rustum Antia
Date: 
Fri, Jan 18, 2013
Location: 
PIMS, University of British Columbia
Conference: 
Disease Dynamics 2013
Abstract: 

A cross-scale approach to determining measures of vaccine efficacy

Class: 
Scientific
Subject: 
Mathematics
Mathematical Biology

Vaccination Against Genital Herpes

Speaker: 
Jane Heffernan
Date: 
Fri, Jan 18, 2013
Location: 
PIMS, University of British Columbia
Abstract: 

Vaccination Against Genital Herpes

Class: 
Scientific
Subject: 
Mathematics
Mathematical Biology

Rapid Localized Spread and Immunologic Containment Defines Herpes Simplex Virus-2 Reactivation in the Human Genital Trac

Speaker: 
Joshua Schiffer
Date: 
Fri, Jan 18, 2013
Location: 
PIMS, University of British Columbia
Conference: 
Disease Dynamics 2013
Abstract: 

Rapid Localized Spread and Immunologic Containment Defines Herpes Simplex Virus-2 Reactivation in the Human
Genital Trac

Class: 
Scientific
Subject: 
Mathematics
Mathematical Biology

The effect of vaccination on influenza’s rate of antigenic drift

Speaker: 
Katia Koelle
Date: 
Thu, Jan 17, 2013
Location: 
PIMS, University of British Columbia
Conference: 
Disease Dynamics 2013
Abstract: 

The effect of vaccination on influenza’s rate of antigenic drif

Class: 
Scientific
Subject: 
Mathematics
Mathematical Biology

Optimizing Influenza Vaccine Allocation

Speaker: 
Jan Medlock
Date: 
Thu, Jan 17, 2013
Location: 
PIMS, University of British Columbia
Conference: 
Disease Dynamics 2013
Abstract: 

Optimizing Influenza Vaccine Allocation

Class: 
Scientific
Subject: 
Mathematics
Mathematical Biology

Mathematical Modeling: The View from Public Health Practice

Speaker: 
David Patrick
Date: 
Thu, Jan 17, 2013
Location: 
PIMS, University of British Columbia
Conference: 
Disease Dynamics 2013
Abstract: 

Mathematical Modeling: The View from Public Health Practice

Class: 
Scientific
Subject: 
Mathematics
Mathematical Biology

How Does Google Google? The Math Behind the Internet

Speaker: 
Margot Gerritsen
Date: 
Thu, Jan 17, 2013
Location: 
PIMS, University of British Columbia
Conference: 
Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013
Abstract: 

We all Google. You may even have found this talk by Googling. What you may not know is that behind the Google’s and other search engines is beautiful and elegant mathematics. In this talk, I will try to explain the workings of page ranking and search engines using only rusty calculus.

An alternative version of this lecture presented at the University of Calgary is also available.

Class: 
Scientific
Subject: 
Mathematics
Data Structures and Algorithmic Databases
Computer Science

Turing and Intelligent Machines

Speaker: 
Nicole Wyatt
Date: 
Tue, Dec 4, 2012
Location: 
University of Calgary
Conference: 
Alan Turing Year
Abstract: 

Turing's interest in the possibility of machine intelligence is probably most familiar in the form of the 'Turing Test', a version of which has been instantiated since 1991 as the Loebner Prize in Artificial Intelligence. To this date the Loebner Gold Medal has not been won. But should any future winner of the prize count themselves as having created a computer that thinks? Turing's 1950 Mind paper 'Computing Machinery and Intelligence', gives a sustained defence of the claim that a machine able to pass the test, which Turing called the Imitation Game, would indeed qualify as thinking. This lecture will explain the Turing Test as well as Turing's more general views concerning the prospects for artificial intelligence and examine both the criticisms of the test and Turing's rebuttals

Class: 
Scientific
Subject: 
Mathematics
Computational Complexity
Information Theory and Cryptography
Computer Science

Math Mania at the Middle School

Speaker: 
St Michaels University School
Date: 
Fri, Dec 7, 2012
Location: 
St Michaels University School, Victoria
Conference: 
Math Mania
Abstract: 

Mania over Math at St Michaels University School

Math Mania, a new event at SMUS, brought a crowd of students and parents to the Middle School to enjoy games and puzzles for all ages. Parents teamed up with their children to conquer equations and Senior School students shared their enthusiasm for mathematics with some of our younger community members.

For more information on Math Mania please visit the

Credit for this video belongs to St Michaels University School.

Class: 
Educational
Subject: 
Mathematics

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