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July 2020
Math Kitchen Party: organized by Daniele Turchetti (Dalhousie)
Number Theory in Quantum Mechanics Suresh Eswarathasan (Dalhousie | 8:00-8:20) In this lecture, I will discuss some concrete connections between two seemingly disparate fields: number theory and quantum mechanics. The first 10 minutes will be spent giving some “standard” facts in these disciplines before spending the last 10 minutes on the implications of the Sum of Two Squares Theorem (or rather, its refinements) on certain quantum waves. Getting Back to Your Roots Jason Brown (Dalhousie | 8:40-9:00) Polynomials arise in…
Find out more »Quantum Gravity 2020
The conference “Quantum Gravity 2020“ has a deliberately broad scope. We aim to include participants from all current approaches to quantum gravity, as well as researchers working on the phenomenology of quantum gravity. The main goal of the meeting is to assess the progress made and to constructively and openly discuss open questions in our understanding of quantum gravity. A second goal is to work towards combining the insights gained in the various approaches. In its overall goal as well…
Find out more »CMS COVID-19 Research and Education Meeting (CCREM)
The CMS had to postpone the 2020 CMS Summer Meeting planned for this June due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since we cannot hold a meeting in person, the CMS still wants to provide a virtual platform for mathematicians to come together and learn during this difficult time. We feel that a meeting focused on the changes caused by COVID-19 to the way we plan, teach and do research would be of great benefit to the Canadian mathematical community. The session…
Find out more »AARMS COVID-19 Seminar: Sana Jahedi (UNB) and James A. Yorke (Maryland)
When the best pandemic models are the simplest As a pandemic of coronavirus spreads across the globe, people debate policies to mitigate its severity. Many complex, highly detailed models have been developed to help policy setters make better decisions. However, the basis of these models is unlikely to be understood by non-experts. We describe the advantages of simple models for covid-19. We say a model is “simple’’ if its only parameter is the rate of contact between people in the…
Find out more »Math Kitchen Party: organized by Danielle Cox (Mount Saint Vincent)
Modelling correlated count data-can I delete the zeroes? Gary Sneddon (Mount Saint Vincent) Correlated count data with excess zeroes arise in a number of applications. We will discuss 3 motivating examples, and some approaches to modelling these type of data. Covid-19 may be mentioned, so be prepared. This is joint work with Tariqul Hasan and Renjun Ma of UNB (Fredericton). The Shooter’s Hill Decorative Tiles: Combinatorics as Art Karyn McLellan (Mount Saint Vincent) This talk will explore some of the…
Find out more »Math Kitchen Party: organized by Asmita Sodhi (Dalhousie) and Rebecca McKay (UNB Saint John)
Tips and Tricks for Online Teaching Rebecca McKay (UNB Saint John) Many of us will be teaching with some online component in Fall 2020. In this brief talk, I will outline some tips and tricks for moving mathematics and statistics course activities into the virtual environment. Open Discussion Session: 8:30-8:50 This is a virtual zoom meeting. If you would like to attend, please email the organizers for connection details.
Find out more »Atlantic GR Seminar: Sharmila Gunasekaran Gnanam (MUN) and Robert Santacruz (UNB)
Slow decay of waves in gravitational solitons Sharmila Gunasekaran Gnanam Memorial University of Newfoundland Gravitational solitons are globally stationary horizonless asymptotically flat spacetimes. In this talk, I will describe the methodology used to prove that massless scalar waves in a particular family of soliton spacetimes decay very slowly. The proof involves the construction of quasimodes which are approximate solutions to the wave equation. This slow decay can be attributed to the stable trapping of null geodesics and is suggestive of…
Find out more »August 2020
Diversity in Mathematics 2020
We propose a multi-year, multi-level approach to promoting diversity and inclusivity in STEM. The annual two-week program encompasses concurrent, partially overlapping events targeting two distinct groups: (a) A summer school for top undergraduate women in Canada and the northwest United States, specializing in mathematics or a related STEM field such as computer science, physics and statistics. The program will expose them to the many facets of the mathematical sciences in an intense two week immersion. Career opportunities in academia and…
Find out more »AARMS COVID-19 Seminar: James Watmough (UNB Fredericton)
Simple epidemic models with importation Many provinces and territories have controlled the spread of SARS-COV-2 within their borders and are now weighing the risks and benefits of reopening internally and externally. In this week's seminar I'll lay out some groundwork for this comparison using variations on the simple SIR model. This is a virtual zoom seminar. If you would like to attend, please email the organizers for connection details.
Find out more »Math Kitchen Party: organized by Connie Stewart (UNB Saint John)
Hierarchical linear model with power law function on transmission of COVID-19 in Italy: Modelling and regression analysis Youtian Hao (UNB Fredericton) COVID-19 growth data were typically collected from each region of a country, and the transmission rate usually varies in different area. By adopting a power law with exponential cutoff function into hierarchical linear model, it becomes possible to reveal the relationship between COVID-19 transmission rate and some regional level covariates of interest. A two-level hierarchical linear model is constructed,…
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