Events
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Math Kitchen Party: organized by Branimir Cacic (UNB Fredericton)
Zoom seminarThe Oberwolfach Problem Andrea Burgess (UNB Saint John) The Oberwolfach Problem was posed by Ringel as a seating problem: $n$ people attend a conference in Oberwolfach, where the dining room has round tables of sizes $k_1, k_2, \ldots, k_t$ (with
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AARMS COVID-19 Seminar: Matthew Betti (Mount Allison)* and Jane Heffernan (York)
Zoom seminarScenario-based modeling of healthcare demand and PPE usage during the COVID-19 pandemic One of the big risks during the current pandemic is stress and overburdening of the healthcare system, and a possible scarcity of resources. We will present a three
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Math Kitchen Party: organized by Daniele Turchetti (Dalhousie)
Zoom seminarNumber 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
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Quantum Gravity 2020
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics 31 Caroline Street North, Waterloo, Ontario, CanadaThe 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
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CMS COVID-19 Research and Education Meeting (CCREM)
Virtual MeetingThe 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
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AARMS COVID-19 Seminar: Sana Jahedi (UNB) and James A. Yorke (Maryland)
Zoom seminarWhen 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,
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Math Kitchen Party: organized by Danielle Cox (Mount Saint Vincent)
Zoom seminarModelling 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.
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Math Kitchen Party: organized by Asmita Sodhi (Dalhousie) and Rebecca McKay (UNB Saint John)
Zoom seminarTips 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
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Atlantic GR Seminar: Sharmila Gunasekaran Gnanam (MUN) and Robert Santacruz (UNB)
Zoom seminarSlow 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
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Diversity in Mathematics 2020
VancouverWe 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
