Featured Presentations
2009
Dr. Bojan Mohar, Canada Research Chair in Graph Theory
Department of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University
Abstract
The problem of drawing graphs with the number of crossings of edges minimized has many applications. In addition to its mathematical importance, this concept is relevant in the design of integrated...
Dr. C.S. (Buzz) Holling
Abstract
This seminar will largely focus on the unique times and shared features of key organizations where I worked or where I was involved. It includes, the Forestry Department of Environment Canada, the...
Dr. Derek Bingham
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Abstract
Computer simulators are often used to study real-world processes that are too difficult to observe directly. Experimenter's are often interested in building a statistical surrogate (an emulator) for the...
Dr. Patricia M. Mooney, Canada Research Chair in Semiconductor Physics
Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University
Abstract
Abstract: The amazing developments in computer and communications technologies during the last 40 years have been driven by advances in semiconductor technologies. Research on new semiconductor materials...
Dr. Greg Bole and Tom Archibald
UBC Zoology, SFU Mathematics
Abstract
Come watch a show debate between Dr. Greg Bole of UBC Zoology and Dr. Tom Archibald of SFU Mathematics over which scientist, Darwin or Galileo, had the greatest impact on modern science.
Dr. David Muraki, Andrea Blazenko, and Kevin Mitchell
Department of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University
Abstract
Although spherical coordinates arise naturally in many applications, numerical routines for computing PDEs on a spherical surface are not yet commonplace tools for the relatively uninitiated. While...
2008
Dr. Bozena Kaminska, Canada Research Chair in Wireless Sensor Networks
School Of Engineering
Abstract
From the prosperous past of the Microelectronic industry the question is about the future during the years to come. Several visions of the future do exist: nanomachines that kill cancer cells within the...
Dr. Jonathan Shewchuk
University of California Berkeley
Dr. Bojan Ramadanovic
CSMG, SFU
Abstract
This talk deals with the segment of a surgical wait-lists model for British Columbia, which is being developed by the Complex Systems Modelling Group at the IRMACS centre. Principal topic to be discussed...
