Past Events

Time: 3:00pm PDT Location: Online Math provides us with mental tools of incredible power. When we learn math we learn to see patterns, to think logically and systematically, to draw analogies, to perceive risk, to understand cause and effect--among...

Onine Undergraduate Summer School Eligibility Requirements: The online summer school is open to female-identifying, non- binary and two- spirit undergraduate students studying mathematics or a related discipline such as computer science, physics and...

Due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, Frontiers in Biophysics 2020 will no longer be taking place this June. Stay tuned for further information. Frontiers in Biophysics is a one-day conference designed to promote collaboration and networking within...

The COVID-19 global pandemic has led to unprecedented public interest in mathematical modelling as a tool to understand the dynamics of disease spread and predict the impact of public health interventions. In this pair of talks, we will describe how...

Mathematics is often about understanding objects through their symmetries. But what do you do when the group of symmetries is nightmarishly complicated? Answer: You turn the problem into one where you can apply math’s ultimate weapon: linear algebra...

Phase I clinical trials explore the toxicity of new therapeutic agents. Phase II trials seek to establish some sign of efficacy. But practical applications vary creating a suite of statistical expressions for these trials’ goals and objectives. There...

This talk was originally delivered on January 31st and will now be livestreamed online on 19th March, 2020 at 4pm. To join, please follow the link here. ____ I will talk about mathematical modelling reports from around the world for the emerging...

The first half of this talk will be a gentle introduction to the Erdős–Ko–Rado theorem (EKR) Theorem. This is a theorem that determines the size and structure of the largest collection of intersecting sets. It has become a cornerstone of extremal set...

One of the most important techniques provided by modern logic is the use of models to show the consistency of theories. The technique burst onto the scene in the late 19th century, and had its most important early instance in demonstrating the...

Dynamical systems concepts have mostly been developed to understand the behaviour of autonomous, i.e. input-free, nonlinear systems. Even in this case, it is well recognized that such systems can display a wide range of dynamical behaviours...