First SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences

Conference Program

Minisymposia presentations are 25 minutes with an additional 5 minutes of discussion. Contributed Presentations are 15 minutes with an additional 5 minutes of discussion.

Wednesday, March 6
7:30 AM - 4:00 PM RegistrationDartmouth/Exeter Foyer
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM Welcoming RemarksGeorgian Ballroom
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM IP1 Functional Imaging in Space and Time
Bruce R. Rosen, Harvard Medical School
Georgian Ballroom
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM Coffee BreakFoyer
9:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Concurrent Sessions
MS1 Gene Regulatory DynamicsGeorgian Ballroom
MS2 Control of Human MovementStanbro Room
MS3 Mathematical and Computational Methods in Structural BiologyStuart Room
MS4 Information, Scaling, Symbolic Dynamics and Sensitivity in Living SystemsSt. James Room
MS5 The Shape of Medical ImagingBeacon Hill Room
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM LunchAttendees on their own
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM IP2 A New Dimension to DNA Sequence Analysis
Wilma K. Olson, Rutgers University
Terrace Ballroom
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Coffee BreakFoyer 4th floor
2:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Concurrent Sessions
MS6 Cardiovascular Biofluid DynamicsTerrace Ballroom
MS7 Dynamics of the Human Ovary and Endocrine SystemWhittier Room
MS8 Nonlinear Patterns and Complex Systems in BiomedicineStuart Room
MS9 Mapping the Human BrainSt James Room
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM Intermission
4:45 PM - 5:45 PM IP3 Bringing the Genome to Life
Mark Boguski, Unaffiliated
Terrace Ballroom
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Welcome ReceptionSwan Court
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Funding PanelTerrace Ballroom
Thursday, March 7
7:30 AM - 7:00 PM Registration
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM Opening RemarksGeorgian Ballroom
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM IP4 Spatio-Temporal Pattern Formation in Neuronal Networks
G. Bard Ermentrout, University of Pittsburgh
Georgian Ballroom
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM Coffee BreakFoyer
9:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Concurrent Sessions
MS10 Multiscale Modeling in the Biological SciencesStanbro Room
MS11 Psychophysics of Stochastic ResonanceGeorgian Ballroom
MS12 Mathematical Modeling of Endocrine CellsTerrace Ballroom
MS13 Patterns, Persistence, and Environment in Population Dynamics: Theory and DataArlington Room
MS14 Modeling and Control in HIVClarendon Room
MS15 Dynamics of Neuronal SystemsBerkeley Room
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM LunchAttendees on their own
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM IP5 Mathematical Models of Progression and Therapy of the HIV Infected Immune System
Glenn F. Webb, Vanderbilt University
Georgian Ballroom
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Coffee BreakFoyer
2:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Concurrent Sessions
MS16 Synchronization of Noisy Biological OscillatorsGeorgian Ballroom
MS17 Cardiovascular Biofluid DynamicsStanbro Room
MS18 Challenges in Theoretical and Mathematical Epidemiology and ImmunologyStewart Room
MS19 Mathematical Models for Biological InvasionsSt. James Room
MS20 Dynamics of Neuronal SystemsBeacon Hill Room
MS29 Oscillators of the Cardiovascular System and their CouplingsArlington Room
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM Intermission
4:45 PM - 5:45 PM IP6 A Mathematical Approach to the Self-nonself Problem of Immunology and T-Cell Repertoires
David Rand, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Georgian Ballroom
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Business MeetingBeacon Hill
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Poster Presentors set up papers
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM PP0 Poster Session and ReceptionArlington/Berkelet/Clarendon
Friday, March 8
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Registration
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM Closing RemarksGeorgian Ballroom
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM IP7 The Mechanism and Dynamics of Defibrillation
James P. Keener, University of Utah
Georgian Ballroom
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM Coffee BreakFoyer
9:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Concurrent Sessions
MS21 Soft Tissue Modeling and Nonlinear Continuum MechanicsGeorgian Ballroom
MS22 Cancer ModelingTerrace Ballroom
MS23 Functional Stochastic Resonance in Humans and AnimalsArlington Room
MS24 Computational Models of Neural Functions in the BrainClarendon Room
MS25 Bursting Dynamics IBerkeley Room
MS32 Mathematical Modeling of Cardiac ArrhythmiasStanbro
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM LunchAttendees on their own
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM IP8 Transformation of the Life Sciences Through Deep Computing
William Pulleyblank, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Georgian Ballroom
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Coffee BreakGeorgian Foyer
2:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Concurrent Sessions
MS27 Patterns in the Brain: from Calcium Waves to Cortical RhythmsTerrace Ballroom
MS28 Mathematics in ToxicologyStanbro Ballroom
MS30 Bursting Dynamics IIStuart Room
MS31 Mathematical Models and PharmaceuticsCambridge Room
4:30 PM - 4:30 PM Conference Adjourns

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