Local Properties of Irregularly Observed Gaussian Fields September 20, 2012 2:30 p.m. Myoungji Lee Abstract The behavior of a variogram at the origin is important in spatial interpolation as it determines the smoothness of a random process. The power-law variogram at the origin is capable of capturing the local behaviors of many known parametric covariance […]
The Probability of a Salmonellosis Outbreak on a Grower-Finisher Pig Farm March 7, 2013 2:30 p.m. Glenn Lahodny Abstract In mathematical epidemiology, the basic reproduction number, R0, is used to determine whether or not the appearance of an infectious disease will result in an outbreak. In general, if R0>1 an outbreak will occur. This value […]
Simulation and Statistics in Graphics November 15, 2012 2:30 p.m. John Keyser Abstract Physically-based simulation is a key part of computer graphics and animation. A recent trend in other areas of graphics research has been toward data-driven models for animation and rendering. In these approaches, some or all aspects of simulation is replaced by a […]
Transmission-Recovery Tradeoff in Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases February 7, 2013 2:30 p.m. Renata Ivanek Abstract Dr. Ivanek will start her talk by introducing the transmission-recovery tradeoff theory which has a great value in studying the evolutionary epidemiology of infectious diseases. The theory provides a much-needed mathematical platform on which to organize empirical knowledge and […]
The STAPL Parallel Graph Library November 1, 2012 2:30 p.m. Harshvardhan Abstract Processing large graphs is essential to many domains, from social network and web-scale graphs to scientific meshes and nuclear reactor-design. As the graphs span billions of vertices and edges, they may not fit in the memory of a single-processor system. Using a distributed […]