TITLE:

The Mathematics that I learned from Biology

DATE:

Friday, February 6th, 2015

TIME:

3:30 PM

LOCATION:

GMCS 214

SPEAKER:

Dr. Paul G. Vaidya

ABSTRACT:

The research that I will talk about was inspired by a quote by Stanislaw Ulam, “Don’t ask what mathematics can do for biology, ask what biology can do for mathematics.” This idea has led me to two sets of problems over the last few years which I will describe in depth during my talk. One relates to the mathematical modeling of cancer, and the other to the modeling of heart activity in the form of electrocardiograms (ECGs). As an engineer who was trained neither as a mathematician nor as a biologist, these problems have led me through unfamiliar and beautiful realms of math. I found out that these areas of mathematics, although they are often seen as “pure mathematics,√¢¬Ä¬ù hold the promise of solving many more practical problems in areas ranging from evolutionary ecology to cryptography.

HOST:

Dr. Jose Castillo

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