Computational Science Research Center
Date of the Event: December 11, 2009
TITLE: MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF CANCER-IMMUNOLOGY DYNAMICS DATE: Friday, December 11th, 2009 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Dr. L.G. de Pillis, Director, Harvey Mudd College Global Clinic Norman F. Sprague Jr., Professor of Life Sciences and Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics Harvey Mudd College ABSTRACT: The critical importance of the immune system in […]
Date of the Event: December 4, 2009
TITLE: CAUSAL INFERENCE WITH MULTIVARIATE NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL DATA: SOME COMPUTATIONAL ISSUES DATE: Friday, December 4th, 2009 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Mark E. Pflieger, PhD, Source Signal Imaging, Inc. ABSTRACT: Biologically based computation in brains is highly parallel and integrative across multiple anatomical levels and time scales. Multi-channel neurophysiological modalities such as electroencephalography (EEG), […]
Date of the Event: November 20, 2009
TITLE: REGENERATION IN THE PLANARIAN SCHMIDTEA MEDITERRANEA DATE: Friday, November 20th, 2009 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Ricardo M. Zayas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, San Diego State University ABSTRACT: Regeneration of missing body parts has long fascinated biologists, yet the mechanisms underlying regenerative processes remain poorly understood. My laboratory uses the […]
Date of the Event: November 13, 2009
TITLE: ACOUSTIC SOURCE IDENTIFICATION USING MULTIPLE FREQUENCY INFORMATION DATE: Friday, November 13th, 2009 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Nicolas Valdivia ABSTRACT: The determination of an acoustical source from remote measurements of the acoustic field has been the subject of intensive research. The classical approach for the solution of this inverse problem is to […]
Date of the Event: November 6, 2009
TITLE: COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF DROPLET- AND SEPARATED HIGH-SPEED FLOWS DATE: Friday, November 6th, 2009 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Gustaaf Jacobs, Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, San Diego State University ABSTRACT: The optimization of fuel droplet/particle and fuel-air mixing improves performance of scramjets and pulse detonation engines and reduces environmental pollution. Understanding […]
Date of the Event: October 30, 2009
TITLE: SPATIOTEMPORAL NETWORK DYNAMICS FROM HUMAN BRAINWAVE DATA DATE: Friday, October 30th, 2009 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Richard E. Greenblatt, Ph.D, Source Signal Imaging, Inc. ABSTRACT: Networks play an increasingly significant explanatory role in the social, physical, and biological sciences. In the brain sciences, hypothesized transient intentional networks, spanning a wide range […]
Date of the Event: October 23, 2009
TITLE: MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF METAGENOMES – AN UNDERGRADUATE REU STORY DATE: Friday, October 23rd, 2009 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Elizabeth Dinsdale, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biology Department, San Diego State University ABSTRACT: Microbial activity shapes the health of individual organisms, entire ecosystems and the planet. Metagenomes, which are random samples of the microbial […]
Date of the Event: October 16, 2009
TITLE: FROM NETWORKS THROUGH GENES TO MECHANISMS: YEAST CELL CYCLE AND HUMAN HYPERTENSION DATE: Friday, October 16th, 2009 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Animesh Ray, Professor, Systems Biology, Keck Graduate Institute ABSTRACT: The interaction networks of genes, proteins and RNA have emerged as a powerful metaphor for understanding the complexities of biological processes. […]
Date of the Event: October 9, 2009
TITLE: Talk 1: VIRAL AND MICROBIAL COMMUNITY DYNAMICS IN FOUR AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS Talk 2:CHARACTERIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL VIRAL DIVERSITY USING METAGENOMICS DATE: Friday, October 9th, 2009 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Speaker 1 : Beltran Rodriguez-Brito, PhD Student, CSRC Speaker 2 : Florent Angly, PhD Student, CSRC ABSTRACT: Abstract 1:Background: The species composition and […]
Date of the Event: October 2, 2009
TITLE: SSC PACIFIC: APPLICATIONS IN NONLINEAR SCIENCES DATE: Friday, October 2nd, 2009 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Patrick Longhini ABSTRACT: SPAWAR researchers are looking into issues ranging from nonlinear dynamics of sensors, and Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) to bring about improvements in current systems. The Advanced Dynamics Research group at SPAWAR is globally recognized […]