Quantitative Life Sciences Seminar (QLSS)- February 5, 2016

Friday, February 5, 2016 (12:30 p.m. in Rockefeller 309) ***Please note the new location and time.*** Title: On the intervention against Schistosomiases: A mathematical modeling work in progress Speaker: Ramzi Alsallaq (Senior Research Associate, Case Western Reserve University) Abstract: Schistosomiases is a highly prevalent water-borne infection in resource-restricted settings (e.g. sub-Saharan Africa). Its transmission cycle typically...

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Analysis and Probability Seminar- February 9, 2016

Tuesday, February 9, 2016 (3:00 p.m. in Yost 306) Title: Maximizing diversity in biology and beyond (Part 2) Speaker: Mark Meckes (Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University) Abstract: In the second talk, which will be mostly self-contained, I will give precise statements and outline the proofs of the main theorems about maximization of the Leinster-Cobbold diversities.

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