Mathematical Life Sciences Seminar (MLSS)- September 4, 2015

Friday, September 4, 2015 (3:15 p.m. in Yost 306) Title: Interval Timing and Decision Making with an Opponent Poisson Diffusion Model Speaker: Patrick Simen (Assistant Professor, Oberlin College) Abstract: Diffusion models explain patterns of choice probabilities and response times in perceptual decision tasks. In these models, a random quantity representing "evidence" builds up over time...

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Mathematical Life Sciences Seminar (MLSS)- August 24, 2015

Monday, August 24, 2015 (3:15 p.m. in Yost 306) Title: Disease Invasion on Community Networks Speaker: Joe Tien (Assistant Professor, Ohio State University) Abstract: Consider a set of communities (patches), connected to one another by a network.  When can disease invade this network?  This talk will consist of two parts relating to this question.  In the first, I will show...

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