Colloquium- April 17, 2015

Friday, April 17, 2015 (3:00 p.m. in Yost 306) Title: Most Probably Intersecting Families of Subsets Speaker: Gyula Katona (Renyi Institute, Budapest, and Member, Hungarian Academy of Sciences) Abstract: Let F be a family of an n-element set. It is called intersecting if every pair of its members have a non-disjoint intersection. It is well- known that an...

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Mathematics of Life Sciences Seminar (MLSS) March 30, 2015

Monday, March 30, 2015 (3:15 p.m. in Yost 306) Title: Efficient Control of Schistosomiasis in Endemic Communities: Modeling In-Host Biology, Demographics, Diagnostics and Interventions Speaker: Nara Yoon (Graduate Student, Case Western Reserve University MAMS Department) Abstract: Schistosome is a parasitic worm that circulates between human and snail hosts through intermediate larval stages. Conventional modeling of Schistosomiasis transmission and control employs...

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