Presented under the auspices of the DIMACS/MBI US-African BioMathematics Initiative.
This Workshop is jointly sponsored by:
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Arrival of guests and local program
Monday, July 2, 2012 (Pre- Conference)
8:30 WELCOME & OPENING
8:45 - 9:15 Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases: In-host dynamics
Farai Chirove, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, UKZN, Pietermaritzburg Campus
9:30 - 10:00 Title TBA
Bruce Page, School of Life Sciences, UKZN
Kevin Duffy, Centre for Systems Research, DUT
10:15 - 10:45 Tea
10:45 - 11:15 HIV Models: Toys or Tools
Wayne Getz, UC Berkeley
11:30 - 12:00 Biostatistics and Biometry
Thomas Achia, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, UKZN
12:15 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 2:30 Overview of research activities and interests
Syd Ramdhani, School of Life Sciences (Biological and Conservation Sciences), Westville Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal
2:30 - 3:00 Ecological assembly rules in bat assemblages patterns, processes and prospects
Corrie Schoeman, School of life Sciences, University of Kwazulu Natal, Durban
3:00 - 3:30 TBA
Bill Bishai
3:30 - 4:00 Tea
4:00 - 4:30 Mathematical modeling of the impact of growth inhibitory
factors on the spatiotemporal growth of solid tumour in an avascular stage
Hermaine Mambili, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, UKZN
4:45 - 5:15 TBA
Bala Pillay
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
8:30 - 10:00 Agent based modeling segment
Holly Gaff, Old Dominion University
10:00 - 10:30 Tea
10:30 - 11:30 Simulating savanna ecosystems under differing environmental and management scenarios:
exploring potential ecosystem management outcomes with a global
uncertainty and sensitivity analysis erspective
Gregory Kiker, University of Florida, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
11:30 - 12:30 Assessment of chimpanzee (pan troglodytes) population and habitat in Kwitanga forest, western Tanzania
Sood Ndimuligo
12:15 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 3:00 Computational Population Biology: Linking the inner and outer worlds of organisms
Wayne Getz, UC Berkeley
3:00 - 3:30 Tea
3:30 - 4:15 Understanding the origins and basis of functional habitat heterogeneity in grazing ecosystems
Richard Fynn, Okavango Research Institute, University of Botswana
4:15 - 5:00 Living Local in a Larger Landscape: Population, Environment and Climate in the Albertine Rift
Sadie Ryan, SUNY Syracuse
5:00 - 5:30 TBA
5:30 onwards Social Gathering
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
8:30 - 10:00 Arc GIS Segment
Sadie Ryan, SUNY Syracuse
10:00 - 10:30 Tea
10:30 - 11:30 Spatiotemporal dynamics of fuelwood resources in a rural savanna rangeland
Barend Erasmus
11:30 - 12:30 Improving projections through combinations of models, experiments and observations of dynamic ecosystem change
Guy Midgely
12:15 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 Free afternoon (organized outing to aquarium)
Thursday, July 5, 2012
8:30 - 10:00 Animal Movement Segment
Andy Lyons, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management University of California, Berkeley
10:00 - 10:30 Tea
10:30 - 11:30 Hidden Markov models: uncovering animal behaviour patterns
Victoria Goodall, School of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of the Witwatersrand,
11:30 - 12:30 Revisiting the ecological niche: biodiversity conservation challenges under a changing climate in African savannas
Joe Chirima, School of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of the Witwatersrand,
12:15 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 2:30 Developing remote sensing methodology to uncover key landscape parametersin wildlife movement decision making
Miriam Tsalyuk, PhD Candidate, Dept. of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley
2:30 - 3:00 Spatial Ecology of Brown Hyenas and Spotted Hyenas in the Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa
Nancy Barker
3:00 - 3:30 Tea
3:30 - 4:00 Statistical methods for predicting invasive species distributions at the landscape level
Michael Hyman and Timothy Fullman
4:00 - 4:45 TBA
Edward Mwavu
4:45 - 5:30 UAV Demonstration
Friday, July 6, 2012
8:30 - 10:00 Space Time Analysis
Holly Gaff, Old Dominion University
10:00 - 10:30 Tea
10:30 - 11:30 Meaningless Statements in Landscape Ecology and Environmental Sustainability
Fred Roberts, DIMACS, Rutgers University
11:30 - 12:00 Land-Use Dynamics as Drivers of Degenerating Community-BasedForest Management Systems in the Kenyan Coast
Immaculate Mungai
12:00 - 12:30 Understanding the landscape requirements for pollination services derived from managed honeybees
Annalie Melin, Applied Biodiversity Research Division,
South African National Biodiversity Institute
12:30 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 2:45 Using simulated data to quantify dynamic interactions between pairs of individuals
Jennifer Miller, The University of Texas at Austin
3:00 - 3:30 Tea
3:30 - 5:30 2 minute poster previews and poster session
6:30 onwards Banquet
Saurday, July 7, 2012
8:30 - 10:00 Systems Thinking Segment
Sadie Ryan, SUNY Syracuse
10:00 - 10:30 Tea
10:30 - 11:00 Creating land cover maps using a single image or multiple images: which are more accurate?
Meghan MacLean, PhD Candidate, University of New Hampshire
11:00 - 11:30 A small mammal community in a changing landscape, southeastern Virginia, 2005 2011
Jana Eggleston, Old Dominion University
11:30 - 12:00 Assessment of Tree species in the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Adesoji Adeyami, Department of Forest Resources Management, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
12:45 - 2:00 Lunch and departure to Game Reserve
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