MPE 2013+ Workshop on Management of Natural Resources
June 4 - 6, 2015
Howard University, Washington, DC
- Organizers:
- Jon Conrad, Cornell University, jmc16 at cornell.edu
- Midge Cozzens, DIMACS, Rutgers University, midgec at dimacs.rutgers.edu
- Avner Friedman, Ohio State/MBI, afriedman at math.osu.edu
- Suzanne Lenhart, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, NIMBioS, lenhart at math.utk.edu
- Catherine Roberts, College of the Holy Cross, croberts at holycross.edu
- Fred Roberts, DIMACS, Rutgers University, froberts at dimacs.rutgers.edu
- Abdul-Aziz Yakubu, Howard University, ayakubu at howard.edu
Presented under the auspices of the DIMACS Special Program: Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013+.
Workshop Program:
This is a preliminary program subject to change.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
7:00 - 9:00pm Reception held in the Montgomery Room located in the Lower Level of the Hampton Inn
Thursday, June 4, 2015
6:00 Breakfast is available at the hotel starting at 6:00am
6:45 Meet in hotel lobby for carpool to Howard University
8:00 - 8:30 Greetings, Dr. Bernard Mair, Dean of College of Arts and Sciences
8:30 - 9:00 Opening Fred Roberts, DIMACS, Rutgers University
9:00 - 9:40 Control of Invasive Species
Alan Hastings, University of California, Davis
9:40 - 10:15 Bioeconomics and the Efficiency of Invasive Species Surveillance and Eradication
Andrew (Sandy) Liebhold, USDA Forest Service
10:15 - 10:40 Break
10:40 - 11:15 A Bovine Babesiosis Mathematical Model with Dispersion
Abdul-Aziz Yakubu, Howard University
11:15 - 12:10 Panel: Ensuring Scientific Knowledge is Useful for Practical Decision Making
Panelists:
Richard Merrick, Chief Science Advisor, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) Fisheries
Keith Criddle, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska
Catherine A. Roberts, Editor-in-Chief of Natural Resource Modeling, Department of
Mathematics and Computer Science, College of the Holy Cross
Hans Kaper, Georgetown University
12:15 - 1:15 Lunch
1:15 - 2:00 Mathematics to Promote Public Health and Biomedicine
Avner Friedman, Ohio State University
2:00 - 2:35 Mathematics for Water Management Strategies
Lea Jenkins, Clemson University
2:35 - 3:10 A Simulation-based Optimization Approach to
Decision Making in Farming Practices
Katherine Fowler, Clarkson University
3:10 - 3:20 Joint Optimization of Hydroelectric Power Plants
Matthew P. Johnson, Lehman College, CUNY
3:25 - 3:40 Optimal Control Theory Approach to Diaprepes Root Weevils
Christina Edholm, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
3:40 - 4:10 Break
4:10 - 4:45 A Nova Model and Web App for Sustainable Harvesting and
Population Viability Analyses in Teaching and Research
Wayne Getz, University of California, Berkeley
4:45 - 5:25 Bioeconomics of Marine Reserves when Dispersal Evolves
Michael Neubert, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
5:25 - 5:35 Human and Nature Dynamics (HANDY): Modeling Inequality and use of
Resources in the Collapse or Sustainability of Societies
Safa Motesharrei, SESYNC
5:35 Adjourn for the day
7:15 Banquet Dinner held in the Montgomery Room located in the Lower Level of the Hampton Inn
After Dinner Discussion: Future Plans for MPE and in Particular Management of Natural Resources
Panelists:
Fred Roberts, DIMACS, Rutgers University
Abdul-Aziz Yakubu, Howard University
Suzanne Lenhart, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, NIMBioS,
Catherine Roberts, College of the Holy Cross,
Jon Conrad, Cornell University
Hans Kaper, Georgetown University
Friday, June 5, 2015
8:30 - 8:40 Opening Remarks, Day 2
8:40 - 9:15 La Machine Infernale How the Interplay of Social, Ecological,
and Environmental Factors Influence the Observability
and Controllability of Fishery Social Ecological Systems
Keith Criddle, Juneau Center for Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, U. of Alaska Fairbanks
9:15 - 9:50 Paul Houser, George Mason University
9:50 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:10 Education Panel
Panelists:
Hans Engler, Georgetown University
Suzanne Lenhart, NIMBioS, University of Tennessee
Paul Houser, George Mason University
Katherine Fowler, Clarkson University
Fred Roberts, Rutgers University
11:10 - 11:45 When to Mature? New Answers from Life History Theory, with Applications to Great Lakes Salmonids
Carl Simon, University of Michigan
11:45 - 12:20 Mathematical Programming Models and Algorithms in Computational Sustainability
David Shmoys, Cornell University
12:20 - 1:20 Lunch and poster setup
1:20 - 1:55 Largely-Unexplored Factors in Modeling Conservation
Bobbi Low, University of Michigan
1:55 - 2:10 Modeling of Sustainable Forest Management under Climate Changes and Natural Disturbances
Natali Hritonenko, Prairie View A&M University
2:10 - 2:25 A Mathematical Model of Nutrients-Phytoplankton-Oysters in a Bay Ecosystem
Najat Ziyadi, Morgan State University
2:25 - 2:40 Marine Reserve Economics and the Value of Spatial Knowledge
Holly Moeller, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2:40 - 2:55 A Semiparametric Bayesian Approach for Estimation of Individual Growth
Juan Lopez Arriaza, University of California, Santa Cruz
2:55 - 3:20 Break
3:20 - 4:30 Poster session
Simulation and Corroboration of Near-surface CO2 Leak Events Occurring at an Industrial CCS Site
Caitlin Augustin and Benjamin Galfond, University of Miami
Modeling Resilience of Natural Systems
Katherine Meyer, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
A Mathematical Model for the Population Dynamics of Disease Transmitting Vectors with Spatial Consideration
Nourridine Siewe, Howard University
Optimal Control Methods for Individual-based Models of Disease
Noam Ross, University of California, Davis
Towards a Sustainability Assessment Tool for Bioenergy
(STAT-B): Key Components and Requirement Specification
Nathan Pollesch, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Duckweed as a Sustainable Bioenergy Crop
Philomena Chu, Rutgers University
Malaria Incidence and Anopheles Mosquito Density in
Irrigated and Adjacent Non-Irrigated Villages of Niono in Mal
Moussa Doumbia, Howard University
Adaptive Management Strategies in Canada's Boreal Ecosystem
Harry Kessels, Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa
Missing Constraints: Local Incentives May Sabotage
Landscape-Scale Coordinated Management
Gwen Spencer, Smith College
Modeling Feral Hogs in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Ben Levy, University of Tennessee
The Chukchi Sea Ecosystem: Assessment of Contemporary
Conditions and Vulnerability to Extended Human Activities
Dubrava Kirievskaya, The University of Utah
4:35 - 5:10 Bioeconomics of a Marine Disease
Jon Conrad, Cornell University
5:10 - 5:45 Michael Hanemann, UC Berkeley
5:45 Adjourn for the day
Evening Dinner on your own
Saturday, June 6, 2015
8:30 - 8:40 Opening Remarks, Day 3
8:40 - 9:15 Incorporating Evolutionary Rescue into Population Viability Models
Nina Fefferman, Rutgers University
9:15 - 9:35 Panel Discussion: Plans for MPE+ Education Workshop
Leaders: Suzanne Lenhart and Fred Roberts
9:35 - 9:50 A Periodic Matrix Population Model for Monarch Butterflies
Anthony Tongen, James Madison University
9:50 - 10:05 Environmentally Sustainable Management of Agricultural Production
Yuri Yatsenko, Houston Baptist University
10:05 - 10:25 Feedback Methods for Population Management
Richard Rebarber, University of Nebraska Lincoln
10:25 - 10:50 Break
10:50 - 11:25 Modeling Johne's Disease in the Dairy Industry
Suzanne Lenhart, NIMBioS, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
11:25 - 12:00 Closing Discussion: Future Plans for MPE and Management of Natural Resources Fred Roberts, DIMACS, Rutgers University
12:00 - 1:00 Brown Bag Lunch
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