« MPE 2013+ Workshop on Mathematics of Planet Earth - The Future
MPE 2013+ Workshop on Mathematics of Planet Earth - The Future
July 24, 2018 - July 26, 2018
Location:
DIMACS Center
Rutgers University
CoRE Building
96 Frelinghuysen Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854
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Organizer(s):
Fred Roberts, DIMACS
In 2013 13 North American mathematical sciences research institutes (including the DIMACS Center based at Rutgers) launched a year on mathematics and its applications to the problems of the planet called Mathematics of Planet Earth (MPE). That became a world-wide activity with involvement of universities, the private sector, professional societies, etc. We continued this at the DIMACS Center in a program called MPE2013+ that has held or scheduled 23 workshops on a variety of topics. (See http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/archive/SpecialYears/2013_MPE).
This workshop is the culmination of MPE2013+. It includes presentations by many of the leaders of earlier activities in MPE2013+ as by selected experts in topics of the Mathematics of Planet Earth. It will address and raise key questions in the six main themes of MPE2013+: Global Change, Sustainable Human Environments, Natural Disasters, Management of Natural Resources, Data-aware Energy Use, and Education for the Planet Earth of Tomorrow. There will also be a poster session with posters in any of the six theme areas. Some time will be devoted to discussion of where to take the MPE effort next after MPE2013+ ends.
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Informal Gathering at Panico's for Those Arriving Early
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Registration and Coffee
Overview of MPE2013+ and Workshop
Fred Roberts, DIMACS
Q&A
Wayne Getz, University of California, Berkeley
Q&A
Break
SIR Models: From Micro to Macro and Back Again
Grzegorz Rempala, Ohio State University
Q&A
Demographic Population Cycles and R₀ in Discrete-time Epidemic Models
Abdul-Aziz Yakubu, Howard University
Q&A
Lunch and Poster Set Up
Modeling Infrastructure Failures: From Flood Damage in Urban Areas to Power Grid Blackouts
Dan Bienstock, Columbia University
Q&A
From Seconds to Years: Multiscale Modeling of Energy Systems under Uncertainty
Warren Powell, Princeton University
Q&A
Student Projects on Mathematics of Planet Earth
Hans Engler, Georgetown University
Q&A
Rewriting MPE Modules for the Community College Classroom
Eugene Fiorini, Muhlenberg College
Q&A
Break
Management of Ecological Populations in Time and Space
Alan Hastings, University of California, Davis
Q&A
Eva Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology
Q&A
The Role of Network Structure on Coral Adaptive Potential
Lisa McManus, Rutgers University
Dissolved Organic Matter and the Evolution of Microbial Traits
George Hagstrom, Princeton University
Voluntary Vaccination or Mandatory Vaccination
Xue Feng, Princeton University
Persistence in Spatially-structured Marine Populations: The Clownfish Case
Alison Dedrick, Rutgers University
Data-Driven Modeling of Phytoplankton Blooms in the Ocean
Seth Cowall, University of Delaware
Modeling the Role of Edge Effects on the Spread of a Zoonotic Disease
Dustin Padilla, Arizona State University
Dinner at DIMACS
Panel Discussion: Future of MPE
Keith Criddle, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Hans Engler, Georgetown University
Wayne Getz, University of California, Berkeley
Lou Gross, University of Tennessee
Hans Kaper, Georgetown University
Richard Rebarber, University of Nebraska
Fred Roberts, DIMACS
Thursday, July 26, 2018
Registration and Coffee
A Rational Basis for Hope: Human Behavior Modeling and Climate Change
Lou Gross, University of Tennessee
Q&A
Simple Models for Human-environment Sustainability: Recent Progress and Future Directions
Madhur Anand, University of Guelph
Q&A
Break
Coupling Environmental and Socio-economic Systems
Simon Levin, Princeton University
Q&A
Food Systems and Food Security
Hans Kaper, Georgetown University
Q&A
Lunch
Mathematical Modeling of the Earth’s Climate System
V. Ramaswamy, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Q&A
Mathematical Modeling of the Impact of Climate Change on Malaria Transmission Dynamics
Abba Gumel, Arizona State University
Uncertain Futures: Incorporating Climate Projection Uncertainty into Vector Borne Disease Models
Sadie Ryan, University of Florida
Q&A
Closing Remarks
This workshop is by invitation. If you would like to participate, please go to Application to attend to fill out an application for participation. Some funds are available to support participants, with emphasis on graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty. Please go to http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/archive/Workshops/Future/applicant.html to fill out an application for financial support. If you would like to submit a poster, please go here to enter your poster submission. Applications for participation, posters, and financial support will be considered on a rolling basis until we are full.
Presented in association with the Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013+ Program.