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On Information Transmission Mahesh Varanasi Department of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering Date and time: Friday, April 12, 2013 - 12:45pm Abstract: This talk will start by providing some simple examples of communication schemes for the reliable transmission of information over certain communication channels. The point-to-point data communication problem will...

The Virtual Lung Project at UNC Greg Forest Carolina Center for Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil Date and time: Friday, April 5, 2013 - 12:45pm Abstract: The 鈥淰LP鈥� is a ten-year collaborative effort across the medical school (Cystic Fibrosis and Pulmonary Center),...

A nonlocal vector calculus and nonlocal models for diffusion and mechanics Max Gunzburger Department of Scientific Computing, Florida State University Date and time: Friday, March 22, 2013 - 1:00pm Abstract: Based on notions for nonlocal fluxes between volumes and nonlocal balance laws and a nonlocal vector calculus we have developed,...

Optima and equilibria for traffic flow on a network of roads. Alberto Bressan Department of Mathematics, Penn State University Date and time: Friday, March 15, 2013 - 1:00pm Abstract: Daily traffic patterns are the result of a large number of individual decisions, where each driver chooses an optimal departure time...

Mathematical and Statistical Modeling of Human Lymphocyte Proliferation Using CFSE Data H.T. Banks Center for Quantitative Sciences in Biomedicine, North Carolina State University Director for the Center for Research in Scientific Computation, North Carolina State University Date and time: Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 1:00pm Abstract: CFSE analysis of proliferating...

Estimating the hidden history of water in clouds and the subtropical atmosphere David Noone Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Date and time: Friday, March 1, 2013 - 1:00pm Abstract: The humidity of the tropics and subtropics plays a disproportionate role in the...

Dynamical mysteries of extrasolar planetary systems Phil Armitage Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA) Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, 麻豆影院 Date and time: Friday, February 22, 2013 - 1:00pm Abstract: Observations from the ground and from NASA's Kepler satellite have identified thousands of confirmed or candidate...

Questions on Liquid crystals Maria Schonbek Department of Mathematics, University of California, Santa Cruz Date and time: Friday, February 15, 2013 - 1:00pm Abstract: As Leslie points out in his 1968 paper : 鈥渓iquid crystals are states of matter which are capable of flow, and in which the molecular arrangements...

The Lunar Surface: A Dusty Plasma Laboratory Mihaly Horanyi Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) Department of Physics Date and time: Friday, February 8, 2013 - 1:00pm Abstract: The Colorado Center for Lunar Dust and Atmospheric Studies (CCLDAS) is focused on experimental and theoretical investigations of the lunar surface,...

Mathematical Model Of The Coupled Mechanisms Of Cell Adhesion, Contraction And Spreading Franck Vernerey Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering Date and time: Friday, February 1, 2013 - 1:15pm Abstract: In recent years, research in cell biology has shown that mechanics is key to cell response, differentiation and disease...