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Biomathematics & Biostatistics (BioM&S) Symposium
2008
September 3, 2008 -- University of Guelph
Organizing Committee:
Paul McNicholas and Allan Willms
Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Guelph,
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OVERVIEW
This will be the 5th annual University of Guelph Biomathematics
& Biostatistics (BioM&S) Symposium. The symposium brings
together researchers from a variety of disciplines; epidemiology,
biology, mathematics, statistics and information technology. Each
symposium has a theme and this year's theme is Nonlinear Methods
for Parameter Estimation.
The previous themes were:
2007 The Analysis and Statistical Modeling of Infectious Disease
Data.
2006 Applications of Computational Intelligence to Biology.
2005 Modeling in Oncology: Problems and Challenges.
2004 Mathematical and Statistical Methods in the Life Sciences.
The principal objective of the symposium is to facilitate collaborations
between mathematicians, statisticians and bioscience researchers.
We are pleased to announce that Professor James Hanley, from
the Department of Epidemiology at McGill, will deliver this year's
Gordon C. Ashton Biometric Lecture at the symposium.
PROGRAM
Wednesday, September 3
Talks to be held in the Albert A. Thornbrough Building, Room
1307 |
| 8.45- 8.55 |
Welcome, Opening comments and introduction of
the Gordon C. Ashton Biometric Lecture. |
| Session 1 – Gordon C. Ashton Biometric Lecture |
| 8.55-10.10 |
James Hanley, McGill University
A new way to fit smooth-in-time hazard
functions, a Cox regression / ANCOVA paradox, and statistical
analyses for an unusual clinical trial design. |
| 10.15-10.25 |
Discussion |
| 10.25-10.45 |
Coffee break |
| Session 2 – Biostatistics |
| 10.45-11.15 |
Bingshu Chen, Queens University
Competing Risks Analysis of Correlated Failure Time Data.
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| 11.20-11.50 |
Peter Kim & Michael Pierrynowski, University
of Guelph
Statistical Estimation of Curvature and Torsion with Application
to Biomechanics |
| 11.55-12.25. |
Angelo Canty, McMaster
Model-based Bootstrapping for M-estimators |
| 12.30-1.30 |
Lunch. |
| Session 3 – Graduate Student Presentations |
| 1.30-1.45 |
Majid Bani-Yaghoub, Carleton University
Numerical study of neuronal differentiation influenced by
Retinoic Acid and Notch interaction |
| 1.50-2.05 |
Hedia Fgaier, University of Guelph
Mathematical modeling and analysis of probiotic bacteria.
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| 2.10-2.25 |
Shilan Mistry, Oxford Univesity
Detrended fluctuation analysis of compositional time series. |
| 2.30-2:45 |
Shahedul Ahsan Khan,
University of Waterloo
An Extension of Bent-Cable Regression for Longitudinal Data. |
| 2:50-3:10 |
Coffee break |
| Session 4 – Biomathematics |
| 3.10-3.40 |
Sivabal Sivaloganathan, University of submitted
onlineWaterloo
Mathematical modelling of hydrocephalus and the possible
role of transcapillary filtration. |
| 3.45-4.15 |
Brian Ingalls, University of Waterloo
Parameter estimation in molecular systems biology |
| 4.20-4.25. |
Closing comments |
To contribute a talk or poster abstract
Graduate students are encouraged to give 20-minute oral pesentations
and both graduate and undergraduate students are encouraged to give
poster presentations. Abstracts for oral and poster presentations,
deadlien to submit was August 15.
Participant List as of August 26, 2008
| Fullname |
University Name |
| Ahmad, M. Rauf |
Göttingen University |
| Albahouth, Abdullah |
University of Guelph |
| Allen, Brian |
University of Guelph |
| Andrews, Jeff |
University of Guelph |
| Bani-Yaghoub, Majid |
Carleton University |
| Bari, Abdallah |
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| Basuvaraj, Mahendran |
University of Guelph |
| Bauch, Chris |
University of Guelph |
| Canty, Angelo |
McMaster University |
| Carter, Ed |
University of Guelph |
| Chen, Bingshu |
Queen's University |
| Chung, Hau Yi |
University of Guelph |
| Collinson, Shannon |
University of Guelph |
| Deardon, Rob |
University of Guelph |
| Deeth, Lorna |
University of Guelph |
| Desmond, Tony |
University of Guelph |
| Downs, Gregory |
University of Guelph |
| Dubin, Joel |
University of Waterloo |
| Eberl, Hermann J. |
University of Guelph |
| Feng, Zeny |
University of Guelph |
| Fernandes, Andrew |
University of Western Ontario |
| Fieldhouse, Robert |
University of Guelph |
| Frederick, Mallory |
University of Guelph |
| Garvie, Marcus |
University of Guelph |
| Gold, Jourdan |
University of Guelph |
| Guo, Qing |
McMaster University |
| Hanley, James |
McGill University |
| Ingalls, Brian |
University of Waterloo |
| Iraniparast, Maryam |
University of Waterloo |
| Kim, Peter |
University of Guelph |
| Kitanov, Petko |
University of Guelph |
| Kolhatkar, Ratnadha |
Ottawa University |
| Kumar, Rajesh |
All India Institute of Medical Sciences |
| Langford, William |
University of Guelph |
| McEachern, Andrew |
University of Guelph |
| McNicholas, Paul |
University of Guelph |
| Mistry, Shilan |
Oxford University |
| Pierrynowski, Michael |
McMaster University |
| Shaikh, Mateen |
University of Guelph |
| Sivaloganathan, Sivabal |
University of Waterloo |
| Stacey, Deborah |
University of Guelph |
| Steane, Michelle |
University of Guelph |
| Subedi, Sanjeena |
University of Guelph |
| Tonnang Zefack, Edouard Henri |
University of Nairobi / ICIPE |
| Tucker, Anita |
University of Guelph |
| Willms, Allan |
University of Guelph |
| Wormald, Hanna |
University of Waterloo |
| Xie, Shengkun |
University of Guelph |
| Xu, Ruimin |
University of Guelph |
| Yang, Xiaojian |
University of Guelph |
| Zhao, Hong |
University of Guelph |
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