Past IMC Colloquiums

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The table below lists the past IMC Colloquiums at the IRMACS Centre. In order to see more detail about these talks, either follow the links for each talk given below or visit the Past IMC Colloquium Abstract page.

If you want to see the list of upcoming IMC Colloquiums at the IRMACS Centre, please visit the future IMC Colloquiums page.

If you want to view video archives from these and other events held at the IRMACS Centre, please visit the IRMACS Video Archive page.

DateLocationInformationVideo
Nov 30, 2012
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "Simulation Model Calibration and Prediction Using Outputs From Multi-Fidelity Simulators"
Dr. Derek Bingham
Canada Research Chair - Industrial Statistics
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University
Nov 16, 2012
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "Portfolio Theory and Ecology?"
Dr. Kenneth Kasa
Professor
Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University
Nov 09, 2012
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "Linking freshwater biodiversity to ecosystem stability and function"
Dr. Jonathan W. Moore
Liber Ero Chair
Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Oct 19, 2012
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: Factors Associated with Antiretroviral adherence among HIV and Adults in BC
Dr. Robert Hogg
Oct 05, 2012
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series:"Oceans of loss or a sea of choice: transforming science into action"
Dr. Nicholas K. Dulvy
Canadian Research Chair in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation
Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Mar 23, 2012
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series "Simplified Models of Locomotion: A little tells us a lot"
Dr. Shawn O'Connor
Department of Biomedical Physiology & Kinesiology
Mar 09, 2012
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series "Modeling Electronic Dance Music: Intelligent Generation using Human Transcription and Analysis"
Dr. Arne Eigenfeldt
School for the Contemporary Arts
Feb 24, 2012
12:30 - 13:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "Understanding Type IV pilus structure"
Dr. Lisa Craig
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Feb 10, 2012
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "Ferry Scheduling - Models and algorithms"
Dr. Abraham Punnen
Department of Mathematics
Jan 27, 2012
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "Applications for a 3-D, individual cell based model of cell movement and visualization in multicellular systems, fashioned on mechanical and chemical cell interactions"
Dr. Eirikur Palsson
Department of Biology
Jan 06, 2012
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "Seismic Inversion with Multiply-Scattered Waves"
Dr. Alison Malcolm
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dec 02, 2011
11:30 - 13:00
ASB10900IMC Open Forum: IRMACS 2011 Thematic Year Showcasing Scientific Modelling at SFU Wrap-up
 
Nov 23, 2011
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: " 'Lassoing' a tree: Phylogenetic theory for sparse patterns of taxon coverage"
Dr. Mike Steel
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Sep 23, 2011
11:00 - 12:00
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "A Neutral Model of Gang Territory Formation"
Dr. Jeffrey Brantingham
Anthropology, UCLA
Sep 09, 2011
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "University 2.0: Next Generation University to offer free, world-class education with global partners to democratize health sciences knowledge"
Dr. Kate Tairyan, MD, MPH
Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Apr 01, 2011
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "Sources of bias for estimators of gene-by-environment interaction from case-parent trio data"
Dr. Brad McNeney
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Mar 18, 2011
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "Are Stock Markets Beauty Contests?"
Dr. Kenneth Kasa
Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University
Mar 04, 2011
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "Modelling the Expansion of the Highly Active Anti-retroviral Therapy for HIV, within Risk Behaviour Environment"
Dr. Bojan Ramadanovic
Complex Systems Modelling Group, The IRMACS Centre, Simon Fraser University
Feb 11, 2011
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "Modeling human expression and creativity using cognitive based artificial intelligence"
Dr. Steve DiPaola
School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University
Jan 21, 2011
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "Analyzing illegal drug supply chains as two-mode social networks"
Dr. Martin Bouchard
School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University
Dec 03, 2010
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "Distributions matter: variability in the numbers and types of sexual partners of female sex workers and the HIV epidemic in south India"
Ms. Kathleen Deering
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Nov 19, 2010
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "GeoSimulation Approach for Modeling Human Disease Dynamics"
Dr. Suzana Dragićević
Department of Geography, SFU
Nov 05, 2010
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "Reclamation: Experiments in Homelessness and Crime"
Dr. Julian Somers
Faculty of Health Sciences, SFU
Oct 22, 2010
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "Cellular Automata, a tool in pure and applied mathematics"
Dr. Vahid Dabbaghian
The MoCSSy Program, The IRMACS Centre, SFU
Sep 24, 2010
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "The Risky Business of Modeling Impacts of Climate Change on Groundwater Systems"
Dr. Diana M. Allen
Department of Earth Sciences, SFU
Sep 21, 2010
13:30 - 14:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Special Presentation: "Statistical Modeling of Complex Agroecosystems in a Changing Climate"
Dr. Nathaniel K. Newlands
Research Scientist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta
Adjunct Professor, Department of Statistics , University of British Columbia
Apr 16, 2010
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "Jump Detection with Wavelets for High-Frequency Financial Time Series"
Dr. Ramazan Gençay
Department Of Economics, Simon Fraser University
Mar 19, 2010
10:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "Modeling to Estimate Weight Gain from Energy Imbalances"
Dr. Diane Finegood and Penny Deck
Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University
Mar 05, 2010
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "From the Unbounded to the (Artificially) Bounded"
Dr. Nilima Nigam
SFU Department of Mathematics
Feb 05, 2010
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "Geographic Injury Surveillance"
Dr. Nadine Schuurman
Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University
Jan 22, 2010
12:30 - 13:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "Engineering Security: A Formal Approach"
Dr. Uwe Glasser
SFU IRMACS Centre and School of Computing Science
Nov 27, 2009
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "A Particle Filter Approach to Identification of Discrete Stochastic Nonlinear Processes Under Missing Observations"
Dr. Bhushan Gopaluni
Department Of Chemical & Biological Engineering, University Of British Columbia
Nov 13, 2009
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "Measuring Social Influences on Health"
Dr. Brian Krauth
Department of Economics, SFU
Oct 30, 2009
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "Recent Advances in Medical Imaging"
Dr. Joe Qranfal
Department of Mathematics, SFU
Oct 16, 2009
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "Simple questions with difficult answers: Modelling the HIV epidemic in BC"
Dr. Robert Hogg
Faculty of Health Sciences, SFU
Oct 02, 2009
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "The Arithmetic of Sentencing"
Dr. Pierre Tremblay
School of Criminology, University Of Montreal
Sep 18, 2009
11:30 - 12:30
ASB10900IMC Colloquium Series: "Systems Thinking for Health Systems Renewal"
Dr. Allan Best
Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver General Hospital