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THE
FIELDS INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
20th
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MATHEMATICS
OF PLANET EARTH 2013
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From MPE2013 to MPE more information at www.mpe2013.org/mpe2013index/
"Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013" (MPE2013)---the
year-long program created to encourage research on a range of
topics related to Planet Earth---has been active for almost a
year and will transition into "Mathematics of Planet Earth"
(MPE) at the end of 2013. What has been accomplished and what
are the plans for MPE?
MPE2013 was conceived to stimulate the mathematics research community
to identify fundamental research questions about Planet Earth
and to reach out to the general public to highlight the role of
mathematics in global studies of the Earth. It has grown into
an international effort, received the patronage of UNESCO, and
involved more than 140 partners, including professional societies,
academic institutions, research institutes, and teacher organisations.
The distinctive MPE2013 logo has been featured at many conferences,
workshops, and lectures, and MPE2013 has found its way among the
public, the media, and schools worldwide.
Beginning in 2014, the program will continue as "Mathematics
of Planet Earth" (MPE), with the same objectives, namely
identify fundamental research questions about Planet Earth and
reach out to the general public. As Christiane Rousseau, principal
coordinator of MPE2013, observed, "MPE2013 has been a great
start. But identifying the research problems is not enough. Mathematics
moves slowly, the planetary problems are very challenging, and
we start realizing how much remains to be done."
From
MPE2013 to MPE
Activities
Supported by the Fields Institute
In collaboration with dozens of research institutions, universities
and foundations across the world, the Fields Institute is proud
to take part in 2013's Mathematics
of Planet Earth. Throughout the following year
Fields will be hosting and sponsoring numerous lecture series
and workshops with the goal of drawing attention to the significant
role mathematics plays in confronting the challenges facing our
planet.
| Focus
and Thematic Programs |
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April 29-June 28, 2013
Thematic Program on
the Mathematics of Oceans
August 5- 31, 2013
Focus
Program on Commodities, Energy and Environmental Finance
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Pan-Canadian
Thematic Program on
Models
and Methods in Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health |
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April 29-30, 2013
Workshop on Establishing
the Scientific Foundation for Quantitative Public Health
Decision-making
May 19-27, 2013
Summer School on Mathematics
of Infectious Disease
Public Lectures
May 19, 2013
Eduardo Massad,University of Sao Paulo
The Analytic Philosophy of Mathematical Epidemiology
3:30 – 4:30 pm, Room 0006, TEL Building, York University
May 23, 2013
Mirjam Kretzschmar, University Medical Centre Utrecht
Modelling STI and HIV transmission using pair formation
models
9:00 – 10:00 am, Room BA 1190 Bahen Centre (map
to Bahen)
May 26, 2013
Carlos Castillo-Chavez
Regents Professor and Joaquin Bustoz Jr. Professor, Arizona
State University
Public Security Infectious Diseases and Public Health:
Challenges in Emergent and Re-Emergent Diseases
10:00 – 11:30 am, Room 0006 TEL Building
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July 2013
Workshop
on Climate Change and Ecology of Vector-borne Diseases has
been rescheduled to a future date TBA
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CMS
MPE2013 Lecture Series
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April 11, 2013 -11:00 a.m 
Darrell Duffie, Stanford
The new architecture of our financial system (video)
Fields Institute (Slide Presentation)
Sponsored by Fields and the CMS
June 21, 2013 -3:30 p.m.
Jane Wang, Cornell
Insects, computers, and us
Fields Institute
Sponsored by Fields and the CMS
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Activities Supported by the Fields Institute |
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January-August 2012
Thematic Program
on Inverse Problems and Imaging
June 25, 2012
Ron Dembo, Zerofootprint
Using
Mathematics to Combat Climate Change
Sponsored by CAIMS-SCMAI, Fields and PIMS
June 24, 2012
L. Mahadevan, de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics,Professor
of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Professor of Physics,
Harvard University
Motility:
Molecules, Mechanics, Mathematics and Machines
Sponsored by CAIMS-SCMAI, Fields and PIMS
June 24, 2012
David Earn, McMaster University
Puzzles
in the Patterns of Plagues
Sponsored by CAIMS-SCMAI, Fields and
PIMS
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