How Initial Prevalence Moderates Network-Based Smoking Change: Estimating Contextual Effects with Stochastic Actor Oriented Models Jimi Adams Department of Health and Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado Denver Date and time: Thursday, January 22, 2015 - 2:00pm Location: ECCR 257 Abstract: This paper uses an empirically-grounded simulation model to examine how...
Self-synchronization in an ensemble of nonlinear oscillators Lev A. Ostrovsky National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Earth System Research Laboratory , Boulder, CO Date and time: Thursday, December 4, 2014 - 2:00pm Location: ECCR 257 Abstract: Collective behavior of nonlinear oscillators is of interest from different viewpoints including physical and...
Effects of network structure on the synchronization of Hamiltonian systems Yogesh Virkar Computer Science , University of Colorado Boulder Date and time: Thursday, November 20, 2014 - 2:00pm Location: ECCR 257 Abstract: The Hamiltonian Mean Field (HMF) model is a prototype used to model systems with long-range interactions such as...
Laplacian dynamics with synthesis and degradation Inom Mirzaev Applied Mathematics , University of Colorado Boulder Date and time: Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 2:00pm Location: ECCR 257 Abstract: Analyzing qualitative behaviors of biochemical reactions using its associated network structure has proven useful in diverse branches of biology. As an extension...
Advection-condensation of water vapor in a model of coherent stirring Joint talk with Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (ATOC) Yue-Kin Tsang School of Mathematics , University of Edinburgh Date and time: Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 2:00pm Location: ECCR 257 Abstract: Atmospheric water vapor is an essential ingredient of weather and...
Information Theory of the Heart Hiroshi Ashikaga Division of Cardiology , Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Date and time: Thursday, October 16, 2014 - 2:00pm Location: ECCR 257 Abstract: In this talk I will introduce a novel paradigm of the heart as a communication system consisting of a large...
Talk for Oct. 9, 2014 Behrooz Touri Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering ; University of Colorado Boulder Date and time: Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 2:00pm Location: ECCR 257 Abstract: Products of random stochastic matrices have applications in many engineering problems, including coordination in multiagent networks, distributed optimization, and the...
Stochastic Parametrisation and Model Uncertainty in the Lorenz ‘96 System Hannah Christensen Department of Physics , University of Oxford Date and time: Thursday, September 25, 2014 - 9:30am Location: ECCR 257 Abstract: Representing model uncertainty in atmospheric simulators is essential for the production of reliable probabilistic forecasts: we seek to...
Mean field theory of assortative networks of phase oscillators Juan Restrepo Applied Mathematics , University of Colorado Boulder Date and time: Thursday, September 11, 2014 - 2:00pm Location: ECCR 257 Abstract: In this talk I present and illustrate a new analytical technique to study synchronization in large networks of coupled...
Significant feedback from small-scale magnetic field and efficient energy transport in the solar convection zone Hideyuki Hotta High Altitude Observatory , National Center for Atmospheric Research Date and time: Thursday, September 4, 2014 - 2:00pm Location: ECCR 257 Abstract: Efficiency of small-scale dynamo in the solar convection zone is investigated...
