Colloquium
Colloquium – Changyou Wang (Purdue University)
346 Gordon Palmer Hall 505 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesTitle: Analysis of hydrodynamics of nematic liquid crystals Abstract: The orientation of Liquid crystal molecules has their preferable direction and exhibits an optical structure. Liquid crystal can also been viewed as an intermediate state between the liquid and the solid states. Given the importance, people have studied liquid crystals from the view point of modeling, computation, analysis, and engineering. In
Colloquium: Jo Ellis-Monaghan (Saint Michael’s College)
346 Gordon Palmer Hall 505 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesTitle: Combinatorial, topological, and computational approaches to DNA self-assembly. Abstract: Applications of immediate concern have driven some of the most interesting questions in the field of graph theory, for example graph drawing and computer chip layout problems, random graph theory and modeling the internet, graph connectivity measures and ecological systems, etc. Currently, scientists are engineering
Colloquium – Guowei Wei, Michigan State University
346 Gordon Palmer Hall 505 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesTitle: Mathematical AI for drug discovery Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) has fundamentally changed the landscape of science, technology, industry, and social media in the past few years. It holds a great future for discovering new drugs significantly faster and cheaper. However, AI-based drug discovery encounters obstacles arising from the structural complexity of protein-drug interactions and
Colloquium – Joris Roos, University of Wisconsin-Madison
346 Gordon Palmer Hall 505 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesColloquium – Joseph Feneuil, Temple University
346 Gordon Palmer Hall 505 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesColloquium – Simon Bortz, University of Washington
346 Gordon Palmer Hall 505 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesColloquium – Polona Durcik, California Institute of Technology
346 Gordon Palmer Hall 505 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesAWI Presents: Water H.U.B. Talks series; An opportunity for researchers to come together.
Bevill Building, Room 1000 201 7th Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesTitle: Hydrodynamic Driven Dissolution In Carbonate Formations: Application to Sinkhole Formation Investigation The extremes of rainfall, extended drought seasons, and groundwater overuse accelerate the formation of sinkholes. In the United States, 20% of the land surface is karst and susceptible to sinkhole formation, especially in Texas, Alabama, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and Florida. Despite the increased
Colloquium – John Baldwin (Boston College)
ZoomTitle: Floer homology and the fundamental group Abstract: The most important invariant of a 3-manifold is its fundamental group. One of the most fruitful approaches to understanding the fundamental group is to study its homomorphisms into simpler groups. SU(2) is an especially convenient choice of target because it is one of the simplest non-abelian Lie
Colloquium – Mariel Vazquez (University of California at Davis)
ZoomDr. Mariel Vazquez Title: Understanding viruses using topological methods Abstract: For the last 25 years I have studied the effects of DNA packaging as well as the action of DNA binding enzymes responsible for important cellular processes such as DNA replication, or transcription of DNA into RNA.