SCHEDULE
FLAGSHIP FOR
MATHEMATICAL CONNECTIONS WORKSHOP
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
Questions to be addressed:
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In the Mathematical Sciences, what current and/or emerging problems should be addressed with a multidisciplinary approach?
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In the Mathematical Sciences, what has been done to address the formation, competitiveness, and success of large scale multidisciplinary research teams?
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What, if anything, else needs to be done at UF and why?
Location. All talks are in Room 2205 New Physics Building (NPB).
8:45am
WORKSHOP WELCOME
9:00 - 9:20am
James Jones,
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
What Current and Emerging Problems in the Mathematical Sciences
should be addressed with a Multidisciplinary Approach?
9:30 - 9:50am
David Reitze,
Physics
Why Physicists Need Mathematicians (and Vice Versa): Musings on the
Multidisciplinary Approach
10:00 - 10:20am
Erik Deumens,
Chemistry and Physics
Renormalization of Mathematical Sciences Education
10:30 - 10:45am
BREAK
10:45 - 11:05am
Eduardo C. Vallejos,
Horticultural Sciences
Designing Future Crops: Merging Genetics and Crop Modeling
11:15 - 11:35am
Sam Trickey,
QTP (Physics and Chemistry)
Lessons from Experience about Competitive Realities at UF for Multi-disciplinary Funding in Computational Sciences
12:00 - 1:00pm
LUNCH
1:00 - 1:20pm
Gar Hoflund,
Chemical Engineering
A Synergistic Theoretcial/Experimental Approach to Surface Chemistry Studies
1:30 - 1:50pm
Keith White,
Psychology
Recognizing the Intellectual Value of Contributions to Multidisciplinary Projects: Lessons from an fMRI Study Using Fractal Scaling Analysis
2:00 - 2:15pm
BREAK
2:15 - 2:35pm
Ed Braun,
Zoology
Perspective from Zoology
2:45 - 3:05pm
Sergei Shabanov,
Mathematics
N-disciplinary Research or `Sitting between N chairs' from a Practitioner's View
3:15 - 4:00pm
OPEN DISCUSSION
Please send comments to
cyndi@biostat.ufl.edu.
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