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THE
FIELDS INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
20th
ANNIVERSARY
YEAR |
June
7, 2013
Guelph Biomathematics and Biostatistics Symposium
Adaptive Strategies in Epidemiology, Ecology,
and Engineering
Arboretum
Auditorium
Organizers
Daniel
Ashlock, University of Guelph(Co-Chair, Mathematics)
Ayesha Ali, University of Guelph (Co-Chair, Statistics)
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Overview
This year's annual Guelph Biomathematics and Biostatistics Symposium is planned
for Friday, June 7, 2013 in the Arboretum Auditorium, set in the heart of
the Arboretum here at the University of Guelph. The principal objective of
the symposium is to facilitate collaborations between mathematicians, statisticians
and bioscience researchers. This year's theme is on modelling adaptivity in
epidemiology, ecology, and engineering. The symposium includes the Gordon
C. Ashton Memorial Biometrics Lecture, and will have sessions for contributed
talks. There will also be a poster session for graduate and undergraduate
students, with a prize awarded for the best poster. This year's symposium
is intended to provide exposure to various mathematical and statistical techniques
that incorporate adaptivity into modelling (e.g. optimal treatment regimes
in epidemiology) or employ adaptive mechanisms (e.g. agent based models in
ecology or
engineering).
The modeling and employment of adaptivity is a cutting edge topic in modern
biology that encompasses diverse domains, ranging from epidemiological phenomena
such as antibiotic resistance to drug therapies and disease management via
ring vaccinations, to ecological phenomena such as ecosystem resilience to
invasive species. The modelling of adaptive strategies, such as the ability
of natural systems to adapt or for drug therapies to be dynamically patient-tailored,
can allow researchers to better anticipate the actions and reactions of agents
to diverse interventions. The first keynote speaker, Susan Murphy (University
of Michigan), is well-recognized for developing statistical methods and experimental
designs that can be used in formulating dynamic treatment regimes, and will
be giving this year's Ashton Lecture. This talk will be complemented by regional
speakers and by speakers from as far as
Pittsburgh, PA and Montreal, QC.
Students are encouraged to submit poster presentations and travel grants can
be provided to defray associated travel costs. There will be a prize awarded
to the best poster. Participation by women and aboriginal groups is also encouraged.
The maximum size for the posters will be 46 inches high and 56 inches
across
STUDENTS SEEKING A TRAVEL AWARD TO ATTEND THE SYMPOSIUM SHOULD CONTACT aali@uoguelph.ca
DIRECTLY
Program
| June 7, 2013 |
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Session 1:
Gordon C. Ashton Memorial Lecture (1st keynote speaker) |
| 9:00-10:00 |
Susan Murphy, Departments of Statistics and Psychiatry,
University of Michigan
A
Clinical Trial Design for Constructing and Evaluating Individualized Real-Time
Treatment Policies |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Coffee and Pastries/Student Poster Session |
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Session 2: Invited Session |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Abdus S. Wahed, Department of Biostatistics,
University of Pittsburgh
Statistical
methods for comparing adaptive treatment strategies in SMART designs with
time-to-event endpoints |
| 11:00-11:30 |
Cecilia Cotton, Department of Statistics
and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo
Evaluating
Epoetin dosing strategies using observational longitudinal data |
| 11:30-1:00 |
Lunch Break/Student Poster Session |
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Session 3: 2nd keynote
speaker |
| 1:00-2:00 |
David J. Howden, School of Information
Technology, York University
Swarm
intelligence for unmanned aerial vehicles |
| 2:00-2:15 |
Refreshments and Student Poster Session |
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Session 4: Invited Session |
| 2:15-2:45 |
Taras Kowaliw, Institut des Systèmes Complexes,
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Bio-inspired
complex systems engineering |
| 2:45-3:15 |
Ben Rich, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics
and Occupational Health, McGill University
Generating
candidate adaptive dosing strategies through simulation and g-estimation
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| 3:15-3:30 |
Refreshments |
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Session 5: Invited Session |
| 3:30-4:00 |
Daniel Ashlock, Department of Mathematics
and Statistics, University of Guelph
Adaptive
Representations for Parameter Optimization |
| 4:00 |
Student Awards |
Participants as of May 31, 2013
(*awaiting confirmation)
| Full Name |
University/Affiliation |
| Adebayo, Olasehinde* |
Federal University of Technology Akure |
| Ali, Ayesha |
University of Guelph |
| Areibi, Shawki |
University of Guelph |
| Ashlock, Daniel |
University of Guelph |
| Braschel, Melissa |
University of Guelph |
| Clarke, Geoff |
University of Toronto |
| Darlington, Gerarda |
University of Guelph |
| Feng, Zeny |
University of Guelph |
| Murphy, Susan |
University of Michigan |
| Qiao, Wendy |
University of Toronto |
| Rahman, Kazi |
University of Guelph |
| Rich, Benjamin |
The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre |
| Sharma, Cartik* |
STM Holography |
| Wahed, Abdus |
University of Pittsburgh |
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