Programs and
 Activities

Past Activities (2005)

 - Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases: Dynamics and Control
   (15 Aug - 9 Oct 2005)
   ... Jointly organized by Institute for Mathematical Sciences (NUS) and Regional Emerging
   Diseases Intervention (REDI) Centre, Singapore

    Organizing Committee:

- Bryan T. Grenfell (Pennsylvania State University) (Chair)

- Stefan Ma (Ministry of Health, Singapore) (Co-chairs)

- Yingcun Xia (National University of Singapore) (Co-chairs)

 - Computational Prospects of Infinity (20 Jun - 15 Aug 2005)

    Co-chairs of Organizing Committee:

- Chi Tat Chong (National University of Singapore)

- Qi Feng (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China and National University of
   Singapore)

- Theodore A. Slaman (University of California at Berkeley)

- W. Hugh Woodin (University of California at Berkeley)

- Yue Yang (National University of Singapore)

 - Uncertainty and Information in Economics (9 May - 3 Jul 2005)

    Co-chairs of Organizing Committee:

- Robert Anderson (University of California at Berkeley)
- Parkash Chander (National University of Singapore)
- Peter Hammond (Stanford University)
- Yeneng Sun (National University of Singapore)

 - Semi-parametric Methods for Survival and Longitudinal Data
   (26 Feb - 24 Apr 2005)

    Co-chairs of Organizing Committee:

- Zhiliang Ying (Columbia University)

- Yougan Wang (National University of Singapore)

 - Nanoscale Material Interfaces: Experiment, Theory and Simulation
   (24 Nov 2004 - 23 Jan 2005)

    Co-chairs of Organizing Committee:

- Weizhu Bao (National University of Singapore)

- Bo Li (University of California at San Diego)

- Ping Lin (National University of Singapore)

- Jian-Guo Liu (University of Maryland)

 - Figuring out Life: NUS - Karolinska Joint Symposium on Application of
   Mathematics in Biomedicine (28 - 29 Nov 2005)

 - Workshop on Genomics (14 - 17 Nov 2005)

    Chair:

- David Siegmund (Stanford University and National University of Singapore)

    Co-chairs:

- Louis Chen (National University of Singapore)

- Louxin Zhang (National University of Singapore)

 - Workshop on Computational Finance (29 - 30 Aug 2005)

    Co-chairs:

- Kian-Guan Lim (Singapore Management University)

- Yeneng Sun (National University of Singapore)

    Keynote Speaker:

- A.N. Shiryaev (Steklov Mathematical Institute, Moscow)

 - Asian Mathematical Conference (AMC2005) (20 - 23 Jul 2005)

   ...Jointly organized by

- Department of Mathematics, NUS

- Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, NUS

- Institute for Mathematical Sciences, NUS

- Singapore Mathematical Society (SMS) and

- South East Asian Mathematical Society (SEAMS)

 - Satellite Mascot Workshop (13 May 2005)

    Speaker:

- David Creasy (Matrix Science, UK)

 - Workshop on Data Analysis and Data Mining in Proteomics (9 - 12 May 2005)

    Co-chairs of Organizing Committee:

- Maxey C.M. Chung (National University of Singapore)

- Newman S.K. Sze (Genome Institute of Singapore)

 - Workshop on Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations: Analysis, Computation and
   Applicationss (3 - 6 May 2005)

   ...Jointly organized by
     - Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore
     - Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong

 - 3rd Asia Pacific Workshop on Quantum Information Science (3 - 15 Jan 2005)

    Co-chairs of Organizing Committee:

- Artur Ekert (University of Cambridge)

- Choo Hiap Oh (National University of Singapore)

- K. K. Phua (SEATPA and National University of Singapore)

 

Seminar

...Jointly organized by Institute for Mathematical Sciences and Department of Statistics and Applied Probability
Date:	Wednesday, 4 May 2005
Venue:	Seminar room S16-06-118 Department of Statistics and Applied Probability
3:00pm - 4:00pm	A New Method for Approximations in Probability and Operator Theories Vidmantas Bentkus, Vilnius Pedagogical University