Program Schedule
Official FACM 2016 Program Booklet (PDF)
Friday June 3, 2016
| Time | Event | Location |
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| 8:15 - 8:45 a.m. | Registration + Coffee/ Pastries
Set Up Posters |
Kupf. 1st Fl. Lobby
Kupf. 2nd Fl. Rotunda |
| 8:45 - 9:00 a.m. | Introductory Remarks Jonathan Luke, Chairperson, Department of Mathematical Sciences Welcoming Remarks Kevin Belfield, Dean, College of Science and Liberal Arts |
Jim Wise Theater,
Kupfrian Hall |
| 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. | Plenary Lecture I
Robert Kass, Carnegie Mellon University Oscillations and Synchrony in Spike Trains: A Statistical Perspective |
Jim Wise Theater, Kupfrian Hall |
| 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. | Coffee Break | Kupf. 1st Fl. Lobby |
| 10:30 - 1:00 p.m. | Minisymposia I, II, and III | --- |
| 1:00 - 2:15 p.m. | Lunch
Poster Session |
Kupf. 1st Fl. Lobby Kupf. 2nd Fl. Rotunda |
| 2:15 - 3:15 p.m. | Plenary Lecture II
Laura Miller, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Flight of the Smallest Insects |
Jim Wise Theater, Kupfrian Hall |
| 3:15 - 3:45 p.m. | Coffee Break | Kupf. 1st Fl. Lobby |
| 3:45 - 6:15 p.m. | Minisymposia IV, V, and VI | --- |
| 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. | Banquet | Iberia Tavern 80-84 Ferry St. Newark, NJ 07105 |
Saturday June 4, 2016
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. | Registration + Coffee/ Pastries
Set Up Posters |
Kupf. 1st Fl. Lobby
Kupf. 2nd Fl. Rotunda |
| 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. | Plenary Lecture III
Mitchell Luskin, University of Minnesota Mathematical Modeling of Incommensurate 2D Materials |
Jim Wise Theater, Kupfrian Hall |
| 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. | Coffee Break | Kupf. 1st Fl. Lobby |
| 10:30 - 1:00 p.m. | Minisymposia VII, VIII, and IX | --- |
| 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. | Lunch
Poster Session |
Kupf. 1st Fl. Lobby Kupf. 2nd Fl. Rotunda |
| 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. | Plenary Lecture IV
André Nachbin, IMPA, Brazil The Uncertain Trajectory of a Pilot-Wave |
Jim Wise Theater, Kupfrian Hall |
| 3:00 - 3:15 p.m. | Cofee Break | Kupf. 1st Fl. Lobby |
| 3:15 - 5:30 p.m. | Minisymposia X, XI, and XII | --- |
Program Events
Friday June 3, 2016
| Coffee, Pastries and Registration Location: Kupfrian 1st Floor Lobby 8:15 - 8:45 a.m. |
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| Opening Remarks Location: Jim Wise Theater, Kupfrian Hall |
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| 8:45 - 9:00 a.m. | Introductory Remarks Welcoming Remarks |
| Plenary Lecture I Location: Jim Wise Theater, Kupfrian Hall |
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| 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. | Robert Kass, Carnegie Mellon University Oscillations and Synchrony in Spike Trains: A Statistical Perspective |
| Coffee Break Location: Kupfrian 1st Floor Lobby 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
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| Minisymposium I - Biofluids Chair: Sarah Olson / Location: Kupfrian 117 |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. | Isaac Klapper, Temple University Transport in Biofilms |
| 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. | Wanda Strychalski , Case Western Reserve University Computational Challenges in Simulating Models with Intracellular Flow |
| 11:30 - 12:00 p.m. | Sookkyung Lim, University of Cincinnati Polymorphic Transformation of Bacterial Flagella During Locomotion |
| 12:00 - 12:30 p.m. | Boyce Griffith, UNC Chapel Hill Towards Validated Models of In Vitro Cardiac Fluid Dynamics |
| 12:30 - 1:00 p.m. | Said Antonio Kas-Danouche, Universidad de Oriente Non-Linear Stability of Core-Annular Flows in Pulmonary Airways with an Electrical Field |
| Minisymposium II - Waves I Chair: Catalin Turc / Location: Kupfrian 118 |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. | Carlos Borges, NYU - CIMS Inverse Medium Scattering with Multiple Frequency Data and Multiple Angles of Incidence |
| 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. | Feruza Amirkulova , Western New England University Multiple Scattering Effects Using Recursive and Iterative Techniques |
| 11:30 - 12:00 p.m. | Carlos Jerez-Hanckes, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Multiple Traces Formulation: Preconditioning Strategies |
| 12:00 - 12:30 p.m. | Carlos Perez-Arancibia, California Institute of Technology Windowed Green Function Method: An Efficient High-Order Integral Equation Method for Scattering in Layered Media |
| 12:30 - 1:00 p.m. | Stephen Shipman, Louisiana State University Bound States and Resonance in Perturbed Periodic Quantum Graphs |
| Minisymposium III - Optical Imaging Data Analysis Chair: Mark Reimers / Location: Kupfrian 104 |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. | Mark Reimers, Michigan State University Optical Imaging Data: Analysis Challenges for the Next Decade |
| 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. | Eftychios Pnevmatikakis, Simons Foundation Demixing and Deconvolution of Calcium Imaging Data |
| 11:30 - 12:00 p.m. | Behtash Babadi, University of Maryland State-Space Models for Mapping Functional Neural Circuitry at High Spatiotemporal Resolutions |
| 12:00 - 12:30 p.m. | Andrew Leifer, Princeton University Whole Brain Neural Dynamcis and Behavior in C. elegans |
| 12:30 - 12:45 p.m. | Nathan Danielson, Columbia University Optical Imaging of Neuronal Population Dynamics During Learning |
| 12:45 - 1:00 p.m. | Pengcheng Zhou, Carnegie Mellon University A Hybrid Model for Source Extraction of Microendoscope Calcium Imaging Data |
| Lunch and Poster Session Location: Kupfrian Lobby / 1st and 2nd Floor 1:00 - 2:15 p.m. |
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| Plenary Lecture II Location: Jim Wise Theater, Kupfrian Hall |
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| 2:15 - 3:15 p.m. | Laura Miller, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Flight of the Smallest Insects |
| Coffee Break Location: Kupfrian 1st Floor Lobby 3:15 - 3:45 p.m. |
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| Minisymposium IV - Materials Science I Chair: Gideon Simpson / Location: Kupfrian 117 |
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| 3:45 - 4:15 p.m. | Maria Cameron, University of Maryland A Graph-Algorithmic Approach for Analysis of Complex Networks with Exponentially Small Transition Rates |
| 4:15 - 4:45 p.m. | Jonathan Weare, University of Chicago Understanding Umbrella Sampling Approaches to Rare Event Simulation |
| 4:45 - 5:15 p.m. | Petr Plechac, University of Delaware Information-Theoretic Tools for Uncertainty Quantification of High Dimensional Stochastic Models |
| 5:15 - 5:45 p.m. | Miranda Holmes-Cerfon , NYU - CIMS Statistical Mechanics of Singular Sphere Packings |
| 5:45 - 6:00 p.m. | Emilio Zappa, NYU - CIMS Computational Methods for the Study of Self-Assembly of Sticky-Spheres Clusters |
| 6:00 - 6:15 p.m. | Brittan Farmer, Drexel University Crystallization for a Brenner-like Potential |
| Minisymposium V - Stochastic Neuronal Dynamics Chair: Victor Matveev / Location: Kupfrian 118 |
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| 3:45 - 4:15 p.m. | Deena Schmidt, University of Nevada, Reno Dimension Reduction for Stochastic Conductance Based Neural Models with Time Scale Separation |
| 4:15 - 4:45 p.m. | Hye-Won Kang, University of Maryland, Baltimore County A Stochastic Model of the Melanopsin Phototransduction Cascade |
| 4:45 - 5:15 p.m. | Christoph Kirst, The Rockefeller University Dynamic Function and Functional Dynamics in Neuronal Networks |
| 5:15 - 5:45 p.m. | Robert Rosenbaum, University of Notre Dame Statistical Dynamics of Balanced Cortical Circuits |
| 5:45 - 6:00 p.m. | Christopher Ebsch, University of Notre Dame Correlated Variability, Surround Suppression and Amplification in Balanced Network Models of Visual Cortical Circuits |
| 6:00 - 6:15 p.m. | Frederik Ziebell, Heidelberg University Revealing the Dynamics of Neural Stem Cells in the Adult Hippocampus |
| Minisymposium VI - Biostatistics I Chair: Antai Wang / Location: Kupfrian 104 |
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| 3:45 - 4:15 p.m. | Judith Lok, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Defining and Estimating Causal Direct and Indirect Effects When Setting the Mediator to Specific Values is Not Feasible |
| 4:15 - 4:45 p.m. | Ao Yuan, Georgetown University U-Statistics for Some Missing Data Models with Conditional Kernel |
| 4:45 - 5:15 p.m. | Takumi Saegusa, University of Maryland Statistical Methods for a Stratified Sample |
| 5:15 - 5:45 p.m. | Yuping Zhang, University of Connecticut Leveraging Diverse Omics Data to Infer Regulations in Complex Diseases |
| 5:45 - 6:15 p.m. | Zhengqing Ouyang, The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine Statistical Modeling of Hi-C Data for 3D Genome Structure Reconstruction |
| Banquet 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. |
Iberia Tavern 80-84 Ferry St. Newark, NJ 07105 |
Saturday June 4, 2016
| Coffee, Pastries and Registration Location: Kupfrian 1st Floor Lobby 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. |
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| Plenary Lecture III Location: Jim Wise Theater, Kupfrian Hall |
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| 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. | Mitchell Luskin, University of Minnesota Mathematical Modeling of Incommensurate 2D Materials |
| Coffee Break Location: Kupfrian 1st Floor Lobby 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
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| Minisymposium VII - Micro and Bio Fluids Chair: Yuan-Nan Young / Location: Kupfrian 117 |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. | M. Yvonne Ou, University of Delaware On Dynamic Tortuosity of Poroelastic Materials |
| 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. | Nguyenho Ho, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Swimming Filaments in a Viscous Fluid with Resistance |
| 11:30 - 12:00 p.m. | Michael Miksis, Northwestern University Simulations of Particle Structuring Driven by Electric Fields |
| 12:00 - 12:30 p.m. | David Rumschitzki, City College of New York The Evolution of Tumor Populations Due to Mitosis, Treatment and Metastasis |
| 12:30 - 1:00 p.m. | Carlos Colosqui, Stony Brook University Wetting Dynamics and Kinetics in Colloidal Systems |
| Minisymposium VIII - Waves II Chair: Yassine Boubendir / Location: Kupfrian 118 |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. | Fatih Ecevit, Boğaziçi University Frequency-Adapted Boundary Element Methods for Single-Scattering Problems |
| 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. | Ibrahim Fatkullin, University of Arizona A Model of Aggregation: Limit Shapes of Young Diagrams and Applications to Liquid Crystals |
| 11:30 - 12:00 p.m. | Panayotis Panayotaros, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Breathers and Shelf-Type Solutions in a Nonlocal Discrete NLS Equation |
| 12:00 - 12:30 p.m. | Aloknath Chakrabarti, Indian Institute of Science Approximate Solutions of the Integral Equations of a Class of Water Wave Scattering Problems |
| 12:30 - 1:00 p.m. | Michael Pedneault, NJIT Schur Complement Domain Decomposition Methods for the Solution of Multiple Scattering Problems |
| Minisymposium IX - Biostatistics II Chair: Sunil Dhar / Location: Kupfrian 104 |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. | Somnath Datta, University of Florida Multi‐Sample Adjusted U‐Statistics that Account for Confounding Covariates |
| 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. | Susmita Datta, University of Florida Differential Network Analysis with Multiply Imputed Lipidomic Data |
| 11:30 - 12:00 p.m. | Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, Virginia Commonwealth University A Two-Stage Model for Dental Caries Assessment Using Non-Gaussian Markov Random Fields |
| 12:00 - 12:30 p.m. | Suddhasatta Acharyya, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Combining Efficacy, Safety, and Patient Reported Outcomes in Cancer Drug Development – A Late Phase Example |
| 12:30 - 12:45 p.m. | Joe Bible, NICHD Cluster Adjusted Regression |
| 12:45 - 1:00 p.m. | Sinjini Sikdar, University of Florida An Integrative Exploratory Analysis of -Omics Data from the ICGC Cancer Genomes Lung Adenocarcinoma Study |
| Lunch and Poster Session Location: Kupfrian Lobby/ 1st and 2nd Floor 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. |
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| Plenary Lecture IV Location: Jim Wise Theater, Kupfrian Hall |
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| 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. | André Nachbin, IMPA, Brazil The Uncertain Trajectory of a Pilot-Wave |
| Coffee Break Location: Kupfrian 1st Floor Lobby 3:00 - 3:15 p.m. |
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| Minisymposium X - Materials Science Chair: David Shirokoff / Location: Kupfrian 117 |
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| 3:15 - 3:45 p.m. | Margetis Dionisios, University of Maryland, College Park A Three-Scale Perspective of Epitaxy: From Atomistic Dynamics to PDEs |
| 3:45 - 4:15 p.m. | Gideon Simpson, Drexel University Stochastic Processes and Diffusive Molecular Dynamics |
| 4:15 - 4:45 p.m. | Xiaochuan Tian, Columbia University Trace Theorems for Some Nonlocal Function Spaces |
| 4:45 - 5:15 p.m. | Rolf Ryham, Fordham University Calculating Energy Barriers and Activation States for Steps of Fusion |
| 5:15 - 5:30 p.m. | Emanuel Lazar, University of Pennsylvania Voronoi Topology for Atomistic Simulation Analysis |
| Minisymposium XI - Dynamics and Neural Control of Animal Locomotion Chair: Gal Haspel / Location: Kupfrian 118 |
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| 3:15 - 3:45 p.m. | Melanie Falgairolle, NIH, NINDS Role of Spinal V1 Interneurons in Fictive Locomotion in the Isolated Neonatal Mouse Spinal Cord: An Optogenetic Study |
| 3:45 - 4:15 p.m. | Megan Leftwich, George Washington University An Investigation into Sea Lion Locomotion |
| 4:15 - 4:45 p.m. | Andrew Spence, Temple University Modeling Gait Regulation to Understand the Control of, and Constraints Shaping, Locomotion |
| 4:45 - 5:15 p.m. | Eli Shlizerman, University of Washington Dynamics of Caenorhabditis Elegans Worm Neuronal Network |
| 5:15 - 5:30 p.m. | Gal Haspel, NJIT A Model of the C. Elegans Locomotion Network Demonstrates Multiple Solutions for the Distribution of Oscillators that Produce Coherent Undulatory Motor Output |
| Minisymposium XII - Biostatistics III Chair: Ji Meng Loh / Location: Kupfrian 104 |
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| 3:15 - 3:45 p.m. | Pei Wang, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai A New Method for Joint Network Analysis Reveals Common and Different Co-Expression Patterns Among Genes and Proteins in Breast Cancer |
| 3:45 - 4:15 p.m. | Xiang Li, Columbia University Efficient Method to Optimally Identify Important Biomarkers for Disease Outcomes with High-Dimensional Data |
| 4:15 - 4:45 p.m. | Adam Ciarleglio, Columbia University Flexible Functional Regression Methods for Estimating Individualized Treatment Regimes |
| 4:45 - 5:15 p.m. | Yang Feng, Columbia University Neyman-Pearson Classification under High-Dimensional Settings |
| 5:15 - 5:30 p.m. | Yilong Zhang, New York University Concordance Probability in Survival Models |