Program Schedule
Official FACM 2017 Program Booklet (PDF)
Saturday - June 24, 2017
| Time | Event |
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| 8:15 - 8:45 a.m. | Registration + Coffee/ Pastries
Set Up Posters |
| 8:45 - 9:00 a.m. | Introductory Remarks Jonathan Luke, Chairperson, Department of Mathematical Sciences Welcoming Remarks Atam Dhawan, Vice Provost for Research, NJIT |
| 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. | Plenary Lecture I
Cleve Moler, MathWorks |
| 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 - 1:00 p.m. | Minisymposium I: Mathematical Modeling of Membrane Filtration |
| Minisymposium II: Application of Computational Biology Models, Algorithms and Data Science to Establish Proof of Mechanisms and Predict Therapeutic Response in Patient Subpopulations | |
| Minisymposium III: Data Science in Industry | |
| 1:00 - 2:15 p.m. | Lunch
Poster Session |
| 2:15 - 3:15 p.m. | Plenary Lecture II
Jon Chapman, Oxford University |
| 3:15 - 3:45 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 3:45 - 6:15 p.m. | Minisymposium IV: Continuum Mechanics Problems at the Interface Between Academia and Industry |
| Minisymposium V: Optimal Transport with Industrial Applications | |
| Minisymposium VI: Mathematical Applications Supporting Research, Development and Cost-Effectiveness in the Pharmaceutical Industry | |
| 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. | Cocktail Reception Banquet |
Sunday - June 25, 2017
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. | Registration + Coffee/ Pastries
Set Up Posters |
| 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. | Plenary Lecture III
Greg Luther, Adaptive Optics Associates and Northrop Grumman |
| 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 - 1:00 p.m. | Minisymposium VII: Low Reynolds Number Technologies: Theory & Applications |
| Minisymposium VIII: Listening to the Heart and Brain: Current Challenges in Multiscale Modeling | |
| Minisymposium IX: Computational Electromagnetics and Photonics | |
| 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. | Lunch
Poster Session |
| 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. | Plenary Lecture IV
Jianying Hu, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center |
| 3:00 - 3:15 p.m. | Cofee Break |
| 3:15 - 5:30 p.m. | Minisymposium X: Stochastic Modeling of Physical Systems |
| Minisymposium XI: Pharmaceutical Statistics | |
| Minisymposium XII:Computational and Modeling Challenges |
Program Events
Saturday June 24, 2017
| Coffee, Pastries and Registration Location: Kupfrian Hall, Theater 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. | Cleve Moler, Mathworks The Evolution of MATLAB |
| Coffee Break Location: CKB, 1st Fl. Lounge 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
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| Minisymposium I - Mathematical Modeling of Membrane Filtration Chair: Ian Griffiths (University of Oxford) / Location: CKB 120 |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. | Ian Griffiths, University of Oxford How Do Gradients in Porosity Make a Better Filter? |
| 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. | Uwe Beuscher, W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Investigation of the Correlation Between Gas/Liquid Porometry and Particle Filtration Using Simple Network Models |
| 11:30 - 12:00 p.m. | Pejman Sanaei, NJIT Internal Structure and Morphology Profile in Optimizing Filter Membrane Performance |
| 12:00 - 12:30 p.m. | Sal Giglia, MilliporeSigma Filtration Modeling for New Membrane Filter Development |
| 12:30 - 1:00 p.m. | Armin Krupp, University of Oxford Stochastic Modelling of Membrane Filtration |
| Minisymposium II - Application of Computational Biology Models, Algorithms and Data Science to Establish Proof of Mechanisms and Predict Therapeutic Response in Patient Subpopulations Co-Chairs: Ruth Abrams and Karim Azer (Sanofi) / Location: CKB 124 |
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| 10:30 - 10:55 p.m. | Avi Ma'ayan, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Mapping the Mammalian Gene Expression Space for Drug and Target Discovery |
| 10:55 - 11:20 a.m. | Ruth Abrams, Sanofi LIFE (Linear in Flux Expression methodology) Enables Modeling and Mechanistic Understanding of Patient Populations with Differential Responses to Therapy |
| 11:20 - 11:45 a.m. | Narges Razavian, NYU School of Medicine Deep Learning in Healthcare: Biomarker Discovery and Predictive Modeling |
| 11:45 - 12:10 p.m. | Chanchala Kaddi, Sanofi Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Model of Acid Sphingomyelinase Deficiency and the Enzyme Replacement Therapy Olipudase Alfa is an Innovative Tool for Linking Pathophysiology and Pharmacology |
| 12:10 - 12:35 p.m. | Marylens Hernandez, LAM Therapeutics Expression-based Computational Drug Repurposing for Rare Diseases |
| 12:35 - 1:00 p.m. | Joon Ha, National Institutes of Health A Mathematical Model Predicts a Delayed Insulin Peak During an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test as a High Risk Factor for Diabetes |
| Minisymposium III - Data Science in Industry Chair: Yixin Fang / Location: CKB 126 |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. | Howard Karloff, Goldman Sachs Big Data Analytics and Modeling for Financial Institutional Compliance |
| 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. | Yang (Steve) Liu, KCG Holdings, Inc. Application of Statistical Analysis on Signal Research |
| 11:30 - 12:00 p.m. | Yushun Lin, Citi Cards Statistics in Credit Card Marketing |
| 12:00 - 12:30 p.m. | Samiran Ghosh, Wayne State University Use of Historical Information via Bayesian Approach in Non-Inferiority Trial: With Application |
| 12:30 - 12:50 p.m. | Nan Chen, Courant Institute, New York University A Simple Dynamical Model for El Nino with Wind Bursts and the Mechanisms of the 2014-2016 Delayed Super El Nino |
| Lunch and Poster Session Location: Center King Building (CKB), 1st Fl. Lounge/ Ground Fl. Lounge 1:00 - 2:15 p.m. |
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| Plenary Lecture II Location: CKB, Rm. 303 |
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| 2:15 - 3:15 p.m. | Jon Chapman, University of Oxford Mathematical Modelling of Lithium Ion Batteries |
| Coffee Break Location: CKB, 1st Fl. Lounge 3:15 - 3:45 p.m. |
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| Minisymposium IV - Continuum Mechanics Problems at the Interface Between Academia and Industry Co-Chairs: Demetrios Papageorgiou and Darren Crowdy (Imperial College London) / Location: CKB 120 |
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| 3:45 - 4:15 p.m. | Peter Buchak, LowReTech LLC Fabrication of Specialty Optical Fibers |
| 4:15 - 4:45 p.m. | Radu Cimpeanu, Imperial College London Making a Splash: From High Speed Droplet Impact to a Novel Methodology for Water Retention Calculation |
| 4:45 - 5:15 p.m. | Charles Maldarelli, Levich Institute and CCNY Continuum and Molecular Dynamic Studies of the Hydrodynamics of Colloid Particles at a Fluid Interface |
| 5:15 - 5:45 p.m. | Ehud Yariv, Technion Singular-Perturbation Analysis of Phoretic Self-Propulsion |
| Minisymposium V - Optimal Transport with Industrial Applications Co-Chairs: Yuan-Nan Young and Brittany Froese / Location: CKB 124 |
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| 3:45 - 4:15 p.m. | Emily Walsh, University of West England, UK A Moving Mesh Method based on Optimal Transport for Numerical Weather Prediction |
| 4:15 - 4:45 p.m. | Emmanuel Maitre, Grenoble Institute of Technology Constrained Optimal Transportation and Applications |
| 4:45 - 5:15 p.m. | Yunan Yang, The University of Texas at Austin Optimal Transport and the Quadratic Wasserstein Metric for Seismic Inversion |
| 5:15 - 5:45 p.m. | Giulio Trigila, New York University Data Driven Optimal Transport |
| Minisymposium VI - Mathematical Applications Supporting Research, Development and Cost-Effectiveness in the Pharmaceutical Industry Chair: Anna Georgieva Kondic (Merck) / Location: CKB 126 |
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| 3:45 - 4:15 p.m. | Nelson Lee Afanador, Merck & Co., Inc A Descent into the Proximity Matrix of Unsupervised Random Forest |
| 4:15 - 4:45 p.m. | Chris Penland, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals A Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Model for Potassium Homeostasis with Applications to Late Stage Drug Development |
| 4:45 - 5:15 p.m. | Helen Moore, Bristol-Myers Squibb Optimal Control for Combination Therapy Optimization |
| 5:15 - 5:45 p.m. | Yuan Xiong, Certara Strategic Consulting Time-To-Event Analysis to Support Clinical Study Design and Dose Justification in Drug Development |
| 5:45 - 6:15 p.m. | David Turner, Merck & Co., Inc Challenges with Pembrolizumab Exposure-Response Assessments |
| 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Campus Center |
Cocktail Reception, Campus Center Terrace Banquet, Faculty Dining Lounge, Rm. 355 |
Sunday June 25, 2017
| Coffee, Pastries and Registration Location: CKB, 1st Fl. Lounge 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. |
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| Plenary Lecture III Location: CKB, Rm. 303 |
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| 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. | Gregory Luther, AOX Northrop Grumman Business-Driven R&D: Leveraging Mathematical and Optical Science |
| Coffee Break Location: CKB, 1st Fl. Lounge 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
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| Minisymposium VII - Low Reynolds Number Technologies: Theory & Applications Chair: Darren Crowdy (Imperial College London) / Location: CKB 120 |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. | Marc Hodes, Tufts University Transport Phenomena on Superhydrophobic Surfaces |
| 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. | Alan Lyons, City University of New York Multi-Functional Superhydrophobic Surfaces: From Singlet Oxygen Generation to Anti-Reflectivity |
| 11:30 - 12:00 p.m. | Nicolas Hadjiconstantinou, MIT On the Limits of Fourier’s Law and Kinetic Extensions for Confined Solid-state Materials |
| 12:00 - 12:30 p.m. | Darren Crowdy, Imperial College London and NJIT Theoretical Advances in Understanding Superhydrophobic Slip |
| Minisymposium VIII - Listening to the Heart and Brain: Current Challenges in Multiscale Modeling Co-Chairs: Tuan M. Hoang-Tran and James Kozloski (IBM) / Location: CKB 124 |
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| 10:30 - 10:55 a.m. | Tuan M. Hoang Trong, IBM Research Challenges of Modeling Whole-Cell Neurons |
| 10:55 - 11:20 a.m. | Kim "Avrama" Blackwell, George Mason University Computational Approaches to Understanding Habit Learning and Parkinson’s Disease |
| 11:20 - 11:45 a.m. | Viatcheslav Gurev, IBM Coupled Biophysical and Regression Models of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Mechanics |
| 11:45 - 12:10 p.m. | Adam Ponzi, IBM Research Striatal Network Modelling in relation to Huntington's Disease |
| 12:10 - 12:35 p.m. | James Kozloski, IBM Research Modeling Relationships Between Clinical Progression and Circuit Dysfunction in Huntington’s Disease |
| 12:35 - 1:00 p.m. | Stephen Krieger, Mount Sinai The Topographical Model of Multiple Sclerosis |
| Minisymposium IX - Computational Electromagnetics and Photonics Co-Chairs: Zydrunas Gimbutas (NIST) and Sharad Kapur (Integrand Software, Inc.) / Location: CKB 126 |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. | Carlos Borges, The University of Texas at Austin Reconstruction of a Compactly Supported Sound Profile In The Presence of Noisy Background Random Medium |
| 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. | Zydrunas Gimbutas, National Institute of Standards and Technology Modeling Scanning Microwave Impedance Spectroscopy |
| 11:30 - 12:00 p.m. | Sharad Kapur, Integrand Software, Inc. Large-scale Electromagnetic Simulation for Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design |
| 12:00 - 12:30 p.m. | Mike O'Neil, Courant Institute, New York University Electromagnetics and the Laplace-Beltrami problem |
| 12:30 - 1:00 p.m. | Manas Rachh, Yale University Modularization of Photonic Device Simulation via Integral Equation Methods and Scattering Matrices |
| Lunch and Poster Session Location: CKB, 1st Fl. Lounge/ Ground Floor Lounge 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. |
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| Plenary Lecture IV Location:CKB 303 |
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| 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. | Jianying Hu, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center Computational Health Methods for Next Generation Healthcare |
| Coffee Break Location: CKB, 1st Fl. Lounge 3:00 - 3:15 p.m. |
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| Minisymposium X - Stochastic Modeling of Physical Systems Chair: Kyongmin Yeo (IBM) / Location: CKB 120 |
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| 3:15 - 3:45 p.m. | Minseok Choi, POSTECH Model Reduction for Stochastic Fluid Flows: Time-Dependent Karhunen-Loeve Type Decomposition Methods |
| 3:45 - 4:15 p.m. | Youngdeok Hwang, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center Bayesian Pollution Source Identification via an Inverse Physics Model |
| 4:15 - 4:45 p.m. | Kyongmin Yeo, IBM Research Spectral Inverse Model for Advection-Diffusion Problem with a Limited Number of Data |
| 4:45 - 5:15 p.m. | Yibo Zhao, Rutgers University Efficient Gaussian Process Modeling Using Experimental Design-Based Subagging |
| 5:15 - 5:35 p.m. p.m. | Joe Klobusicky, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Two One Dimensional Models from Grain Boundary Coarsening |
| Minisymposium XI - Pharmaceutical Statistics Chair: Yixin Fang / Location: CKB 124 |
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| 3:15 - 3:45 p.m. | James Cai, Roche Innovation Center, New York New Data and New Analytics in Pharmaceutical R&D |
| 3:45 - 4:15 p.m. | Jie Cheng, Abbvie Inc. A Novel Approach to Patient Subgroup Identification and Its Applications to Clinical Trial Data |
| 4:15 - 4:45 p.m. | Shihua Wen, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Benefit-Risk Assessment Using Patient-Level Data |
| 4:45 - 5:15 p.m. | Dai Feng, Merck & Co., Inc Building Quantitative Structure−Activity Relationship Models Using Bayesian Additive Regression Trees |
| Minisymposium XII - Computational and Modeling Challenges Chair: Michael Booty / Location: CKB 126 |
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| 3:15 - 3:45 p.m. | Aloknath Chakrabarti, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore The Role of Wiener-Hopf Technique in Problems of Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves by Multiple Scatterers |
| 3:45 - 4:05 p.m. | Sara Pålsson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Simulation of Surfactant-Covered Droplets in Two-Dimensional Stokes Flow |
| 4:05 - 4:25 p.m. | Zecheng Gan, University of Michigan Boundary Integral and Image-Moment Hybrid Method for Simulations of Solvated Proteins |
| 4:25 - 4:45 p.m. | Gokberk Kabacaoglu, UT at Austin - ICES Deformability-Based Cell-Separation Through Deterministic Lateral Displacement |
| 4:45 - 5:05 p.m. | George (Georgios) Karamanis, Tufts University Extended Graetz-Nusselt Problem for Liquid Flow in Cassie State Over Isothermal Parallel Ridges |
| 5:05 - 5:25 p.m. | Qi Tang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute A Stable FSI Algorithm for Rigid Bodies and Incompressible Flows |