DIMACS SATELLITE RECONNECT
2006 WORKSHOP
AT MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Reconnecting Teaching
Faculty to the Mathematical Sciences Enterprise
July 9-15, 2006
Sunday, July 9, 2006
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4:30
– 5:00 pm |
Registration and Check-In
at Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys in the Woodland Room |
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5:00
– 6:15 pm |
DINNER in the Woodland
Room |
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6:15
– 6:30 pm |
Introduction to Reconnect
(Asamoah Nkwanta) |
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6:30
– 7:00 pm |
Overview of Topic: Simple and Complex
Discrete-time Population Models in Ecology and Epidemiology (Aziz Yakubu) |
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7:15
– 8:30 am |
Breakfast at Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys |
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8:30
– 9:00 am |
Travel to Morgan State University (Shuttle leaves at 8:30) |
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9:00
– 9:15 am |
Carnegie Hall, Room 157, Welcome to Morgan State
University & Satellite Reconnect (Drs. T. Joan Robinson, Provost and Vice
President for Academic Affairs & LaVentrice Taylor, Dean of The School of
Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences) |
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9:15
– 10:15 am |
Session 1: Introduction to
Discrete-time Population Models (Aziz Yakubu) |
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10:15
– 10:30 am |
Coffee Break |
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10:30
– 11:30 am |
Continuation of Session 1: Introduction to
Discrete-time Population Models (Aziz
Yakubu) |
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11:30
– 12:30 pm |
Study Time: Work on
Suggested Problems Mathematics Computer Lab Carnegie
Hall, Room 359) is available |
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12:30
– 1:15 pm |
LUNCH in the McKeldin
Ballroom |
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1:15
– 1:40 pm |
Writing/ Writing Groups at
Reconnect (Asamoah Nkwanta & Former Participants) |
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1:40
– 2:00 pm |
Discussion of Suggested
Problems (Aziz Yakubu) |
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2:00
– 2:15 pm |
Coffee Break |
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2:15
– 3:15 pm |
Review & Session 2: Nonlinear Population
Models (Aziz Yakubu) |
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3:15
– 3:30 pm |
Coffee Break |
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3:30
– 4:30 pm |
Continuation of Session 2: Nonlinear Population
Models (Aziz Yakubu) |
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4:30
– 5:45 pm |
DINNER in the McKeldin
Ballroom |
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5:45
– 6:15 pm |
Travel back to the
Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys (Shuttle leaves at 5:45) |
|
6:15
– +++++ |
Free Time |
Tuesday,
July 11, 2006
|
7:15
– 8:30 am |
Breakfast at Radisson
Hotel at Cross Keys |
|
8:30
– 9:00 am |
Travel to Morgan State
University (Shuttle leaves at 8:30) |
|
9:00
– 9:50 am |
Carnegie Hall, Room 157, Review & Session
3: Intraspecific Competition
(Aziz Yakubu) |
|
9:50
– 10:00 am |
Coffee Break |
|
10:00
– 11:00 am |
Continuation of Session 3: Intraspecific
Competition (Aziz Yakubu) |
|
11:00
– 12:30 pm |
Study Time: Work on Suggested Problems Mathematics Computer Lab (Carnegie
Hall, Room 359) is available STAFF MEETING (Carnegie
Hall, Room 253) |
|
12:30
– 1:15 pm |
LUNCH in the McKeldin
Ballroom |
|
1:15
– 1:40 pm |
Writing Classroom
Modules (A. Nkwanta & Former
Participants) Writing Groups (Formed) |
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1:40
– 2:00 pm |
Discussion of Suggested
Problems (Aziz Yakubu) |
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2:00
– 2:15 pm |
Coffee Break |
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2:15
– 3:15 pm |
Review & Session 4: Connections to Epidemics
(Aziz Yakubu) |
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3:15
– 3:30 pm |
Coffee Break |
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3:30
– 4:30 pm |
Continuation of Session 4: Connections to Epidemics
(Aziz Yakubu) |
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4:30
– 5:45 pm |
DINNER in the McKeldin
Ballroom |
|
5:45
– 6:15 pm |
Travel back to the
Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys (Shuttle leaves at 5:45) |
|
6:15
– 8:00 pm + |
Free Time/Work on
Suggested Problems Hospitality Suite
Available for Writing & Socializing |
Wednesday,
July 12, 2006
|
7:15
– 8:30 am |
Breakfast at Radisson
Hotel at Cross Keys |
|
8:30
– 9:00 am |
Travel to Morgan State
University (Shuttle leaves at 8:30) |
|
9:00
– 9:50 am |
Dixon Science Center,
Lecture Room 125, Review & Session 5: Nonlinear Population Models with
Age-structure (Aziz Yakubu) |
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9:50
– 10:00 am |
Coffee Break |
|
10:00
– 11:00 am |
Continuation of Session 5: Nonlinear Population
Models with Age-structure (Aziz Yakubu) |
|
11:00
– 12:30 pm |
Study Time: Writing Groups Mathematics Computer Lab (Carnegie
Hall, Room 359) is available STAFF MEETING (Carnegie
Hall, Room 253 |
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LUNCH in the McKeldin
Ballroom |
|
|
1:15
– 2:15 pm |
Guest Lecturer: Modeling for Malaria
Research and Control (F. Ellis McKenzie, Fogarty International Center, NIH) |
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2:00
– 2:15 pm |
Coffee Break |
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2:15
– 3:15 pm |
Spencer Hall, Room 103, Biology Lab
Demonstration, (Dwayne Hill) |
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3:15
– 3:30 pm |
Coffee Break |
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3:30
– 4:00 pm |
Travel back to the
Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys (Shuttle leaves at 3:30) |
|
4:00
– 8:45 pm |
DINNER (On your own/ the
Inner Harbor, See Hotel shuttle) |
|
8:45
– 9:15 pm |
Travel back to the
Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys Hotel Shuttle (Last shuttle leaves at 10:00
pm) |
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9:15
– 10:00 pm + |
Free Time/Work on
Suggested Problems Hospitality Suite
Available for Writing & Socializing |
Thursday,
July 13, 2006
|
7:15
– 8:30 am |
Breakfast at Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys |
|
8:30
– 9:00 am |
Travel to Morgan State
University (Shuttle leaves at 8:30) |
|
9:00
– 9:50 am |
Dixon Science Center,
Lecture Room 125, Review & Session 6: Interplay Between Local Dynamics and
Dispersal (Aziz Yakubu) |
|
9:50
– 10:00 am |
Coffee Break |
|
10:00
– 11:00 am |
Continuation of Session 6: Interplay Between Local
Dynamics and Dispersal (Aziz Yakubu) |
|
11:00
– 12:20 pm |
Study Time: Writing
Groups/ Title & Abstract due Mathematics Computer Lab (Carnegie
Hall, Room 359) is available |
|
12:20
– 1:15 pm |
LUNCH in Helen Roberts
Dining Hall |
|
1:15
– 2:15 pm |
Guest Lecturer: Mining the HapMap for
Variation in the Biology Of Health Disparities in the African Diaspora
(Georgia Dunston, National Human Genome Center, Howard University College of
Medicine) |
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2:00
– 2:15 pm |
Coffee Break |
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2:15
– 3:15 pm |
Review & Session 7: Interactions (Aziz
Yakubu) |
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3:15
– 3:30 pm |
Coffee Break |
|
3:30
– 4:30 pm |
Study Time: Writing
Groups/Prep Time for Presentation Mathematics Computer Lab (Carnegie
Hall, Room 359) is available |
|
4:30
– 5:45 pm |
DINNER in the McKeldin
Ballroom |
|
5:45
– 6:15 pm |
Travel back to the
Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys (Shuttle leaves at 5:45) |
|
6:15
– 8:00 pm + |
Free Time/Work on
Suggested Problems/Prep Time for Presentation Hospitality Suite
Available for Writing & Socializing |
Friday,
July 14, 2006
|
7:15
– 8:30 am |
Breakfast at Radisson
Hotel at Cross Keys |
|
8:30
– 9:00 am |
Travel to Morgan State University (Shuttle leaves at 8:30) |
|
9:00
– 9:50 am |
Carnegie Hall, Room 157, Review & Session
8-9: Intraspecific Competition II & Epidemic Models (Aziz Yakubu) |
|
9:50
– 10:00 am |
Coffee Break |
|
10:00
– 11:00 am |
Continuation of Session
8-9:
Intraspecific Competition II & Epidemic Models (Aziz Yakubu) |
|
11:00
– 12:30 pm |
Study Time: Writing
Groups/Prep Time for Presentation Mathematics Computer Lab (Carnegie
Hall, Room 359) is available |
|
12:30
– 1:15 pm |
LUNCH in the McKeldin
Ballroom |
|
1:15
– 2:00 pm |
Study Time: Writing
Groups/Prep Time for Presentation Mathematics Computer Lab (Carnegie
Hall, Room 359) is available |
|
2:00
– 2:15 pm |
Coffee Break |
|
2:15
– 3:15 pm |
Review & Session
10-11:
Population Models in Periodic Environments & Case Study – The Monarch
Butterfly (Aziz Yakubu) |
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3:15
– 3:30 pm |
Coffee Break |
|
3:30
– 4:30 pm |
Study Time: Writing
Groups/Prep Time for Presentation Group Projects due Mathematics Computer Lab (Carnegie
Hall, Room 359) is available |
|
4:30
– 5:45 pm |
DINNER in the McKeldin
Ballroom |
|
5:45
– 6:15 pm |
Travel back to the
Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys (Shuttle leaves at 5:45) |
|
6:15
– 8:00 pm + |
Free Time/Work on
Suggested Problems/Prep Time for Presentation Hospitality Suite
Available for Writing & Socializing |
Saturday,
July 15, 2006
|
7:15
– 8:30 am |
Breakfast at Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys |
|
8:30
– 9:00 am |
Travel to Morgan State
University (Shuttle leaves at 8:30) |
|
9:00
– 9:50 am |
Carnegie Hall, Room 157, Writing Group
Presentations |
|
9:50
– 10:00 am |
Coffee Break |
|
10:00
– 10:50 am |
Continuation of Writing
Group Presentations |
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10:50
– 11:00 am |
Coffee Break |
|
11:00
– 11:50 am |
Continuation of Writing
Group Presentations |
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11:50
– 12:30 pm |
LUNCH (box) |
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12:30
– 1:30 pm |
Continuation of Writing
Group Presentations Closing Remarks, Shuttle to
BWI Airport |