[cmath] 2008 Summer School on Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases, Universty of Alberta

[Dr. Michael Y. Li]

Dear Sir/Madame:

Please forward this announcement to all your faculties and graduate students.
Thanks,

Michael Li

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2008 Summer School on Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases

May 1 - 11, 2008
University of Alberta

Organized by the NCE-MITACS team on mathematical modeling of 
infectious diseases, the summer school is aimed to provide effective 
training for collaborative research in infectious diseases based on 
mathematical modeling and qualitative analysis. The goal is to 
educate mathematics and statistics students how to address issues of 
great importance in disease control and prevention, and to educate 
public health students and researchers why and how mathematical and 
statistical techniques and tools are useful. It is our hope that the 
summer school will prepare students who might wish to work as 
modelers in a public health environment, and to help public health 
researchers and mathematical modelers to learn a language in which 
they can communicate with one another.

The scientific program of the summer school consists of a variety of formats:

1. Short Courses. These are two 1.5-hour lectures on the following subjects:
o Mathematical basics
o Statistical methods for data analysis
o Basic epidemiology for infectious diseases
o Deterministic models
o Stochastic models
o Network models

2. Case Studies. These are 1.5-hour lectures that focus on modeling 
analysis of specific diseases including
o Pandemic influenza
o West-Nile virus
o HIV/AIDS
o Tuberculosis

3. Public Lectures. These are lectures given by distinguished 
scientists and mathematical modelers on broader issues related to 
mathematical modeling and public health.

4. Group projects. Participants will be working in groups on assigned 
research projects. Group projects are an essential part of the summer 
school. They are designed to provide participants with hands-on 
research experience by applying the knowledge they have learned and 
working in a collaborative environment.

To participate, please visit the summer school website at:
http://www.math.ualberta.ca/~irl/summer_school.html
and register using the online registration form. Space is limited so 
early registration is encouraged. A limited number of scholarships 
are available to graduate student participants to partially offset 
their travel expenses. For more information, please contact the local 
organizers: Dr. Michael Li (mli at math.ualberta.ca) and Dr. Sabrina 
Plitt (S.Plitt at provlab.ab.ca).



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Dr. Michael Y. Li
Professor of Mathematics
Managing Editor
Canadian Applied Math Quarterly (CAMQ)
Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
T6G 2G1 Canada

Tel:  1 (780) 492-2032
Fax: 1 (780) 492-6826
Email: mli at math.ualberta.ca
URL:     http://www.math.ualberta.ca/~mli
CAMQ: http://www.math.ualberta.ca/ami/camq.html
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