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<div>Dear Sir/Madame:</div>
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<div>Please forward this announcement to all your faculties and
graduate students.</div>
<div>Thanks,</div>
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<div>Michael Li</div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><b>2008 Summer
School on Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases</b></font><br>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">May 1 - 11,
2008</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">University of
Alberta<br>
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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.<br>
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The scientific program of the summer school consists of a variety of
formats:</font></div>
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1.<b> Short Courses.</b> These are two 1.5-hour lectures on the
following subjects:</font></div>
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face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"> Mathematical
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face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"> Statistical methods for data
analysis<br>
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face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"> Basic epidemiology for
infectious diseases<br>
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face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"> Deterministic models<br>
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face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"> Stochastic models<br>
</font><font face="Symbol" color="#000000">o</font><font
face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"> Network models</font><br>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">2.<b> Case
Studies</b>. These are 1.5-hour lectures that focus on modeling
analysis of specific diseases including<br>
</font><font face="Symbol" color="#000000">o</font><font
face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"> Pandemic influenza<br>
</font><font face="Symbol" color="#000000">o</font><font
face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"> West-Nile virus<br>
</font><font face="Symbol" color="#000000">o</font><font
face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"> HIV/AIDS<br>
</font><font face="Symbol" color="#000000">o</font><font
face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"> Tuberculosis</font><br>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">3.<b> Public
Lectures</b>. These are lectures given by distinguished scientists and
mathematical modelers on broader issues related to mathematical
modeling and public health.</font></div>
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4.<b> Group projects</b>. 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.</font></div>
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To participate, please visit the summer school website at:<br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman"
color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.math.ualberta.ca/~irl/summer_school.html</u
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">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 (</font><font face="Times New Roman"
color="#0000FF"><u>mli@math.ualberta.ca</u></font><font
face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">) and Dr. Sabrina Plitt
(S.Plitt@provlab.ab.ca).</font></div>
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Dr. Michael Y. Li<br>
Professor of Mathematics<br>
Managing Editor<br>
Canadian Applied Math Quarterly (CAMQ)<br>
Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences<br>
University of Alberta<br>
Edmonton, Alberta<br>
T6G 2G1 Canada<br>
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Tel: 1 (780) 492-2032<br>
Fax: 1 (780) 492-6826<br>
Email: mli@math.ualberta.ca<br>
URL: http://www.math.ualberta.ca/~mli<br>
CAMQ: http://www.math.ualberta.ca/ami/camq.html</div>
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