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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">The 2013 PIMS Hugh Morris Lecture</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Philip Holmes, Princeton University, will deliver a talk entitled,
<i>Can We Choose Optimally? The Neural Dynamics of Decisions</i>. The lecture will take place on November 1, 2013 at the University of British Columbia.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Philip Holmes is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts
and Sciences and a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics and of the American Mathematical Society. His research is in nonlinear dynamics and differential equations, developing qualitative and analytical
methods for studying mathematical models of solid, fluid, and biological systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">The Hugh Morris Lecture Series has been generously endowed by Dr. Hugh Morris, former Chair of the PIMS Board of Directors, and long-time friend of the mathematical
sciences. The Series attracts the world's top mathematical scientists, who deliver presentations on current research topics to PIMS sites in Western Canada and Washington State.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Dr. Morris (1932-2012) served on the PIMS Board for over ten years. He had more than 40 years of experience in the mineral industry, including a term as Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of Imperial Metals, and was a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Dr. Morris demonstrated special interest in national and international scientific and professional associations and was a member of NSERC's Council and Chairman
of the Board of Directors of the Lithoprobe Project.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">November 1, 2013</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">3:00 pm</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">University of British Columbia</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Earth Sciences Building, Room 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><a href="http://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/131101-hcmlphu">http://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/131101-hcmlphu</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Clare Kiernan</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Communications Manager</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Web:
<a href="http://www.pims.math.ca">www.pims.math.ca</a> | Twitter: @pimsmath</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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