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Spring Quarter, 2008



TIME :  Fridays, 3:30pm - 4:20pm            PLACE :   GUG 415-L

Date Speaker Topic and Reading Material
4/11 Victoria Lu

HIV-1 Dynamics in Vivo: Virion Clearance Rate, Infected Cell Life-Span, and Viral Generation Time,
        Alan S. Perelson; Avidan U. Neumann; Martin Markowitz; John M. Leonard; David D. Ho,
        Science, New Series, Vol. 271, No. 5255. (Mar. 15, 1996), pp. 1582-1586.

4/18 Jonathan Claridge

A Theoretical Framework for Data Analysis of Wind Dispersal of Seeds and Pollen,
        Akira Okubo and Simon A. Levin,
        Ecology, Vol.70, No. 2, (April 1989), pp 329-338.

4/25 Lisa Bishop

Dynamics of starvation in humans,
        Baojun Song and Diana M. Thomas,
        J. Math. Biol. (2007) 54:27-43.

5/2 Peizhe Shi

A Tutorial on Hidden Markov Models and Selected Applications in Speech Recognition,
        LAWRENCE R. RABINER,
        PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE, VOL. 77, NO. 2, FEBRUARY 1989, 257-286.

5/9 Josh Goldwyn

Large-scale model of mammalian thalamocortical systems,
        Eugene M. Izhikevich and Gerald M. Edelman,
        PNAS, March 4, 2008. Vol 105, #9. pg 3593-3598.

5/16 Justine Gunog Seo

The dynamics of a simple laissez-faire model with two predators,

< Abstract >   In this paper, we study the dynamics of a laissez-faire predator-prey model with both a specialist and a generalist predator. We analyze the stabilities of equilibria by performing linearized stability analyses. We then reexamine the stability of the equilibrium where the prey and predator coexist by constructing a Lyapunov function. If we hold the generalist predator population constant, treating it as a bifurcation parameter, we show that our model can possess multiple (up to three) limit cycles that surround an equilibrium in the interior of the first quadrant. Our model shows rich dynamics including fold, transcritical, pitchfork, Hopf, cyclic-fold, and Bautin bifurcations as well as heteroclinic connections. If we instead vary the generalist predator population slowly across bifurcations, the model exhibits bursting behavior with alternation between a repetitive spiking phase and a quiescent phase.

5/23 Tom Trogdon

Chaos and population control of insect outbreaks,
        Robert A. Desharnais, R.F. Costantino, J. M. Cushing, Shandelle M. Henson, and Brian Dennis,
        Ecology Letters, (2001) 4 : 229 - 235.

5/30 Mona Usmani

Population dynamics of fox rabies in Europe,
        Roy M. Anderson, Helen C. Jackson, Robert M. May, and Anthony M. Smith,
        Nature, Volume 289, 26 February 1981: 765-771.

6/6 Canceled No Meeting This Week - Enjoy Summer Break!



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