Thursday, September 25, 2008

Bard  Ermentrout, (University Professor, Dept of Mathematics, University of  Pittsburgh) talks about synchrony and oscillations in networks,  biological applications of math, (from mescaline induced seizures to  firefly mating behavior) and muses on the "how" vs "why" in mathematical  biology.

Duration: 49 minutes

Discussants:(in alphabetical order)

Jim Bower (Professor, UTSA)

Carlos Paladini (Asst Prof, UTSA)

Salma Quraishi (Res. Asst Prof, UTSA)

Fidel Santamaria (Asst Prof, UTSA)

Todd Troyer (Asst Prof, UTSA)

Charles Wilson (Prof, UTSA)

acknowledgement: R Ratnam for generous loan of recording equipment; JM Tepper for original music.