MACSI Seminar Series

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics, UL

Spring Semester 2013


The MACSI seminars are held in the Mathematics and Statistics department at the University of Limerick. They take place in the MACSI meeting room A2002, Main Building, Fridays at 4 p.m. unless stated otherwise. An overhead projector and projection equipment are available in the seminar room.

Speakers may direct queries to their immediate contact person or the MACSI administrator (peg.hanrahan@ul.ie). There is visitor car-parking available on campus: speakers can either advise their contact person who will make a reservation or email (VisitorParking@ul.ie) directly.

Friday 1st February:
Dr. Mark McGuinness (School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ, mark.mcguinness@vuw.ac.nz )
Title: Erupting Dusts (abstract)
(Contact: andrew.fowler@ul.ie)

Tuesday 12th February:
Prof. Tim Myers (Centre de Recerca Matemātica, Barcelona, Spain, tmyers@crm.cat)
Title: Beyond the classical Stefan problem (abstract)
(Contact: sarah.mitchell@ul.ie)

Friday 22nd February:
Dr. Guy Kember (Engineering Math Department, DalTech, Canada, Guy.Kember@dal.ca)
Title: Derangement Of Neural Control Hierarchy Of Heart Rate Following The Onset Of Myocardial Ischemia: A Model (abstract)
(Contact: andrew.fowler@ul.ie)

Friday 1st March:
Prof. Mark O'Malley (Electricity Research Centre, UCD, mark.omalley@ucd.ie)
Title: Sustainable Electrical Energy Systems and Mathematical Modelling (abstract)
(Contact: james.gleeson@ul.ie)

Friday 8th March:
Dr. Pat Doody (Centre for Innovation in Distributed Systems (CIDS), Tom Crean Business Centre, Institute of Technology, Tralee, Pat.Doody@staff.ittralee.ie)
Title: Radio Frequency Identification, Internet of Things and the Data within (abstract)
(Contact: john.kinsella@ul.ie)

Wednesday 13th March:
Prof. Colm Mulcahy (Department of Mathematics, Spelman College, Atlanta, USA, colm@spelman.edu )
Title: Mathemagic with a Deck of Cards (abstract)
(Contact: john.kinsella@ul.ie)

Friday 15th March:
Prof. Matthias Heil (Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester, UK, matthias.heil@manchester.ac.uk)
Title: The stability of the liquid lining in fluid-conveying curved tubes (abstract)
(Contact: sarah.mitchell@ul.ie)

Friday 22nd March:
Prof. William O'Connor (Head of Teaching and Research in Physiology, UL Medical School, william.oconnor@ul.ie)
Title: What can neuroscience teach us about cybernetics? (abstract)
(Contact: james.gleeson@ul.ie)

Friday 12th April:
Dr. Ian Hewitt (Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, UK, hewitt@maths.ox.ac.uk)
Title: Thin film theories for viscoplastic fluids: muddy roads and squirting toothpaste (abstract)
(Contact: andrew.fowler@ul.ie)

Friday 19th April:
Prof. Nial Friel (UCD School of Mathematical Sciences, nial.friel@ucd.ie)
Title: Bayesian inference using the exponential random graph model (abstract)
(Contact: james.gleeson@ul.ie)

Friday 26th April:
Dr. JF Williams (Dept. of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University, Canada, jfw@math.sfu.ca)
Title: An informal introduction to rigorous numerics (abstract)
(Contact: sarah.mitchell@ul.ie)

Friday 3rd May:
Assist. Prof. Elisaveta Kirilova (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Process Systems Engineering laboratory, eshopova@mail.bg)
Title: Artificial Neural Network Modeling of a Two-Stage Industrial ATAD Bioreactor System for Needs of Energy Integration Working Frame (abstract)
(Contact: sarah.mitchell@ul.ie)

Artificial Neural Network Modeling of a Two-Stage Industrial ATAD Bioreactor System for Needs of Energy Integration Working Frame
Supported by Science Foundation Ireland Mathematics Initiative funding, MACSI - the Mathematics Applications Consortium for Science and Industry, centred at the University of Limerick, is dedicated to the mathematical modelling and solution of problems which arise in science, engineering and industry in Ireland.