From: Alun Lloyd <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 4:34 PM
Subject: Workshop: Param. Estimate for Biological Models, NCSU, July 28-31
Tutorial Workshop on Parameter Estimation for Biological Models
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
July 28th-31st, 2016
http://rtg.math.ncsu.edu/workshop/
The NC State Research Training Group on Parameter Estimation for
Mechanistic Biological Models (http://rtg.math.ncsu.edu), funded by
the National Science Foundation (NSF), will run a tutorial workshop on
parameter estimation for biological models between July 28th and July
31st, 2016.
Mathematical modeling of biological systems is a rapidly growing area
of research. Typically, some (and often many) of a model’s parameters
and/or states are unknown and have to be inferred from the available
data. However, for many systems only partial observations are
available. Much effort has been devoted to solving this problem. Some
key questions considered in this context are: How sensitive is a
model’s output to changes in its parameters (sensitivity analysis)?
Which parameters can be estimated uniquely from a model’s input and
output (identifiability analysis)? What are the uncertainties of
parameters estimated by fitting a model to data? How are predictions
of a model impacted by uncertainties in its parameters (and structure)
(uncertainty quantification)?
Individuals wishing to participate should contact Mette Olufsen
([log in to unmask]). Full consideration will be given to applications
received by May 1st, although applications received after that date
will be considered if space permits. Financial support is available
for a limited number of US students and postdocs. If you wish to
request financial support, please attach a copy of your CV and ask
your advisor to email a letter of recommendation to us.
Further details about the workshop will appear at
http://rtg.math.ncsu.edu/workshop
On behalf of the co-organizers:
Andrea Arnold, Franz Hamilton, Alun Lloyd and Mette Olufsen.
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Vitaly V. Ganusov
Assistant Professor
M409 Walters Life Sciences
Department of Microbiology
Department of Mathematics
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-0845
USA
Phone: +1 865 974-4547
FAX: +1 865 974-4007
http://web.bio.utk.edu/ganusov/
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