INVITED TALKS AT PAST CONFERENCES
72. Joint Conference of the Can. Applied and Industrial Math Society and
MITACS, York University, Toronto, June 2006.
71. Gordon Research Conference in Theoretical Biology and Biomathematics,
Session Chair “Noise in Biological Systems”. Tilton, New Hampshire, June
2006.
70. Newton Institute, Cambridge, UK, Sept. 2005, Theory and Applications
of Coupled Cell Networks.
69. Leverhulme Trust Theoretical Neuroscience Network Annual Meeting,
Loughborough, UK, Sept. 2005
68. One Hundred Years of Brownian Motion, Erice, Italy, July 2005
67. Lorentz Institute, Leiden, workshop on Oscillations and Instability:
control, near and far from equilibrium in biology. May 2005
66. Computational Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Baltimore, July 2004
65. Gordon Research Conference on Theoretical Biology and Biomathematics,
Session on Neuroscience, Tilton, NH, June 2004.
64. NSF workshop on the Role of Theory in Biological Physics and
Materials, Tempe, Arizona, May 2004 (declined due to scheduling conflict)
63. Workshop on Complex Dynamical Processes in Passive Electroreceptors
and Hair Cells. Max Planck Institute for Complex Systems, Dresden, May
2004.
62. Winter School on Point Processes, University of Ottawa, Sponsored by
Fields Institute, February 2004.
61. International Workshop on the Dynamics of Stochastic Systems with
Memory, Berlin, January 2004.
60. Neuronal Coding V, Aulla, Italy, September 2003 (postdoc Chacron
replaced me)
59. Fields Institute,University of Toronto, Applications of Mathematics
in Medicine, July 2003
58. SPIE International Conference "Fluctuations and Noise",
Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 2003 (invited paper).
57. Minisymposium on Delay-differential equations in Biology,
SIAM/CAIMS Annual Joint Meeting, Montreal, June 2003.
56. Minisymposium on Stochastic Modeling in Biology, S
IAM/CAIMS Annual joint Meeting, Montreal, June 2003.
55. Minisymposium. "Noisy Synchronization",
SIAM Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, Utah, May 2003.
54. Minisymposium. "Dynamics of Nonlinear Systems with Memory",
SIAM Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, Utah, May 2003
53. Third Symposium on Chemical Biophysics, U. Toronto,
April 2003 (declined).
52. Symmetry and Bifurcations in Biology,
Banff Intern. Res. Station, Banff, Alberta, May, 2003 (declined)
51. Workshop on Stochastic Differential Equations and Applications,
Heriott-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, March 2003.
50. Latsis Conference on Neural Coding, for the Opening of the Latsis
Mind-Brain Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, February
2003.
49. Canadian Mathematical Society Annual Meeting,
Symposium on REAL-WORLD Problems, Ottawa, December 2002.
48. Americas V Conference on Differential Equations,
Edmonton, July 2002 (declined due to scheduling conflict)
47. Lecturer, European Society For Mathematical and Theoretical Biology,
Summer School on Mathematical Physiology, Urbino, Italy, July 2002.
46. European Society of Math. and Theor. Biology Annual Meeting,
Session on Nonlinear methods in neural modelling, Milan, Italy, July
2002.
45. BIOCOMP2002: Topics in Biomathematics and Related Computational
Problems,
International Conference in Vietri sul Mare, Italy, June 2002.
44. Fourth Intern. Conf. on Dynamical Systems and Differential Equations,
Wilmington, NC, May 2002. (declined)
43. Intern. Conf. On Long Range Correlated Stochastic Processes and Their
Applications,
Bangalore, India, hosted by the Indian Institute of Science, January
2002.
42. Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems,
Workshop on Synchronization in Chaotic Dynamical Systems, Dresden,
Germany, November 2001.
41. Neuronal Coding IV, Intern. Workshop held at the University of
Plymouth, UK, September 2001.
40. Intern. Conf. On the Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive
Systems,Session on Neural Networks. University of Western Ontario,
London, July 2001.
39. Intern. Workshop on Neural Coding and Natural Stimuli,
Potsdam, Germany, June 2001.
38. Canadian Applied and Industrial Math. Soc. Annual meeting,
Session on Neural Networks, U. Victoria, June 2001 (talk given by postdoc
Laing).
37. Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems,
Workshop on Physics of Information and Synchronization in Stochastic
Dynamics,Dresden, Germany, April 2001.
36. Treiziemes Entretiens du Centre Jacques Cartier,
Symposium Dynamique Nonlineaire et Biologie Mathematique, Universite de
Montreal, Octobre 2000.
35. Gordon Research Conference on Oscillations and Instabilities in
Chemical Systems,Bristol, Rhode Island, August (2000).
34. SIAM Conf. On Dynamical Systems, Session on Stochastic Delay
Equations,
Maui, Hawaii, August 2000 (declined).
33. Canadian Math. Soc. Annual Meeting, Session on Mathematical Biology,
McMaster University, June 2000.
32. American Physical Society Annual Meeting, Session on
"Noise and Synchronization in Biological/Medical Systems", Minneapolis,
March 2000.
31. Intern. workshop on "Stochastic Dynamics and Pattern Formation in
Biological Systems", Seoul, Korea, July 1999. Sponsored by Asian Pacific
Center for Theoretical Physics.
30. Intern. Conf. on Neural Information Processing ICONIP '98,
Kitakyushu, Japan, Oct. 21-23, 1998.
29. Invited Tutor for the Young Researcher Satellite Workshop,
Fukuoka, Japan, Oct. 24-26, 1998.
28. RIKEN - Tamagawa International Dynamic Brain Forum,
Tokyo/Hakone, Japan, Oct. 17-20, 1998 (declined).
27. Symposium of Nonlinear Theory and its Applications NOLTA '98,
Session on Complex Synchronization in Physiological Systems, CransMontana,
Switzerland, Sept. 1998 (declined).
26. Intern. workshop on "Stochastic resonance in biological systems",
Arcidosso, Italy, May 1998. (two 30-minute talks).
25. Invited participant, Workshop on Computational Neuroscience,
Inst. for Mathematics and its Applications, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
January
14-23, 1998. (declined).
24. Symposium on Stochastic Processes, Joint Meeting of the American,
Mexican and Canadian Chemical Societies, Cancun, Mexico, Nov. 1997.
23. Invited talk, Intern. Symp. on Nonlinear Theory and its Applications
(NOLTA'97), Hawaï, November 1997 (declined).
22. Invited talk at the Canadian Assoc. of Physicists Annual meeting in
Calgary, June 1997, Division of Theoretical Physics
(talk given by Ph.D. student Mensour).
21. American Math. Soc. Annual Meeting, San Diego, Jan. 1997,
Symposium on Dynamics of Networks and Neurons.
20. Canadian Association of Physicists Annual Meeting.
Session on Nonlinear Dynamics, U. Ottawa, June 96.
19. "Fluctuations in Living Systems" workshop, St-Louis,
Missouri (USA), March 96.
18. "Neuronal Coding", International Workshop in Prague,
Czech Republic, Sept. 95. Sponsored by the Inst. of Advanced Studies,
Charles University and the Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic.
17. "Nonlinear Dynamics and Time Series: Building a Bridge between
the natural and statistical sciences", Montréal, July 95.
Workshop sponsored by the Fields Institute and Le Centre de
Recherche Mathématique (U. Montréal).
16. "Fluctuations in Physics and Biology: Stochastic Resonance,
Signal Processing and Related Phenomena", Intern. Workshop at the
Elba Intern. Physics Center, Elba, Italy, June 1994. Sponsored by
Eur. Commun. Directorate XII, CNR (Italy), ONR (USA) ...
15. "Dynamics of Neural Processing Symposium", Georgetown U.,
Washington, DC, June 94. Sponsored by NSF and CNRS. (declined).
14. "Hebb Symposium on Neurons and Biological Dynamics", Fields
Institute,
Univ. of Toronto, May 1994 (invited by Scientific Advisory Panel of
Fields
Inst.).
13. NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "Dynamical Diseases", Mont
Tremblant,Québec, Feb. 1994.
12. "Fluctuations and Order: The New Synthesis". An Interdisciplinary
Workshop,Los Alamos. National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, Sept.
9-12, 1993.
11. "The Dynamics of Neuronal Ensembles", workshop to be held at Woods
Hole,MA (USA), Sept. 8-11, 1993 (declined).
10. Conference on "Noise, Power Laws and Neural Code",
SUNY Syracuse Health Science Center, Nov. 1992.
9. "Stochastic resonance in excitable media". Keynote speaker,
6th Annual "Statistical Physics on the 45th parallel" conference,
Clarkson U., Potsdam, NY, Oct. 92.
8. Workshop on "Dynamical Measures of Complexity and Chaos II",
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, August 92. Sponsored by ONR and NAWC (USA).
7. "Temporal-spatial, nonlinear dynamics of brain: experiments, models
and
theory", ONR Interdisciplinary Workshop, Delray Beach, Florida, May 1214, 92.
6. NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "Stochastic Resonance",
San Diego CA (April 1992).
5. Workshop on "Implications of Dendritic Models for Neural Network
Properties", W. Rall and T. McKenna, organizers. Santa Fe Institute,
Santa Fe, NM, Oct.
10-14, 1991.
4. Canadian Federation of Biological Societies Annual Meeting,
Symposium on "Neural Networks: Processing of Information", Halifax, NS,
June 1990.
3. Canadian Society for Theoretical Biology Meeting, Halifax, NS, June
1990.
2. SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) Meeting on
"Nonlinear Dynamics" in Orlando, Florida, mini-symposium on mathematical
physiology, May 1990.
1. Invited participant at the IMA (Institute for Mathematics and its
Applications), Minneapolis, Minnesota (March 19 - April 14, 1990):
"Mathematical
physiology and delay-differential equations" (2 one-hour talks given).