Mathematical Sciences: Ideas, Problems, and Methods at the Interface between Biology and Mathematics

9402623研究人员库克和他的同事组织了一次国际会议，聚集了应用数学家、数学和理论生物学家，讨论数学和生物学之间的接口研究。数学模型被用来洞察广泛的生物和生物医学领域，包括人口和群落动力学、细胞和肿瘤动力学、流行病学、免疫学和生理学。通过关于微分方程、动力系统、函数分析、控制理论和概率统计的讲座，探索在分析生物数据和模型时有用的数学方法的进展。会议的计划包括8个主要的调查讲座；大约80个较短的讲座和其他与会者展示最新研究成果的20张海报。会议的目的是为数学生物学领域的新研究提供一个论坛(数学在生物学中的应用)，并促进数学和生物科学家之间的互动。数学与其他科学之间的互动在科学知识的进步中一直扮演着重要的角色。最近，随着生物学知识的爆炸性增长，生物学家和数学家之间的互动也增加了。这些相互作用提高了对生物学理论和实际问题的理解，并刺激了数学家开发适合这些问题的新方法。在这次会议上，发表了关于艾滋病和其他流行病传播的数学分析和控制的可能性的研究论文，关于生态学和环境科学的测量尺度的问题，关于放射治疗和化疗的问题，关于几个生理医学问题的研究论文，以及关于其他问题的研究论文。还报道了数学方法论的新的基础研究。已经做出了特别的努力来吸引既有老牌的也有新的研究人员，包括妇女和少数民族。会议的形式包括全体调查讲座、个人研究论文和海报会议，从而鼓励在这一跨学科领域的现有和新的研究人员之间交流想法。

9402623 Cooke The investigator and his colleagues organize an internationalconference that brings together applied mathematicians andmathematical and theoretical biologists to discuss research at theinterface between mathematics and biology. Mathematical modelsare presented to lend insight into a wide variety of biologicaland biomedical areas, including population and community dynamics,cell and tumor dynamics, epidemiology, immunology, and physiology.Advances in mathematical methods that are useful in analyzingbiological data and models are explored via lectures ondifferential equations, dynamical systems, functional analysis,control theory, and probability and statistics. The program forthe meeting includes eight principal survey lectures;approximately 80 shorter lectures and 20 posters by otherparticipants present recent research results. The purpose of the Conference is to provide a forum forexposition of new research in the field of mathematical biologymathematics applied in biology), and to promote interactionbetween mathematical and biological scientists. Interactionbetween mathematics and other sciences has always played animportant role in the advancement of scientific knowledge.Recently, as biological knowledge has exploded, interactionbetween biologists and mathematicians has increased. Theseinteractions have improved understanding of theoretical andpractical questions in biology, and have stimulated mathematiciansto develop new methods appropriate for these questions. In thisConference, research papers are given on mathematical analysis ofthe spread and possibilities for control of AIDS and otherepidemics, on questions about scales of measurement in ecology andenvironmental science, on radiotherapy and chemotherapy, onseveral physiological medical problems, and on other problems. Newbasic research on mathematical methodology is also reported. Aspecial effort has been made to attract a mix of established andnew researchers, includin g women and minorities. The format ofthe meeting includes plenary survey lectures, individual researchpapers, and poster sessions, thus encouraging exchange of ideasamong established and new researchers in this interdisciplinaryfield.