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Applied Math Book Club (ABC)

ABC meetings will be held Fridays at 4pm.

Each meeting we will discuss papers / books that are of interest to the group. The aim is to increase our understanding of concepts outside our areas of research.

Fall 2025

DateTopicTitle
October 21Finite Element MethodIntroduction and Implementation for Finite Element Methods Pt. 1
November 4Finite Element MethodIntroduction and Implementation for Finite Element Methods Pt. 2
November 14Infectious Disease ModelingComparing alternative cholera vaccination strategies in Maela refugee camp: using a transmission model in public health practice

Spring 2024

DateTopicTitle
January 25Modeling and Mathematical BiologyAgent-Based Modelling Reveals the Role of the Tumor Microenvironment on the Short-Term Success of Combination Temozolomide/Immune Checkpoint Blockade to Treat Glioblastoma

Fall 2023

DateTopicTitle
September 28PDE/Bifurcation PointsReduced order models for parametric bifurcation
problems in nonlinear PDEs (Chapters 2, 3.1, and 7)
October 19Sobolev SpacesUniversity of California at Davis MAT201C Lecture Notes:
Introduction to Sobolev Spaces
November 2TensorsTensor Decompositions and
Applications
November 16ModelingModeling immunotherapy of the tumor – immune interaction

2022-2023