CUWB-IV: Frontiers in statistics and probability
UNAM, Mexico City, 7-11 April 2025
Minicourse speakers:
Gareth Roberts
Jere Koskela
Maite Wilke Berenguer
Other speakers: Maria Fernanda Gil Leyva Villa, Kari Heine, Tim Rogers, Yi Yu, Adrian Gonzalez-Casanova, Lizbeth Penaloza.
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Emerging Connections between Reaction-Diffusion, Branching Processes, and Biology
BIRS, Banff, 18-23 May 2025
A wide range of biological phenomena and subjects can be represented using mathematical models. For example, spatial ecology, the evolution of forest fires, and intracellular transport are all processes which can be described by studying "observables'' formulated as mathematical objects. The behavior of such observables within any biological system can be modeled using a variety of mathematical tools, including partial differential equations (PDE), deterministic dynamics, and stochastic movement/interactions. Developing a collection of robust mathematical techniques to analyze such models is of fundamental importance in furthering the general understanding of these phenomena.
The main goal of this workshop is to provide a common meeting ground for the diverse group of mathematicians who utilize independent tools to analyze biological models. This workshop will promote discussion, collaboration, and exchange of open questions and techniques in order to build new connections between these specialists. Furthermore, a key aspect of the program will be to foster a supportive environment for early-career researchers, fluent in the languages of probability, PDE, and biology who will be able to collaborate across fields in the future.
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Random Walks, Percolation and Mixing Time
ICMS, Edinburgh, 9-13 June 2025
The purpose of this conference is to bring together researchers working on random walks, correlated percolation models, mixing and cutoff, in order to foster interaction and collaboration and to identify interesting future directions for research. There has been a lot of progress recently in these three areas of research and major breakthrough results were possible due to cross fertilisation of ideas between fields.
The conference will have a light programme and will provide a lot of time for open problem sessions, discussions and collaboration.