Annual Report 2005 - Fields Institute - University of Toronto

Norbert Lütkenhaus (Erlangen)
Quantum correlations in quantum cryptography
Hideo Mabuchi (Caltech)
David Meyer (UCSD)
Topological quantum codes
Ari Mizel (Penn State)
Teleportation in ground state quantum computation
Herschel Rabitz (Princeton)
The landscape for controlling quantum phenomena
Stuart A. Rice (Chicago)
Variations on adiabatic passage in optical control of molecular
processes
Vwani Roychowdhury (UCLA)
Marlan Scully (Texas A & M)
Peter Shor (MIT)
Aephraim M. Steinberg (Toronto)
Shedding a bit of information on light: measurement and
manipulation of quantum states
McMaster Optimization Conference: Theory and Applications
(MOPTA 04)
July 28–30, 2004
Held at McMaster University
- see Commercial Industrial Mathematics section for a
description of the event
The 4th University of Manitoba Statistics Research
Workshop
August 4–6, 2004
Held at the University of Manitoba
Organizers: Alexandre Leblanc, Lisa Lix, Saumen Mandal
and Xikui Wang (Manitoba)
This was the first year that the University of Manitoba
Statistics Research Workshop was jointly organized by
representatives from both the Faculties of Science and
Medicine. The goals of the workshop were to promote
research collaboration between statisticians and health and
social science researchers, and to highlight current develop-
G e n e r a l S c i e n t i f i c A c t i v i t i e s
ments in both theoretical and applied statistical research.
More than 60 participants attended the 2-1/2 day event,
which brought together faculty, students, and staff from
a variety of departments, universities, and government
research departments, in both Canada and USA. The meeting
was sponsored by the Fields Institute and the University
of Manitoba.
The workshop included presentations on both the theory
and applications of statistics, probability, and stochastic
processes. Emphasis was given to applications in: (1) health
and social science research, and (2) economics, business
and finance. These topics reflect areas of current research
and expertise among members of the Department of Community
Health Sciences and the Department of Statistics,
respectively.
Applications in health and social sciences were the focus of
the first day of the workshop. Topics that were addressed
included recent developments in random effects models,
analysis of longitudinal data, spatial regression analyses,
statistical design and analysis of clinical trials, and statistical
genetics. Theoretical statistics and applications
of statistics in economics, business, and finance were
highlighted on the second and third days of the workshop.
Topics that were addressed included mathematical finance,
bandit models, and GARCH models. Roundtable discussions
were organized in the first two days, facilitated by
experts in various research areas.
Formal evaluation forms were distributed and collected.
Feedbacks on both the organization of the workshop and
on the coverage of the topics were overwhelmingly positive.
Participants appreciated the opportunity for interaction
and exchange of research ideas, and the chance to engage
in in-depth discussions on specific topics via a series of
roundtable sessions. The organizers are planning another
workshop in 2006.
Speakers:
T.M. Beasley (Alabama at Birmingham)
Using genetic admixture to control for population stratification
and residual confounding
J.F. Brewster (Manitoba)
Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of a model for SARS
transmission
D. Chateau and O. Ekuma (Manitoba)
Application of hierarchical models to administrative health
data
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