Biomath 2016 School for Young Scientists
Certificates for successful completion of the School for Young Scientist (SYS) are issued to participants who have made a presentation
(talk or poster) and attended all conference activities on 20, 21 and 22 June including the two SYS lectures given below and the Hot Topics workshop.
PhD students are further expected to have taken part in the PhD Presentations Competition.
Dedicated SYS Lectures
20 June 2016, 09:00 – 09:50
Yves Dumont, Diffusion models, applications in epidemiology
Abstract. Mathematical Epidemiology has become a major area of research in Applied Mathematics. This is because Modelling is now acknowledged to
be helpful to develop/improve/test control strategies (mosquito control, vaccination campaign, etc.). Several modelling approaches can be used,
according to the initial questions and available knowledge. Usually, temporal models are developed. However, to take into account, for instance,
heterogeneity in the population, the spatial component should be taken into account. To this aim, Diffusion models, i.e. Diffusion (system of)
equation(s), can be used. I will give a brief introduction to diffusion models and present some well-known results and applications.
21 June 2016, 18:00 – 18:50
Patrick Shipman, Formation of square lattices in coupled pattern-forming systems
Abstract. A wide variety of natural and laboratory systems can produce patterns of ripples, hexagons, or squares. The formation of stable square
patterns from partial differential equation models requires very special cubic nonlinearities. Motivated by plant phyllotaxis, we propose how the
coupling of more than one pattern-forming system can produce square patterns without these special nonlinearities.
Preprint of related article.
General information about the school
The school comprises plenary lectures and sessions for contributed talks.
The lectures at the school are of more introductory nature giving foundations and insight into the respective topic rather then focusing on new results and are
presented by some of the keynote speakers of the conference. A central event for the school is the Hot Topics Workshop. Several scholars act as moderators,
presenting "hot areas" and related open problems. All PhD students and young scientists participating in the conference are considered members of the
school. Their presentations (oral or posters) will be assessed by a jury.
School for Young Scientists Coordinators/Jury Members:
Roumen Anguelov (U. of Pretoria, RSA), Caner Kazanci (U. of Georgia, USA), Christina Kuttler (TUM, Germany), Patrick Shipman
(Colorado State University, USA), Hans-Joachim Wieden (U. of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada),... (in construction)
Articles related to the organisation of the School for Young Scientists:
Integrating learning and research at the "Biomath" conference series
More about the SYS organization:The plenary and keynote lecturers are asked to present their lectures in a suitable form for the broad audience and the SYS participants are asked to attend these lectures and are encouraged to ask questions. Also, the presentations by the SYS participants are assessed both by their peers and a jury amongst the keynote lecturers and some of the established scholars and are awarded respectively. Accordingly, the members of the jury are asked to listen to students presentations. In addition, several of the established scholars known to have PhD students are asked to present "hot topics & open problems" and act as moderators of the discussions during this presentation. In this way the School for young scientists is fully integrated with the conference in the sense that both young scientists and many of the established scholars participate in the learning process. At an earliest occation the participating young scientists are gathered at a meeting and are instructed about the specific arrangement of the conference.
The integration of the SYS and the scientific conference enables certain benefits such as:
-- the distance between established lecturers and students diminishes or even vanishes;
-- students actively participate in the presentations as posing questions after lectures give them more scores; there is little possibility for the students to "sleep" during lectures (as may happen with traditional tutorial courses);
-- established scholars have the opportunity to know good students and students have the opportunity to make contacts with prestigeuos professors;
--during the open tasks sessions students learn about important biomathematical problems;
-- students recieve useful practical information related to their career;
-- time is saved: usually at least half a day is spend on tutorial lectures, that time is now saved.
Participants in the Biomath 2016 School for Young Scientists (not completed):
Bulgaria: Milen Borisov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,
Tihomir Ivanov, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ochridski”,
Iliya Kanelov, SWU “N. Rilski”, Blagoevgrad,
Gergana Koroleova, SWU “N. Rilski”, Blagoevgrad,
Krasimira Y. Kostadinova, Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”,
Meglena D. Lazarova, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ochridski”,
Elena Lilkova, Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”,
Galina Lyutskanova, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ochridski”,
Rositsa V. Marinova, Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”,
Radoslav Mavrevski, SWU “N. Rilski”, Blagoevgrad,
Elisaveta L. Miladinova, Inst. of Mathematics and Informatics, BAS,
Fatima Sapundzhi, SWU “N. Rilski”, Blagoevgrad,
Ana Ivanova Staneva, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ochridski”,
Ivan Todorin, SWU “N. Rilski”, Blagoevgrad,
Metodi Traykov, SWU “N. Rilski”, Blagoevgrad,
List of participants in the Biomath 2015 School for Young Scientists
--co-sponsored by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science:
Bulgaria (19): Milen Borisov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,
Stanko Dimitrov, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ochridski”,
Tihomir Ivanov, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ochridski”,
Iliya Kanelov, SWU “N. Rilski”, Blagoevgrad,
Kiril Kirilov, Institute of Molecular Biology, BAS,
Gergana Koroleova, SWU “N. Rilski”, Blagoevgrad,
Krasimira Y. Kostadinova, Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”,
Meglena D. Lazarova, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ochridski”,
Elena Lilkova, Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”,
Galina Lyutskanova, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ochridski”,
Rositsa V. Marinova, Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”,
Radoslav Mavrevski, SWU “N. Rilski”, Blagoevgrad,
Elisaveta L. Miladinova, Inst. of Mathematics and Informatics, BAS,
Peicho Petkov, IICT, BAS,
Fatima Sapundzhi, SWU “N. Rilski”, Blagoevgrad,
Ana Ivanova Staneva, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ochridski”,
Ivan Todorin, SWU “N. Rilski”, Blagoevgrad,
Metodi Traykov, SWU “N. Rilski”, Blagoevgrad,
Gergana Velikova, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ochridski”,
USA (2): Caner Kazanci, University of Georgia, Athens, GA,
Christopher Strickland, SAMSI and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill;
South Africa (2): Nafiu Husaini, University of Pretoria,
Peter Mathye, Tshwane University of Technology;
Other countries: (7): Tomas A. Revilla, Biology Center AS, Czech Republic,
Charlotte Sonck, Ghent University, Belgium,
Amanda de Cassia da Cunha, Fac. of Technology, State University of Campinas, Brazil,
Ammar Jalalimanesh, AmirKabir University of Technology, Iran,
Erman Kibritoglu, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey,
Martin Castillo, Universidad de Chile, Chile,
Ramzan Ali, TU-Dortmund, Germany.
Participants in the Biomath 2014 School for Young Scientists
--co-sponsored by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science and NSF:
Bulgaria (15): K. Angelow, M. Borisov, G. Velikova, P. Valcheva, D. Grancharov, D. Zhereva, T. Ivanov, K. Kostadinova, M. Lazarova, E. Lilkova, R. Marinova,
V. Pirinski, F. Sapundzhi, K. Stefanova, S. Dimitrov;
USA (7): Georgi Kapitanov, Bismark Singh, Ilyssa Summer, Bechir Amdouni, Kenneth Bratton, Ibrahim O. Diakite, Nancy Hernandez Ceron;
RSA (6): Yibeltal Adane Terefe, Berge Tsanou, Christine Kraamwinkel, Salisu Usaini, Claire Dufourd, Herve Michel Tenkam;
Other countries: (6): Gerardo J. F. Martinez (Mexico), Peter Rashkov (Germany), Michail A. Rusinov (Russia), Zsolt Vizi (Hungary), Maria Vittoria Barbarossa (Hungary), Nadezhda Bonzarova (Russia).
Participants in the Biomath 2013 School for Young Scientists
Bulgaria (11):
Maria Angelova, Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, BAS,
Milen Borisov, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, BAS,
Damyan Grancharov, Faculty of Physics, University of Sofia ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’,
Denitsa Grigorova, University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski”,
Nina Daskalova, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Sofia University,
Tihomir Ivanov, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, BAS,
Krasimira Kostadinova, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Shumen University,
Elena Lilkova, Faculty of Physics, University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski”,
Nina Philipova, Institute of Mechanics, BAS
Kalina Petrova, OMG – Plovdiv,
Nadja Radchenkova, Institute of Microbiology, BAS,
Pavel Stoynov, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski”.
Germany (2): Dany P. Moualeu, Zuse Institute Berlin,
Peter Rashkov, Philipps-University Marburg;
Hungary (2): Kyeongah Nah, Bolyai Math. Institute, University of Szeged,
Yukihiko Nakata, Bolyai Math. Institute, University of Szeged;
Russia (2): Andrey Yu. Verisokin, Kursk State University,
Darya V. Verveyko, Kursk State University;
Spain (2): Julia Amador, Complutense University of Madrid,
Oscar Angulo, Universidad de Valladolid;
UK (2): A. B. Okrinya, Loughborough University,
David Schley, The Pirbright Institute;
Other countries(16):
Nofe Al-Asuoad, Oakland University, Rochester, MI USA
Georges Chamoun, Lebanese University, Hadath, Lebanon
Mohamed CH-Chaoui, Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco
Moustafa Ibrahim, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France
Karoliina Korvasova, Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
Beata Zduniak, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland.
Former School coordinators/Jury members:
Biomath SYS 2015: Roumen Anguelov (RSA), Ekaterina Auer (Germany), Ivan V. Ivanov (USA), Caner Kazanci (USA), Hristo Kozhouharov (USA),
Vlastimil Krivan (Chech Republic), Christina Kuttler (Germany), John Miller (Ireland), Petr Vabishchevich (Russia) more
Biomath SYS 2014: Roumen Anguelov, Nikul Chitnis, Peter Erdi, Vaclav Klika, John Miller, Valeri Perminov, Unal Ufuktepe more
Biomath SYS 2013: Roumen Anguelov, Carlos Chavez-Castillo, Lean Lubuma, Gergely Rost, Marc R. Roussel, Meir Shillor more
Biomath SYS 2012: Roumen Anguelov, Yves Dumont, Jozsef Z. Farkas, Peter Hinow, Jean Lubuma, Santiago Schnell more
Biomath SYS 2011: Ivan Ivanov, Hristo Kojouharov, Weldon A. Lodwick, Antony Popov, Dinitar Vassilev more
Biomath SYS 1995: Peter Erdi, Vlastimil Krivan, Philip Maini, Antony Popov, Ivan Simeonov, Roumen Tsanev, Zahari Zlatev more