MathNeuro seminar (Jeff Moehlis, UC Santa Barbara)

Prof. Jeff Moehlis (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)

Title: Better Living Through Control: With Applications to Neural and Cardiac Systems Abstract: Some brain disorders are hypothesized to have a dynamical origin; in particular, it has been been hypothesized that some symptoms of Parkinson’s disease are due to pathologically …

MathNeuro seminar (Vivien Kirk, Auckland)

Dr. Vivien Kirk (Department of Mathematics, University of Auckland, New Zealand)

Title: Some issues in model reduction and simplification Abstract: An important use for mathematical models of physiological processes is to help distinguish between competing hypotheses about the physiological mechanisms underlying observed behaviour; models constructed using different hypotheses can …