Mathematics Graduate Student Colloquium

MGSC Website: http://math.uci.edu/~mgsc/

Modeling Cooperation and Competition

Karen Wood
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
12:00 pm - 12:50 pm
RH306

Talk Abstract:

In this talk I will discuss a mathematical model using ODEs to describe cooperation and competition in a population. The model was motivated by the theorized cooperation of cancer cells. I will discuss several models with growing complexity as well as present the requirements for cooperating subspecies to perform better than an indiviual in the different scenarios. I will also discuss a study on E coli and a model used to describe the observed sympatric speciation.

About the Speaker:

Karen received her bachelor's degree in mathematics from Cal Poly Pomona and her masters degree in mathematics from the University of California, Irvine. In her free time, Karen enjoys baking and camping, but not baking while camping.

Refreshments:

Pizza will be served after the talk.