报告题目：What is mathematical biology and how useful is it ?

报告人：Avner Friedman教授，美国俄亥俄州立大学

报告时间：2015年5月22日周五上午10:00-11:00

报告地点：信息楼四层学术报告厅

报告内容：Abstract:

Mathematical modeling of a biological process can integrate many factors that affect the process and thereby provide new insight into the mechanisms involved in this process. If the model predictions agree with the experimental results, then the model may be used to make new hypotheses and new predictions. In this talk I will give several examples of such models. The first one is on modeling of chronic wounds and the role of oxygen treatment. The second example is about the response of the immune system to infection in the lung, with focus on tuberculosis. The third example is concerned with fibrosis of the kidney, a disease for which there is no cure. In all these examples the mathematical models suggest new approaches that may benefit medical treatment. The models are represented by systems of differential equations, and special care must be taken to determine the parameters. Some of the models may also present new mathematical open problems in PDEs.

报告人简介：Avner Friedman，美国俄亥俄州立大学数学特聘教授，美国科学院院士，美国艺术与科学院院士，国际著名数学家，在偏微分方程、随机PDE、自由边界问题、控制论和数学生物学等领域取得了杰出成就。曾任美国工业与应用数学学会主席，明尼苏达大学工业数学与应用研究所所长，美国数学生命科学研究所所长，近20个国际著名数学杂志编委。出版著作20余部，发表研究论文500余篇，其中绝大多数著作和论文被美国数学会数学评论网超高次数引用。

 

Avner Friedman，美国俄亥俄州立大学数学特聘教授，美国科学院院士，美国艺术与科学院院士，国际著名数学家，在偏微分方程、随机PDE、自由边界问题、控制论和数学生物学等领域取得了杰出成就。曾任美国工业与应用数学学会主席，明尼苏达大学工业数学与应用研究所所长，美国数学生命科学研究所所长，近20个国际著名数学杂志编委。出版著作20余部，发表研究论文500余篇，其中绝大多数著作和论文被美国数学会数学评论网超高次数引用。