The second Workshop on Mathematical Modelling in Biology and Medical Sciences will take place from 2nd to 5th October , 2008 here at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. The workshop is being organized by Professor Isaac Dontwi, KNUST, Kumasi and Professor Daniel Bentil from the University of Vermont, USA. With this Conference and 2nd Workshop on Epidemic Modelling, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) announce the new National Institute for Mathematical Sciences (NIMS). A superb roster of speakers for the conference and workshop has been assembled, where leaders in the respective fields will discuss developments in their areas of expertise. Epidemiological Network Modelling including:
a) Models of disease spread (SIR, SIRS, and SEIR).
b) Spread of epidemics on small-world and scale-free networks.
c) Generating function approach to disease spread and percolation theory.
d) Strategies for countermeasures in epidemiological networks.
e) Case Studies on the Spread of Chlamydia: A Silent STD.
The Conference and Workshop aim is to bring together graduate students, lecturers, professors and researchers who would like to develop and use mathematical and computational methods to solve problems related to the epidemiology of directly transmitted infectious diseases. Part of the group’s activities will be to exploit innovative approaches in mathematical modelling and complex networks. Especially crucial to this workshop is opportunity it provides for networking with local scientists to promote the development and application of mathematical and computational theory and methods in the biomedical sciences and public health disciplines, and the utilization of recent advances in mathematical modelling approaches in the above mentioned fields. Projects will be assigned at the end of the workshop.
Participants will be expected to interact closely with experimentalists in our partner institutions (UG, KNUST, UCC, UDS and UMaT) after the workshop to continue working on assigned projects. The workshop will be organized within the context of modelling complex systems; it will consist of lectures and tutorials on sexual networks and their impact on the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, such as Chlamydia. Instead of relying on traditional assumptions of full mixing, we will use complex network theory to examine networks of social interactions. Knowledge of Matlab programming will be extremely helpful.
Keynote Speakers: Prof. K.A. Danso, Prof. D.E Bentil, Prof. S. Nokoe, Prof. S. Anku and Prof. N.N.N.N. Nuamah.
Keynote Speakers: Prof. K.A. Danso, Prof. D.E Bentil, Prof. S. Nokoe, Prof. S. Anku and Prof. N.N.N.N. Nuamah.
For further information please contact Prof. Ike Dontwi (ikdontwi(at)math-knust.edu.gh) and Prof. Daniel Bentil (dbentil(at)uvm.edu).
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