2nd Annual Modelling of Complex Social Systems Symposium

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9:00 - 9:30 Registration, coffee
9:30 - 9:45 Opening Remarks by Dean Nimal Rajapakse, Faculty of Applied Sciences
9:45 - 10:15 Christian Jacob (Bioinformatics / Computer Science, University of Calgary)
"The Swarming Body: How Algorithmic Systems Biology can Help to Conquer Complexity"
10:15 - 10:45 Amir Ghaseminejad (ICURS, SFU)
"An Informatics Theory of Democratic Journalism"
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30 Nathaniel Osgood (Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan)
"10 Uncomfortable Truths about Dynamic Modeling for Health Policy"
11:30 - 12:00 Diane Finegood (Kinesiology, SFU)
"Shifting the Paradigm: Using Complex Systems Frameworks to Address the Challenge of Obesity"
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch & Poster Competition (view the title and abstract of posters)
1:30 - 2:00 Jason Goto (AnalysisWorks)
"Patients Aren't Widgets: Non-technical considerations complicate challenges in applying OR/MS to Canadian health care system"
2:00 - 2:30 Warren Hare (Mathematics, University of British Columbia-Okanagan)
"A Social Network Model of Investment Behaviour in the Stock Market"
2:30 - 2:45 Coffee Break
2:45 - 3:15 Andrew Sixsmith (Gerontology, SFU)
"Supporting older people at home using ambient technology- the SOPRANO project"
3:15 - 3:45 Azadeh Alimadad (MoCSSy, SFU)
"Maxhist hypothesis shows weight transistions are not Markovian"
3:45 - 4:00 Closing Remarks (Poster Competition Results)
4:00 - 5:30 Reception
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