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Mathematics of Complex Systems: from precision medicine to smart cities
CoLaB Workshop, 5-6 December 2016, Coimbra, Portugal

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Monday 5 December 2016 Tuesday 6 December 2016
8:30-9:00 Reception + welcome section
9:00-10:00 Philip K. Maini Des Higham
10:00-11:00 Gonçalo Correia Anotida Madzvamuse
11:00-11:30 Coffee break Coffee break
11:30-13:00 Mini-symposia: MS1_PM; MS2_SC Mini-symposia: MS5_PM; MS6_SC
13:00-14:30 Lunch Lunch
14:30-15:30 Luís Rocha Mini-symposia: MS7_PM; MS8_SC
15:30-16:00 Coffee break Coffee break
16:00-17:30 Mini-symposia: MS3_PM; MS4_CS Mini-symposia: MS7_PM; MS8_SC
19:30 Conference dinner
Restaurant “Trovador


Plenary lectures

Monday, December 5

Room 2.4: 9:00-10:00
Philip K. Maini: Modelling Collective Cell Motion in Biology

Room 2.4: 10:00-11:00
Gonçalo Correia: The Role of the Car in the XXI Century: applying mathematical programming models to manage and assess the potential of car-pooling, car-sharing and car-automation

Room 2.4: 14:30-15:30
Luís Rocha: Structure and Dynamics of Complex Systems: from social media mining to control of biochemical networks

Tuesday, December 6

Room 2.4: 9:00-10:00
Des Higham: Models and Algorithms for Dynamic Networks

Room 2.4: 10:00-11:00
Anotida Madzvamuse: The Numbers for Cell Motility: novel approaches for whole cell migration


Mini-symposia

Monday, December 5

Room 2.4: 11:30-13:30
MS1_PM: Models in population dynamics
Organizer: Raquel Barreira
11:30-12:00 Jorge M. Pacheco: Population dynamics through hierarchically embedded Markov chains
12:00-12:30 Fabio Chalub: Optimal vaccination strategies and rational behaviour in seasonal epidemics
12:30-13:00 Jan Haskovec: Discrete and continuum modeling of biological network formation

Room 2.5: 11:30-13:30
MS2_SC: Complex transport system problems
Organizer: António Pais Antunes
11:30-12:00 Joana Cavadas: Optimization models for the integration of transit and parking policies
12:00-12:30 Daniela Dias: Modelling population exposure to traffic-related air pollution in complex urban systems
12:30-13:00 António Pais Antunes: Airport capacity management under IATA guidelines: modeling approach and real-world application


Room 2.4: 16:00-17:30
MS3_PM: Mathematical model of the cardiovascular system
Organizers: Raquel Barreira and Paula Faria
16:00-16:30 Telma Santos: Data assimilation procedure applied to cardiovascular problems in 3D domains
16:30-17:00 Jorge Tiago: Boundary control problems in hemodynamics: mathematical analysis and numerical simulations
17:30-17:30 Oualid Kafi: On the mathematical modeling of atherosclerosis disease

Room 2.5: 16:00-17:30
MS4_CS: Mathematics of complex systems
Organizers: João Gouveia and Paula Faria
16:00-16:30 Álvaro Gomes: Evolutionary algorithms for building energy efficiency and end-use energy resources management
16:30-17:00 S.X. Toh Ariel: Swarm intelligence as an evolutionary optimization for smart cities
17:00-17:30 Diogo Baptista: Using symbolic dynamics to measure the complexity of systems


Tuesday, December 6

Room 2.4: 11:30-13:30
MS5_PM: Angiogenesis and cell motility
Organizer: Rui Travasso
11:30-11:55 Elisabeth Antoine: The in vitro artery: an instrumented platform for quantitative vascular research
11:55-12:20 Maurício Moreira Soares: Angiogenic factors produced by hypoxic cells drive anastomosis in sprouting angiogenesis
12:20-12:35 João Ramos: Mechanically-driven pattern formation in cell cultures
12:35-13:00 João Carvalho: A computational model of a positive loop feedback in endothelial cells sprouting to explain the effect of fibrinogen variants

Room 2.5: 11:30-13:30
MS6_SC: Urban analytics: open data in action
Organizer: Raquel Barreira
11:30-12:00 Fátima Neves: From open data city portals to predictive intelligence: insights from cascais open data initiative
12:00-12:30 João Tremoceiro: The Lisbon data - present and future
12:30-13:00 Miguel de Castro Neto: Urban analytics challenges


Room 2.4: 14:30-15:30
MS7_PM: Mathematical methods in biology (part I)
Organizers: Sílvia Barbeiro and Rui Bernardes
14:30-15:00 Erida Gjini: Mathematics and the battle against antibiotic resistance
15:00-15:30 Marina A. Ferreira: A framework for modelling packed cell tissues

Room 2.5: 14:30-15:30
MS8_SC: Simply talking about complexity (part I)
Organizer: Ana M. Almeida
14:30-14.40 Ana M. Almeida: Presentation
14:40-15:00 Jorge Louçã: Why do we need mathematics in Digital Humanities - the example of media opinion modelling
15:00-15:30 Rosário Laureano: Synchronization phenomenon in complex systems


Room 2.4: 16:00-17:30
MS7_PM: Mathematical methods in biology (part II)
Organizers: Sílvia Barbeiro and Rui Bernardes
16:00-16:30 Francisco Oliveira: The role of compartmental models in the quantification of PET imaging data and computer-aided diagnosis
16:30-17:00 Pedro Serranho: 3D retinal vascular network from OCT data
17:00-17:30 Sílvia Barbeiro: Numerical solution of time-dependent Maxwell′s equations for modeling light scattering in human eye′s structures

Room 2.5: 16:00-17:30
MS8_SC: Simply talking about complexity (part II)
Organizer: Ana M. Almeida
16:00-16:20 Sara Eloy: Generative properties of shape grammars
16:20-16:50 Carlos Fonseca: Mathematical models of artificial genetic representations with neutrality
16:50-17:10 Sancho M. Oliveira: EvoRBC: Evolutionary Repertoire-based Control for robots with arbitrary locomotion complexity
17:10-17:30 Tiago Batista: Step evolution - improving the performance of open-ended evolution simulations