Episode 19 -- Bard Ermentrout, PhD
Thursday, September 25, 2008
\nBard Ermentrout, (University Professor, Dept of Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh) talks about synchrony and oscillations in networks, biological applications of math, (from mescaline induced seizures to firefly mating behavior) and muses on the "how" vs "why" in mathematical biology.
\nDuration: 49 minutes
\nDiscussants:(in alphabetical order)
\nJim Bower (Professor, UTSA)
\nCarlos Paladini (Asst Prof, UTSA)
\nSalma Quraishi (Res. Asst Prof, UTSA)
\nFidel Santamaria (Asst Prof, UTSA)
\nTodd Troyer (Asst Prof, UTSA)
\nCharles Wilson (Prof, UTSA)
\nacknowledgement: R Ratnam for generous loan of recording equipment; JM Tepper for original music.