When:
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
Where: Chambers Hall, 600 Foster St, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Nancy McLaughlin
(847) 491-2527
Group: Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
Category: Lectures & Meetings
Wednesdays@NICO Seminar | 12:00-1:00 PM, April 8, 2015 | Chambers Hall, Lower Level or Live Feed on NICO YouTube Channel
Carl P. Simon, Professor of Mathematics, Complex Systems and Public Policy, University of Michigan
Model Using Musings: How Do We Know What We Think We Know?
Abstract
Every now and then NIH calls for proposals on biomath modeling (instead of just the usual bench science they love to support). But these modeling calls usually include a demand for model "validation," whatever that means. Since NICO has a special interest in building and using math models, I plan to brainstorm about just what does it mean to say a model is "valid," using mostly my own experiences, of course.
Bio
Carl P. Simon is a Professor of Mathematics, Economics, Complex Systems, and Public Policy at the University of Michigan (UM). He received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Northwestern University in 1970 and moved to UM in 1972. From 1999 to 2009, he was the founding Director of the UM Center for the Study of Complex Systems. His research centers on the theory and application of dynamical systems in all the sciences with a special focus on modeling the spread of infections