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Schedule of Final Presentations (in order):
November 19: Spencer Olson, Yajing Ban, Alexander Shulhan, Mostafa Khosravi, Alan Fang, Tristin Schlauch, Harry Xing.
November 24: Natalie Boston, Haiying Kuang, Jake Gannon, Asma Mushtaq, Xindi Li, Michael Akoto, Ben Brunham.
November 26: Namreen, Qiyuan Zhang, Muniratu Tahiru, Gabriel Okoli, Vaibhavi Joshi, Aileen Chen, Suyu Wang.
December 1: Yewei Wang, Mohammed Uddin, Masum Shamim, Zixiu Ouyang, Amna Ihsan, Saif Mohammed, Ray Hasan.
December 3: Jaskaran Attal, Mohammed Hamzah, Gui Kang Ow Yong, Krati Varshney, Fadil Mohammed, Mounika Nallabothula, Parshva Shah.
December 8: Chaya Komarthy, Vincent Adetula, Henry Antwi, Deckar Hoang, Mohamed Omar. (Final Project Report due in class)
Note: Each student has 10 mins presentation plus 1 min for a question.
Presenters should send their presentation files (PDF or PowerPoint) to the TA, Jacob Serpico <serpico@ualberta.ca>, 15 hours in advance (before 9:30pm in the previous day). Please prepare your presentation for 10 minutes.
Instructor: Dr. Hao Wang, Professor of Applied Mathematics, ILMEE Director
Office: University Commons 4-277
E-mail: hao8@ualberta.ca
Web Page: https://www.math.ualberta.ca/~hwang/
Co-Instructor: Dr. Pablo Venegas Garcia, Postdoc in ILMEE
TA: Jacob Serpico, PhD student in ILMEE
Guest Lecturer: Shan Gao, PhD student in ILMEE
Office Hours:
3:45-5:00 PM Tuesdays (in-person) in my office:
Prof. Hao Wang: University Commons 4-277.
Dr. Pablo Venegas Garcia: University Commons 4-266 from October 2 to October 30
11:30-12:45 PM Friday (online) on my Zoom:
Prof. Hao Wang Zoom Link
Dr. Pablo Venegas Zoom Link (Use this link from October 2 to October 30)
Course website: https://sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/2026math572/home
Lecture time: 12:30PM - 1:50PM Tuesdays & Thursdays
Lecture location: CAB 273
Chapter 2. Deterministic models
Chapter 4. Parameter estimation, model selection, and sensitivity analysis (Updated Oct 6, 2026)
Exam review (Oct 13, 2026)
Chapter 5. Building mathematical models from experimental data
Chapter 6. Tipping theory
Part 1: Mechanisms and Resilience (Updated Nov 2, 2026)
Chapter 7. MDP discussion, final presentations and final project reports
Lab 1: on Septebmer 24th, XPPAUT for plotting bifurcation diagrams
Installation guides
Codes and Examples
Codes and Examples
Lab 3: on October 8th. Parameter estimation, model selection, and sensitivity analysis (Updated Oct 9, 2026)
Lab 4: on October 29th. Modeling methane emissions from hydrocarbons degradation
List of project guidelines and final presentation (Updated Nov 12, 2026)
Sample Exam (Updated Oct 11, 2026)
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