The 5th International Workshop on Branching Processes and their Applications - IWBPA 2021

Badajoz, April 2021

We are glad to announce that the 5th International Workshop on Branching Processes and their Applications will be held on 6th, 8th, 13th, 15th, 20th and 22nd April 2021. These meetings are held every three years in Badajoz (Spain), but due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the IWBPA 2021 will take place virtually using video conferencing tools.

These meetings are promoted by the Spanish research group "Branching processes and their Applications", with most of its members from the Department of Mathematics of the University of Extremadura, in Spain. This group started its path in 1991. Its members are Manuel Molina, Miguel González, Manuel Mota, Alfonso Ramos, Inés M. del Puerto, Rodrigo Martínez, Cristina Gutiérrez, Carmen Minuesa, Alicia León, Pedro Martín and Manuel Serrano.

It is well known that the theory of branching processes was essentially motivated by the observation of the strange phenomenon of the extinction of certain family lines of the European aristocracy versus rapid exponential growth of the whole population. Since then, branching processes have been regarded as appropriate probability models for the description of the behaviour of systems whose components (cells, particles, individuals in general) reproduce, are transformed, or die. This theory has developed from simple models to increasing realism. Added to the theoretical interest in these processes there was therefore a major practical dimension due to their potential applications in such diverse fields as biology, epidemiology, genetics, medicine, nuclear physics, demography, actuarial mathematics, algorithm and data structures, etc. Nowadays, this theory goes on being an area of active and interesting research.

The aim of this workshop is to facilitate the exchange of research ideas in the field of branching processes and related processes, from both theoretical and practical viewpoints. It will consist of a series of invited talks. We hope that this meeting contributes to start and continue future scientific collaborations.

We look forward to welcoming you in our virtual meeting.

With our best regards,

Miguel González

Inés M. del Puerto

On behalf of the Organising Committee