Rare Events in Physics and Population Dynamics

Presentations

• Transitions in the Kramers escape rate in classical and quantum field theories

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 16, 2009, 2:30 PM – March 16, 2009, 3:06 PM

  Authors

  • Daniel Stein

    New York University

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• Stochastic predator-prey models: spatial variability enhances species fitness

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 16, 2009, 3:06 PM – March 16, 2009, 3:42 PM

  Authors

  • Uwe C. Tauber

    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia Tech

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• Fluctuations in epidemic modeling - disease extinction and control

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 16, 2009, 3:42 PM – March 16, 2009, 4:18 PM

  Authors

  • Ira Schwartz

    US Naval Research Laboratory, Naval Research Laboratory, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, U. S. Naval Research Laboratory

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• Forecasting fluctuating outbreaks in seasonally driven epidemics

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 16, 2009, 4:18 PM – March 16, 2009, 4:54 PM

  Authors

  • Lewi Stone

    Tel Aviv University

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• Noise-activated switching and signal amplification in nonlinear resonators, from nanomechanical beams to superconducting striplines

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 16, 2009, 4:54 PM – March 16, 2009, 5:30 PM

  Authors

  • Eyal Buks

    Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion

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