Mathematics of Climate and Sustainability: Stimulating Interplay Between Research and Education

Saturday, October 5, 2013: 4:00 PM-5:30 PM
210 A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Chairs:
Mary Lou Zeeman, PhD, Wells Johnson Professor, Bowdoin College and Mary Silber, PhD, Professor, Northwestern University

Description: The speakers will describe how sustainability and climate challenges raise interesting new mathematical questions that infuse fresh ideas into the undergraduate curriculum. How do we develop insight for climate feedback interactions? Or use inherent stochasticity to probe the resilience of systems? Or assimilate observational data with models to improve predictions?



4:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
4:05 PM
Tipping points, resilience and data: mathematical overview and opportunities for students
Mary Lou Zeeman, PhD , Wells Johnson Professor , Bowdoin College
4:25 PM
Conceptual climate models
Esther Widiasih, PhD , BioMathematics Teaching Postdoctoral Fellow , University of Arizona
4:45 PM
5:05 PM