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Colloquium

Mathematics Colloquium

Date:
Time:
4:00 pm – 4:50 pm
Avery Hall Room: 115
1144 T St
Lincoln NE 68508
Additional Info: AVH
Contact:
Steven Cohn, (402) 472-7223, scohn1@math.unl.edu
Speaker: Nathan Albin
Affiliation: Kansas State University
Local Hosts: Allison Beemer and Nicholas Kass
Title: Epidemics, Networks, Graph Theory and Modulus

Additional Public Info:
Starting from a simple model of disease spreading in a population,
this talk will explore connections between networks, graph theory, and
a quantity called modulus. Focusing on the disease spreading model,
I’ll describe how three famous graph-theoretic quantities (shortest
path, minimum cut, and effective resistance) can give insight into the
spread of epidemics. Next, I’ll define the modulus and discuss its
analysis using tools from the field of convex optimization. I’ll end
by presenting recent results of a collaboration with an exceptional
team of REU students that show that modulus generalizes all three of
the aforementioned graph-theoretic quantities, and describe ongoing
efforts to use modulus for prediction and control of the spread of
diseases.

Refreshments will be served 3:30-4:00 in 348 Avery. The talk is free and open to the public.

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