2016 Tutorial Workshop on Parameter Estimation for Biological Models
Talks: SAS Hall 1102; Coffee Breaks: SAS Hall 4104
Abstracts for talks and practicals
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| Thursday July 28th. Theme: Least Squares Estimation | |
| 8:00 – 9:00 | Registration SAS Hall 4104 |
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Welcome to the workshop (M.S. Olufsen / A.L. Lloyd) |
| 9:15 – 10:45 | Tutorial lecture: Introduction to parameter estimation in a least squares framework (Kevin Flores) PDF of slides and slides on sensitivities ; Video of talk |
| 10:45 – 11:15 | Coffee break |
| 11:15 – 12:00 | Research talk: A mathematical methodology for determining information content in demographic data for ecotoxicology studies (H.T. Banks) PDF of slides (Apologies: no video) |
| 12:00 – 1:30 | Lunch break |
| 1:30 – 2:15 | Research talk: Parameter estimation in cardiovascular dynamics modeling (Mette S. Olufsen) PDF of slides ; Video of talk |
| 2:30 – 4:30 | Computer Practical: Sensitivity Analysis and Least Squares Parameter Estimation for an Epidemic Model (Alun L. Lloyd) Code and other materials |
| 5:00 – 7:00 | Poster session (light refreshments provided) |
| Friday July 29th. Themes: Identifiability and Forward Propagation of Uncertainty | |
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Tutorial lecture: Identifiability (Marisa Eisenberg) PDF of slides ; Video of talk |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Computer practical on identifiability (Marisa Eisenberg and Chris Durden) Materials for practical |
| 12:30 – 2:00 | Lunch break |
| 2:00 – 3:30 | Tutorial lecture: Uncertainty quantification for biological models (Ralph Smith) PDF of slides ; Video of talk |
| 3:30 – 5:00 | Computer practical: Numerical techniques for active subspaces, surrogate model construction and uncertainty propagation (Ralph Smith) Slides and code for practical |
| 5:00 – 5:30 | Coffee break |
| 5.30 – 6.30 | Keynote talk: Connecting models with data: identifiability and parameter estimation of multiple transmission pathways (Marisa Eisenberg) Video of talk |
| Saturday July 30th. Themes: Bayesian Approaches and Filtering Methods | |
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Tutorial lecture: Inverse problems in the Bayesian framework (Daniela Calvetti) PDF of slides ; Video of talk |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Computer practical on nonsequential Bayesian (A. Arnold/ F. Hamilton) PDF of slides and zip fie of codes |
| 12:30 – 2:00 | Lunch break |
| 2:00 – 3:00 | Keynote talk: Compensating for lack of data with expert knowledge: how hierarchical models can be used to solve the very underdetermined MEG inverse problem (Daniela Calvetti) (Apologies: no video) |
| 3:00 – 4:00 | Tutorial lecture: Bayesian filtering (Franz Hamilton & Andrea Arnold) PDF of slides (Apologies: no video) |
| 4:00 – 4:30 | Coffee break |
| 4:30 – 5:30 | Computer practical: Kalman filtering in a mass-spring system (Arnold/Hamilton) PDF of slides |
| Dinner: outing to downtown Raleigh. Local participants will drive. | |
| Sunday July 31st. Theme: Mixed Effects Models | |
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Tutorial talk: Introduction to mixed-effects modeling (H. Tran) PDF of slides ; Video of talk: part 1 and part 2 |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Keynote talk: Mixed-effects biological models: estimation and inference (Hulin Wu) PDF of slides ; Video of talk |
| 12:00 | End of workshop |
Abstracts for talks and practicals