Winter 2023・ Fall 2022・Winter 2022・Fall 2021・Winter 2021・Winter 2020・Fall 2019・Summer 2019・Winter 2019
Past and current IWSS Chairs/Organizers:
Dr. Nikhil Aravindakshan (Co-organizer: Fall 2023 – present)
Dr. Stanley Yao Xiao (Chair/Organizer: Fall 2022 – present)
Dr. Geoffrey McGregor (Chair/Organizer: Winter 2021 – 2022)
Dr. Andy Wan (Chair: Winter 2019 – 2020, Organizer: Winter 2019 – 2023)
Recorded talks starting from the fall of 2021 are made available online on the UNBC-IWSS Video Channel. Click on the play button below for a specific talk video.
Fall 2023
| Date | Speaker | Topic & Abstract | Affiliation |
| September 28 PIMS-UNBC Distinguished Colloquium Series (NHSC 9-235, 2:30-3:30pm)  | Dr. Jingwei Hu | Structure-Preserving Particle Method for the Vlasov-Landau-Maxwell Equation | University of Washington |
| October 5 | – | Organizational Meeting | – |
| October 12 | |||
| October 19 | Dr. Stanley Xiao | Representation of integers by polynomials in two variables | University of Northern British Columbia |
| October 26 | No Talk | ||
| November 2 | No Talk | ||
| November 9 | Dr. Edward Dobrowolski | 1 + sqrt(17) is not the Mahler measure of an algebraic number | University of Northern British Columbia |
| November 16 | Dr. Asif Iqbal | Structural Control for Wind and Seismic Applications | University of Northern British Columbia |
| November 23 | Dr. Fatma Cicek | From L-functions to their linear combinations | University of Northern British Columbia |
| November 30 |
Winter 2023
Fall 2022
| Date | Speaker | Topic & Abstract | Affiliation |
| September 16 | – | Organizational Meeting | – |
| September 23 | Dr. Mohammad Raoufi | Interdisciplinary Research in Construction Using Artificial Intelligence and Simulation | UNBC School of Engineering |
| September 30 | – | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | – |
| October 7 | Dr. Erik Jensen | Maxwell’s Demon: Is It Dead Yet? | UNBC Physics |
| October 14 | Dr. Stanley Xiao | Heights in number theory and counting elliptic curves | UNBC Mathematics and Statistics |
| October 21 | – | UNBC Convocation Event | – |
| October 28 | – | Cancelled due to FA Annual General Meeting | – |
| November 4 | Dr. Pranesh Kumar | Neutrosophic Analysis of the Experimental Data | UNBC Mathematics and Statistics |
| November 11 | – | Remembrance Day | – |
| November 18 | Dr. Andy Wan | How “topology” can be used to find hidden structures in high dimensional data sets | UNBC Mathematics and Statistics |
| November 25 | Jibrael Odoom | On oily wastewater treatment using absorption | UNBC School of Engineering |
| December 2 | Son Chau | Generative Adversarial Networks and its real-world applications | UNBC Computer Science |
Winter 2022
Fall 2021
Winter 2021
Winter 2020
| Date | Speaker | Topic & Abstract | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 16 | – | Organizational Meeting | – |
| January 23 | Dr. Saqib Hakak | Rise of Fake News: Issues and Challenges | UNBC CPSC |
| January 30 | Hunter Lowe | Orbital Mechanics in General Relativity: Applying Special Functions to Schwarzschild Geodesics | UNBC Physics |
| February 6 | Conan Veitch | Generating Swarm Behaviours in Multi Robot Systems | UNBC CPSC |
| February 13 | Colton Aarts | Detecting Emotions and Parasocial Relationships on Twitter | UNBC CPSC |
| February 20 | – | Mid-Semester Break | – |
| February 27 | Dr. George Jones | Groups, Algebra and Particles | UNBC Physics |
| March 5 Location: Agora 7-150 Time: 1:30-2:30pm  | Dr. Malabika Pramanik | Needles, Bushes, Hairbrushes and Polynomials | University of British Columbia |
| March 12 | Davis Goulet | Improving Schema Generation for Multi-Entity JSON Arrays | UNBC CPSC |
| – | – | Due to prevention efforts for the spread of COVID-19, all IWSS talks have been cancelled for the winter semester. | – |
| March 19 | Noé Ducharme | Random Matrices and Number Theory | UNBC Math |
| March 26 | – | – | – |
| April 2 | – | – | – |
| April 9 | – | – | – |
| April 16 Location: Agora 7-212 Time: 1:30-2:30pm | Dr. Nilima Nigam | – | Simon Fraser University |
Fall 2019
| Date | Speaker | Topic & Abstract | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 12 | – | Organizational Meeting | – |
| September 19 | Weixian Lan | Conformal mapping and its application to Laplace’s equation | UNBC Math |
| September 26
(Special Location: Agora 7-152) | Dr. Tiago Salvador | Math Colloquium:
Threshold dynamics algorithms for curvature motion of networks of surfaces | University of Michigan |
| October 3 | Dr. David Casperson | Two digit schemes for the online construction of height-balanced trees | UNBC CPSC |
| October 10 | Dr. Mohammad El Smaily | An introduction to reaction diffusion systems (from a mathematical perspective) | UNBC Math |
| October 17
 | Dr. Parimala Thulasiraman | CPSC Colloquium:
| University of Manitoba |
| October 24
| Dr. Anna Kwiatkowski | PHYS Colloquium:
Precision atomic and nuclear physics experiments with ion traps at TITAN | TRIUMF |
| October 31
| Seth Lowry | Terahertz Reflection Imaging for Concealed Interface Inspection | UNBC Physics |
| – | – | Due to on-going job actions, all talks after November 7 have been cancelled and will be rescheduled next semester. | – |
| November 7 | Colton Aarts | – | UNBC CPSC |
| November 14
| Dr. Steven J. Miller | PIMS Distinguished Lecture:
| Williams College |
| November 21 | Noé Ducharme | – | UNBC Math |
| November 28 | Hunter Lowe | – | UNBC Physics |
Summer 2019
| Date | Speaker | Topic & Abstract | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 3
(Special Time: 2-3pm, Location: Agora 7-150) | Dr. James Jackaman | Math Colloquium:
A Comparison of Conservative Finite Element Methods for Hamiltonian PDEs on Nonuniform Meshes | Memorial University of Newfoundland |
Winter 2019
| Date | Speaker | Topic & Abstract | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 10 | – | Organizational Meeting | – |
| January 17 | Dr. Andy Wan | Volume-Preserving Numerical Methods | UNBC Math |
| January 24 | Dr. Gurpreet Lakha | A Meta-Heuristic Optimization Tool for Simplified Protein Structure Prediction | UNBC CPSC |
| January 31 | Brae Stoltz | Music Composition using Algorithms | UNBC CPSC |
| February 7 | Hongyuan Shi | Limitations of Deep Machine Learning | UNBC CPSC |
| February 14 | Noé Ducharme | Low Lying Zeros of L-Functions | UNBC Math |
| February 21 | – | Mid-Semester Break | – |
| February 28 | James McCurdy | UNBC Statistics | |
| March 7
(Special Location: Agora 7-150)  | Dr. Edward Wilson-Ewing | CAP Lecture:
| University of New Brunswick |
| March 14 | Devon Harker | Examining the Effects of Enhanced Compilers on Student Productivity | UNBC CPSC |
| March 21 | Dr. Cigdem Guloksuz | Statistics and Machine Learning | UNBC Statistics |
| March 28 | Hunter Lowe | The Abundance of Free Neutrons in the Early Universe | UNBC Physics |
| April 4
(Special Time: 12-1pm, Location: Agora 7-150) | Geoff McGregor | Math Colloquium:
Equal Area Principle and Area-Preserving Parametric Interpolation | McGill University |