AMS Sectional Meeting Program by AMS Special Session

Current as of Sunday, October 17, 2010 00:33:02

Program | Deadlines | Registration/Housing/Etc.
Special Event or Lecture | Inquiries: meet@ams.org

Associate secretaries:
Michel L Lapidus, AMS lapidus@math.ucr.edu, lapidus@mathserv.ucr.edu

Saturday October 9, 2010, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Mathematics of Criminality, I
BH 5264, Boelter Hall
Organizers:
Andrea Bertozzi, University of California Los Angeles bertozzi@math.ucla.edu
Martin Short, University of California Los Angeles mbshort@math.ucla.edu
George Mohler, University of California Los Angeles georgemohler@gmail.com
- 9:00 a.m.
  Self-exciting Hurdle Models for Terrorism.
  Michael D. Porter*, SPADAC
  Gentry White, Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland
  (1063-62-221)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Self-Exciting Point Process Models of Civilian Deaths in Iraq.
  Erik Lewis*, University of California, Los Angeles
  George Mohler, University of California, Los Angeles
  P. Jeffrey Brantingham, University of California, Los Angeles
  Andrea Bertozzi, University of California, Los Angeles
  (1063-62-24)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Point process modeling and estimation of near-repeat effects in crime data.
  George O Mohler*, Santa Clara University
  (1063-62-252)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Patterns in Offender Distance Decay and the Geographic Profiling Problem.
  Mike O'Leary*, Towson University
  (1063-91-227)

Saturday October 9, 2010, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Mathematics of Criminality, II
BH 5264, Boelter Hall
Organizers:
Andrea Bertozzi, University of California Los Angeles bertozzi@math.ucla.edu
Martin Short, University of California Los Angeles mbshort@math.ucla.edu
George Mohler, University of California Los Angeles georgemohler@gmail.com
- 3:00 p.m.
  A statistical mechanics approach to gang territoriality.
  Alethea Barbaro*, UCLA
  Lincoln Chayes, UCLA
  Maria R. D'Orsogna, CSUN
  (1063-70-273)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Simulating Gang Rivalries in Hollenbeck: An Agent-Based Approach.
  Laura M. Smith*, University of California, Los Angeles
  (1063-91-114)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Optimal control of a model of offending and re-offending.
  Ashley B. Pitcher*, Centre d'Analyse et de Mathématiques Sociales, L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
  (1063-49-197)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Tolerating crime to reduce crime.
  Maria R D'Orsogna*, California State University at Northridge
  Martin Short, University of California at Los Angeles
  Jeff Brantingham, University of California at Los Angeles
  (1063-91-133)