21st Joint UTEP/NMSU Workshop on Mathematics, Computer Science, and Computational Sciences

University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, Texas
Saturday, November 4, 2017

Objective of the joint workshops series. The main objective of these workshops is to initiate and enhance the interaction, exchange of ideas, and possible collaboration.

History.

Objective of this workshop.

Location: UTEP Campus, Chemistry and Computer Science Building CCCB, Room G.0208 on the Ground Floor

Local Organizers: Martine Ceberio, Vladik Kreinovich, Luc Longpre, and Ming-Ying Leung

Program:


   9:00- 9:05 am opening

   9:05- 9:20 am
  Abdullah Abu-Rqayiq, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
  Advisor: Ernest Barany, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
  Classification of Singularity for Models with Gaussian
  Competition and Carrying Capacity functions

   9:20- 9:35 am
  Mahdokht Afravi, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  How Do Degrees of Confidence Change with Time?
    slides in pdf

   9:35- 9:50 am
  Kehinde Akinola, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Ahnaf Farhan, Department of Teacher Education, UTEP
  Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Why μp in Fuzzy Clustering?
    slides in pdf

   9:50-10:05 am
  Fredrick Ayivor, Computational Science Program, UTEP
  Govinda K.C., Computational Science Program, UTEP
  Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Which Confidence Set Is the Most Robust?
    slides in pdf

  10:05-10:20 am
  Christian Ayub, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Jesus Padilla, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Leobardo Valera, Computational Science Program, UTEP
  Martine Ceberio, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Interval Computation App

  10:20-10:30 am break

  10:30-10:45 am
  Maria P. Beccar-Varela, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
  Hector Gonzalez-Huizar, Department of Geological Sciences, UTEP
  Maria C. Mariani, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
  Osei K. Tweneboah, Computational Science Program, UTEP
  Using wavelet techniques to discriminate between explosions
  and natural earthquakes

  10:45-11:00 am
  Ramon Bustamante, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Martha Garcia, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Jesus Tovar, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Why Swarms of Agents Are Better than Clouds?
    slides in pdf

  11:00-11:15 am
  Maria Cruz Quinones, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
  Completions of Pseudo-Ordered Sets

  11:15-11:30 am
  Sumi Dey, Computational Science Program, UTEP
  Maria C. Mariani, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
  System of Stochastic Differential Equations
  Applied to the Study of Prey-Predator Data

  11:30-11:45 am
  Dehzad Djafari Rouhani, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
  Some Nonlinear Ergodic Theorems in a
  Hilbert Space with Applications

  11:45-12:00 pm
  Angel Garcia Contreras, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Leobardo Valera, Computational Science Program, UTEP
  Martine Ceberio, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  System of Stochastic Differential Equations
  Parameter Estimation of a Dynamic System Using VSPODE

  12:00-12:15 pm
  Asad Ullah Hil Gulib, Computational Science Program, UTEP
  Raymond Rumpf, Department of Electrical and
     Computer Engineering, UTEP
  Numerical algorithm for generating the geometry of Spatially
  Variant Anisotropic Metamaterials (SVAMs) in 3D circuit

  12:15-12:30 pm
  Jeffrey Hope, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Olga Kosheleva, Department of Teacher Education, UTEP
  Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  What If We Only Know Hurwicz's Optimism-Pessimism
  Parameter with Interval Uncertainty?
    slides in pdf

  12:30- 1:45 pm lunch at UTEP Union (sponsored by El Paso Chapter of IEEE)

   1:45- 2:45 pm
  Poster session

   2:45- 3:00 pm
  Lin Li, Department of Physics, UTEP
  Using computational approaches to investigate mechanisms
  of molecular motors

   3:00- 3:15 pm
  Ziwei Ma, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
  Tonghui Wang, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
  Inferences on the location parameter under
  multivariate skew normal settings

   3:15- 3:30 pm
  Maria C. Mariani, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
  Md Al Masum Bhuiyan, Computational Science Program, UTEP
  Osei K. Tweneboah, Computational Science Program, UTEP
  Volatility Forecasting of Financial Time Series by
  Using Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Type Models

   3:30- 3:45 pm
  Maria C. Mariani, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
  Hector Gonzalez-Huizar, Department of Geological Sciences, UTEP
  Md Al Masum Bhuiyan, Computational Science Program, UTEP
  Osei K. Tweneboah, Computational Science Program, UTEP
  Analysis of Geophysical Time Series by using
  Dynamic Fourier Techniques

   3:45- 4:00 pm
  Jose Perez, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Eric Torres, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Towards a Natural Interval Interpretation of Pythagorean and
  Complex Degrees of Confidence
    slides in pdf

   4:00- 4:15 pm
  Michael Pokojovy, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
  The Taut String Estimator:
  Weak Convergence and Confidence Bands

   4:15- 4:30 pm
  Andrew Pownuk, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
  Jazmin Quezada, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
  Ivona Skalna, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
  M. V. Rama Rao, Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad, India
  Aleskandra Belina, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
  Which Method for Solution of the System of Interval Equations
  Should we Choose?

   4:30- 4:45 pm
  Christian Servin, El Paso Community College
  Erick Duarte, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Francisco Rodriguez, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Olga Kosheleva, Department of Teacher Education, UTEP
  Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Why Boxes for Multi-D Uncertainty?
    slides in pdf

   4:45- 4:55 pm break

   4:55- 5:10 pm
  Christian Servin, El Paso Community College
  Jason Ivey, El Paso Community College
  Jacob Loosa, El Paso Community College
  Teaching Principles of Big Data in
  Fundamentals of Computer Programming II

   5:10- 5:25 pm
  Christian Servin, El Paso Community College
  Cara Tang, Portland Community College, Portland, Oregon
  Cindy Tucker, Bluegrass Community and Technical College,
      Lexington, Kentucky
  Elizabeth Hawthorne, Union County College,
      Union County, New jersey
  Markus Geissler, Consumnes River College,
      Sacramento, Califonia
  Computer Science Curricular Guidance for Associate-Degree
  Transfer Programs

   5:25- 5:40 pm
  Leobardo Valera, Computational Science Program, UTEP
  Martine Ceberio, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Reliable Evaluation of the L2-Norm of a Stable Linear Filter
  Using Interval Constraints

   5:40- 5:55 pm
  Cong Wang, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
  Advisors: Tonghui Wang, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU,
    and Santi Tasena, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
  Necessary sample sizes for specified closeness and confidence of
  two independent-sample data under the skew normal settings

   5:55- 6:10 pm
  Suttisak Wisadwongsa, Department of Mathematical Sciences,
     Chiang Mai University, Thailand, and Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
  Advisors: Tonghui Wang, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU,
    and David Trafimow, Department of Psychology, NMSU
  Bivariate Quadratic Copula Constructions

   6:10- 6:25 pm
  Yongjian Xie, Shaanxi Normal University, China, and
     Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
  Pasting of lattice ordered effect algebras

   6:25- 6:40 pm
  Xiaonan Zhu, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
  Advisor: Tonghui Wang, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
  Measures of mutually complete dependence
  for discrete random vectors

   6:40- 7:00 pm general discussion:
   * How to obtain more local high performance computing resources for UTEP and NMSU
     discussion lead by James Kubicki, Department of Geological Sciences, UTEP
   * next meetings: suggestions, ideas

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