25th Joint UTEP/NMSU Workshop on Mathematics, Computer Science, and Computational Sciences

University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, Texas
Saturday, November 2, 2019

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 Room G.0208

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

Preliminary program:


   9:00- 9:05 am
  Opening

   9:05- 9:20 am
  Mahdokht Afravi, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Gerardo Cervantes, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Xavier Martinez, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Matthew Melvin, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Victor Vargas, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Ana Zepeda, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  How to Estimate Hurwicz Value of the Union of Two Intervals
  If We Know the Hurwicz Values for Both Intervals?
  slides in pdf

   9:20- 9:35 am
  Angel Aguero, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
  Joe Guthrie, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
  Cantorvals, Their Topological Structure, and the Generalization of the Guthrie/Nymann Set

   9:35- 9:50 am
  Ricardo Alvarez, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Laxman Bokati, Computational Science Program, UTEP
  Panfeng Liang, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Adrian Lopez, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Carlos Saldana, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Ricardo Sanchez, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Angel Villapando, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Empirical Power Law for Company Losses:
  A Probability-Based Explanation
  slides in pdf

   9:50-10:05 am
  Peter K. Asante, Computational Science Program, UTEP
  Maria C. Mariani, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
  Osei K. Tweneboah, Computational Science Program, UTEP
  Long-Range Correlations and Characterizations of Financial and Volcanic Time Series

  10:05-10:20 am
  Enrique Salcido, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
  Emil Daniel Schwab, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
  Identities for a Class of Monoids

  10:20-10:30 am
  break

  10:30-10:45 am
  Mary Ballyk, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
  Ibrahim Jawarneh, Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Jordan
  Ross Staffeldt, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
  A Nutrient-Prey-Predator Model: Stability and Bifurcations

  10:45-11:00 am
  William Basquez, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Elton Villa, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Fractional Linear Dependence under Interval Uncertainty:
  Explicit Bounds
  slides in pdf

  11:00-11:15 am
  Guram Bezhanishvili, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
  Luca Carai, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
  Patrick J. Morandi, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
  Modal operators on rings of continuous functions

  11:15-11:30 am
  Laxman Bokati, Computational Science Prohram, UTEP
  Srialekya Edupalli, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Mannyboy Flores, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Oscar Ibarhuen, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Fernando Serrano, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  How to Make a Decision Under Set Uncertainty
  slides in pdf

  11:30-11:45 am
  Irvin L. Bosquez, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Most Robust Fuzzy Extensions of Binary Logical Operations
  slides in pdf

  11:45-12:00 pm
  Adrian De la Rocha, Department of Physics, UTEP
  Jorge A. Munoz, Department of Physics, UTEP
  Anharmonicity in a linear chain of Lennard-Jones atoms

  12:00- 1:15 pm lunch (sponsored by El Paso Chapter of IEEE and by UTEP's
     Computational Science Program)

  12:30- 1:25 pm
  Poster session

   1:15- 1:30 pm
  Behzad Djafari Rouhani, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
  Strong Convergence of Regularized New Proximal Point Algorithms

   1:30- 1:45 pm
  Behzad Djafari Rouhani, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
  Vahid Mohebbi, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
  Approximating solutions of quasi-equilibrium problems in Banach spaces

   1:45- 2:00 pm
  Oscar Galindo, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Daniel Almeraz, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Jose Perez, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  How to Apply Quantum Computing to Machine Learning
  slides in pdf

   2:00- 2:15 pm
  Abdullah Imran, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Martine Ceberio, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Prediction and Optimization of Dynamic Systems under
  Temporal Uncertainty

   2:15- 2:30 pm
  Bethuel O. Khamala, Department of Physics, UTEP
  Jorge A. Munoz, Department of Physics, UTEP
  FeTi phonons at high pressure in B2-ordered phase

   2:30- 2:45 pm
  Hui Li, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
  Cong Wang, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
  Tonghui Wang, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
  David Trafimow, Department of Psychology, NMSU
  Abigail Rodriguez, Department of Psychology, NMSU
  R programs for A Priori Procedure (APP) under skew
  normal settings

   2:45- 3:00 pm
  Jing Liu, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics,
     China, and Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
  Tonghui Wang, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
  Stability analysis of the generalized three-step
  discrete-time Zhang neural network for
  time-varying nonlinear optimization in real time

   3:00- 3:15 pm
  Ziwei Ma, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
  Tonghui Wang, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
  Inference on the difference of location
  parameters under skew-normal settings

   3:15-3:30 pm
  Omar Masmali, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Omar Badreddin, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Design Driven Code Complexity Metrics

   3:30- 3:45 pm
  Jorge A. Munoz, Department of Physics, UTEP
  Jorge A. Lopez, Department of Physics, UTEP
  Phase diagrams of nuclear pasta phases in neutron star matter

   3:45- 4:00 pm
  Erick Nevarez, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Jordan Caylor, Department of Geological Sciences, UTEP
  Jenna Faith, Department of Geological Sciences, UTEP
  Irma Martinez, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Olga Kosheleva, Department of Teacher Education, UTEP
  Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Why We Mostly Use 2-, 3- And 5-Based Number Systems?
  slides in pdf

   4:00- 4:15 pm
  Omeiza Olumoye, Computational Science Program, UTEP
  Martine Ceberio, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Leobardo Valera, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Why Intervals? A Survey of cases Showing the
  Advantages of Using Intervals in Parameters
  Estimation in Dynamical Systems

   4:15- 4:30 pm
  Omeiza Olumoye, Computational Science Program, UTEP
  Glen Throneberry, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NMSU
  Angel Garcia, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Leobardo Valera, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Abdessattar Abdelkefi, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NMSU
  Martine Ceberio, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Solving Large Dynamical Systems by Constraint Sampling

   4:30- 4:45 pm
  Rafael Pinto, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Maliheh Zargaran, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Omar Badreddin, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  A Case Study on the Impact of Technical Debt Management Efforts on Code Quality

   4:45- 4:55 pm
  break

   4:55- 5:10 pm
  Andrew Pownuk, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
  Jose Gonzalez, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UTEP
  Solution of Algebraic Equations
  by Using Autonomous Computational Methods

   5:10- 5:25 pm
  Emilio Ramirez, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Why LINEX (Linear Exponential) Loss Functions?
  slides in pdf

   5:25- 5:40 pm
  Sayed Mohsin Reza, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Omar Badreddin, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Virtual Reality in Software Engineering: A future of
  Software Development, Modeling, and Quality Assurance

   5:40- 5:55 pm
  Arturo Rodriguez, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UTEP
  Carlos Cuellar, Departments of Physics and Mathematics, UTEP
  Luis F. Rodriguez, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UTEP
  V. M. Krushnarao Kotteda, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming
  Vinod Kumar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UTEP
  Jorge A. Munoz, Department of Physics, UTEP
  Simulation of Atmospheric Turbulence with
  Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) Neural Networks

   5:55- 6:10 pm
  Christian Servin, El Paso Community College
  Nadia Karichev, El Paso Community College
  Nick Sims, El Paso Community College
  Dylan Behrens, El Paso Community College
  Aaron Cardoza, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Steven Ibarra, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
  Introducing Artificial Intelligence-Based Algorithms
  with Cybersecurity Application in Computing Courses

   6:10- 6:25 pm
  Cong Wang, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
  Tonghui Wang, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
  On estimating the location parameter under skew normal
  settings, which assumption is better:
  dependence or independence?

   6:25- 6:40 pm
  Cong Wang, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
  Tonghui Wang, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
  David Trafimow, Department of Psychology, NMSU
  Hui Li, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
  Liqun Hu, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
  Abigail Rodriguez, Department of Psychology, NMSU
  Extending the A Priori Procedure (APP) to Address Correlation
  Coefficients

   6:40- 7:00 pm general discussion

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