30th Joint UTEP/NMSU Workshop on Mathematics, Computer Science, and Computational Sciences

University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, Texas
Saturday, October 28, 2023

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: Chemistry and Computer Science Building, Room CCSB G.0208

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


  9:00- 9:05 am
 Opening

 Each talk is 12 minutes followed by 3 minutes for questions

  9:05- 9:20 am
 Emil D. Schwab, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Gabriela Schwab, El Paso Community College
 (a,b)-Fibonacci Sequences via Specially Multiplicative Functions

  9:20- 9:35 am
 Md Abu Sayed, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Ahmed H. Anwar, DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, MD 20783, USA
 Christopher Kiekintveld, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Charles Kamhoua, DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, MD 20783, USA
 Honeypot Allocation for Cyber Deception in
 Dynamic Tactical Networks: A Game Theoretic

  9:35- 9:50 am
 Andrews T. Anum, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of New England, Biddeford, ME
 Michael Pokojovy, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
 A new algorithm for robust affine-invariant
 clustering with equal covariances

  9:50-10:05 am
 Blaise Ayirizia, Computational Science Program, UTEP
 Adrian De la Rocha, Department of Physics, UTEP
 Jorge Munoz, Department of Physics, UTEP
 Mechanical stability of cubic crystalline lattices
 studied using a mathematical graph representation and
 Gaussian process regression

 10:05-10:20 am
 Evans Etrue Howard, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Enhancing Emergency Evacuation Route Planning: A Multi-Party
 Capacity Constraint Approach

 10:20-10:30 am break

 10:30-10:45 am
 Anass Bouchnita, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Vitaly Volpert, Institut Camille Jordan, UMR 5208 CNRS,
    University Lyon 1, 69622 Villeurbanne, France, and
    S. M. Nikolsky Mathematical Institute, Peoples Friendship University of Russia
    (RUDN University), 6 Miklukho-Maklaya St., Moscow 117198, Russia
 A phenotype-structured approach to study intra-clonal heterogeneity and
 drug resistance in multiple myeloma

 10:45-11:00 am
 Xiangfei Chen, NMSU
 Tonghui Wang, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 S. T. Boris Choy, Discipline of Business Analytics, The University of Sydney, Australia
 David Trafimow, NMSU
 Tingting Tong, NMSU
 The a priori procedure for estimating the location
 parameter under Elliptical settings

 11:00-11:15 am
 Behzad Djafari Rouhani, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Asymptotic Behavior of Solutions to a Second
 Order Difference Inclusion in a Banach Space

 11:15-11:30 am
 Behzad Djafari Rouhani, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Vahid Mohebbi, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 On the approximation of zeros of pseudo-monotone operators

 11:30-11:45 am
 Ritwik Bhattacharya, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Prediction in ordered statistics and its applications

 11:45-12:00 pm
 Liqun Hu
 Tonghui Wang, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 David Trafimow, NMSU
 Extending the A Priori Procedure to
 One-Way Analysis of Variance Under Normality

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

 12:30- 1:15 pm Poster session:
    Computational Science and Bioinformatics posters

    C. Alejandra Carreon, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
    Gabriel Miki, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
    Advisor:  Christoph Q. Lauter, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
    Investigating GSM Network Improvements for Enhanced Communication:
    A Study in Oaxaca, Mexico

    Ricardo Isaac, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
    Maria P. Beccar Varela, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
    Maria C. Mariani, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
    Solutions to higher order ODEs by using integrating factor techniques

    Milagros L. Wilson, Department of Physics, UTEP
    Jorge Munoz, Department of Physics, UTEP
    Moment of inertia tensors of relativistic and
    non-relativistic nucleons using a parton model

  1:15- 1:30 pm
 Miguel A. Flores, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Joshua Salas, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Javier A. Venegas, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 What If We Use Ellipsoids Instead of p-Boxes?
   slides in pdf

  1:30- 1:45 pm
 Cesar F. Gomez Guillen, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Miguel A. Sepulveda, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Multi-Objective Optimization: Linear Combinations
 Do Not Cover Pareto Set, So What Does?
   slides in pdf

  1:45- 2:00 pm
 Amir Husen, Computational Science Program, UTEP
 Jorge Munoz, Department of Physics, UTEP
 Ramon Ravelo, Department of Physics, UTEP
 Mechanical stability of a crystal structure in parameter
 space via evolutionary computation

  2:00- 2:15 pm
 Camden Wilson, Department of Physics, UTEP
 Advisor: Jorge Munoz, Department of Physics, UTEP
 Computational analysis of piezoelectric transducers

  2:15- 2:30 pm
 Enrique Aguilar, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Christian Revilla, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Can We Uniquely Reconstruct a Function from Measurements
 in Which Input Is Known with Interval Uncertainty?
    slides in pdf

  2:30- 2:45 pm
 Boyu Li, Department of Mathematical Sciences, New Mexico State University
 Universality of simple cycle reservoirs using dilation theory

  2:45- 3:00 pm
 Maria C. Mariani, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Prince Appiah, Data Science Program, UTEP
 Osei K. Tweneboah, Dept. of Data Science, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Ramapo, NJ
 A Methodology to Transform Non-Image Data into Image
 for Convolutional Neural Network Architecture

  3:00- 3:15 pm
 Maria C. Mariani, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Kwesi A. Ohene-Obeng, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Osei K. Tweneboah, Dept. of Data Science, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Ramapo, NJ
 Integrating Wavelet Neural Networks to Enhance Stock Market Forecasting
 in Emerging Markets

  3:15- 3:30 pm
 Maria C. Mariani, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Jazmin Quezada, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Osei K. Tweneboah, Dept. of Data Science, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Ramapo, NJ
 Integrating Machine Learning and Optimization
 Methods for Medical Diagnosis

  3:30- 3:45 pm
 Arim S. Martin Del Campo, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Antonio I. Rosales, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 What If an Interval Is Given by an Expert Who Is Not Sure?
   slides in pdf

  3:45- 4:00 pm
 Joseph McDonald, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 Direct products of bounded fuzzy lattices realized by
 triangular norm operators without zero-divisors

  4:00- 4:10 pm
 S. M. Mustaquim, Data Science Program, UTEP
 Advisor: Asim Kumer Dey
 Diffusion process in civil infrastructure network

  4:10- 4:25 pm
 Ebenezer Nkum, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Michael Pokojovy, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
 Andrews T. Anum, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of New England, Biddeford, ME
 Abhijit Mandal, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Minimum Density Power Divergence Estimation
 for Multivariate Datasets

  4:25- 4:40 pm
 Kelvin Ofori-Minta, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Abhijit Mandal, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Ming-Ying Leung, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Imputing clinical indicators for analyzing survival times in patients with prostate cancer

  4:40- 4:55 pm
 Leonardo Pena, Department of Physics, UTEP
 Jorge A. Munoz, Department of Physics, UTEP
 Mauricio Hippert-Teixeira, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 Joaquin Greta, University of Houston
 Jorge Noronha, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 Jacquelyn Noronha-Hostler, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 Israel Portillo-Vazquez, University of Houston
 Claudia Ratti, University of Houston)
 Romulo Rougemont, Universidade Federal de Goias
 Bayesian inference of an exotic phase transition
 in the fundamental theory of strong interactions

  4:55- 5:10 pm
 Andrew Pownuk, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 M. V. Rama Rao, Department of Civil Engineering, Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad, India
 Autonomous Development of Online Assignments Supported by the Large Language
 Models Related to Mathematics, Computer Science, and Engineering

  5:10- 5:25 pm
 Bimal K C, Department of Physics, UTEP
 Jorge A. Munoz, Department of Physics, UTEP
 Harmonic ensemble lattice dynamics of crystals with thermal and
 configurational disorder

  5:25- 5:40 pm
 Romasa Qasim, Computational Science Program, UTEP
 Anass Bouchnita, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 A 3D multiscale model to explore the action of
 tyrosine kinase inhibitors during tumorigenesis

  5:40- 5:55 pm
 Nilotpal Sanyal, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Boosting for Competing Risks Data With Cure Fraction

  5:55- 6:10 pm
 Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Olga Kosheleva, Department of Teacher Education, UTEP
 Luc Longpre, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 How Can There Be Objective Imprecise Probability
    slides in pdf

  6:10- 6:25 pm
 Christian Servin, Computer Science and ITS Department, El Paso Community College
 Nadia Karichev, Computer Science and ITS Department, El Paso Community College
 Armando Levario, Computer Science and ITS Department, El Paso Community College
 Alejandro Solano, Computer Science and ITS Department, El Paso Community College
 Integrating Adversarial Thinking into Fundamentals of Computer Science Course

  6:25- 6:40 pm
 Christian Servin, Computer Science and ITS Department, El Paso Community College
 Amruth Kumar, Department of Computer Science, Ramapo College of New Jersey
 Rajendra Raj, Department of Computer Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
 The ACM/IEEE-CS/AAAI Joint Task Force Report
 on Computer Science Curricula CS2023

  6:40- 6:55 pm
 Tingting Tong, NMSU
 Tonghui Wang, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 S. T. Boris Choy, Discipline of Business Analytics, The University of Sydney, Australia
 David Trafimow, NMSU
 Xiangfei Chen, NMSU
 Gain-Probability Analysis of Skew t distribution

  6:55- 7:05 pm break

  7:05- 7:20 pm
 Jeffrey L. Vanarsdall, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Dario A. Vazquez, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 How to Deal with Infinities: Why xi/√(1+r2)?
   slides in pdf

  7:20- 7:35 pm
 Zheng Wei, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Texas A&M University
 S. T. Boris Choy, Discipline of Business Analytics, The University of Sydney, Australia
 Tonghui Wang, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 Xiaonan Zhu, Department of Mathematics, University of North Alabama, Florence
 Ziwei Ma, Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
 Bayesian Stochastic Frontier Models under the Skew-Normal Settings

  7:35- 7:45 pm general discussion
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