32nd Joint UTEP/NMSU Workshop on Mathematics, Computer Science, and Computational Sciences

University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, Texas
Saturday, November 2, 2024

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, Jonathan Mohl, and Saidur Rahman

Invited talk will be given by Dr. Eirik Endeve from Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Program


 OPENING 9:00- 9:05 am

 SESSION 1: 9:05-10:10 am - lightning talks

  9:05- 9:10 am
 Julio Urenda, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Economic Decision Making under Interval Uncertainty
 Hurwicz Optimism-Pessimism Criterion Revisited

  9:10- 9:15 am
 William Agyapong, Department of Mathematical Sciences. UTEP
 Amy Wagler, Department of Public Health Sciences, UTEP
 Sequential and Hybrid Frameworks for Enhancing the Iterative
 Proportional Fitting (IPF) Algorithm in  Population Synthesis

  9:15- 9:20 am
 Ramya Ailuri, Bioinformatics Program, UTEP
 Jonathon E. Mohl, Bioinformatics Program, Border Biomedical Research Center,
   and Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Elizabeth J. Walsh, Department of Biological Sciences, UTEP
 Identifying UCEs for Stepwise Phylogenetic Analysis of Gnesiotrocha and Ploima Rotifers

  9:20- 9:25 am
 Anass Bouchnita, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Vitaly Volpert, Institut Camille Jordan, University Lyon, France, and
   Peoples Friendship University of Russia (RUDN), Moscow, Russia
 Nikolajus Kozulinas, Institute of Applied Mathematics, Vilnius University, Lithuania
 Aleksey Belyaev, Faculty of Physics, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
 Grigory Panasenko, Institute of Applied Mathematics, Vilnius Universi\ty, Lithuania
 Patient-Specific Multiphase Simulations of Atrial Fibrillation-Induced
 Thrombosis in the Left Atrial Appendage

  9:25- 9:30 am
 Yaoyao Chen, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Anhui Normal University,
   Wuhu, Anhui 241000, PR China
 Dongqian Li, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP,
   and School of Mathematics and Computational Science,
   Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan 411105, PR China
 Yin Yang, School of Mathematics and Computational Science, Xiangtan University,
   Xiangtan, Hunan 411105, PR China
 Peimeng Yin, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Unconditional energy stable IEQ-FEMs for the Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes equations

  9:30- 9:35 am
 Ziyuan Wang
 Tonghui Wang, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 Extending a priori procedure for simultaneously
 estimating location and scale parameters in the
 context of skew normal distributions

  9:35- 9:40 am
 Wenhan Guo, Department of Physics, UTEP
 Lin Li, Computational Science Program and Physics Department, UTEP
 Hybrid Solvent Model for Ncd-Tubulin Ion Interactions

  9:40- 9:45 am
 Amir Husen, Computational Science Program and
   Department of Physics, UTEP
 Jorge A. Munoz Jr., Computational Science Program and
   Department of Physics, UTEP
 Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm for Body-Centered
 Cubic Crystal Stability

  9:45- 9:50 am
 Maria G. Jimenez Velasco, Bioinformatics Program, UTEP
 Khodeza Begum, Border Biomedical Research Center, UTEP
 Ming-Ying Leung, Bioinformatics Program, Border Biomedical Research Center,
   and Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Jonathon E. Mohl, Bioinformatics Program, Border Biomedical Research Center,
   and Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Upgrading and Extending RNAVLab: Transition to Python3 and Flask

  9:50- 9:55 am
 Diego A. Juarez, Physics Department, UTEP
 Jorge A. Munoz Jr., Computational Science Program and
   Department of Physics, UTEP
 Novel procedure to construct the displacement matrix of the
 atoms with thermal vibrations in a face-centered cubic crystal

  9:55-10:00 am
 Sri Varsha Kodiparthi, Bioinformatics Program, UTEP
 Sneha Couvillion, Department of Systems Biology, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
 Song Feng, Department of Systems Biology, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
 Kirsten Hofmockel, Department of Systems Biology, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
 William E Nelson, Department of Systems Biology, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
 Development of a Bioinformatics Pipeline Utilizing the MEMPIS Tool for Metagenomic
 Analysis of Soil Microbiomes to Enhance Drought Resilience in Tall Wheat Grass

 10:00-10:05 am
 Xiangfei Chen
 Tingting Tong
 Tonghui Wang, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 The A Priori Procedure (APP) for estimating the
 location parameter of the Laplace distribution

 10:05-10:10 am
 Kenneth Duru, UTEP
 Dougal Stewart
 Nathan Lee
 Dual-pairing summation-by-parts framework for
 nonlinear conservation laws

 BREAK 10:10-10:20 am

 SESSION 2: 10:20-11:25 am - lightning talks

 10:20-10:25 am
 Christoph Q. Lauter, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 C. Alejandra Carreon, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Gabriel Miki, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Damian A. Hernandez, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Software-Defined Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) for Reliable Telecommunications

 10:25-10:30 am
 Olga Kosheleva, Department of Teacher Education, UTEP
 Scott Ferson, University of Liverpool, UK
 Somewhat Unexpected Negative Consequences of
 Excessive Optimism: Self-Harm, Harm to Others,
 and Unnecessary Economic (and Political) Confrontations

 10:30-10:35 am
 Sophia Montenegro, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Leobardo Valera, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Visualization and Reliable Computation of Roots in Complex Functions

 10:35-10:40 am
 Omodolapo Nurudeen, Bioinfromatics Program, UTEP
 Amanda Bataycan, Computational Science Program, UTEP
 Ming-Ying Leung, Bioinformatics Program, Border Biomedical Research Center,
   and Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Scoring Single Nucleotide Variant to Predict Novel Thyroid Cancer Genes

 10:40-10:45 am
 Andrew Pownuk, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Transforming Scientific Information into Educational Assignments:
 A Framework for Database Management and Content Conversion

 10:45-10:50 am
 Juan Puebla, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Explaining Neural Networks with Visualization

 10:50-10:55 am
 Romasa Qasim, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Anass Bouchnita, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Pharmacokinetics-Pharmacodynamics Modeling
 of TKIs Action during Tumorigenesis

 10:55-11:00 am
 Randhal Ramirez, Computational Science Program and Bioinformatics Program, UTEP
  Daisy Wilson, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UTEP
 Lela Vukovic, Computational Science Program and Bioinformatics Program, and
   Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UTEP
 Mahesh Narayan, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UTEP
 PFDA binding-induced secondary structure changes in alpha-lactalbumin

 11:00-11:05 am
 Sai Bhumika Reddy Battagiri, Bioinformatics Program, UTEP
 Song Feng, Department of Computational Biology, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
 Protein Conformational Analysis Using Graphormer

 11:05-11:10 am
 Victor Emmanuel Rodriguez Torres, Bioinformatics Program, UTEP, and
   Systems Biology Department, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
 Jeremy Zucker, Systems Biology Department, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
 Andrew McNaughton, Systems Biology Department, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
 Tesia Lin, Systems Biology Department, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
 Continuous Validation Environment of the Metabolic Models of
 5 Bacteria Organisms for the Production of Calcium Carbonate

 11:10-11:15 am
 Joshua Sackey, Computational Science Program, UTEP
 Reinforcement Learning Driven Adaptive Time
 Stepping Schemes for Cahn-Hilliard Equation

 11:15-11:20 am
 Jason Sanchez, Computational Science Program, UTEP
 Wenhan Guo, Computational Science Program, UTEP
 Yupeng Li, Computational Science Program and School of Pharmacy, UTEP
 Lin Li, Computational Science Program and Physics Department, UTEP
 Machine Learning Uncovers Potential Kinesin-5 Inhibitors

 11:20-11:25 am
 Christian Servin, El Paso Community College
 Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Fair Economic Division: How to Modify Shapley Value to Take
 Into Account that Different People Have Different Productivity

 INVITED TALK 11:25-12:25 pm
 Endeve, Eirik, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
 Physical, Numerical, and Computational Challenges of
 Modeling Neutrino Transport in Core-Collapse Supernovae

 LUNCH AND POSTERS BY SESSION 1 AUTHORS: 12:25-1:25 pm

 POSTERS BY SESSION 2 AUTHORS: 1:25-2:25 pm

 SESSION 3: 2:25-3:30 pm - lightning talks

  2:25- 2:30 pm
 Behzad Djafari Rouhani, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Asymptotic Behavior of Solutions to a Second Order Evolution Equation in a Hilbert Space

  2:30- 2:35 pm
 Behzad Djafari Rouhani, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Vahid Mohebbi, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Two modified approximation methods for solving
 quasi-monotone variational inequalities

  2:35- 2:40 pm
 Ilya Shapirovsky, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 Gabriel Agnew, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 Uzias Gutierrez-Hougardy, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 John Harding, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 Hannah Himelright, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 Jackson West, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 Andrew Melendrez Zerwekh, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 On expressibility and axiomatization of modal logics of distances

  2:40- 2:45 pm
 Gabriel Agnew, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 Jackson West, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 Uzias Gutierrez-Hougardy, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 John Harding, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 Ilya Shapirovsky, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 Modal logic of closeness in Euclidean spaces

  2:45- 2:50 pm
 Uzias Gutierrez-Hougardy, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 Gabriel Agnew, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 John Harding, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 Ilya Shapirovsky, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 Jackson West, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 Modal logic of farness in Euclidean spaces

  2:50- 2:55 pm
 Jackson West, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 Gabriel Agnew, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 Uzias Gutierrez-Hougardy, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 John Harding, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 Ilya Shapirovsky, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 Some axiomatizations for modal logics of farness

  2:55-3:00 pm
 Hannah Himelright, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 Andrew Melendrez Zerwekh, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 On computing quotients of finite Kripke frames

  3:00- 3:05 pm
 Melanie Sosa, Bioinformatics Program, UTEP
 Philip Lavretsky, Department of Biological Sciences, UTEP
 Jonathon E. Mohl, Bioinformatics Program, Border Biomedical Research Center,
   and Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Comparison of Nucleotide Diversity Across Five Different Species of Sea Ducks

  3:05- 3:10 pm
 Prince Appiah, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Maria C. Mariani, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Osei K. Tweneboah, School of Theoretical and Applied Science, Ramapo College of New Jersey
 Optimizing Influenza Trend Classification: An Image-Based Approach
 Using Extended Gramian Angular Fields and Distance Plots for
 Multivariate Datasets with Bayesian Optimization

  3:10- 3:15 pm
 Kwabena Duodu, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Rebekah Reysen, Counselor Education Department, Sacred Heart University
 Maria C. Mariani, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Joe Guthrie, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Alex Sadovski, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Texas A&M Corpus Christi
 Investigating Academic Outcomes of Mandatory Precalculus
 Workshops at a Predominant Hispanic-Serving Institution

  3:15- 3:20 pm
 Ricardo Isaac, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Maria Beccar-Varela, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Maria C. Mariani, Department of Mathematical Sciences and
   Computational Science Program, UTEP
 Solving Higher Order Differential Equations

  3:20- 3:25 pm
 Peimeng Yin, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Eirik Endeve, Computer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN,
   and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
 Cory D. Hauck, Computer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN,
   and Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
 Stefan R. Schnak, Computer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN,
 Dynamical Low-Rank Approximation for Neutrino Kinetic Equations

  3:25- 3:30 pm
 Christian Servin, Department of ITS/Computer Science, El Paso Community College
 Nadia V. Karichev, Department of ITS/Computer Science, El Paso Community College
 Alejandro Solano, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Rock Paper Scissors: Towards Infusing Adversarial
 Thinking Into Computing Education

 BREAK 3:30- 3:40 pm

 POSTERS BY AUTHORS FROM SESSION 3: 3:40-4:40 pm

 SESSION 4: 4:40-5:05 pm - lightning talks

  4:40- 4:45 pm
 Jesus Rafael Lopez, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Mohammad Saidur Rahman, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Towards Quantum Secure Hybrid Wi-Fi for Enterprise Networks

  4:45- 4:50 pm
 Umme Tania, Bioinformatics Program, UTEP
 Soumya Nair, Department of Biological Sciences and the Border Biomedical Research Center, UTEP
 Md Zahirul Islam Khan, Department of Biological Sciences and the Border Biomedical Research Center,
 Brian I Grajeda, Department of Biological Sciences and the Border Biomedical Research Center, UTEP
 Sourav Roy, Bioinformatics Program and
   Department of Biological Sciences and the Border Biomedical Research Center, UTEP
 Health Disparities in Colorectal Cancer: A Comparative Analysis
 of SNPs in Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White Populations

  4:50- 4:55 pm
 Purvi Praful Kanfade, Bioinformatics Program, UTEP
 Lisa Bramer, Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA
 Moses Obiri, Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA
 Erik VonKaenel, Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA
 Modeling and Comparative Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Protein
 Interaction Networks Using Hierarchical Bayesian Models

  4:55- 5:00 pm
 Cuipeng Qie
 Ricardo Ruiseco, Bioinformatics Program, UTEP
 Valerie Contreras Rivas, Bioinformatics Program, UTEP
 Clarissa Ruiz
 Carlos Valles
 Patricia Cleary
 Xiao Wang
 Lumidee Varela
 Jianying Zhang
 MAGEA Gene Expression Analysis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

  5:00- 5:05 pm
 Ricardo Ruiseco, Bioinformatics Program, UTEP
 Valerie Contreras Rivas, Bioinformatics Program, UTEP
 Clarissa Ruiz
 Carlos Valles
 Patricia Cleary
 Lumidee Varela
 Xiao Wang
 Jianying Zhang
 Abstract

 POSTERS BY AUTHORS FROM SESSION 4: 5:05-5:30 pm

 CLOSING: 5:30-5:40 pm
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