Monday, March 6th, 12:30-1:20, Rm 3M59
Dr. Ray Somorjai, Head of Biomedical Informatics for Institute of Biodiagnostics, NRC

Class-Preserving Mapping of High-Dimensional Biomedical Data: Visualization, Classification, Clustering. A discussion on distance-based mapping for the visualization of high-dimensional(many-coordinate) data and their relative relationships.

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Wednesday, March 8th, 12:30-1:20, Rm 3M59
Rachel McPherson, Senior Statistical Analyst for Manitoba Health

Highlights and a case study in statistical consulting for Manitoba Health. A look into the educational background needed for consulting.

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Wednesday, March 15th, 12:30-1:20, Rm 3M59
Edith Samuels & Ryan Welsh, Actuary for Mercer Human Resources Consulting

A look at careers in the actuarial sciences: what is needed for a career, what happens when you have one and where to advance from there.

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Wednesday, March 22nd, 12:30-1:20, Rm 3M59
Karen Johannson, Graduate Student University of Manitoba

Ramsey Theory and Arithmetic Progressions. A scenic tour of some results in Ramsey Theory related to partitioning the natural numbers and going hunting for arithmetic progressions.

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Wednesday, March 29th, 12:30-1:20, Rm 3M59
Dr. Murray Alexander, Senior Research Officer for Institute for Biodiagnostics, NRC

Variational Principles in Image Processing. This talk will introduce the variational method, and discuss its application to a number of specific areas of medical image processing that are of interest to IBD.