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NIMBioS/DySoC Seminar and Webinar Series
In conjunction with the interdisciplinary activities of the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS), a seminar series on topics in mathematical biology will be hosted at NIMBioS every other Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. (eastern) unless otherwise noted.
Seminar speakers will focus on their research initiatives at the interface of mathematics and many areas of the life sciences.
NIMBioS and the Center for the Dynamics of Social Complexity (DySoC) host a series of seminars on topics related to social complexity. DySoC/NIMBioS Webinars on Cultural Evolution are weekly on Tuesdays at 11:45 a.m. unless otherwise noted.
Location (unless otherwise noted): Hallam Auditorium, Room 206, Claxton Building, 1122 Volunteer Blvd. Light refreshments will be served in Room 206 beginning 30 minutes before each talk (with the exception of SAL lunch-time seminars). Faculty and students from across the UT community are welcome to join us. The schedule will be supplemented as additional speakers are added.
Most seminars are live streamed and recorded.
Video Archive of Seminars
Archived Seminar Calendars:
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| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| Due to the evolving coronavirus situation, NIMBioS activities through February 28 are expected to be virtual, with limited exceptions. Read more ». | ||
| 2020 DySoC/NIMBioS Webinars on Cultural Evolution | ||
| Sep 29 11:45 a.m. |
Peter J. Richerson (Univ. of California, Davis). |
Outreach for the Cultural Evolution Society: Everybody needs to know a little bit about cultural evolution
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| Oct 6 11:45 a.m. |
Paul E. Smaldino (Cognitive and Information Sciences, Univ. of California, Merced) |
How to teach modeling, or Thoughts on a pedagogy for cultural evolution
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| Oct 13 11:45 a.m. |
Andy Whiten (Univ. of St Andrews, UK) |
Animal cultures: Core discoveries and new horizons
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| Oct 20 11:45 a.m. |
Joseph Stubbersfield (Psychology, Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK) |
Cognitive biases in folklore: From fairy tales to fake news
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| Oct 27 11:45 a.m. |
Adrian Viliami Bell (Anthropology, Univ. of Utah) |
Cultural evolution in the field
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| Nov 3 11:45 a.m. |
Bernard Koch (Sociology, Univ. of California, Los Angeles) and Erik Gjesfjeld (Archaeology, University of Cambridge, UK) |
Modeling the dynamics of cultural diversification
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| Nov 10 11:45 a.m. |
Peter Turchin (Complexity Science Hub Vienna and Univ. of Connecticut). |
Cultural macroevolution: Understanding the rise of large-scale complex societies in human history
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| Nov 17 11:45 a.m. |
Ruth Mace (Evolutionary Anthropology, University College London). |
The behavioural ecology of religious beliefs and practices
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| Nov 24 11:45 a.m. |
Patricia Izar (Experimental Psychology, Animal Behavior, Univ. of Sao Paulo, Brazil) |
The impact of a tradition on the life of capuchin monkeys
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| 2020 Seminars | ||
| January 2020 | ||
| Jan 14 Tue 3:30 |
Simon Carrignon, DySoC/NIMBioS Postdoctoral Fellow |
DySoC/NIMBioS Seminar.
Content-dependent biases in social learning strategies: A multiscale approach
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| Jan 28 Tue 3:30 |
Lauren Childs, Mathematics, Virginia Tech |
NIMBioS/Math Biology Seminar.
Modeling malaria development in mosquitoes: How fast can mosquitoes pass on infection?
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| February 2020 | ||
| Feb 4 Tue 3:30 |
Carlos A. Botero, Biology, Washington Univ., Saint Louis, MO |
DySoC/NIMBioS Seminar.
Ecological and evolutionary modeling shed light into the evolution and spread of human agriculture
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| March 2020 | ||
| Mar 3 | Christian Houle, Political Science, Michigan State Univ. |
DySoC/NIMBioS Seminar.
The political implications of ethnic inequality
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| Mar 10 Canceled |
Neil Johnson, Physics, George Washington Univ. | DySoC/NIMBioS Seminar. Online ecologies of distrust and hate |
| Mar 24 Online only | Sandy Liebhold, Research Entomologist, Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service |
NIMBioS/Math Biology Seminar:
Socioeconomic drivers of historical global insect invasions
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| April 2020 | ||
| Apr 7 Canceled |
Michael Bailey, Research Scientist Manager, Facebook | DySoC/NIMBioS Seminar. The economic impact of social networks |
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