Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Texas-Louisiana Section

November 5-7, 2021, South Padre Island, Texas

This year’s joint SIAM conference was attended by Tarleton faculty and students led by Dr. Bryant Wyatt, Dr. Scott Cook, and Dr. Chris Mitchell. Here is a list of the presentations, along with a winner in the poster section.

Oral presentations: 

Mathematics and Computation in Biomedicine

Bryant Wyatt, Professor: “Supraventricular Tachycardia Study Using a Dynamic Computer-Generated Atria” 

Redistricting: Mathematical and Political Perspectives

Scott Cook, Associate Professor: “Improved Recombination MCMC with 2020 Census Results for Texas Redistricting” 

Dr. Anne Egelston and Dr. Scott Cook, “Validating Mathematical Assumptions: A political science perspective”

Poster Presentations:

Aurod Ounsinegad, mentor Dr. Chris Mitchell, “Dynamics of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Infection Rates: A Mathematical Approach”

Avery Campbell and Gavin McIntosh, mentor Dr. Bryant Wyatt, “Supraventricular Tachycardia Study Using a Dynamic Computer-Generated Atria”

Cody Drolet and Vianey Rangel, mentor Dr. Scott Cook, “Making unbiased maps to pass the ‘eyeball test’ via MCMC redistricting”

Kaylee Terrell and Dashon Mitchell, mentor Dr. Chris Mitchell, “A mathematical model for Onchocerciasis and Resistance in Treatment,” First place, undergraduate student research posters.