Instructors

Lou Gross (gross@tiem.utk.edu)
Mike Fuller (mmfuller@tiem.utk.edu)
Andrew Whittle (whittle@math.utk.edu)

Book

Individual-based Modeling and Ecology by Volker Grimm & Steven F. Railsback

The book can be ordered through Princeton Website http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/titles/8108.html or to get a "special" discounted rate e-mail Erin Bodine (bodine@math.utk.edu) by Wednesday 31st August. Chapter 1 of the book is available online on the website http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/chapters/s8108.html.

Meeting time and place

Time: Wednesdays 3.35pm
Place: 575 Dabney

The first session will be held on Thursday August 25 from 11:30am-12:30pm as our traditional opening gathering of the theoretical and mathematical ecology/evolution research groups for a pizza lunch.

List of seminars

List of speakers and chapters to date.



Date	Speaker	Chapter(s)
Wed 31st Aug	Lou Gross	1
Wed 7th Sept	Lou Gross + Clara Logan	2 + 3
Wed 14th Sept	Clara Logan + Andrew Whittle	4 + 5.1-5.2
Wed 21st Sept	Andrew Whittle + Alex Perkins	5.3-5.7
Wed 28th Sept	Alex Perkins	5.8-5.13
Wed 5th Oct	Mike Fuller	6.1-6.3
Wed 12th Oct	Mike Fuller	6.4-6.5
Wed 19th Oct	Kristen Bains	6.6-6.10
Wed 26th Oct	Wandi Ding	7
Wed 2nd Nov	Nicholas Gewecke	8.1-8.5
Wed 9th Nov	Nicholas Gewecke + Despina Stavri	8.6-8.9 & 9.1-9.3


List of speakers and chapters to come. Note that these dates are tentative as some speakers may need more than one session.



Date	Speaker	Chapter(s)
Wed 16th Nov	Despina Stavri + Erin Bodine	9.4-9.10 + 10
Wed 30th Nov	Lou Gross	11 + 12

Any other things interesting

• Tues 13th Sept @ 1pm in 309B Ayres Hall. Seminar: Individual based model for the spread of rabies, by Dr. Lorinda Sheeler, Epidemiologist, State of Tennessee Department of Health.