Go when you know: Chimpanzees’ confidence movements reflect their responses in a computerized memory task

Dividing polynomials when you only know their values

A recent paper by Amiraslani, Corless, Gonzalez-Vega and Shakoori studies polynomial algebra by values, without first converting to another basis such as the monomial basis. In this talk I expand on some details from that paper, namely the method we used to divide (multivariate and univariate) polynomials given only by values. This is a surprisingly valuable operation, and with it one can solve...

Know before you go: Safe travels.

©2009 Canadian Paediatric Society. All rights reserved During the annual examination of her two-year-old daughter, a mother mentioned that her family was planning a trip to the Dominican Republic during the upcoming spring break. The parents would be travelling with their three children (two, four and seven years of age). The primary reason for mentioning this plan was to obtain a prescription ...

Simulating Refugee Movements: Where Would You Go?

The challenge of understanding refugee movements is huge and affects countries worldwide on a daily basis. Yet, in terms of simulation, the challenge appears to have been largely ignored. I argue that we as researchers can, and should, harness our computational skills to better understand and predict refugee movements. I reflect on the computational challenges of modelling refugees, and present...

When You Reflect Are You Also Being Reflexive?

Teaching, researching and leading in the classroom and school community is largely an intuitive action. However, it can also be seen as scripted to some extent. Educators have plans that they first visualize and then attempt to predict on paper what may happen in the teaching environment. Planning in any manner requires a person to see within the mind’s eye. Once detailed on paper the teaching ...

What you need to know when you go with the flow: pitfalls in the use of flow cytometry.