1. Work-Life Balance Focused for Graduate Students Reception and Discussion Wednesday, December 5 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. Neill 216 Dr. Rachel Kuske University of British Columbia Senior Advisor to Provost on Women Faculty Department Chair, 2007-2011 Brought to You by the Department of Mathematics

2. Dr. Rachel Kuske – Background Professor of Mathematics, University of British Columbia Senior Advisor to the Provost on Women Faculty, University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair, Applied Mathematics, Tier II General Research Interests: Stochastic and nonlinear dynamics, mathematical modeling, asymptotics and semi-analytic approximations, mathematics in industry Specific Research: Noise sensitivity, localized phenomena, coherence resonance with applications in neuro-synamics, infectious diseases, mechanical systems, hydraulic fractures, mathematical finance

3. Colloquium Thursday, Dec. 6, 4:10 p.m. in Neill 5W, on Balancing Complex Dynamics: Interactions of Delays, Time Scales and Noise, Refreshments at 3:00 p.m., Neill 216 presented by Department of Mathematics Professor of Mathematics and Senior Advisor to the Provost on Women Faculty at the University of British Columbia Dr. Rachel Kuske

4. Dr. Rachel Kuske – Abstract Balancing Complex Dynamics: Interactions of Delays, Time Scales, and Noise Dynamical systems with delayed feedback often exhibit an array of complex behaviors. These phenomena have been studied in the context of applications such as mechanical systems and neural dynamics. Stochastic effects can often change the picture dramatically, particularly if multiple time scales are present. Recently the mathematical techniques for canonical models have been transferred to the study of balance in the context of human postural sway and robotics. While the similarities facilitate this transfer, differences such as discontinuous control of balance require new ideas that allow an analysis of the interplay of nonlinearities, delays, randomness, and piecewise smooth dynamics. A few preliminary results and many open problems will be discussed.