Winter Semester 2003 and Summer Semester 2004 - Course Number 621.140

Seminar on Optimization and Control in Physiological Systems

(for Mathematicians and Life Scientists)

(2 hours of course credit)

F. Kappel1, T. Kenner2, D. Schneditz2, J. Batzel1, D. Auerbach2, M. Bachar1,
M. Fink1

1Department of Mathematics, 2Department of Physiology, Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria

Purpose

In this seminar we will examine some important concepts and systems in human physiology, both from the perspective of the physiologist and the mathematician. As an end result of this seminar it is hoped that both the physiologist's and the mathematician's perspective will complement each other and advance joint knowledge.

This seminar is a joint effort of SFB researchers in the Physiology and Mathematics Institutes who make up the Cardiovascular Respiratory Control Group of the Special Research Center for Optimization and Control at the University of Graz (Spezialforschungsbereich F-003) sponsored by the Austrian Science Fund.

The web page for the Special Research Center for Optimization and Control can be found at:

http://www.kfunigraz.ac.at/imawww/SFB/index.html

Organization