El lunes 18 de marzo, continuando con el CICLO DE SEMINARIOS DE LA FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS de este semestre, tendremos la participación de los profesores de tiempo completo, Catalina Tobón Zuluaga y Luis Eduardo Olmos quienes nos contarán sobre algunos de sus temas de investigación en 20 minutos:
TÍTULO #1: Modelación y simulación cardiaca, arritmias y su tratamiento
TÍTULO #2: Optimizing Urban Mobility: Balancing Needs and Sustainability
LUGAR: Bloque 12 salón 314
FECHA: LUNES 18 de Marzo
HORA: 4pm-5pm
Abstract/RESUMEN #1:
Los estudios in silico, mediante la modelación y simulación multiescala, se han convertido en una importante herramienta de investigación en cardiología, permitiendo reproducir e interpretar datos experimentales y clínicos, obtener información adicional sobre los mecanismos que generan y sostienen las arritmias cardíacas, a escalas unicelular, de tejido y órgano; y contribuir al desarrollo y mejoramiento de tratamientos tanto farmacológicos como quirúrgicos.
Abstract/RESUMEN #2:
The New Urban Agenda aims to enhance urban sustainability by promoting densification in cities. However, this densification often leads to increased vehicular congestion, posing a significant challenge. Policymakers are addressing this issue by implementing strategies to reduce personal mobility, which includes initiatives like license plate restrictions, encouraging car sharing, and advocating for a shift in transportation modalities. Understanding how reducing personal mobility affects vehicular congestion is essential for informed public policy development. Our study leverages traffic data gathered in the post-pandemic period to reveal a distinct pattern, akin to a phase-transition curve, between human mobility metrics and the observed duration and scale of traffic jams in urban areas. This pattern is consistently observed across 40 Latin American cities. Notably, the transition point in this curve serves as a benchmark for evaluating vehicular congestion. We propose that this transition point represents the optimal level of travel demand that can be accommodated by a city’s infrastructure.
