Bernard Brooks, Ph.D.
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Bernard Brooks is Assistant Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology Department of Mathematics and Statistics. He earned his B.Sc. with a specialization in Biology and Physics as well as a Mathematics major at the University of Toronto (1991). At the University of Guelph Bernard, Brooks earned his M.Sc. in Biophysics (1994) and his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics (2000). He is currently completing his MBA in finance at RIT.
His research efforts currently focus on the mathematical modeling of rumour transmission over networks. Dr. Brooks participates in a multi-university interdisciplinary team of psychologists and sociologists and mathematicians modeling rumour propagation that is increasing its visibility through publications and presentations.
Featured Presentations and Publications
Basener, W.F., Bernard Brooks, Ross, D.
"Brouwer Fixed Point Theorem Applied to Rumour Transmission."
Applied Mathematics Letters 19.8: 841-842, 2006.
Bernard Brooks
"The Coefficients of the Characteristic Polynomial in terms of the Eigenvalues and the Elements of an n×n Matrix."
Applied Mathematics Letters 19.6: 511-515, 2004.
Bernard Brooks
"Linear Stability Conditions for a First Order 3-Dimensional Discrete Dynamic."
Applied Mathematics Letters 17.4: 463-466, 2004.
Toa Yi, Cressman R, Bernard Brooks.
"Nonlinear frequency-dependent selection at a single locus with two alleles and two phenotypes."
Journal of Mathematics and Biology 39: 283-308, 1999.
Percy ME, Colgan TJ, Shier RM, Lickrish GM, Suri M, Goldsmith M, Prattinger C, Bernard Brooks.
"A Prospective Study of Cervicovaginal Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection Using Cervicovaginal Lavage (CVL)."
In J Cellular Biology Supplement 13C
New York: Alan R. Liss, Inc., 1989.
"The Effect of Network Structure on a Rumour Propagation Dynamic"
Presented at the 4th Annual Workshop Topology and Related Areas, Nipissing University, 9 May 2006.
"Rumour Propagation on a Small World Network"
Presented at the MAA Seaway Section’s Spring Meeting, Ithaca College, 29 April 2006.
"Rumour Propagation Workshop, "
Presented at a Mathematics Seminar for the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, RIT, 13 December 2005.
"Mathematical Models of the Propagation of Disaster Rumours "
Presented at the 2nd Conference on Mathematical Methods in Counterterrorism, Benedict College, 3 November 2005.
"More Mathematical Models of Rumour Propagation, "
Presented at a Curiosity Seminar for the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, RIT, 17 December 2004.
"Mathematical Models of Rumour Propagation"
Presented at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph, 2 November 2004.
"Discrete Population Dynamics of Easter Island"
Presented at a Curiosity Seminar for the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, RIT, 6 October 2004.
"Rumour Propagation Modeled as a Dynamical System on a Network"
Presented at the Canadian Mathematical Society 2004 summer meeting at Dalhousie University in Halifax, 13 June 2004
"Linear Stability Conditions in Discrete Dynamical Systems"
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, RIT, 3 February 2004.
"Searching for Linear Stability Conditions of a First-Order 4-Dimensional Discrete Dynamic"
Presented at the Canadian Mathematical Society 2003 summer meeting at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, 14 June 2003.
"Two Interpretations of Discrete Diffusion and Their Consequences on Turing Instabilities"
Presented at the MAA Seaway Section’s fall meeting at SUNY Potsdam, 2 November 2002.
"A Frequency and Density Dependent Multi-allele Haploid Dynamic"
Presented at the Canadian Mathematical Society 2002 summer meeting at the University of Laval in Quebec City, 16 June 2002.
