Trends in Biomathematics: Modeling Health Across Ecology, Social Interactions, and Cells

This volume compiles selected, peer-reviewed papers presented at the 24th International Symposium on Mathematical and Computational Biology (BIOMAT 2024), held from October 27 to November 1, 2024, at the Orthodox Academy of Crete in Kolympari, Crete Island, Greece.The book covers a wide range of topics, from epidemiological modeling and optimal infection control to the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence in cell biology imaging. It also explores the dynamics of disease spread, protein structure modeling, and mathematical models of HIV-1, COVID-19, monkeypox, and measles, featuring contributions from some of the most esteemed researchers in the field, as well as findings from a new generation of researchers, fostering cross-disciplinary collaborations. Carefully edited, this volume will appeal to both researchers and students looking for topics for further study. Previous BIOMAT volumes from 2018 to 2024 are also available from Springer.

Rubem P. Mondaini is President of the BIOMAT Consortium/International Institute for Interdisciplinary Mathematical and Biological Sciences and a Full Professor of Mathematical Biology and Biological Physics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He holds a PhD in Theoretical Physics from the Brazilian Centre for Physical Research, Brazil. His research activities abroad include a period as a Visiting Scientist at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy (1978) and as a Senior Postdoc at the Department of Mathematics of King's College, University of London, UK (1986). He was also a Visiting Professor at the Centre of Physics of Condensed Matter, Lisbon, Portugal (1986) and at the Department of Chemical Engineering of Princeton University (2008). He has been the Chairman of the Annual BIOMAT Conferences since their inception during the BIOMAT 2001 Symposium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.