Title: Mini-symp on risks of cancer
Organizer: Marek Kimmel, Professor, Rice University, US

Title: Observations over time: lifetime data and time series analysis
Organizer: Chrys Caroni, Professor Emerita, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Title: Risk-Informed Pathways for Environmental Valorization and Resilience in Aquatic ecosystems, Wastewater and Agro-Industrial Systems
Organizer: EEL – Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering. University of Patras

Title: Mini-symp on risks of cancer
Organizer: Marek Kimmel, Professor, Rice University, US

Short description: We discuss selected topics related to modeling risks of cancer, at different biological scales, ranging from molecules and genes, to cells and cancer patients. We begin from the process of shortening and elongation of telomeres, chromosomal ending that ensure correct segregation of genomes. We show how branching processes allow accurate modeling of various aspects of this process, including aberrations leading to abnormal cell proliferation. Another topic concerns mathematical and statistical modeling of DNA sequencing of breast cancer cells. Mathematical tools include models of population genetics, and statistics such as Site Frequency Spectra (SFS). Finally, we turn to prognosis of lung cancer patients treated with immunotherapy, based on longitudinal blood counts.

Participants
Marek Kimmel: Computational Modeling of Shortening and Reconstruction of Telomeres

Monika Kurpas: Breast Cancer Sequencing Data Analysis – Overview, FFPE Artifact Filtration Results, and Comparison With TCGA Data

Agata Wilk: Prognostic value of longitudinal complete blood count parameters in lung cancer patients treated with immunotherapy


Title: Observations over time: lifetime data and time series analysis
Organizer: Chrys Caroni, Professor Emerita, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Short description: Risk refers to if and when an event of interest takes place. Thus two important fields of statistics in the analysis of risk are lifetime data analysis and time series analysis. This session presents relevant work in both of these areas, with special attention to the identification of extreme points in a time series.


Participants
F. Pierri & C. Caroni: Graduation and Dropping Out in an Economics Degree Programme

A. Dimopoulos & V. Karioti: Visualising Crisis Dynamics: Sentiment Analysis and Temporal Patterns in Social Media Data for Tourism Resilience

G. Kosma & V. Karioti: A Review of Outlier Detection Methods in ARMA models: Classical Approaches and Future Directions

M. Markou & V. Karioti: Backtracking Quasi-Newton Optimisation for Accurate Prediction of Local Optima in Time-Series

V. Karioti: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Savitzky-Golay Smoothing for Outlier Detection in Time Series Data


Title: Risk-Informed Pathways for Environmental Valorization and Resilience in Aquatic ecosystems, Wastewater and Agro-Industrial Systems


Organizer: EEL – Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering. University of Patras

Short description: This invited session explores the integration of risk-informed methodologies into the design, evaluation, and optimization of environmentally sustainable systems across natural aquatic ecosystems, agro-industrial and wastewater sectors. Presentations will cover innovative approaches to the valorization of olive mill waste through biogas and bio-product generation, risk-based assessments of bioplastic biodegradation in municipal wastewater treatment, and the reliability of algal systems and lagoon ecosystems under environmental stressors. Emphasis is placed on how spatial modeling, uncertainty analysis, and environmental risk management can guide resilient decision-making and circular economy transitions in diverse regional contexts.


Participants: To be announced