JMU Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Spring 2008
Colloquia

Colloquia are held on selected Mondays throughout the term from 3:45-4:45 pm in Roop 103. Refreshments will be served at 3:30, also in 103. Occasional colloquia may be held at other times and/or locations.

Date
Speaker
Home Institution
Title, with link to abstract and bio
Jan. 7
First day - no colloquium


Jan. 14
Dr. Jason Rosenhouse
JMU
Monty Madness!  How an Elementary Probability Problem Illuminates the Nature of Human Thought
Jan. 21
MLK, Jr. Day - no colloquim


**Jan. 23
4 pm**

Dr. Katharine Gurski
George Washington University
Approximate Riemann Solvers for Ideal Magnetohydrodynamics:  Or How Applied Mathematicians Can Help Astrophysicists
Jan. 28
Dr. Rachel Vincent- Finley
University of Houston
Reduced Basis Simulation
Jan. 31
**4:15**
Dr. Stephen Lucas
JMU
Maximizing output from oil wells without water breakthrough
Feb. 4
*4 pm*
Ms. Katharine Ott
University of Virginia
Boundary Integral Equations in Non-Smooth Domains
Feb 7
*4 pm*
Ms. Amy Wagaman
University of Michigan
Discovering Sparse Covariance Structure with the Isomap

Feb 11
*4:30*pm
various faculty
JMU
summer math & stat opportunities
Feb. 19
*4 pm*
Dr. Rebecca Field
Reed College
Groups as twisted products of spheres
Feb. 21
*4 pm*
Ms. Martha Gregg
University of Nebraska - Lincoln C*-extreme maps of C(X)
Mar. 3
spring break


Mar. 10  Dr. Keith Mellinger
University of Mary Washington
Geometric Techniques in Coding Theory
Mar. 17
Dr. Stephen Lucas
JMU
Computation for fun (not profit)
Mar. 24
Dr. James Sochacki
JMU
The Mathematics of Gravity
Mar. 31
various faculty
JMU
fall course information meeting
Apr. 7
spring hiatus


Apr. 14
COMAP student teams

JMU
Problem A: Global warming (A. Chang, W. Christmas, M. Beckom)
Problem B: Sudoku (J. Bruno, M. Digiosaffatte, B. Leard)
Problem C: Health care (V. Ellison, A. Fusco, J. Livermon)

Apr. 23
*WEDNESNDAY*
Student research talks
JMU
Honors theses and independent research: Jorge Bruno, Andrew Chang, Victoria Ellison, Brandon Strawn


* = (tentative)
Fall 2007          Spring 2007         Fall 2006
Past Years' Colloquia (1998-spring 2006)