Date
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Speaker
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Home Institution
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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
|