JMU Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Fall 2007
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
Aug. 27
First day of classes: no colloquium


Sept. 3
Labor Day: no colloquium


Sept. 10
Dr. Laura Taalman
JMU
Sudoku: Questions, Variations, and Research
Sept. 17
Dr. David Bernstein
JMU Department of Computer Science
Calculus for the Morning Commute
Sept. 28
  *FRIDAY*
Dr. Francis Su
Harvey Mudd College Splitting the Rent, Keeping the Peace: Negotiating with Mathematics
Oct. 5
*FRIDAY*
Dr. Dominic Lanphier
Western Kentucky University
Truels, Gruels, and the Survival of the Unfit
Oct. 8
Ms. Kelly Dickson North Carolina State University Numerical Continuation for Atomic and Molecular Fluids
Oct. 13
*SATURDAY*
SUMS Conference
Ann Trenk, Mike Krebs
Wellesley College
Cal State Los Angeles
Groovy Graphs   Beaucoup de Sudoku
Undergraduate contributed talks

Oct. 22
spring course information day


Oct. 29  colloquium hiatus


Nov. 5
Dr. Françoise Seillier-Moiseiwitsch Georgetown University Analysis of Two-Dimensional Gel Images
Nov. 12
Dr. Elizabeth Arnold
JMU Groebner Bases, Map Coloring, and Sudoku Puzzles
Nov. 19
Thanksgiving week; no colloquim


Nov. 26
first day after thanksgiving break:
no colloquium


Dec. 3
Dr. Michael Kosorok
University of North Carolina
Biostatistics, Brownian Motion and Clinical Trials

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