Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics  College of Science and Mathematics
305 Roop Hall, MSC 1911, JMU, Harrisonburg, VA 22807

Spring 2009 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. 16
3:00 tea
3:15 talk

Ms. Inga Maslova
Utah State University
Functional Wavelet-Based Index of Magnetic Storm Activity
Jan. 20
3:15 tea
3:30 talk

Dr. Lihua Chen
University of Toledo
Adaptive Estimation by Combining
in Capture-Recapture Studies

Jan. 29
3:30 tea
3:45 talk

Dr. Chris McClain
The Ohio State University
From football to board games: the graph theory of scheduling

Feb. 2
3:30 tea
3:45 talk

Ms. Heather Russell
University of Iowa
Springer Varieties, Knot Invariants, and the Symmetric Group
Feb. 4
3:30 tea
3:45 talk

Dr. Paul Dostert
University of Arizona
Techniques for Uncertainty Quantification of Porous Media Flows
Mar. 2
Dr. Krishna Kodukula
SRI International
Efforts at CADRE to address antibiotic resistance, a global health challenge
Mar. 9-16
Spring break


Mar. 23
Dr. Randall Helmstutler
University of Mary Washington
Opposite Ends of the Earth:  Fun with the Borsuk-Ulam Theorem
Mar. 30
 Dr. Tracy Lupher
JMU Department of Philosophy
Understanding Unitarily Inequivalent Representations in Algebraic Quantum Field Theory
Apr. 6
 Fall course information day


Apr. 13
 Dr. David Taylor
Roanoke College
Partitions: A Glimpse into Correlation Functions
Apr. 20
 Student research talks JMU students COMAP teams, Kristin McNamara
Apr. 23
3:00, tea at 2:45
Dr. Spencer Hamblen
Congruent Numbers
Apr. 27
 Student research talks
JMU students


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