Math
Dept 2012-2013 Newsletter 21
Monday,
4 March 2013
Please
send entries by the end of the week --Ed
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Meetings
and Seminars
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Monday
March 4
Special
Colloquium
Dr.
Francis Mensah
Department
of Mathematics, Howard University, Washington DC
Time:
4:10 PM to 5:00 PM
Place:
Academic Support Building B Room 213
Title: Research
in sickle cell anemia, liposome and atmospheric phenomena
Abstract: I
will present a panorama of the research I have been doing in the last few
years. This research includes mathematical models in biophysics especially
mathematical models for the polymerization of deoxyhemoglobin
S molecules in Sickle cell anemia. This anemia, also called drepanocytosis,
is an inherited disease that affects many people worldwide and is more
prevalent in people of African descent. I will also talk about my research in
atmospheric science and the data collection at the Howard University Beltsville
campus facility. Finally, I will present how laser light in combination with
liposome has been found to be a very important factor in the successful
treatment of cancer.
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Every
Monday
Applied
Math Seminar
Every
Monday 12:10 in ASB-B 201
We
invite all faculty and graduate students to join.
We'll
be discussing papers, any applied math topics of interest, and working on new
results.
Organizers: Katie
Gurski and Talitha
Washington
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Combinatorics Seminar
Mondays at 1:20 and also at 4.
The
current topic is Ordered trees with a mutator and the main emphasis for the semester will be combinatorics assisted by complex analysis.
Organizer:
Lou Shapiro
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Geometry
and Topology Seminar
ASB-B
213 3.10 to 4pm
Dr.
Adeniran Adeboye will give
talks on:
3-SYMMETRIC
SPACES.
Stanley
M. Einstein-Matthews
Coordinator
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Every
Tuesday
The
Seminar on Topological Semigroups and Ramsey Theory
Dennis
Davenport will be talking about partition regularity of infinite matrices.
Tuesdays
at 11:10 a.m in room 233 of Annex III
Organizer:
Neil Hindman
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Every
Wednesday
"P-adic Functional Analysis" SEMINAR
Schedule
TBA
REQUIRED
BACKGROUND: Basic functional analysis & operator theory
DESCRIPTION:
In this Seminar introductory notions on nonarchimedean
Banach and Hilbert spaces will be discussed. Next,
discussions will be on the spectral theory of linear operators upon nonarchimedean Banach spaces.
ORGANIZER:
Toka Diagana
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"Evolution
Equations and Their Applications" SEMINAR
Schedule
TBA
REQUIRED
BACKGROUND: Basic functional analysis
DESCRIPTION:
Our discussions will mainly be upon the stability, existence, and uniqueness of
solutions to evolution equations on Banach spaces and
their applications to partial differential equations.
ORGANIZER:
Toka Diagana
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Mathematics
Departmental Colloquium
Friday
at 4:10 pm, March 8, 2013
TBA
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Fluid
dynamics seminar
For
those who are new, this is a social gathering in the department usually after
the Friday colloquium (or 4.30 pm if no colloquium).
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Announcements
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From
Oak Ridge National Labs
1.
The US Department of EnergyÕs Geothermal Technologies Program and Oak Ridge
Institute for Science Education are pleased to announce the 2013 Geothermal
Student Competition
The
Challenge:
The
Competition seeks to engage students in a collaborative exercise to develop a
business plan for developing a geothermal enterprise. Applicants are encouraged
to consider a candidate resource in their home state/region, though convincing
plans for any domestic target will be considered.
Concept
papers due by 3/29
For
more information go to Competition Website:
or
contact Dr. Desmond Stubbs, Program Manager by email: geothermalstudentcompetition@orise.orau.gov
2.
ORISE Summer Student Research Participation Opportunity at NCTR
Introduction
Summer
research opportunities are available at the National Center for Toxicological
Research (NCTR), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Jefferson,
Arkansas. This program is designed for science and mathematics
students preparing for future careers in toxicology, regulatory science, or
related scientific disciplines. Selected individuals will participate in
research projects on the biological effect of potentially toxic chemicals and
the solutions to toxicology problems that have a major impact on human health
and the environment.
The
appointment period is for up to 10 weeks beginning May 28, 2013. The
participant will receive a stipend depending on education level and experience.
The Research Participation Program for FDA is administered by
the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education under an agreement
with FDA and the Department of Energy (DOE). Participants do not
become employees of FDA, DOE, or the program administrator, and there are no
fringe benefits paid.
For
additional information about this opportunity, NCTR or FDA, please see the
attached document or visit http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/WorkingatFDA/FellowshipInternshipGraduateFacultyPrograms/ucm243662.htm
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From
Aziz Yakubu
RECONNECT
Workshop 2013
Water
Infrastructure, Contamination, and Risk Assessment
Where: Morgan
State University in Baltimore, MD
When:
June 2 - 8, 2013
About
Reconnect:
This
CCICADA Summer Reconnect Workshops expose faculty teaching undergraduates to
the role of the mathematical and computer sciences in homeland security and
provides an opportunity to researchers in government or industry to learn about
recent material in the area of internet privacy, a component of data analytics.
Topics are presented in a weeklong series of lectures and activities;
participants are involved in both research activities and in writing materials
useful in the classroom or to share with their colleagues. Participants may
develop materials for publication in either the CCICADA Technical Reports or
the Educational Modules Series published by the DIMACS Center at Rutgers
University.
Topic:
Water
Infrastructure, Contamination, and Risk Assessment
The
water distribution system, which is a critical component of assuring safe
drinking water, constitutes a significant management challenge from both an
operational and public health standpoint. Reconnect 2013 focuses on water
infrastructure systems including water hydrology, contamination, and decision making. Dr. Paul Houser will look at quantifying
and predicting water cycle and environmental consequences of earth system
variability through numerical hydrologic data simulations and regional land
surface-atmospheric hydrologic modeling. Web-based data visualization tools for
climate and water data will be utilized.
Contamination of water supplies will be highlighted by Dr. Abdul-Aziz
Yakubu, with a guest lecture by a fracking
expert. Epidemiological and surveillance data of sporadic cases of waterborne
diseases and health effects from accidental or intentional chemical and
microbial contamination can be linked to problems in water distribution
systems.
The
issue of water contamination due to the process of fracking
to obtain natural gas from the ground has heightened the general publicÕs awareness
of this key issue. In addition to contamination, losses of life and property in
the United States and throughout the world resulting from hydrologic hazards,
including floods, droughts, and related phenomena, are significant and
increasing. In the United States, over three-quarters of federal disaster
declarations result from water-related events and in many parts of the world
(e.g., Bangladesh) floods and droughts (e.g., Ethiopia and elsewhere in Africa)
have threatened the viability of society. Dr. Midge Cozzens will conclude the
week using game theory to manage water resource system conflicts.
Organizers:
Midge
Cozzens, Research Faculty at DIMACS Rutgers University Asamoah
Nkwanta, Professor of Mathematics, Morgan State
University
Speakers:
Paul
Houser, Professor of Global Hydrology, George Mason University Abdul-Aziz Yakubu, Professor of Mathematics, Howard University Midge
Cozzens, Research Professor and Mathematician, Rutgers University
Registration
fees, lodging, meals and travel: Academic participants:
registration, lodging and meals will be provided through DHS funding.
Government
participants: $350. For-Profit Corporation participants: $500 (includes all
meals from Sunday dinner to Saturday lunch). Limited funds are expected to be
available to provide partial support for travel.
Deadline
for Applications is April 1, 2013 or until all slots are filled. Applications
will be submitted online found on the Reconnect web page, and will be reviewed
as they are received. Please email Midge Cozzens if you are interested.
For
more information: Christine Spassione (spassion@dimacs.rutgers.edu)
or Midge Cozzens (midge6930@comcast.net) or visit the Reconnect
web page http://ccicada.org/Reconnect/2013/
Howard
University is part of a NSF funded national alliance to mentor minority
postdoctoral fellows and prepare
them
for faculty positions at research universities. These fellowships are for 3
years of which 2 years are spend at one of the
alliance
universities and one year at a mathematics institute, provided there is a
suitable program in the postdocs area of expertise.
This
year at a math institute makes this postdoctoral fellowship highly prestigious
and very competitive.
Our
aim is to successfully mentor all these postdocs so that they develop a strong
research career.
You
can find more info about the program at:
http://www.math.ncsu.edu/alliance
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