Math Dept 2017-2018 Newsletter 4
Monday, 23
September 2017
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MEETINGS AND SEMINARS IN THE
DEPARTMENT
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Mondays
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Geometry &
Topology Seminar
Monday, October 23
Roberto De Leo
QUASI-PERIODIC
TOPOLOGY OF CLOSED I-FORMS IN THE N-DIMENSIONAL
TORUS
Time: 3:10PM-4:00PM
Place: ASB-B 213.
Coordinator: Stanley M.
Einstein-Matthews
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Mathematics
Department Colloquium
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Friday, October 29
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Joel Brewster Lewis, GWU q-analogues of factorization problems in the symmetric
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4.10 to 5 pm, ASB-B 213
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Fluid dynamics seminar
Seminar takes place after colloquium, and
does not take place if there is no colloquium.
Abstract: Fluid Dynamics will be
meeting as usual.
The "Dynamics" refers to
the topics of conversation, which is as likely as anything to deal with
the Washington Football Club.
Pizza, including a vegetarian option, and
wings are provided.
Donations for fluid dynamics refreshments
are requested. The staff is currently underfunded for this.
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TALKS AND WORKSHOPS OUTSIDE
DEPARTMENT
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1.
6th Metro Area Differential Geometry
Seminar (MADGUYS),
MADGUYS
is organized jointly by Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland, and
Howard University since 2014.
Date:
Saturday, October 28, 2017
Place:
Howard University
Speakers:
Kenji
Fukaya (Stony Brook)
Christina
Sormani (CUNY)
Wolfgang
Ziller (University of Pennsylvania)
All
are invited, there are no registration fees. Young
mathematicians and graduate students are especially encouraged to attend.
For
more details please check the webpage
http://math.jhu.edu/~bernstein/MDGS/index.html
2. (thanks to Talitha Washington)
Talk:
Four Tales of Impossibility
By Dave Richeson
Thursday, October 26, 2017
6:30 - 7:30 p.m, MAA
Carriage House, 1781 Church St NW
"Nothing
is impossible!" It is comforting to believe this greeting card sentiment;
it is the American dream. Yet there are impossible things, and it is possible
to prove that they are so. In this talk, we will look at some of the most
famous impossibility theorems—the so-called "problems of
antiquity." The ancient Greek geometers and future generations of
mathematicians tried and failed to square circles, trisect angles, double
cubes, and construct regular polygons using only a compass and straightedge. It
took two thousand years to prove conclusively that all four of these are
mathematically impossible.
RSVP
here
AMS
sectional meeting of MD/VA section
Christopher Newport University on November 17 and
18.
Submission
deadline is Tuesday, November 7. Students are welcome to submit a talk.
To
register, submit a talk, and read more about the invited speakers, please visit
the meeting homepage.
Registration
closes on Thursday, November 9.
Also,
you are encouraged to take advantage of the MAA group rates on hotels before
they expire on October 17.
Presentations
by Recent Doctoral Recipients at JMM
Recommendations are solicited for NAMÕs new PhD
session, the Granville-Browne-Haynes Session of Presentations
by
Recent Doctoral Recipients in the Mathematical Sciences, to be held at the
Joint Mathematics Meetings to be held in
January 2018 in San Diego, CA.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
(from various sources)
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1. (Thanks to Toka Diagana) Positions at Tennessee
State University
Three tenure-track faculty the rank of
assistant/associate professor beginning August 2018. Although all
areas of mathematics will be considered, preference will be given to candidates
whose research areas are in Algebra or Combinatorics
(Position #010200), Applied Mathematics (Position #005480), and Mathematics
Education (Position #014821). Please share this information with graduate
students in your department. Thanks.
Candidates
must apply online at
https://jobs.tnstate.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1507577131687
2. (Thanks to Louise Raphael) MAA Career Resource
Center
Search for jobs, explore new math careers and tell
students about jobs.
Visit http://mathcareers.maa.org/
Opportunities
at various federal agencies
1.
2018 Summer Research Team Program for Minority Serving
Institutions
Faculty: receive a $1,200 weekly stipend and are
encouraged to apply for up to $50,000 in follow-on funding at the end of their
appointment.
Graduate students: receive a $700 weekly stipend.
Undergraduate students: receive a $600 weekly
stipend.
All participants may be eligible to receive housing
and travel allowances.
Areas of research: Engineering,
computer science, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological / life sciences,
environmental science, emergency and incident management, social sciences, and
more.
U.S.
citizenship required
Previous
program participants may apply.
Application deadline: December 29, 2017, 11:59 pm EST.
How to Apply: Applications and supporting materials must be submitted at
https://www.zintellect.com/Posting/Details/3684
Detailed information about the program can be found at:
http://www.orau.gov/dhseducation/faculty/index.html
2. National Science Foundation, Division of Mathematical Sciences
2018
Mathematical Sciences Graduate Internship Program
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division
of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) aims to provide opportunities to enrich the
training of graduate students in the Mathematical Sciences through the
provision of an NSF Mathematical Sciences Graduate Internship Program. This
program will provide an opportunity for mathematical sciences doctoral students
to participate in internships at national laboratories, industry and other
approved facilities. Participation in an internship will provide hands-on
experience of the use of mathematics in a nonacademic setting. The internships
are aimed at students who are interested in understanding the application of
advanced mathematical and statistical techniques to "real world"
problems, regardless of whether the student plans to pursue an academic or nonacademic
career.
Application deadline: February 1,
2018, 11:59PM EST
How to Apply: Applications and supporting materials must be submitted at
https://www.zintellect.com/Posting/Details/3602
Program Information: Detailed information about the internship can be found at
http://www.orise.orau.gov/nsf-msgi/default.html
In
previous newsletters:
DARPA Young Faculty
Award (YFA) program
NSF Dear Colleague Letters (Funding
Opportunities).
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INTERESTING ARTICLES AND WEBSITES
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Described as one of the greatest mathematicians of our
time, he created new theories in algebraic geometry
and computer aided proofs of mathematics as well as the
foundations of mathematics itself.
He was found dead in his
apartment on September 30th. He was known to be sick in the days
before.