Math Dept
2017-2018 Newsletter 10
Monday, 19 February 2018
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MEETINGS AND
SEMINARS IN THE DEPARTMENT
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Mondays
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Combinatorics Seminar
Meeting in ASB-B 203, 2.10 pm on Mondays.
Coordinator: Louis Shapiro
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Geometry
& Topology Seminar
No seminar on Monday, Feb 19 due to PresidentÕs day holiday.
Currently Reza Seyyedali is speaking.
Speaker: REZA SEYYEDALI
Title: STABILITY AND CANONICAL METRICS IN KAEHLER GEOMETRY.
Coordinator:
Stanley M. Einstein-Matthews
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TUESDAYS
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Seminar On Topological Semigroups
Dennis Davenport writes:
I
would like to continue the seminar on topological semigroups
and Ramsey Theory started by Neil Hindman many moons
ago. Neil has since retired, but he informed me that he would attend. I could
meet anytime on Tuesday. If Tuesday is not good for you, we could try
Thursday as well. Please let me know your schedule. I also
included graduate students in this message. If we get a sufficient number
of graduate students, then our first lectures will be on basic concepts coming
from "The Book" (Algebra in the Stone-Cech Compactification, by Hindman and
Strauss).
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Wednesdays
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Graduate Student Seminar
Details TBA.
Open to all
faculty and students.
Coordinator:
Matthew Cavallo
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Fridays
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Mathematics
Department Colloquium
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Friday,
February 23
4.10 to 5 pm,
Room 213, ASB-B
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Tim Myers, Howard University (tentative). Details TBA. |
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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. (Thanks to Tristan Hubsch
from Physics) Mathematica Colloquium
"Mathematica and Wolfram|Alpha in
Education and Research"
Andy
Dorsett
Wolfram
Research
Wednesday,
February 21, 2018, 3:30 -- 4:30 pm,
Thirkield Hall (Physics bldg),
Rm. 103
2.
(Thanks to Aziz Yakubu) Mean Field Games and Applications, IPAM, June 18-29 2018
Graduate summer school at
the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics in UCLA.
More details at http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/gss2018
3.
(From Louise Raphael)
ASCN Webinar on Effective
Partnerships to Advance Change in STEM Higher Education
Wednesday, February 21, 12.30pm.
Using
a partnership development model, this session will help participants identify
challenges to partnership development and strategies to address them. Lessons
learned will be shared from experiences connecting
with colleagues across campus and suggestions offered on how to utilize a
wide-range of team expertise in campus partnerships/teams. Participants
interactively will explore practical steps that can help overcome challenges
working in interdisciplinary teams. This session also will offer a look at
research findings and insights from two multi-institutional collaborations, the
CIRTL, a network of 41 universities focused on preparing future faculty, and
CIRTL's NSF INCLUDES launch pilot. Participants will learn what are the key
activities and characteristics of individuals who can successfully span the
boundary between their organization and a larger partnership collective in
service to local and national reform goals.
Presenters:
Marilyn Amey, Michigan State University, Sarah
Rodriguez, Iowa State University, and Lucas Hill, University of Wisconsin -
Madison.
Learn
more and register by visiting the
webinar page.
Inese Berzina-Pitcher
Project
Manager
Accelerating
Systemic Change Network (ASCN)
Math Frontiers Webinar Series
Join the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine
for a new monthly webinar series highlighting exciting and upcoming mathematics
research across an array of topics. Webinars will take place on the second Tuesday of each month from 2-3 p.m.
ET, with each webinar featuring two speakers and a live Q&A
session.
Webinar topics will include the mathematics of
redistricting, algorithms for threat detection, and the mathematics of
epidemics. The first webinar
will take place on February 13 at 2pm ET and will feature speakers discussing
the Mathematics of the Electric Grid.
We have set up a single registration portal for the entire
webinar series. To see the complete list of webinar topics and register
for the webinars you wish to attend, please visit mathfrontiers.eventbrite.com.
4.
Geometry Week at University of Maryland,
College Park
March
12-16, 2018 will be Geometry Week at UMD.
Wednesday,
March 14: Richard Schwartz (Brown) will give the Pi Day Colloquium
Thursday & Friday,
March 15-16: Richard Schoen (Stanford & UC Irvine) will deliver the
inaugural Distinguished Lectures on Geometric Analysis.
Details
at https://www-math.umd.edu/geometry-week.html
5.
Georgetown
Undergraduate Research Conference (URC), April 18
Student Planning Committee would like to invite students from
Georgetown University and from nearby universities to present their
health-related scientific research at this yearÕs URC. URC is a day of student
poster sessions and presentations from students and an esteemed keynote speaker.
Georgetown University in the Healey Family Student Center.
Details
at https://goo.gl/HSjrFu
From previous
newsletters:
Inquiry Based Learning
(IBL) Workshops, June 2018.
Annual HU Research Week,
April 9-13.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1.
Talitha Washington writes: A new dorm has been opened
at UC Berkeley to honor David Blackwell.
Details
at http://news.berkeley.edu/2018/02/08/new-dorm-to-honor-berkeleys-first-tenured-black-professor/
In Previous Newsletters
Matlab License
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SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES (from
various sources)
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1. (Thanks to Dennis Davenport) Illinois State
REU for Pre-Service and In-Service Teachers
NSF
supported Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site at Illinois State
University that is designed specifically for Pre-Service and In-Service
Secondary Mathematics Teachers. The goals of the program are to introduce
future and current teachers to research in Discrete Mathematics, develop the
mathematical habits of mind necessary for research, and to translate these
habits of mind to secondary classroom instruction. In addition, participants
will have the opportunity to apply what they have learned by developing and
implementing a Mathematics Research Camp for high school students from the
Chicago Public School District. Please see the attached flier and our REU
website (http://about.illinoisstate.edu/reu/)
for additional information.
2. Baltimore City Teaching Residency
Candidates without a background in education are recruited to
become effective teachers for the students who need them the most. Historically theyÕve had successful Fellows
from Howard university. Please view their One-Pager for
more details about the program.
Application
Deadline: Tuesday, February 20th.
3. Uncommon
Schools is looking to identify dedicated, passionate
teachers who can help us deliver on our promise to prepare every
scholar to graduate from college. They have open teaching roles in
Brooklyn right now, and have also started hiring for next school year. So
if you, or anyone you know, would make a great addition to their team then reach out. You can reach them via email at Don.Taylor@uncommonschool.org.
4. Research Opportunities at Federal Institutions
Virtual Career Fair
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Oak Ridge Institute
for Science and Education are recruiting students in STEM. ORNL is the U.S.
Department of EnergyÕs largest science and energy lab, dedicated to
accelerating the development and deployment of solutions in clean energy and
global security.
ORNL and ORISE are co-hosting a virtual career
fair February 22nd from noon to 3 p.m.
EST.
Nuclear Forensics Undergraduate
Summer School
Application deadline: February
28, 2018
https://www.zintellect.com/Posting/Details/3814
The Intelligence
Community (IC) Postdoctoral Research Program
Accepting
applications through March 12, 2018.
https://www.orau.org/icpostdoc/applicants/index.html
In previous newsletters:
Math to
Industry Bootcamp
StatCrunch contest sponsored by Pearson
MIT Broad Institute Research Internships
Mathematics Open Positions
NOAA Undergraduate
Scholarships
2018 Summer Research Team
Program for Minority Serving Institutions
Department of Homeland Security Summer Internships
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