Math Dept
2017-2018 Newsletter 9
Monday, 5 February 2018
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Past
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can now be reached via the department website.
[Click on
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Newsletter is
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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
Monday, Feb 5, 3.10 to 4pm, Room 213, ASB-B.
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
3.10 to 4pm,
Room 213 ASB-B
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 9
4.10 to 5 pm,
Room 213, ASB-B
|
Indu Satija, George
Mason University. Description Title: Pythagorean Triplets, Integral Apollonians and The Hofstadter Butterfly |
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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 Talitha Washington)
NSF
MPS Distinguished Lecture Series:
https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=243806&org=NSF&from=news You just need to register at least 24 hours prior to
the lecture if you want to attend.
Next
talk:
Monday, Feb. 12,
2018:
Strange
Bonds and Odd Angles: Exploring Exotic Chemistry in Space,
Michael McCarthy,
associate director, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Inquiry
Based Learning (IBL) Workshops
The
2018 Inquiry Based Learning (IBL) Workshops will be at MAA Carriage House,
Washington, DC in June 2018.
See: http://www.inquirybasedlearning.org/workshops/#/dc2018/
Person
of contact: Stan Yoshinobu, styoshin@calpoly.edu
2.
(From Louise Raphael)
ASCN Webinar on Effective
Partnerships to Advance Change in STEM Higher Education
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.
3.
Annual HU Research Week
April
9-13, 2018.
The
Research Symposium is scheduled for Thursday, April 12, 2018.
The
Howard University Call for Abstracts for the Research Week Symposium opened in December, 2017.
The
flyer has been circulated via HU Communications and the University social media
channels.
http://researchweek.howard.edu/
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1.
Talitha Washington writes:
Dr. Vernon Morris
(Chemistry) and I have an article published in the AMS Notices on
ÒThe Role of Professional Societies in
STEM Diversity,Ó
and I have an article entitled ÒBehind Every
Successful Woman, There Are a Few Good Men.Ó
Both
articles can be found here:
http://www.ams.org/journals/notices/201802/201802FullIssue.pdf
PS: This issue is in honor of Black History Month
and it features several black mathematicians on
the
cover including Talitha Washington.
2.
Gentle request from Editor
Kindly put your paper, plastic and glass bottles
in the recycling bins.
This will help newsletter editor by him
not having to pick them out of the trash.
Mother Earth will thank you!
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. StatCrunch
contest sponsored by Pearson.
Prizes of $2500, $1000 and $ 500 awarded to top 3.
Data
can tell a story and we are asking students to be storytellers.
Registration
will open in February. ItÕs free to enter and access to StatCrunch.com
will be provided
to those who
donÕt already have it.
Please
encourage your students to register, it also might be
a lot of fun to make this a class project.
The
contest website
3. (Thanks to Louise Raphael and AMS)
AMS Mathematics Research Communities for
young mathematicians
AMSÕs Mathematics Research Communities program provides exciting opportunities for early-career
mathematicians to do hands-on collaborative research, develop their mathematical
network, and benefit from the guidance of leaders in their field of inquiry.
Each community is launched with a week-long summer
research conference.
Now in their eleventh year and with funding from the National
Science Foundation and the AMS, the MRCs provide each participant with:
¥ Full support for one of the summer conferences (to be held at
Whispering Pines Conference Center, West Greenwich, Rhode Island in 2018)
¥ Travel support to participate in the MRC Special Sessions at
the Joint Mathematics Meetings, in Baltimore in January 2019
¥ Opportunities for follow-up collaboration travel support
The program targets individuals who are up to two years pre-PhD
and five years post-PhD.
Applications are open until February 15, 2018.
4. Math to Industry Bootcamp
The
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) in Minnesota is hosting
its
third Math-to-Industry Boot Camp, a six-week summer
program designed to provide
graduate students with training and experience
that is valuable for
employment outside of academia.
More
information and the online application are available at
https://www.ima.umn.edu/2017-2018/SW6.18-7.27.18
5. 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.
HBCU/MEI Summer Faculty Research Program
No citizenship requirement,
unless specified
Full-time faculty member at
institutions of higher learning that are designated by the federal government
as HBCUs,
Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Tribal Colleges, or Alaska Native or Native
Hawaiian Serving Institutions are especially encouraged.
Deadline 11:59PM ET on February 9, 2018
http://www.orau.org/ornl/faculty/hbcu-mei-summer-program.htm
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:
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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INTERESTING
ARTICLES AND WEBSITES
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In
the House's bill, colleges would be subject to the tax, set at 1.4 percent of
net investment income, only if their endowment assets total at least $100,000
per student. The Senate's bill raises the bar, affecting only those colleges
with endowment assets of at least $500,000 per student.
Hence,
HU would not be affected by the new tax plan. A list of institutions that will
be affected is given in the article.
The
tax on graduate student's remission of tuition is in the bill. This makes it
even more important that students reach candidacy as soon as possible. For
those who are not aware, tuition for graduate students not in candidacy is
about $30,000 and for those who are it's about $5,200.
2.
(Thanks to Louise Raphael)
Secret Link Uncovered
Between Pure Math and Physics
https://www.quantamagazine.org/secret-link-uncovered-between-pure-math-and-physics-20171201/
Four Hacks to Boost Your Retirement Savings in 2018
Retirement
experts share ideas on how to build tax-free retirement assets—
from a backdoor way for high-income taxpayers to make Roth IRA contributions
to ramping up savings for a spouse who doesnÕt work.