Math Dept 2021-2022 Newsletter 8
Monday, 24 January 2022
Past newsletters can now be reached via the department website.
[Click on “About” and then “News and Events”].
Newsletter is sent out when there is something new.
Please send entries by the end of the workweek–Ed.
Happy New Year! – Ed.
MEETINGS AND SEMINARS IN THE DEPARTMENT
TUESDAYS
Seminar on Topological Semigroups
The seminar will include applications to Ramsey theory.
Time TBA
Contact coordinator for zoom invite.
Coordinator Dennis Davenport
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Combinatorics Seminar
Meeting at 3pm on Tuesdays.
Contact coordinator Lou Shapiro for zoom link
WEDNESDAYS
Applied Math Reading Seminar
Wednesdays online from 12 to 1pm.
Seminar will resume soon.
Students will get to practice studying papers and working on research problems. This semester the topic is Machine Learning. Session 2 to N will be recorded.
Please write the coordinator for original handouts or for the recording link.
Contact coordinator for zoom link as well.
Coordinator: Katie Gurski
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Math team/Math Club meetings
Organizers: Jill McGowan (math club), Lou Shapiro (math team)
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Number Theory Seminar
Select Wednesdays, 4-5pm, on zoom
Seminar will resume soon. Time TBA.
(If departmental meeting is scheduled for that time, seminar will be moved to following Wednesday).
Topic: Artin’s Primitive Roots Conjecture
Coordinator: Sankar Sitaraman
THURSDAYS
Graduate Student Seminar
TBA
Coordinator: Noel Bourne
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Fridays
Mathematics Department Colloquium
Colloquium will resume soon.
Fridays, 4.10 to 5pm.
TALKS AND WORKSHOPS OUTSIDE DEPARTMENT
1. SIMIODE EXPO 2022 10-13 February (online this year)
A conference on teaching and learning of differential equations using modeling.
More information and registration at http://simiode.org/expo
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. (Thanks to Aziz Yakubu) Deadlines approaching for summer internships
Undergraduate and Graduate Students Information
PathwaysToScience.org has a searchable database of 600+ summer research programs in all STEM disciplines. These are all FULLY FUNDED opportunities including programs sponsored by NSF, NASA, NIH, etc.
2. My paper “Note on Artin's Primitive Roots Conjecture” has appeared in the December issue (vol 44) of the Hardy Ramanujan Journal. --Ed.
3. Roberto de Leo writes: My article "Backward asymptotics in S-unimodal maps" has been accepted for publication on the Int. J. of Bif. & Chaos. I am particularly fond of this work because it closes a cycle of 5 articles triggered by the first graduate course (MATH450) I taught at HU exactly 6 years ago. In short, it happened like this. While covering Newton's root-findingmethod, in order to show my students some picture not usually found in textbooks, I plotted numerically the basins of attraction of the non-holomorphic map (x,y)->(x^2-y,y^2-x). I thought I would not find anything interesting but I wanted to try anyway. The beauty of the picture I got was as great as my surprise when I found out that, while more than a hundred papers studied the Newton maps of holomorphic functions in the last century, no more than five articles (one of which by Jim Yorke) had been dedicated to the non-holomorphic case. So I began studying thoroughly the topic and managed to get two articles published in 2019. While discussing about backward limits in real Newton maps with Jim Yorke, which I had studied numerically, we found a common interest in the dynamics of points nearby invariant sets and our discussions ultimately generated two other papers published in 2021. Only after these two articles I was finally able to understand backward limits in possibly the simplest real discrete dynamical system (the logistic map) and this is indeed the content of the article that has been just accepted.
4. (From Chairman Toni) Ms. Regin Maxwell is joining the department as Administrative Assistant. She will be working mostly on tasks related to our Graduate Program together with our Director of Graduate Programs, Dr. Mawi and the Graduate School; her office will be in Annex III Room 209.
SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
(from various sources)
1. (Thanks to Muhammad Mahmood) Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS) at the University of Maryland, College Park, is now accepting applications for the 2022 Research for Intelligence & Security Challenges (RISC) Initiative internship program. This exciting 10-week paid program will pair student teams with mentors from UMD faculty and across the Defense Security and Intelligence Communities. RISC internship participation brings the potential opportunity to be considered for future employment with the US government, to include possible sponsorship for a security clearance.
As
in years past, this internship will be carried out virtually, though
this year with opportunities for in-person collaboration and
occasional field trips in the DC area for those able to join.
Applications will be accepted through February 11.
2.
Teach
with Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
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Program Calendar:
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More
information
3. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and ORISE to learn more about the NNSA Minority Serving Institution Internship Program (NNSA-MSIIP).
Informational meeting: Thursday, January 27, 2022, 2:00 PM, EST
Register now: https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIsc-mpqzsvHZ7pliRoNH4AAyPjRQ-J_2o. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meetings.
NNSA-MSIIP is open to undergraduate and graduate students at minority serving institutions.
Internships are offered through short term (12-week) during the summer and long-term (12-months) including full-time participation during the summer and part-time participation during the academic year.
Application and more details at: https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/2022-NNSA-MSIIP
Application Deadline (including receipt of recommendation): February 1, 2022
4. (Thanks to Aziz Yakubu) University of Michigan Big Data Summer Institute in Biostatistics
This is a six-week in-person program, June 20 - July 29, 2022
The BDSI application opens on Wednesday, December 1
Please visit this website for more information.
Boston University Summer Institute in Biostatistics and Data Science (BU SIBS)
This program is motivated by the shortage of statisticians working in health and science related fields.
BU SIBS introduces students to the field of Biostatistics with modules in statistics, epidemiology, infectious disease, statistical genetics and clinical trials. The program is hands on and includes teaching data sets and speakers from the Framingham Heart Study (a study of mostly Caucasian individuals ongoing since 1948) and the Jackson Heart Study (the largest genetic study of African American individuals) and encompasses relevant topics such as obesity, health disparities, big data, research ethics, and career development. This year’s program will be held in-person from June 6 – July 8, following the in-person program from July 11-mid-August students will be paired with a Biostatistics faculty mentor and work in groups to work on a research project remotely.
Applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis with priority given to those received prior to February 21, 2022.
NCSU DRUMS Summer REU program
REU program DRUMS will support 20 undergraduate students with interest in mathematics and statistics.
The deadline for application is February 15th, but we will continue admitting students until all slots are filled.
For more information check our webpage and the program application can be found here.
5. 2022-2023 Just-Julian Graduate Research Fellowship.
The graduate research assistantship supports a doctoral student for one year on an independent research project or working with a graduate faculty member on his or her research. It is open to all Ph.D. disciplines.
The Just-Julian Graduate Research Fellowship applications require the signature from the Office of the Dean for COAS Graduate Students. I will serve as the signatory. Please submit the complete application to the College of Arts and Sciences by Tuesday, February 1, 2022 (11:59PM EDT). Please upload one single PDF file per applicant to: COAS 2022-23 JUST JULIAN GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION.
Recommended File Name: 22-23 JJGRF - Student Name - Department Name - Faculty Last Name
Only the Faculty Sponsor can submit the complete application (electronically) using the COAS link above.
Please check the Just-Julian Fellowship Application and Guidelines for the application and fellowship requirements, including mandatory submission materials.
6. (Thanks to Dennis Davenport) Blackwell Summer Scholars Program at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Intensive six-week research workshop program - beginning May 23, 2022, and ending July 1, 2022. This year, the program will take place entirely on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus as student participants will pair up with faculty mentors to work on various research projects. Transportation, housing, and meal accommodations will be fully covered by the Department of Statistics and student participants will be provided a generous stipend to cover additional expenses during the program.
For more information about this program and for a link to the application, please visit the Blackwell Scholars website. The deadline to apply is March 1, 2022, and we will send out acceptance notices on March 15, 2022.
INTERESTING ARTICLES AND WEBSITES
1. How Einstein learned Physics
Very interesting article, for mathematicians as well.
2. Mathematicians Have Solved Traffic Jams, and They’re Begging Cities to Listen