Math Dept 2021-2022 Newsletter 9
Monday, 7 February 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
Clifford Algebra Seminar
Meeting at 3pm on Tuesdays.
Contact coordinators for zoom link
Coordinators Dennis Davenport and Tim Myers
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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.
(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
Seminar on Topological Semigroups
The seminar will include applications to Ramsey theory.
Neil Hindman has been talking about “Sums and products in N and piecewise syndetic sets.”
10-11 am on zoom on Thursdays.
Contact coordinator for zoom invite.
Coordinator Dennis Davenport
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Graduate Student Seminar
TBA
Coordinator: Noel Bourne
FRIDAYS
Mathematics Department Colloquium
Fridays, 4.10 to 5pm.
Friday, 2/11/2022
Piotr Grinevich, Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics and Steklov Mathematical Institute.
Title: Elementary formulae for Fermi-Pastan-Ulam recurrence of anomalous waves
TALKS AND WORKSHOPS OUTSIDE DEPARTMENT
1. (Thanks to Dennis Davenport) Roots of Unity workshop at Institute for Mathematics and its applications.
June 12-16, 2022
Designed to support women, especially women of color, who have completed 1-3 years of graduate school and are considering research in algebra, combinatorics, geometry, topology or number theory.
2. Oakridge Institute Webinar
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Office of Economic Impact and Diversity
Wednesday, February 16, at 1:00 p.m. ET
Learn about internships and other research opportunities at the DOE for students attending Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs).
Link for registering for webinar
3. (Thanks to Mohammad Mahmood)
Summer Institute for Survey Research Techniques
Thursday, Feb 10, 3 to 4pm.
The program trains students in design, practice and analysis of survey.
4. 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. Congratulations to our former colleague (and current Director of Atlanta University Consortium Data Science Initiative) Talitha Washington on being elected as President of the Association of Women in Mathematics (AWM).
In previous newsletters:
Deadlines approaching for summer internships
SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
(from various sources)
1. Sustainability Diversity Fellowship program.
Program focused on early career professionals of color.
Candidates would work with professionals in environmental protection and sustainability.
2.
Teach
with Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
Founded
in 1979, Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) is a nonprofit
dedicated to identifying and developing the talents of academically
advanced K-12 students around the world. We provide today's brightest
students with fun, challenging courses; a community of engaged
learners; and a strong foundation for future success in college and
their careers.
Program Calendar:
https://cty.jhu.edu/programs-calendar-2021-2022
More
information
3. (Thanks to Aziz Yakubu)
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.
Karen EDGE fellowship
This is focussed on mid-career mathematicians of color (not just women!). Deadline is February 15, 2022.
https://www.mathprograms.org/db/programs/1159.
D. E. Shaw group's nexus fellowship
Fellowships in a firm at the intersection of finance and technology.
Deadline Feb 20.
4. (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.
Budapest semesters in Mathematics Education
Applications being accepted for Fall 2022 and Spring 2023. More information here.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University REU, May 16-July 15, 2022.
Information at http://www.reudeim.com
REU at UMBC on Big Data analytics
5. (Thanks to Mohammad Mahmood) Upcoming opportunities.
Simons Foundation – NSBP Summer Program.
NASA SaSa (Student Airborne Science Activation) Summer Program.
6. IBM-HBCU Quantum Center call for research projects.
Deadline is April 14, 2022. To learn more click here.
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