Math Dept 2021-2022 Newsletter 14

Monday, 25 April 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.

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This will be the last newsletter for the semester. Have a nice summer! – Ed.

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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.

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, Yeona Kang

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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

(If departmental meeting is scheduled for that time, seminar will be moved to following Wednesday).

Seminar will continue on Wednesday, 27 April.

Francois Ramaroson is giving talks on some problems involving elliptic curves.

Coordinator: Sankar Sitaraman

THURSDAYS

Seminar on Topological Semigroups

The seminar will include applications to Ramsey theory.

10-11 am on zoom on Thursdays.

Contact coordinator for zoom invite.

Coordinator Dennis Davenport

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FRIDAYS

Mathematics Department Colloquium

Fridays, 4.10 to 5pm.

Colloquia will resume in the fall.

On 4/22 Omar Lakkis of University of Sussex, UK, talked about recovery Galerkin Methods for Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman and Monge-Ampere Equations.

TALKS AND WORKSHOPS OUTSIDE DEPARTMENT

In previous newsletters:

NAM Regional Faculty Conference on Research and Teaching Excellence

May 13-14 at Norfolk State University.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Congratulations to Noel Bourne for successfully defending his thesis on 4/14.

Title: Classification of Pointed Hopf Algebras in characteristic 2.

Advisor: Xinting Wang

2. Scholarship day Awardees (Thanks to Jill McGowan)

The department celebrated these awardees (both undergraduate and graduate) for their outstanding performance, on Monday, April 18:

1) James Donaldson award ($300 prize): Glaisianna Lindo and Nikesh Subedi.

2) George Butcher prize ($1500 prize, $1000 from Butcher + $500 from Cox): Jalynn Borders, Naomi Rankin and Kenthia Roberts.

3) Gerald Chachere prize ($500 prize): Dewayne Dixon.

4) Solveig-Espelie awards: ($750 each) Rahmah Abdul-Karim, Rashyan Defoe, Aaron Johnson, Alana Lewis and Diego Martinez.

5) Bullock prize ($1100 )

($500 from Bullock, 400 from Donaldson, $200 from Solveig-Espelie):Khadem Badiyan

3. Graduation reception: Congratulations to our graduates.

Jill McGowan encourages everyone to attend a reception following the commencement on saturday May 7 around 12.30pm in room 103 ASB-B. She further requests that you congratulate our graduating students if you know any of them:

Jalynn Borders, Juan Hyde, Naomi Rankin, Destiny Rankins (UG)

Matt Cavallo and Noel Bourne (Ph. D).

SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

(from various sources)

In past newsletters

DOE's Minority Student Program

NSF EPSCoR Research Fellowships

DOE electric vehicles charging fellowship

Various summer programs

INTERESTING ARTICLES AND WEBSITES

1. (via Henok Mawi) Dr. Raymond L. Johnson: A Mathematical Journey

Prof. Johnson was awarded the Presidential Award for STEM mentorship by President Obama for his role in recruiting talented African-American students to graduate studies in mathematics. This article in the Notices includes an essay by Prof. Johnson on his personal journey as well as his experiences in mentoring students.