Math Dept 2022-2023 Newsletter 4
Monday, 24 October 2022
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MEETINGS AND SEMINARS IN THE DEPARTMENT
TUESDAYS
Statistics Seminar
Tuesdays 2pm, on zoom.
On Oct 25, Prof. Indranil Ghosh of University of North Carolina, Wilmington will be the speaker.
Title: Fitting UK strike data using a discrete analog of Gamma-Lomax distribution.
Contact coordinator Saraleesan Nadarajah for zoom link.
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Combinatorics Seminar
TBA
Contact coordinator Lou Shapiro for zoom link.
WEDNESDAYS
Graduate Student Seminar
1pm, wednesday.
Contact Shakuan Frankson for more information.
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Applied Math Reading Seminar
TBA
Students will get to practice studying papers and working on research problems.
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
Organizer: Jill McGowan
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THURSDAYS
Seminar on Topological Semigroups
The seminar will include applications to Ramsey theory.
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.
Friday, 28 October
James Propp, University of Massachusetts, Lowell.
Title TBA.
On Friday, 21 October, Xiaodong Wang of Michigan State University talked about asymptotically Poincare-Einstein manifolds.
TALKS AND WORKSHOPS OUTSIDE DEPARTMENT
1. Fundamental science winter school
Opportunity for students to work on math and physics projects involving computations with Wolfram research team. (Wolfram is the company that produces Mathematica). Program is online, from January 3-14, 2023.
In previous newsletters:
BUGCAT conference
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. SIMIODE challenge using differential equations modeling
Registration open through October 21.
3 member teams work on 1 of 3 model choices. Awards and publication of videos for winning teams.
SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
(from various sources)
1. Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science (MPSDS)
MPSDS is a graduate program in University of Michigan. They will have an information session on Nov 10.
https://surveydatascience.isr.umich.edu/mpsds-informational-session-webinar
2. U.Mass graduate program in energy transition and sustainibility
ELEVATE program has fellowship funding for Ph. D students from the US. Interested students should apply to their graduate program.
3. US Dept of Energy Graduate Research Fellowship
The IBUILD (Innovation in Buildings) program will support fellows to continue research in an area relevant to energy efficiency of buildings. Deadline to apply is Dec 2.
4. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Educational Programs
DHS has summer programs and internships that provide a stepping stone towards careers in DHS.
They are especially interested in Minority Serving Institutions.
5. Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship
Applications open for Summer 2023 internships for students interested in tackling climate change or learn about energy resource recovery that minimizes environmental impact.
In previous newsletters:
Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) HS-POWER program
EERE seeking fellows
INTERESTING ARTICLES AND WEBSITES
1. Profile of June Huh, inspiring young mathematician
June Huh didn't follow the standard path but has come up with some exciting and groundbreaking results. This story describes his unusual journey, as an apprentice to Hironaka and then his proof of some major open questions in Combinatorics and Matroid theory using the theory of singularities in algebraic geometry.