Math Dept 2023-24 Newsletter 9
Monday, 19 February 2024
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MEETINGS AND SEMINARS IN THE DEPARTMENT
AMS Eastern Sectional Meetings, April 6-7, 2024
Our department will host this spring's AMS sectional meetings.
Feb 13 is last day for abstract submissions.
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NAM Faculty Conference on Research , April 12-13, 2024
Dennis Davenport writes: NAM's 2024 Faculty Conference on Research and Teaching Excellence (FCRTE) will be held at HU on April 12 to 13 in Blackburn Digital Auditorium. We are working on the schedule.
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MONDAYS
Seminar on Topological Semigroups
Starts Monday Feb 19, 2-3pm on zoom.
The seminars will include applications to Ramsey theory.
Sohail Farhangi of the Universit of Adam Mickiewicz will be the speaker.
Contact coordinator for zoom invite.
Coordinator Neil Hindman (for the rest of this semester)
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TUESDAYS
Combinatorics Seminar
Contact coordinator Lou Shapiro for zoom link.
Graduate Student Seminar
3pm, friday, room 213 and on zoom.
Contact Shakuan Frankson for more information.
WEDNESDAYS
Applied Math Reading Seminar
Coordinator: Katie Gursky, Yeona Kang
Number Theory Seminar
Wednesdays at 3.30pm, on zoom.
Contact coordinators for zoom link.
In the fall, Francois Ramaroson talked about Holm curves (a type of elliptic curve).
Coordinators: Francois Ramaroson and Sankar Sitaraman
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Math team/Math Club meetings
Organizer: Jill McGowan
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FRIDAYS
Undergraduate Math Seminar
Fridays, 2:45 -3pm, room 210, Annex 3. Seminars will resume soon.
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Mathematics Department Colloquium
Fridays, 4.10 to 5pm. Room 213 and zoom. Seminars will resume soon.
Friday 23 February
Carlos Rocha, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa, Portugal
Title: Graphs of Sturm global attractors
On Febuary 16, Roberto de Leo of our department spoke about The Graph of a Dynamical System.
The colloquium schedule and videos are available at this website: https://deleo.website/HU/colloquium.html
TALKS AND WORKSHOPS OUTSIDE DEPARTMENT
1. (Thanks to Louise Raphael) (ICERM) Empowering a Diverse Computational Mathematics Research Community
Jul 22 - Aug 2, 2024, Brown University, Providence, RI
The goal of this two-week research and professional development workshop is to support the retention and success of junior and mid-career computational mathematicians who are from groups that are underrepresented in the field. Participants will forge strong collaborations in mentored research groups and engage in professional development via no-lead learning communities. The larger goal of the workshop is to form a positive, diverse community of researchers who are committed to supporting each other’s professional and scholarly growth.
2. MAA Mathfest Aug 7-10, Indianapolis
Early Bird Registration is now open for MAA MathFest 2024, the premier mathematics event presenting the latest in pedagogy and research.
In previous newsletters
VADSTI 3.0 (DATA SCIENCE TRAINING)
55th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory & Computing March 4-8, 2024.
Infinite Possibilities Conference, April 18-20, 2024
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. AMS invites nominations for prizes.
From the AMS website: Celebrate excellence in mathematics by nominating a colleague, program, or department for the following prizes and awards to be presented at the 2025 Joint Mathematics Meetings in Seattle. We particularly encourage nominations that reflect the diversity of our profession.
2. (Thanks to Roberto De Leo) WRLC Open Education Network open source textbook adoption prize
The $2,000 OER Adoption stipend is intended to support faculty who wish to replace a commercial textbook with OER. Those who adopt a resource will be using existing resource(s) as-is or with minimal editorial changes. Selected faculty will be expected to adopt the selected material during the 2024-2025 academic year. Final submissions are due Monday, March 4, 2024 11:59 (EST).
SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
(from various sources)
1. (Thanks to Dennis Davenport) SPIRAL REU at Georgetown University
The program remains at Georgetown under a new director, Dr. Mark Meyer, and Drs. Leon Woodson and Will Howell continue to lead projects. Our own math major Jordan Green participated in this program last summer, doing research on Riordan arrays.
Submission deadline is March 15, 2024.
2. Water Environment Federation Program in NEW Orleans for STEM students
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) believes that the water workforce should reflect the communities we serve. The WEF InFLOW (Introducing Future Leaders to Opportunities in Water) STEM path program is a scholarship opportunity that engages undergraduate and graduate students representing historically underrepresented racial and/or ethnic groups and introduces them to career opportunities in the water sector through WEF programs and events. Students will participate in various workshops in September and October 2024. All costs will be borne by organizers. Deadline Feb 27.
More Information and application
In previous newsletters:
Summer Internships in Ocean Science at Univ. of Washington
The Minority Educational Institution Student Partnership Program (MEISPP)
Michigan Summer Program in Data Science
DOE scholarships for STEM students
Undergraduate Internships at Atomic Physics Lab
INTERESTING ARTICLES AND WEBSITES
1. A Wild Claim about the Powers of Pi Creates a Transcendental Mystery
Mathematicians cannot determine whether multiplying pi by itself repeatedly might produce a whole number
Article from Scientific American