Math Dept 2023-24 Newsletter 8
Monday, 5 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.
TUESDAYS
Seminar on Topological Semigroups
The seminars will include applications to Ramsey theory.
Dilip Raghavan of the National University of Singapore has been talking about Borel order dimension.
Contact coordinator for zoom invite.
Coordinator Dennis Davenport
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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 9 February
Tim Myers, Howard University
Title: Constructive Existence Results for a Nonlinear Elliptic PDE with a Nonlinear Boundary Condition
On January 26, Rodrigo Trevino of University of Maryland spoke about The Lorentz Gas and Quasicrystals.
The colloquium schedule and videos are available at this website: https://deleo.website/HU/colloquium.html
TALKS AND WORKSHOPS OUTSIDE DEPARTMENT
1. (Thanks to Moussa Doumbia) VADSTI 3.0 (DATA SCIENCE TRAINING)
The Howard University Research Centers in Minority Institutions, the AIM-AHEAD Data Science Training Core, and the Public Health Informatics Technology for DC (PHIT4DC) program is pleased to announce VADSTI 3.0, Spring 2024 Training Series to the Howard University community of researchers and beyond. The goal is to enhance data science capability and application by providing training in the foundations of programming and critical data analytic skills for planning and conducting research involving big data pertinent to biomedical and minority health and health disparities research. This Spring Training Series is project-based and will cover topics including AI and ML, Bias in AI/ML, Data Exploration and Visualization, Natural Language Processing and Large Language Models.
Jan 31 – Mar 28, registration still open.
In previous newsletters
55th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory & Computing March 4-8, 2024.
Infinite Possibilities Conference, April 18-20, 2024
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Graduate School's research assistantship application due Feb 9.
Application for the Ernest Just -Percy Julian Graduate Research Assistantship is due no later than February 9, 2024 at 11: 59 p.m. This one-year award for doctoral students includes tuition and stipend for the sole purpose of conducting independent research or research with a faculty mentor.
SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
(from various sources)
1. Internship in NREL on data science and energy equity
Paid undergraduate intern in STAR (student training in applied research) for the summer of 2024 to work on ‘Data Science and Policy Analysis for Energy Equity’ at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The Data Science and Policy Analysis for Energy Equity STAR Intern will support energy equity research efforts within the Integrated Decision Support Group in the Accelerated Deployment and Decision Support Center. These teams work on the later stages of renewable energy deployment and address the technical, policy, and financial hurdles to developing resilient, advanced energy technologies at scale. Our energy justice efforts work to enable all communities to participate in the transition to sustainable energy while prioritizing equitable distribution of energy benefits and burdens.
2. The Minority Educational Institution Student Partnership Program (MEISPP)
This Program in the Department of Energy provides 12-week summer internship opportunities to highly qualified undergraduate and graduate students and recent graduates from eligible Minority Serving Institutions.
3. Summer Internships in Ocean Science at Univ. of Washington
The Diverse and Inclusive Naval Oceanographic Summer Internship Program (DINO SIP) at the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) at the University of Washington aims to provide underrepresented minority students with an opportunity to experience and conduct project-based research, participate in professional development, build community with other young scientists, and learn how to navigate the pathways to a career in maritime and oceanographic science, technology, mathematics, or engineering (STEM) fields.
In previous newsletters:
Michigan Summer Program in Data Science
DOE scholarships for STEM students
Undergraduate Internships at Atomic Physics Lab
INTERESTING ARTICLES AND WEBSITES
1. Researchers Approach New Speed Limit for Integer Linear Programming
Victor Reis of IAS and Tom Rothvoss of University of Washington have found an algorithm that is able to solve the general integer linear programming problem in exponential time using tools from geometry (lattice points in convex bodies).