Math Dept 2023-24 Newsletter 12
Monday, 8 April 2024
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MEETINGS AND SEMINARS IN THE DEPARTMENT
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.
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MONDAYS
Seminar on Topological Semigroups
Mondays, 2-3pm on zoom.
The seminars will include applications to Ramsey theory.
On April 1 Neil Hindman talked about the paper "Thick sets are exactly the sets with Folner density 1". That paper is available under "preprints" at nhindman.us.
Starting on April 15, or possibly on April 8, Conner Griffin will be speaking.
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.
Friday 19 April
Jim Wiseman, Agnes Scott College
Title: TBA
The colloquium schedule and videos are available at this website: https://deleo.website/HU/colloquium.html
TALKS AND WORKSHOPS OUTSIDE DEPARTMENT
1. Howard University Annual Research Symposium
The Symposium will be held from April 25-26, 2024. It offers a unique opportunity for our faculty, students, postdocs, residents, and research staff from across campuses to interact across schools and disciplines, showcase their current research via poster and oral presentations, and compete for research awards.
2. (Thanks to Roberto de Leo) SIAM Applied math conference at GWU
The GWU Student Chapter of SIAM is organizing a one-day miniconference : The 5th Annual Conference on Applied Mathematics: Emerging Trends in Data Science and Deep Learning – Spring 2024. The purpose of the conference is to encourage interdisciplinary research and collaboration in applied and computational math and stimulate the exchange of new ideas. The conference will run from 9 am to 4 pm on April 13, 2024, and it will be held at the GWU main campus. Each talk is expected to be about 30 minutes long. Food will be provided. The attendees are expected to be a mix of professors, postdocs, and students.
3. Center for Applied Data Science and Analytics (CADSA) Symposium
Wed, April 10, 1.30 to 4.30pm.
As part of the Howard University Research Month activities, CADSA is organizing a symposium. It provides a unique opportunity for Howard University research community - faculty, postdoctoral fellows, students, and staff - working on various aspects of data to come together, exchange ideas, and foster interdisciplinary collaboration.
4. (Thanks to Tim Myers) The International Conference on Differential Equations (ICDE)
May 31 to June 2, 2024 at the Florida Gulf coast University in Fort Myers, Florida.
5. (Thanks to Dennis Davenport)
MAA Summer Workshop: Open Math
This project serves the national interest to advance implementation and understanding of effective practices in delivering online professional development (PD) focused on teaching and learning to undergraduate mathematics instructors. There are several workshops on topics such as Generative AI, Teaching Introductory Proofs courses, Inclusive Active Learning, Using CalcPlot3D, etc.,
On Course conference on AI, April 26 (zoom)
More and more undergraduates are using ChatGPT for homework. If you wish to learn more about the best practices in the use of AI in learning, this conference might be of interest.
In previous newsletters
(ICERM) Empowering a Diverse Computational Mathematics Research Community
MAA Mathfest Aug 7-10, Indianapolis
Infinite Possibilities Conference, April 18-20, 2024
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. AMS Eastern Sectional Meetings, April 6-7, 2024
Our department hosted AMS spring Eastern sectional meetings. Thanks and Congratulations to all the faculty and students for their work in organizing the events and making it a success. If you were involved in organizing any of the events please send me a few sentences describing the highlights. The compilation will be published in the next newsletter.
SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
(from various sources)
1. DOE (U.S. Department of Energy ) Fellowship Opportunities
Office of Nuclear Energy
This is a fellowship opportunity in the department of nuclear waste disposal, for those with a Master's or Ph. D degree within the last 5 years.
Geothermal Fellows Program
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 ; Industrial Decarbonization Fellowship
Undergraduate Internships at Atomic Physics Lab
INTERESTING ARTICLES AND WEBSITES
AI program solves Math Olympiad geometry problems
(Update: The latest two issues of The Notices contain a collection of essays by many experts on the possible influence of AI on mathematics. Quite sensational reading)
An AI program “Alpha Geometry” that was trained on theorems from geometry was able to solve Math Oympiad problems in geometry with a success rate equal to that of past Gold medallists. It was developed in a collaborative effort between GoogleMind and NYU.