Math Dept 2024-25 Newsletter 7
Monday, 9 December 2024
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.
Newsletter will resume in spring. Happy holidays everyone!
MEETINGS AND SEMINARS IN THE DEPARTMENT
Data Science Seminar
Faculty and Graduate Students are invited to present their research at the Data Science Seminar. This includes research in other areas that involves data science.
On Oct 31, our colleague Christopher Kim spoke on "Learning to Generate Brain Activity in Biologically Plausible Neural Networks."
Contact coordinator for more information.
Co-ordinator: Edmund Ameyaw
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TUESDAYS
Seminar on Topological Semigroups
Tuesdays, 10 am on zoom.
Last two talks of the semester will be on Dec 10 and Dec 17.
Dr. Daniel Glasscock of University of Massachusetts, Lowell will speak about “Dynamically syndetic sets and syndetic, idempotent filters”
Contact coordinator for zoom invite.
Coordinator Dennis Davenport
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Math Biology Seminar
Tuesdays, 12.30 to 1.30pm, Room 205, Annex III.
Seminars will resume in spring.
Coordinators: Katie Gurski, Yeona Kang
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Combinatorics Seminar
Contact coordinator Lou Shapiro for zoom link.
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WEDNESDAYS
Number Theory Seminar
Wednesdays at 3.30pm, on zoom.
Seminars will resume in spring.
Contact coordinators for zoom link.
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
Seminars will resume soon.
More details – contact Bourama Toni
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Mathematics Department Colloquium
Fridays, 4.10 to 5pm. Room 213 and zoom.
Colloquia will resume in spring.
The colloquium schedule and videos are available at this website: https://deleo.website/HU/colloquium.html
TALKS AND WORKSHOPS OUTSIDE DEPARTMENT
1. (Thanks to Dennis Davenport) MAA virtual Session on Accessibility for Mathematics
This presentation on Dec 10 will delve into the unique challenges involved in creating accessible documents for mathematics. The session will provide a demonstration of several current accessibility tools, as well as how they work with various assistive technologies.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Cheikh Ndiaye awarded Clayton-Gilmer fellowship
The department congratulates Cheikh Ndiaye on being awarded the prestigious AMS Clayton-Gilmer fellowship for 2025-26 academic year.
AMS announcement in the Notices
2. Our latest Ph. D graduates
Congratulations to Drew Dickinson and Shakuan Frankson on successfully defending their Ph. D theses on friday, Dec 6.
Drew Dickinson: Analysis of ordered trees using Riordan group techniques.
Advisor: Lou Shapiro
Shakuan Frankson: Finding an Isomorphism between the Riordan Group and a Subgroup of the Double Riordan Group
Her research explores a question of Dennis Davenport, Lou Shapiro and Leon Woodson.
SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
(from various sources)
1. DOE Programs
Equitable Community Solar and Energy Assistance Fellowship
Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office offers fellowship for up to two years for applicants who have undergraduate, masters or doctoral degrees.
DOE Environmental Management Minority Institution Program
Minority Serving Institution Partnership Program (MSIPP) Success Through Academic Research Scholarship (STARS) program is accepting applications for the next cohort. The scholarship provides opportunities for undergraduate students from Minority Serving Institutions pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) that support EM research and operations. The deadline is Friday, December 13, 2024
Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO)
One year Fellowship to engage in existing efforts in material circularity.
2. Summer 2025 NSF REU program at Vanderbilt
REU program in Nanoscience and Nano-engineering at Vanderbilt University. The application deadline is February 15th.
3. NSF-funded “Research Training Group in Applied Algebra” at USF
Multiple fellowships available for Ph. D program students in Applied Mathematics, interested in areas such as Cryptography, Coding Theory and Quantum Computing, at University of South Florida
4. DC AmeriCorps Summer Teaching Fellowship
This is an award-winning opportunity for your students to grow as leaders, teachers, and young professionals while receiving $5,000 to support their education.
5. HU I-LEAD program for math majors
This is an opportunity for sophomores, juniors, and seniors majoring in mathematics to acquire skills in leadership, business fundamentals, and human resources law to prepare them for top positions in their fields. This opportunity provides a stipend and is funded by the Department of Education (HU I-LEAD).
6. (Thanks to Dennis Davenport) MAA funding awards
MAA’s outreach grant applications offer funding opportunities to experienced outreach project directors and new faculty members who are passionate about sharing the beauty of mathematics with all students. Funding opportunities focus on supporting students from diverse demographic backgrounds, including those who have historically been underrepresented in the field of mathematics. Deadline is February 12.
Information about the various programs, including undergraduate scholarships.
7. Summer Internship with Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Opportunities available at the Marine Physical Laboratory. Research experience with hands-on activities. Applications are open and they might fill up soon.
See previous newsletters for more opportunities
INTERESTING ARTICLES AND WEBSITES
1. (Thanks to Dennis Davenport, Michael Montoro and Sam Hopkins) AI and Math.
Benchmark mathematics questions stump AI bots.
Researchers produced a set of difficult problems that AI models were only able to solve 2% of the time. Nevertheless, experts caution that AI could soon catch up with research mathematicians.
Renaissance Philanthropy announces AI for Math fund
The AI for Math Fund is a new grant program supporting projects that apply AI and machine learning to mathematics, with a focus on automated theorem proving, founded by XTX Markets.