Math Dept 2024-25 Newsletter 10
Monday, 24 February 2025
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.
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.
Contact coordinator for more information.
Co-ordinator: Edmund Ameyaw
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TUESDAYS
Seminar on Topological Semigroups
Tuesdays, 11 am on zoom.
On Tuesday Feb 25, Sayan Goswami of the Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University will speak on Moreira's theorem.
Contact coordinator for zoom invite.
Coordinator Dennis Davenport
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Math Biology Seminar
On Tuesday, 2/25, 1-2pm, Dominique Pritchett of our Biology Department will speak.
Title: Circuit Mechanisms of Cerebellar Motor Learning : From Optogenic Circuit Dissection to Whole-Brain Zebrafish Imaging.
Talk will be 1-2pm in room 101 of Annex III (Graduate School Building).
Coordinators: Katie Gurski, Yeona Kang
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Combinatorics Seminar
Contact coordinator Lou Shapiro for zoom link.
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Number Theory Seminar
Tuesdays at 2.15pm, on zoom.
Francois Ramaroson spoke on Feb 11 on Elliptic curves and Holm curves.
Contact coordinators for zoom link.
Coordinators: Francois Ramaroson and Sankar Sitaraman
WEDNESDAYS
Math team/Math Club meetings
Organizer: Jill McGowan
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FRIDAYS
Graduate Students Seminar
Fridays, 3-4pm, ASB 213
On Friday Feb 21, Philippe Lefloch of Sorbonne University and CNRS, France, spoke about Structure Preserving Methods for Non-linear Hyperbolic Waves.
Contact person: Aaliyah Bratcher
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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.
Next colloquium will be on March 14.
On friday, Feb 21, Angelica Babei of our department spoke about Machine Learning in Mathematics Research.
The colloquium schedule and videos are available at this website: https://deleo.website/HU/colloquium.html
TALKS AND WORKSHOPS OUTSIDE DEPARTMENT
1. “Journeys of Black Mathematicians” documentary on PBS
(From NAM, the National Association of Mathematicians)
NAM members, mathematicians, and students from the African American mathematics community are featured in this important film series. For the development of this project, Black mathematician Johnny L. Houston, PhD, a Co-Founder of NAM and Professor Emeritus of Elizabeth City State University, served as the primary Consultant and Chair of the Advisory Group responsible for selecting a cross-section of Black mathematicians in the USA, most of which were members of NAM.
During Black History Month, February 2025, public television stations across the nation (from Washington, DC to Los Angeles) will be airing the two-part documentary series Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Part 1: Forging Resilience and Part 2: Creating Pathways. Each part is one hour. The link below shows stations, air dates and times across the United States from February 1 through March 1, 2025 where, when, and the time the series will beshown:
https://zalafilms.com/jbm/airdates.html
(look for your community station, more dates are being added weekly)
2. (Thanks to Dennis Davenport)
a) IBM's Quantgate Workshop on Quantum Computing
Four week asynchronous workshop on canvas, starting Feb 28, presenting the basics of quantum computing.
Registration and more information
b) MAA MATHFEST in AUGUST – Early bird registration
Registration is now open for the Mathfest Aug 6-10 in Sacramento, CA.
c) International Conference on Enumerative Combinatorics (Virtual)
Aug 25-27, 2025
You can watch all the events of the 2024 conference at their Youtube channel.
d)
Spring 2025
chicago symposium series
The
61st symposium on excellence in teaching mathematics and science:
research and practice at Northwestern university on march 13, 2025.
e) Mid-Atlantic Algebra, Geometry, and Combinatorics Conference (MAAGC)
March 11-12, CUNY Graduate Center, Manhattan, NY, NY.
3. (Thanks to Katie Gurski) MATRX workshop (Mid-Atlantic Research Exchange)
A one-day conference at Johns Hopkins University on March 30 where students get to present their research and meet peers from nearby universities.
See previous newsletters for more upcoming events.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. From Bourama Toni :
There is an article in in the latest issue of WorkingNation describing the work done in our department with Meenakshi Nerolu on the Data Analytics course. The course introduces high school students from disadvantaged backgrounds to Data Analytics. It is in collaboration with National Education Equity Lab and Google.
2. (Thanks to Dennis Davenport) Dewayne Dixon is SIAM fellow
Congratulations to our student Dewayne Dixon for becoming a SIAM fellow.
3. HU Research Month Call for Papers
April is research month at Howard. The Research Symposium happens April 24-25.
Deadline for abstracts of oral presentations, posters, workshops and seminars is March 1.
Submit abstract at https://researchmonth.howard.edu/
SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
(from various sources)
1. Internships at the FBI
Internships are available at the Counterterrorism and Forensic Science Unit. The appointments last one to five years.
2. New Mexico Lab-Embedded Entrepreneur Program (NMLEEP)
A unique program tailored to help passionate entrepreneurs bridge the gap between groundbreaking innovation and commercialization through expert mentorship, business support and the talent and resources of Los Alamos National Laboratory. This is a two year program with good stipends.
3. (Thanks to Dennis Davenport) Position at Grand Rapids Community College
Applications are welcome for an assistant professor position. Deadline Feb 28.
See previous newsletters for more opportunities
INTERESTING ARTICLES AND WEBSITES
1. Mathematicians Solve Infamous ‘Moving Sofa Problem’
Similar to the problem we solve in Calculus about the longest length that can turn a corner between two hallways, people have been trying to find the shape (the metaphorical “sofa”) with the largest area that can turn a corner.
2. Ravi Vakil begins AMS presidency
Interview with Ravi Vakil on the AMS website. Prof. Vakil visited our department in September.