Math Dept 2024-25 Newsletter 14
Monday, 28 April 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.
This will be the last newsletter of 2024-25. Have a great summer! – Ed.
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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.
Seminars will resume in the fall.
Contact coordinator for zoom invite.
Coordinator Dennis Davenport
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Math Biology Seminar
On Tuesday, 4/8, Sayomi Kamimoto of our department spoke.
Title: Characterizing Delay Dynamics through Compact Memory Operators
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.
Seminars will resume in the fall.
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
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Graduate Students Seminar
Fridays, 3-4pm, ASB 213
Lakyah Tyner of Northeastern University spoke about “Lower Bounds for Anonymous Whistleblowing” on April 4.
Contact person: Aaliyah Bratcher
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Mathematics Department Colloquium
Fridays, 4.10 to 5pm. Room 213 and zoom.
Jie Ren's talk on 4/18 was cancelled on account of Good Friday.
Seminars will resume in fall.
The colloquium schedule and videos are available at this website: https://deleo.website/HU/colloquium.html
TALKS AND WORKSHOPS OUTSIDE DEPARTMENT
1. OPEN Math workshop with MAA
July 7-11, 2025. This 4 week Online Professional Development workshop is on incorporating mathematical modeling using Differential Equations in teaching.
2. CalTech Science Exchange
This is an ongoing lecture/discussion series by CalTech experts on various topics aimed at the general public. On friday May2, there will be a live, moderated discussion, where you can learn more about how scientists at Caltech and other institutions are studying air quality in the aftermath of the LA fires, what they have learned so far, and the implications for our health. Join Caltech graduate student Haroula Baliaka, Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientist Sina Hasheminassab, and guests Lea Hillenbrandt Ruiz (BS ’06), associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, and Rima Habre, associate professor of population and public health sciences and spatial sciences at USC.
See previous newsletters for more upcoming events.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. (Thanks to Dennis Davenport) Research Award for Graduate Students
The Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) is giving a student merit award for research presentations at annual SRA meeting to be held in Washington DC in December 2025. Deadline June 2.
Meeting website (including abstract submission)
2. Workshop in memory of Todd Drumm
The Brin mathematical research institute at the University of Maryland, College Park recently organized a workshop in memory of our beloved colleague Prof. Dr. Todd Drumm who sadly passed away on March 27, 2020. Todd Drumm is known for having introduced the concept of crooked planes to build fundamental polyhedra for free discrete groups acting properly and isometrically on 3-dimensional Minkowski space. The workshop was titled “Lorentzian, Affine, and Hyperbolic Differential Geometry – in memory of Todd Drumm” and was held on April 7 and 8 last week. Jill McGowan was one of the organizers.
3. Joon Ha awarded COAS Research Award
For his exceptional contributions to the College of Arts and Sciences as judged by his peers, Joon Ha is the recipient of the 2024-25 College of Arts and Sciences Award for Outstanding Research by an Associate Professor. The department sends its hearty congratulations to Joon Ha.
4. Training Keys by alumna Valerie Nelson
Alumna Valerie Nelson runs the Training Keys program. Upcoming programs include workshops on AI and Stem careers. For more information visit https://thetrainingkeys.com/
SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
(from various sources)
1. DOE fellowship in Energy Markets
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of International Affairs (IA), in collaboration with the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), is seeking a highly motivated candidate for an Energy Markets Data Fellowship. This opportunity is ideal for individuals interested in contributing to U.S. international energy policy through rigorous data analysis and market research. Open for undergraduates and graduates.
Deadline May 9.
2. Montgomery County Summer Internships for Climate
Montgomery County (MD) Executive's Office is hiring Climate Interns for the summer. While county residents are preferred, MoCo is proactively reaching out to HU students (& realizes that many won't be residents). Applications are due May 5.
See previous newsletters for more opportunities
INTERESTING ARTICLES AND WEBSITES
1. “Currently there are no reasons for doubting the Riemann Hypothesis”
Very interesting paper by David Farmer analyzing the arguments made against the Riemann Hypothesis.
2. Scientists discover method to generate truly random numbers
From Popular Mechanics Article: “A large team of scientists says they’ve achieved “certified randomness” using a quantum computer. In a classical computer, you can never make a truly random number, which is one big reason computer scientists have had high hopes for quantum computers. Because these quantum systems involve an amount of unpredictability and entropy, simply identifying certain qualities at certain times is randomized by nature (pun intended).”