Math Dept 2012-2013 Newsletter 18
Monday, 11 February 2013
Please send entries by the end of the week --Ed
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Meetings and Seminars
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Every Monday
Applied Math Seminar
Every Monday 12:10 in ASB-B 201
We invite all faculty and graduate students to join.
We'll be discussing papers, any applied math topics of interest, and
working on new results.
Organizers: Katie Gurski and Talitha Washington
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Combinatorics Seminar
Mondays at 1:20 and also at 4.
The current topic is Ordered trees with a mutator and the main emphasis for the semester will be combinatorics assisted by complex analysis.
Organizer: Lou Shapiro
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
ASB-B 213 3.10 to 4pm
Dr. Adeniran Adeboye
will give talks on:
3-SYMMETRIC SPACES.
Stanley M. Einstein-Matthews
Coordinator
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Special Colloquium: Hiring Talk*
Dr. Roberto De Leo
Department of Mathematics
University of Cagliari, Italy
*Date: Monday February 11, 2013
Time: 4:10 PM to 5:00 PM
Place: Academic Support Building B Room 213
Title: Soliton propagation in
homogeneous and inhomogeneous models for DNA torsion dynamics
Abstract: The existence of solitonic
excitations is a generic feature of a broad class of homogeneous models for
nonlinear DNA internal torsional dynamics. We present a comparative numerical
investigation of the profiles and time evolution of twist solitons
for a well-known Yakushevich model and a recent
generalization of it introduced by Cadoni, De Leo and
Gaeta.
Our numerical investigations include also inhomogeneous cases with
real DNA sequences and show that twist solitons can
propagate in inhomogeneous chains over biologically significant
distances. Finally we provide numerical evidence that stable soliton propagation is possible for inhomogeneous chains
when dissipation and an external force are present.
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Every Tuesday
The Seminar on Topological Semigroups
and Ramsey Theory
Neil Hindman will be talking about
partition regularity of infinite matrices.
Tuesdays at 11:10 a.m in room 233 of Annex
III
Organizer: Neil Hindman
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Every Wednesday
"P-adic Functional Analysis"
SEMINAR
Schedule TBA
REQUIRED BACKGROUND: Basic functional analysis & operator theory
DESCRIPTION: In this Seminar introductory notions on nonarchimedean Banach and Hilbert
spaces will be discussed. Next, discussions will be on the spectral theory of
linear operators upon nonarchimedean Banach spaces.
ORGANIZER: Toka Diagana
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"Evolution Equations and Their Applications" SEMINAR
Schedule TBA
REQUIRED BACKGROUND: Basic functional analysis
DESCRIPTION: Our discussions will mainly be upon the stability,
existence, and uniqueness of solutions to evolution equations on Banach spaces and their applications to partial
differential equations.
ORGANIZER: Toka Diagana
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Mathematics Departmental Colloquium
Feb 15, 2013
TBA
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Fluid dynamics seminar
For those who are new, this is a social gathering in the department
usually after the Friday colloquium (or 4.30 pm if no colloquium).
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Announcements
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From Aziz Yakubu
Howard University is part of a NSF funded national alliance to mentor
minority postdoctoral fellows and prepare
them for faculty positions at research universities.
These fellowships are for 3 years of which 2 years are spend at one of the
alliance universities and one year at a
mathematics institute, provided there is a suitable program in the postdocs
area of expertise.
This year at a math institute makes this postdoctoral fellowship
highly prestigious and very competitive.
Our aim is to successfully mentor all these postdocs so that they
develop a strong research career.
You can find more info about the program at:
http://www.math.ncsu.edu/alliance
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From Kristin Lauter of Microsoft via Number
Theory List
AWM-Microsoft Research Prize in Algebra and Number Theory, accepting
nominations until February 15 (next Friday!)
I encourage you to nominate your top female colleagues,
collaborators, and former students and postdocs for this
prize. Criteria and instructions are below.
Thank you!
Kristin Lauter
Microsoft Research
The Executive Committee of the Association for Women in Mathematics
has established the AWM-Microsoft Research Prize in Algebra and Number
Theory. This prize will be awarded every other year, beginning in
2014. The purpose of the award is to highlight exceptional research
in some area of algebra by a woman early in her career. The field will be
broadly interpreted to include number theory, cryptography, combinatorics
and other applications, as well as more traditional areas of
algebra. Candidates should be women, based at US institutions,
within 10 years of receiving their PhD, or having not yet received tenure.
The AWM-Microsoft Research Prize serves to highlight to the community
outstanding contributions by women in the field and to advance the careers of
the prize recipients. The award is made possible by a generous
contribution from Microsoft Research.
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The 2014 AWM-Microsoft Research Prize in Algebra and Number Theory
will be presented at the AWM Reception at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in
Baltimore, MD in January 2014.
Nomination materials for this award should be submitted online at https://www.mathprograms.org/db/programs/188
The nomination should include:
* A one to three page letter of nomination highlighting
the exceptional contributions of the candidate;
* A curriculum vitae of the candidate not to
exceed three pages and;
* Two letters supporting the nomination
(submitted independently).
Review of candidates will begin in mid-February. For full
consideration, nominations should be submitted by February 15, 2013.
Questions? Call 703-934-0163 x215 or email awm@awm-math.org
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From Talitha Washington
Math/Science Tutoring will be held in Thirkield
Hall in Room 207, Monday through Friday from 5 pm to 7 pm.
Subjects are: Math 156; Phys 001, 002, 013,
014; and Chem 003.
Tuesday night's emphasis will be for Math 156 but students may
receive help on any evening.
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Via Aziz Yakubu
Videos for Teaching
From: Sara Inman, Education Portal [sara@education-portal.com]
We have 1180 video lessons that are a great tool to help your
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Teaching Opportunity at John Hopkins Summer Program
We are writing you to let you know about an excellent opportunity for
students or faculty in your department who may be interested in summer
employment as a mathematics teaching assistant or instructor with the Johns
Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY) summer programs. CTY offers
challenging academic programs for highly talented elementary, middle, and high
school students from across the country and around the world. Information
regarding our summer programs can be found at www.cty.jhu.edu/jobs/summer.
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Cornell Math Department summer REU 2013 program (via Louise Raphael)
The weblink is on Cornell's math dept website:
www.math.cornel.edu/Undergraduate/REU/REU.htm
Bob Strichartz who works in harmonic
analysis, pdes,
... is the director. Joining him is a postdoc, Hirren at Yale
working with Coifman on some exciting things.
He worked with Bob when he was an undergrad at Cornell, and with Kasso at UMD for his PhD. The other project
director is Keith Dennis,
who will do some nice elementary group theory.
Bob writes: "If you wish to recommend students, please
send them the announcement link, and also send me [str@math.cornell.edu]
their
email addresses and any information you have
about them. I will send them an email inviting them to apply."
Web sites created by students working with Bob may be found at
www.math.cornell.edu/~reu/
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From Department of Energy (Oak Ridge Labs)
Postdoctoral Research Awards
Research opportunities for recent Ph.D. graduates
The EERE Postdoctoral Research Awards support innovative research in
energy efficiency and renewable energy by offering recent Ph.D. recipients* the
opportunity to conduct applied research at universities, national laboratories,
and other research facilities.
*Applicants without a Ph.D. may be considered for the
Water Power topic area.
Research Topics:
Fuel Cells Technologies
Solar
Water Power
Application deadline is February 28, 2013
More information and application materials can be found at:
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/education/postdoctoral
Please share this information with others at your academic
institution/organization.
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From Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville
Department of Biochemistry and
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Sensing and Signaling
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
Application Deadline
February 28, 2013
Program Dates
May 29 – August 7, 2013
Email
Phone
(865) 974-5148
The BCMB Department at UT-Knoxville will once again offer a special
REU program for undergraduates interested in hands-on scientific research
experience. The broad focus is on "sensing and signaling". The team of REU faculty represent multiple modern scientific
disciplines including cell biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, and
computational biology.