Math Dept 2014-2015 Newsletter 6
Monday, 20 October 2014
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Please send entries by the end of the work week --Ed
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MEETINGS AND SEMINARS IN THE DEPARTMENT
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Mondays
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Geometry & Topology Seminar
Monday, October 20, 2014 and the next few Mondays:
Speaker: Dr. Roberto De Leo
Topic: Dynamics of Hamiltonian Systems and Applications to Symplectic Geometry.
Place: Mathematics Department Room: ASB-B 213.
Time: 3.00PM -4.00PM.
Coordinator: Professor Stanley M. Einstein-Matthews
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Tuesdays
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Topological Semigroups and Ramsey Theory Seminar
1:10-2:00 in Annex III room 231.
Neil Hindman will be speaking on recent results on partition regularity of matrices.
Co-ordinator: Neil Hindman
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Wednesdays
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Combinatorics Seminar
2.10 to 3 pm, Room 203, ASB-B
Co-ordinator: Lou Shapiro
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Differential Equations & Dynamical Systems seminar
Topics: Evolution Equations, Difference Equations, Dynamical Systems, Stochastic Differential Equations, Fractional Differential Equations, Integrodifferential Equations, Partial Differential Equations.
12:10-1:00, 213 ASB-B.
Oct 22: TBA
Organizer : Toka Diagana
Graduate Student Seminar
Graduate Students Office (Room 229 Annex Building III)
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 / 13:00-14:00 ET
Presenter: Edmund Ameyaw
Title: Proximate Determinants of Fertility in Ghana
Fridays
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Mathematics Department Colloquium
4.10 to 5 pm, ASB-B 213
Friday, Oct 24
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Speaker: Sean Lawton, George Mason University
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Fluid dynamics seminar
Seminar will take place after colloquium, and at 4.30 if there is no colloquium.
Abstract: (Neil Hindman)
The "Fluid" refers to soda and beer. The "Dynamics" refers to the topics of conversation, which is as likely as anything to deal with RGIII and the Washington Football Club. Pizza, including a vegetarian option, and wings are provided.
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TALKS AND EVENTS OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT
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1.(via Aziz Yakubu) 2015 Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Mathematics would like to be sure you know that registration opens online on Oct. 1 for presenters and Oct. 6 for non-presenters.Registration fills up quickly so interested students should be encouraged to sign up early.
Registration will be open at: http://www.math.unl.edu/~ncuwm/ncuwm_registration/
2. (via Aziz Yakubu) Blackwell-Tapia Conference
The Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics is pleased to host the Blackwell-Tapia and Awards Conference Ceremony on November 14 – 15, 2014 at the UCLA Campus. The conference and prize honors David Blackwell and Richard Tapia, two distinguished mathematical scientists who have been inspirations to more than a generation of African American, Latino/Latina, and Native American students and professionals in the mathematical sciences.
The 2014 Blackwell-Tapia Prize will be presented to Jacqueline M. Hughes-Oliver, Professor of Statistics at North Carolina State University. Hughes-Oliver has made important contributions in a number of statistical research areas including methodological research on prediction and classification, variable and model selection with dimension reduction, design of experiments, and spatial modeling.
We welcome you attend the conference and encourage those needing funding to apply on the conference webpage at:
https://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/BTAP2014
3. (via Aziz Yakubu) Fields Institute, Toronto, CA
This month Simon Brendle of Stanford University will give the Distinguished Lectures and Sylvia Serfaty of Universite Paris 6 will give the Coxeter Lectures. For the entire list of events please go to http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/
4. (via Aziz Yakubu) Graduate Workshop on Current Trends in Statistical Ecology
The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS)
April 15-17, 2015, at NIMBioS.
Application deadline: December 1, 2014
http://www.nimbios.org/education/WS_gradconf2015
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1. Congratulations to Dennis Davenport, Talitha Washington and Daniel Williams for being part of the team that obtained the grant from the CMaPS Program to provide $617,000 in scholarships for undergraduates. Read more
2. Aziz Yakubu will be a speaker as Howard University hosts a workshop this summer on Management of Natural Resources Read more
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SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES (from various sources)
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1. U.S. Department of Energy Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship Program (MLEF)
The Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship (MLEF) Program provides students with an opportunity to gain and develop research skills with the Department of EnergyÕs Office of Fossil Energy for 10 weeks over the summer. For 20 years, this program has increased awareness of DOE research opportunities to students pursuing STEM degrees (science, technology, engineering and math). The goal of the program is to improve opportunities for women and minority students in these fields, however all eligible candidates are encouraged to apply. Stipends start at $600 per week and eligible Fellows will receive an additional travel and housing allowance. For more information, visit http://orise.orau.gov/mlef/.
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INTERESTING ARTICLES AND WEBSITES
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1. Nobel Prize: How English beat German as language of science
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