Math Dept 2014-2015
Newsletter 21
Monday, 4 May 2015
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Past newsletters can now be
reached via the department website.
Click on ÒRead the NewsletterÓ in the bottom.
Newsletter is sent out when there is something
new.
Please send entries by the end of the
workweek --Ed
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This will be the last newsletter of 2014-2015.
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Felicitations to Clement Lutterodt
The department felicitated Clement Lutterodt on his retirement after a long and distinguished
career of service.
Thanks to Francois Ramaroson
for organizing the retirement party and to everyone who attended.
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MEETINGS AND SEMINARS IN THE DEPARTMENT
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Mondays
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Evolution Equations & Dynamical
Systems seminar
Mondays 12.10 to 1pm, 213 ASB-B
Organizer: Toka
Diagana
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Geometry & Topology Seminar
Place: Mathematics Department Room: ASB-B 213.
Time: 3.10 PM -4.00 PM.
Remi Ombolo
Topic of his sequence of talks: ALGEBRAIC
DEFORMATION THEORY
Coordinator: Stanley M. Einstein-Matthews
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Tuesdays
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Topological Semigroups
and Ramsey Theory Seminar
12:10-1:00 in Annex III room 231.
Neil Hindman will be
speaking on "Some Ramsey type theorems for k-term sums in R".
Coordinator: Neil Hindman
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Wednesdays
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Combinatorics Seminar
2 to 3 pm, 201 or 203 ASB-B
Seminars have concluded for the semester.
Coordinator: Lou Shapiro
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Graduate Student Seminar
Room No. 229 of the Annex III building, from 1:10 to 2:00pm
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Fridays
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Applied Mathematics Working Seminar
2:10-3 pm in ASB-B room 213
Currently in the seminar, Dr. Henok
Mawi is leading a "Discussion on the Refractor
Problem". This problem Òoriginates in engineering in the study the
reflecting surfaces to reshape electromagnetic radiation in a prescribed
manner.Ó He will provide background material to state the problem, discuss
recent advances that include numerical applications, and then state open
questions. Next, Dr. Roberto DeLeo will discuss the numerics associated to this problem via Perl.
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Mathematics Department Colloquium
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4.10 to 5 pm, ASB-B 213
Colloquiums have concluded for the semester as
has ``Fluid dynamics.Ó
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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 WORKSHOPS OUTSIDE DEPARTMENT
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1. (via
Talitha Washington) SACNAS
(Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in
Science) Conference will be held in Washington, DC on October 29-31. Dr. Talitha Washington is on the Local Organizing Committee.
See: http://sacnas.org/events/national-conf
2. Ki-Net and CNA
Workshop
http://www.math.cmu.edu/cna/KiNetCNA/index.html
http://www.ki-net.umd.edu/content/conf?event_id=292
Carnegie Mellon
University
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Center for Nonlinear
Analysis
Pittsburgh, May 27-29, 2015
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1. (via Talitha Washington) The NAM
Newsletter can be found online: http://nam-newsletter.org/
2. Call For Papers: Howard Workshop on Management
of Natural Resources this summer
To maintain the long-term well being of the
global population, management of the world's natural resources must emphasize
conservation and renewal over depletion and spending. Natural resource
management is a broad topic with both national and international policy
implications. This workshop will investigate challenges for the mathematical
sciences including models that describe processes affecting water, forests, and
food supplies. They involve complex adaptive systems that interconnect natural
systems with human ones, thus calling for understanding of both types of
systems. To support this initiative, the Center for Discrete Mathematics and
Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS) will sponsor a workshop on Management of
Natural Resources as part of a special program called Mathematics of Planet
Earth 2013+ (http://mpe2013.org/mpe2013index/). The workshop will be held at
Howard University in Washington, DC on June 4-6, 2015. Aziz Yakubu
will be one of the speakers.
For more details including program and guideline
for submission go to:
http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/NaturalResources/
3. (via Aziz Yakubu) SIAM Activity Group on Mathematics of Planet Earth
(SIAG/MPE)
This activity group will focus on planet Earth,
its life-supporting capacity, and the impact of human activities.
With the establishment of SIAG/MPE, SIAM
recognizes the responsibility of the mathematics and computational science
community to address the issues of global change, loss of biodiversity, and
sustainable development. The new Activity Group will provide a forum in SIAM to
discuss the mathematical and computational issues of climate, sustainability,
ecology, natural resources, food systems, the
environment, socio-economic systems, and related topics. SIAG/MPE will join
forces with other disciplines to further interdisciplinary research in these
new application areas.
Activities will include a biennial SIAM
Conference on Mathematics of Planet Earth, minisymposia
at SIAM Annual Meetings, workshops, and other conferences. The inaugural
meeting of SIAG/MPE is scheduled for the fall of 2016.
Membership is open to SIAM members, who can
join the Activity Group
at https://my-helper.siam.org/forms/join_siag.htm or by calling SIAM
Customer Service (http://www.siam.org/contact/). SIAM membership is
free for many students and includes membership in two SIAGs, so we encourage
students to join SIAM and add SIAG/MPE to their subscription. By joining
SIAG/MPE, your name will be added to our e–mailing list, which is used to
announce conferences and opportunities related to Mathematics of Planet Earth.
A SIAG/MPE web portal is in preparation.
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SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
(from various sources)
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1. DOE Postdoctoral fellowship in Solar Energy
Research
In order to spur innovation in solar energy, the
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable energy
(EERE) is now accepting applications for postdoctoral researchers in solar
energy to participate in the EERE Postdoctoral Research Awards. The EERE
Postdoctoral Research Awards support research on energy efficiency and
renewable energy to help solve our nationÕs energy challenges. This year, this
exciting program will offer up to five recent Ph.D. recipients the opportunity
to conduct applied research projects to advance breakthrough solar energy
technologies at universities, national laboratories and other research
facilities. Former recipients of the EERE Postdoctoral Research Awards are now
faculty and staff scientists at major research institutions and national
laboratories.
The application period for the EERE Postdoctoral
Research Awards closes on May 7, 2015. The awards will be announced in July
2015 for the projects to start in September 2015.
2. Opportunities
at various federal agencies
Through the Oak Ridge Institute for
Science and Education (ORISE), motivated post-graduates
(M.S. and/or PhD) in computational
physics, chemistry and other areas are
sought by research
teams at NETL .
For more information, please visit http://orau.gov/netl/open-projects/projects.html
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