Math Dept 2015-2016
Newsletter 5
Monday, 4 October 2015
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Please send entries by the end of the
workweek --Ed
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MEETINGS AND SEMINARS IN THE DEPARTMENT
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Mondays
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Combinatorics Seminar
The Combinatorics
Seminar will meet on Mondays at 2:10 in Chemistry G-06.
Coordinator: Lou Shapiro
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Geometry & Topology Seminar
The speaker will be: Dr. Joseph Yeager:
He will be giving a series of talks
on:
SPECTRAL
SEQUENCES IN GENERAL, AND SERRE SPECTRAL SEQUENCE IN PARTICULAR, WITH AN
EXAMPLE FROM HIS THESIS.
TIME :
3:10PM-4:00PM,
PLACE;
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT, ROOM: 0213
ABSTRACT:
I plan to approach the subject from the point of view of differential
groups and exact couples, a la Massey.
Coordinator: Stanley M. Einstein-Matthews
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Tuesdays
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Topological Semigroups
and Ramsey Theory Seminar
The
Seminar on Topological Semigroups and Ramsey Theory
will meet Tuesdays from 12:10 -- 1:00 in Annex III, room 231.
Neil
Hindman is speaking on "preserving integer
images of matrices".
Coordinator: Neil Hindman
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Wednesdays
Evolution Equations & Dynamical
Systems seminar
2:10-3:00, in the Lounge Room of the
Math Dept.
The seminar
will cover all areas and subareas of evolution equations and dynamical systems
as well as their applications.
Organizer: Toka
Diagana
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Graduate Student Seminar
3.10 to 4pm Annex bldg. Graduate student office
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Fridays
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Algebra-Number
Theory Seminar (notice move to Friday)
3.10 to 4pm, Room 201
The theme will be to study ÒFourier Analysis on
Number FieldsÓ by D. Ramakrishnan and
find out how it can
be useful in our research. Seminar will start on Wednesday, Sep 30.
The first few
talks will be given by me (Sankar Sitaraman). I will survey recent results
on asymptotic distribution of
number fields with
specified properties and then discuss my research. All are welcome.
Talks will be accessible to graduate students.
Co-coordinators: Sankar Sitaraman and Dani Szpruch
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Mathematics Department Colloquium
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Friday, October 9.
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Michael Vogelius, Rutgers University and NSF
4.10
to 5 pm, ASB-B 213
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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. (via Louise Raphael) Isaac Newton Institute Workshop on Stochastic
Dynamical Systems in
Biology: Numerical Methods and Applications
Opening Workshop (SDBW01), Cambridge UK, 18-22 Jan 2016
The programme will focus on
¥ Analysis of stochastic dynamical systems and
applications in
molecular and cellular biology.
¥ Development of efficient computational methods for
simulating
stochastic equations over various scales.
¥ Identifying new research areas.
The aim of this opening workshop is to introduce participants to the
different subject areas of the programme. In particular, this workshop
will include a number of mini-courses aimed at
senior graduate and
postgraduate students,
together with high level overview talks, given by
world experts, which will highlight some of the major
open problems in
the field.
Limited funding is available to partially cover the costs of junior
participants from the U.S.
and the U.K. Please see the workshop website
for details.
Further workshop details: http://http://www.newton.ac.uk/event/sdbw01
Deadline for applications: 11th October 2016
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1. (via
Jill McGowan) Congrats to Katie Gursky on
her appearance in the September issue of the Notices, for exhibiting at the
annual Coalition for National Science Funding on Capital Hill.
2. (via Talitha Washington) The NAM
Newsletter can be found online: http://nam-newsletter.org/
3. (via Aziz Yakubu) PICMath
PICMath,
short for ÒPreparation for Industrial Careers in the Mathematical Sciences,Ó is
an NSF-funded project to prepare math science students for industrial careers
by engaging them in research problems that come directly from industry. A
series of case study videos has been released, each in two parts to cover both
the career and the technical background needed. Research problems featured
include:
Improving Marketing Strategies
Creating More Realistic Animation for Movies
Building a Better Filter
Finding the Safest Place to Store Nuclear Waste
See the Industrial Math Case Studies videos at
http://www.maa.org/programs/faculty-and-departments/pic-math/solving-real-world-problems
The strong focus of this project is
increasing awareness about career options.
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SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
(from various sources)
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1. 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 . Currently they seek a post-doctoral researcher or a
faculty member
who is
interested in participating as part of the
geologic and
environmental sciences focus area research team at NETL.
NETL is a multi-disciplinary,
scientific and technical-oriented national laboratory.
For more information, please visit http://orau.gov/netl/open-projects/projects.html
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The
Department of Energy (DOE) Scholars Program is now accepting applications for
Summer 2016. Visit http://orise.orau.gov/doescholars for more
information or to apply - deadline is December 15, 2015! |
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2. (via Aziz Yakubu) AIM opportunities AIM, the American Institute of Mathematics, is one of the NSF-funded
mathematics research institutes in the US. Located in San Jose, California, AIM has been hosting fully-funded, week-long workshops in all areas of the
mathematical sciences since 2002. A list of upcoming workshops for which applications are sought can
be found at: http://www.aimath.org/research They also encourage proposals for new workshops. The deadline is
November 1, 2015 for workshops that begin after June 1, 2016. For more
information, please refer to the web page: http://www.aimath.org/research
or contact us at: workshops@aimath.org AIM is also accepting applications for our SQuaREs program. SQuaREs
are groups of 4-6 researchers who gather at AIM for a week of focused work
with the opportunity of returning
for 2 or 3 consecutive years. 3. (via Talitha Washington) Apple Scholarships The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and Apple have embarked on a major effort to Òre-engineer diversityÓ
in tech. Application process for the inaugural cohort of Apple HBCU Scholars
has started. For additional information, visit http://tm.cf/zx or contact BernŽe E. Long at 202.888.1647 or bernee.long@tmcf.org.
Program Benefits: ¥ Up to $25,000
scholarship for senior year of study ¥ A summer
internship with Apple in Cupertino, California ¥ Year-round development
program to prepare for post-graduation careers ¥ Paired with
an Apple employee mentor during their senior year ¥ Serve as
Ambassadors on their HBCU campuses to build awareness for the Apple/TMCF
Diversity Initiative ¥ Attend the
TMCF Annual Leadership Institute in Washington, DC in November 2015 ¥ Participate
in the Apple HBCU Immersion experience in Cupertino, California during the
spring of 2016 |
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INTERSTING ARTICLES AND WEBSITES
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1. (via Louise Raphael) NYTimes article on
Terry Tao
An interesting article about Terence Tao —