Math Dept 2016-2017 Newsletter 15
Monday, 6 March
2017
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workweek --Ed
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MEETINGS AND SEMINARS IN THE
DEPARTMENT
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Mondays
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Geometry &
Topology Seminar
Speaker: Joseph
Yeager.
Title: Compact Riemann Surfaces.
Time: 3:10PM-4:00PM
Place: ASB-B 213.
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
11:10--12:00 in Annex III, room 231.
Dennis
Davenport speaking on "A Combinatorial Characterization of Strongly
Central Sets".
Coordinator: Neil Hindman
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Wednesdays
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Evolution Equations
& Dynamical Systems seminar
1:10-2:00, in ROOM 213 OF ASB-B.
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, Graduate Student Office
Organizer: Kendra Pleasant
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Fridays
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Analysis, PDE and Applied Math Seminar.
The next talk will be in
two weeks; same speaker and topic.
Speaker: Louise
Raphael
Friday, from 12:10pm -
1:00pm, ASB–B # 213
Title: K-Top
Scoring Pair Methods for Cancer Classification of D. Geman
et al
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Mathematics
Department Colloquium
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Friday, March 10
No colloquium this week.
4.10 to 5 pm, ASB-B 213
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Fluid dynamics seminar
Seminar usually takes place after colloquium,
and at 4.30 if there is no colloquium.
Abstract: (Neil Hindman)
Fluid Dynamics will be meeting as
usual.
The "Fluid" refers to soda and
beer.
The "Dynamics" refers to
the topics of conversation, which is as likely as anything to deal with
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. Data-Driven Modeling of Collective
Behavior and Emergent Phenomena in Biology (DDM-Bio): June 5-7, 2017 - SAMSI
Apply
at https://goo.gl/hmCNe9 by April 17
Description:
Collective behavior and emergent phenomena often arise in complex adaptive
systems.
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In
past newsletters:
The Georgetown
Undergraduate Research Conference, Thursday 4/20/17:
Abstract submission deadline March 25
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1. Dev
Phulara and Louis ShapiroÕs paper,
"Constructing Pseudo-Involutions in the Riordan
Group"
recently appeared in the Journal of Integer
Sequences.
2. (from Crepin Mahop)
Annual Math Department Scholarship Day
Call for
nominations
Following its tradition
of encouraging academic excellence for its undergraduate mathematics majors,
the Department of Mathematics is calling for Nominations of our best students
for the 2016-2017 Scholarship Competition. The Scholarship Day will be held on
April 7, 2017. I am writing to request that you kindly nominate by
communicating to the Scholarship Committee (Jill, Dan and CrŽpin)
the names of promising students in your present or past classes.
These scholarships are
made available each year through endowment funds and/or gifts from the
following generous donors: the Elbert F. Cox Scholarship Fund, the Solveig Espelie Foundation, the
George H. Butcher, Jr. Prize Fund, the Margaret Bullock scholarship Fund, the
James Donaldson Prize, and the Gerald Chachere Award
for Excellence in Mathematics.
Competition procedure:
1. Nominations of
candidates by faculty members and/or Self-Nominations;
2. Formal
applications are received (letter of motivation & unofficial transcripts)
3. Recommendations
(from Mathematics faculty members)
4. Selection of
laureates
5. Distribution of
awards.
IMPORTANT DATES
Application
deadline: Friday, March 24, 2017
Scholarship
Day Date: Friday, April 07, 2017
Time:
3:10PM
Venue:
ASB-B # 213
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In past newsletters
Open positions at Howard Math Department
Mathematica and WolframAlpha online access
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SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
(from various sources)
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1. (from
Louise Raphael)
Humboldt Research
Fellowships for faculty
For
experienced researchers looking to further your career abroad this program
provides
support on a stipend of EUR
3,150/month to conduct long-term research in Germany.
Details at https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/humboldt-fellowship-experienced.html
THE
IACMI (Institute for Advanced Composite Materials) INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
To be eligible for the 2017 Internship Program,
an undergraduate or graduate student must:
be a
United States citizen and have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.2
Applications and supporting materials are being
accepted online until March 17, 2017.
For more information visit www.orau.org/IACMI or email Julie Malicoat at julie.malicoat@orau.org.
2.
Opportunities at various federal agencies
Oak Ridge National
Laboratory (ORNL) :
Higher Education Research Experiences (HERE) Program
Experience innovative research or technical
projects at a cutting edge national laboratory and network with prestigious scientists,
researchers, engineers, and laboratory staff
Visit
http://www.orau.org/ornl/hereatornl/
Department of Energy (DOE) summer
internships
Available at all six national
labs. Details at at: http://orise.orau.gov/msipp
In previous newsletters:
RECONNECT 2017
Deadline
: March 15, 2017
Budapest
Semesters in Mathematics Education (BSME)
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INTERESTING ARTICLES AND WEBSITES
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1. (from
Louise Raphael) Pictorial language for
mathematics?
Harvard mathematicans
Arthur Jaffe, Alex Wozniakowski and Zhengwei Liu (postdoc) have come up with a new
symbolic language for mathematics that can convey several
complex equations in a single picture.
In previous newsletters:
Great article about BEAM program to spot math talent
in underserved public schools
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/nyregion/new-york-math-camp.html
Financial advice for students (and perhaps faculty as
well)