Math Dept
2017-2018 Newsletter 8
Monday, 29 January 2018
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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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MEETINGS AND
SEMINARS IN THE DEPARTMENT
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Mondays
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Combinatorics Seminar
Meeting in ASB-B 203, 2.10 pm on Mondays.
Coordinator: Louis Shapiro
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Geometry
& Topology Seminar
Will commence on Feb 5.
Coordinator:
Stanley M. Einstein-Matthews
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Wednesdays
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Graduate Student Seminar
3.10 to 4pm,
Room 213 ASB-B
Open to all
faculty and students.
Coordinator:
Matthew Cavallo
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Mathematics
Department Colloquium
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Friday, February
2
4.10 to 5 pm,
Room 213, ASB-B
Faina Berzovskaya, Howard University
(To be
confirmed)
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Fluid dynamics seminar
Seminar takes place after colloquium, and does
not take place if there is no colloquium.
Abstract:
Fluid Dynamics will be meeting as usual.
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.
Donations for
fluid dynamics refreshments are requested.
The staff is
currently underfunded for this.
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TALKS AND
WORKSHOPS OUTSIDE DEPARTMENT
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1.
Louis Shapiro speaking at GWU
Next
Tuesday at the Combinatorics
Seminar there.
Rome Hall room 771 at 1:00.
2.
(Thanks to Talitha Washington)
NSF
MPS Distinguished Lecture Series:
https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=243806&org=NSF&from=news You just need to register at least 24 hours prior to
the lecture if you want to attend.
Next
talk:
Monday, Feb. 12,
2018:
Strange
Bonds and Odd Angles: Exploring Exotic Chemistry in Space,
Michael McCarthy,
associate director, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Inquiry
Based Learning (IBL) Workshops
The
2018 Inquiry Based Learning (IBL) Workshops will be at MAA Carriage House,
Washington, DC in June 2018.
See: http://www.inquirybasedlearning.org/workshops/#/dc2018/
Person
of contact: Stan Yoshinobu, styoshin@calpoly.edu
3.
Annual HU Research Week
April
9-13, 2018.
The
Research Symposium is scheduled for Thursday, April 12, 2018.
The
Howard University Call for Abstracts for the Research Week Symposium opened in December, 2017.
The
flyer has been circulated via HU Communications and the University social media
channels.
http://researchweek.howard.edu/
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1.
(From Duane Cooper via Talitha Washington) Passing away of Rudy Horne, consultant for ÒHidden
FiguresÓ movie
Duane Cooper of Morehouse College
writes:
I
am saddened to report the news that our mathematics faculty colleague Rudy
Horne, who had been hospitalized the last couple of weeks, passed today
(Tuesday). He was (to my recollection) 49. I do not have many
details other than the sorrowful news to share at this time.
In
preparing this email message, I ran across this recent interview of him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y72ant_6nsI
2.
Gentle request from Editor
Kindly put your paper, plastic and glass bottles
in the recycling bins.
This will help newsletter editor by him not
having to pick them out of the trash.
Mother Earth will thank you!
3.
(From Dean Mair via Katharine Gurski)
Matlab License
The
university has a site license for MATLAB. We need to use it or we will lose it,
so please encourage students and faculty to request
a download of the software.
Please
contact the universityÕs help desk for downloads.
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SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES (from
various sources)
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1. StatCrunch contest sponsored by Pearson.
Prizes of $2500, $1000 and $ 500 awarded to top 3.
Data
can tell a story and we are asking students to be storytellers.
Registration
will open in February. ItÕs free to enter and access to StatCrunch.com will
be provided
to those who
donÕt already have it.
Please
encourage your students to register, it also might be
a lot of fun to make this a class project.
The
contest website
2. (Thanks to Louise Raphael and AMS)
AMS Mathematics Research Communities for
young mathematicians
AMSÕs Mathematics Research Communities program provides exciting opportunities for early-career
mathematicians to do hands-on collaborative research, develop their
mathematical network, and benefit from the guidance of leaders in their field
of inquiry. Each community is launched with a week-long
summer research conference.
Now in their eleventh year and with funding from the National
Science Foundation and the AMS, the MRCs provide each participant with:
¥ Full support for one of the summer conferences (to be held at
Whispering Pines Conference Center, West Greenwich, Rhode Island in 2018)
¥ Travel support to participate in the MRC Special Sessions at
the Joint Mathematics Meetings, in Baltimore in January 2019
¥ Opportunities for follow-up collaboration travel support
The program targets individuals who are up to two years pre-PhD
and five years post-PhD.
Applications are open until February 15, 2018.
3. Math to Industry Bootcamp
The
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) in Minnesota is hosting
its
third Math-to-Industry Boot Camp, a six-week summer
program designed to provide
graduate students with training and experience
that is valuable for
employment outside of academia.
More
information and the online application are available at
https://www.ima.umn.edu/2017-2018/SW6.18-7.27.18
4. Research Opportunities at Federal Institutions
HBCU/MEI Summer Faculty Research Program
No citizenship requirement,
unless specified
Full-time faculty member at
institutions of higher learning that are designated by the federal government
as HBCUs,
Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Tribal Colleges, or Alaska Native or Native
Hawaiian Serving Institutions are especially encouraged.
Deadline 11:59PM ET on February 9, 2018
http://www.orau.org/ornl/faculty/hbcu-mei-summer-program.htm
Nuclear Forensics Undergraduate
Summer School
Application deadline: February
28, 2018
https://www.zintellect.com/Posting/Details/3814
The Intelligence
Community (IC) Postdoctoral Research Program
Accepting
applications through March 12, 2018.
https://www.orau.org/icpostdoc/applicants/index.html
In
previous newsletters:
MIT Broad Institute Research Internships
Mathematics Open Positions
NOAA Undergraduate
Scholarships
2018 Summer Research Team
Program for Minority Serving Institutions
Department of Homeland Security Summer Internships
National Science
Foundation, Division of Mathematical Sciences
2018
Mathematical Sciences Graduate Internship Program
DARPA
Young Faculty Award (YFA) program
NSF Dear Colleague
Letters (Funding Opportunities).
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INTERESTING
ARTICLES AND WEBSITES
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In
the House's bill, colleges would be subject to the tax, set at 1.4 percent of
net investment income, only if their endowment assets total at least $100,000
per student. The Senate's bill raises the bar, affecting only those colleges
with endowment assets of at least $500,000 per student.
Hence,
HU would not be affected by the new tax plan. A list of institutions that will
be affected is given in the article.
The
tax on graduate student's remission of tuition is in the bill. This makes it
even more important that students reach candidacy as soon as possible. For
those who are not aware, tuition for graduate students not in candidacy is
about $30,000 and for those who are it's about $5,200.
2.
(Thanks to Louise Raphael)
Secret Link Uncovered
Between Pure Math and Physics
https://www.quantamagazine.org/secret-link-uncovered-between-pure-math-and-physics-20171201/
Four Hacks to Boost Your Retirement Savings in 2018
Retirement
experts share ideas on how to build tax-free retirement assets—
from a backdoor way for high-income taxpayers to make Roth IRA
contributions to ramping up savings for a spouse who doesnÕt work.