Math Dept 2017-2018
Newsletter 13
Monday, 9 April 2018
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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
Monday, April 9.
Joseph Yeager will talk on “A
Modified Bott Conjecture In Cohomogeneity
Two. ”
Time : 3:10pm-4:00pm,
Place: ASB-B 213.
Coordinator: Stanley M. Einstein-Matthews
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TUESDAYS
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Seminar On Topological Semigroups
Tuesdays, in the Annex III mathematics lab at 10:00 am.
On
April 3rd Neil Hindman spoke on “Algebraically Defined Subsets of beta S
that are not Borel"
Coordinator
Dennis
Davenport
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Wednesdays
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Graduate Student Seminar
Details TBA.
Open to all faculty and students.
Coordinator: Matthew Cavallo
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Fridays
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Mathematics Department Colloquium
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Fridays 4.10 to 5
pm, Room 213, ASB-B
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Friday April 13 The
Scholarship Day will be held on April 13, 2018. Kindly nominate by
communicating to the Scholarship Committee (Jill McGowan, Dan Williams and Crépin Mahop) 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, the Gerald Chachere
Award for Excellence in Mathematics, and an anonymous donor fund. Friday April 20 Jonathan
Rosenberg, University of Maryland, College Park Introduction
to non-commutative geometry Abstract: Differential geometry is the use of
calculus to study geometry. But in the last 30 years, there has been an
explosion of interest in non-commutative (differential) geometry. This is the
analogue when one no longer has a "space" in the classical sense,
but "functions" on which one can do analysis are still present, but
fail to commute. This subject has found applications in mathematical physics
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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 very much
appreciated.
The staff is currently underfunded for this.
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TALKS AND WORKSHOPS OUTSIDE DEPARTMENT
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1. (Thanks to Talitha
Washington)
The spring
MAA Section meeting of the
MD-VA-DC section will be hosted by Washington and Lee University and
Virginia Military Institute on April 13
and 14. Talk submission deadline is Thursday, April 5. Students are welcome to submit a talk or a
poster. Registration closes on Thursday,
April 5.
To register, submit a talk, and read more about the invited speakers, please
visit the meeting website.
2. The Infinite
Possibilities Conference (IPC)
A national conference that will be held on
April 14-15, 2018 at Howard University. IPC is designed to promote,
educate, encourage and support women of color interested in mathematics and
statistics, as a step towards addressing the underrepresentation of
African-Americans, Latinas, Native Americans, and Pacific Islanders in these
fields.
There is a fantastic line up of speakers that
will mathematically inspire all who are in attendance! To register ASAP,
see: http://www.msri.org/web/msri/activities/infinite
3. (Thanks to Aziz Yakubu) NSF_CBMS Conference at Howard University
May 21-25, 2018 in the Interdisciplinary Research Building on
Georgia Avenue.
The conference starts with an introductory lecture om biology. No biology background
is assumed.
The second lecture will be on how to build models. Most of
the models will be PDE models.
The conference will feature 9 invited speakers, and 3 panel
discussions (please see attachment).
Registration is free and all are invited to the conference.
You can register online at the following conference website: http://humathbio.weebly.com/nsf-cbms-conference.html
4. Howard
University Research Week 2018
Howard
University will hold its third annual Research Week, April 9-13,
2018.
5. (Thanks
to Henok Mawi) Nonlinear
Phenomena Workshop, GWU
George
Washington University Chapter of SIAM is excited to invite you and
students at Howard University to attend the Nonlinear Phenomena Workshop in
Washington, DC on April 24, 2018.
This workshop is organized by Professor Svetlana Roudenko, Professor Maria Gualdani
and also SIAM student chapter at GWU. If interested contact them at gualdani@gwu.edu or roudenko@gwu.edu.
6. (Thanks to Jill McGowan) MAA mathfest
is a great event to attend especially for those attending or hosting summer
programs.
August 1-4, 2018 in Denver for the latest in
mathematical research and education.
7.
(Thanks to Louise Raphael) MAA Carriage
House lectures
Deanna
Haunsperger will speak about
Math Horizons (magazine) on April 26.
The lecture is at 6:30 p.m,
MAA Carriage House, 1781 Church Street NW, Washington
D.C, 20036
In previous newsletters:
Georgetown
Undergraduate Research Conference (URC), April 18
NSF MPS Distinguished Lecture
Series (Ongoing).
Math Frontiers Webinar Series (Ongoing).
Inquiry Based Learning (IBL) Workshops, June
2018.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1. Daniel
Plummer will be participating
in the Yale Bouchet Conference this month.
He will be presenting an abstract on blockchain
technology, cybersecurity and cryptography.
2. Francois Ramaroson
will be speaking about his research during the HU research week
this week.
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SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES (from
various sources)
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1. (Thanks to Louise Raphael) Harvey Mudd College
Summer REU
Area: data science. PIs: Lisette
de Pillis and Tanja Srebotnjak
Application form online at https://hmc.formstack.com/forms/reu_hmc
Applications are due April 11.
2. (Thanks to Talitha
Washington) HU MathWorks Student Ambassador
https://www.mathworks.com/company/jobs/opportunities/18278
The position is open to any Howard student legally
authorized to work in the US.
3. Research Opportunities at Federal
Institutions
The Higher
Education Research Experiences (HERE) program
at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) invites
applications for internships in software development within ORNL’s Computer
Science and Mathematics Division!
As an intern, you will be part of ORNL’s Scientific
Software Initiative,
which provides scientific software development
expertise to the Laboratory.
APPLY HERE: https://www.zintellect.com/Posting/Details/3615
In previous newsletters:
Summer REU at Howard for Howard math majors
(contact Dennis
Davenport)
Uncommon
Schools
Math to Industry Bootcamp
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