Monday, 26 October 2020

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[Click on “About” and then “News and Events”].

Newsletter is sent out when there is something new.

Please send entries by the end of the workweek –Ed

MEETINGS AND SEMINARS IN THE DEPARTMENT

Mondays

Combinatorics Seminar

TBA

Coordinator: Louis Shapiro

TUESDAYS

Seminar on Topological Semigroups

Seminars started Oct 6 and will continue every tuesday. Neil Hindman will talk about some of his recent work as well as a fantastic new result by Yevhen Zelenyuk solving a decades old problem.

Seminar will meet using Zoom. Please contact coordinator for a link.

Coordinator Dennis Davenport

WEDNESDAYS

Math team/Math Club meetings

Please contact organizers for zoom link.

Organizers: Jill McGowan (math club), Lou Shapiro (math team)

Thursdays

Graduate Student Seminar

Meeting from 12 to 1pm on Thursdays. Contact coordinator for link.

Coordinator: Matthew Cavallo

Fridays

Geometry Seminar

TBA

Coordinator: Roberto de Leo

Mathematics Department Colloquium

Friday, October 30, 4.10 to 5pm (on zoom)

John Kwagyan, Howard University.

“What you need to know about Data Science.”

This semester our Colloquium are shared between us and Cornell's Colloquium. The following two talks were given at Cornell.

John Urschel, of MIT, gave a talk entitled "Some Results on Force-Directed Drawings of Graph" on 10/16.

Raphael Stern of the University of Minnesota spoke on “Modeling and reconstruction of traffic flow with mixed human driven and automated vehicles” on 10/23.

TALKS AND WORKSHOPS OUTSIDE DEPARTMENT

1. NASA HBCU/MSI Technology Infusion Road Tour

The NASA Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM) in collaboration with the Office of Procurement (OP), Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP), Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) and the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) will host a virtual NASA HBCU/MSI Technology Infusion Road Tour on November 18-19, 2020. This collaboration provides an open platform for HBCU and MSI representatives to learn about OSTEM's Minority Serving Institutions Sustainability Initiative, Agency acquisition opportunities, product service lines and Vendor Database, STMD's Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) opportunities, as well as SMD's science research opportunities, grants, fellowships and contracts.

To register, please use the following link to complete the registration form.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. (Thanks to Bourama Toni)

Congratulations to our student Christina McBean who received the Waldemore Trjitzinsky Memorial Scholarship awarded by AMS in September 2020.

SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

(from various sources)

1. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of University Programs Professional Opportunities for the Student Workforce to Experience Research Program (HS-POWER)

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate Office of University Programs sponsors the Professional Opportunities for the Student Workforce to Experience Research Program (HS-POWER) for undergraduate and graduate students. HS-POWER is open to students majoring in a broad spectrum of homeland security related science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines as well as DHS mission-relevant research areas.

Benefits include Stipend, travel reimbursement and housing allowance. Appointment is in late fall through summer of 2021 and time frame is flexible.

More information and application material at https://bit.ly/HSPOWER20.

Deadline Oct 30 11.59pm EST.

2. (Thanks to Aziz Yakubu) Positions at West Point

Multiple 3-year term appointments for teaching core courses to cadets are open. Send application, CV, 3 letters and a DD 214 if claiming veteran’s preference to USMA, Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, Attn: Yoselin Brice, 646 Swift Rd, West Point, NY 10996. Phone (845) 938-5315.

3. Internships at DOE

The DOE scholars program offers internships with stipends, travel funds and exposure to DOE projects to undergrads and grad students who are US citizens and received degree within 5 years of internship starting date.

Application can be submitted at https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/DOE-Scholars-2021

In previous newsletters

Hertz Foundation Fellowship.

York University Hiring.

HBCU faculty at NRL.

FDA research opportunities.

(Thanks to Aziz Yakubu) MSRI Summer 2021 African Diaspora Joint Mathematics Workshop (ADJOINT).

Apply online by December 21.

INTERESTING ARTICLES AND WEBSITES

1. Diophantine Equations and Physics (Thanks to Louise Raphael)

Mathematician Minhyong Kim has found a way to find rational solutions to polynomial equations over the integers. He does this by extending the Coleman-Chabauty method using ideas from Physics, specifically the theory of “space of spaces” in gauge theory.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/secret-link-uncovered-between-pure-math-and-physics-20171201/

2. (Thanks to Aziz Yakubu) 10 Best Universities

The 10 best global universities.