Math Dept 2022-2023 Newsletter 3
Monday, 10 October 2022
Past newsletters can now be reached via the department website.
[Click on “About” and then “News and Events”].
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Please send entries by the end of the workweek–Ed.
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MEETINGS AND SEMINARS IN THE DEPARTMENT
TUESDAYS
Combinatorics Seminar
TBA
Contact coordinator Lou Shapiro for zoom link.
WEDNESDAYS
Graduate Student Seminar
1pm, wednesday.
Contact Shakuan Frankson for more information.
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Applied Math Reading Seminar
TBA
Students will get to practice studying papers and working on research problems.
Please write the coordinator for original handouts or for the recording link.
Contact coordinator for zoom link as well.
Coordinator: Katie Gurski, Yeona Kang
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Math team/Math Club meetings
Organizer: Jill McGowan
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THURSDAYS
Seminar on Topological Semigroups
The seminar will include applications to Ramsey theory.
11 am on zoom on Thursdays.
The last speaker was Dilip Raghavan of National University of Singapore.
Contact coordinator for zoom invite.
Coordinator Dennis Davenport
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FRIDAYS
Mathematics Department Colloquium
Fridays, 4.10 to 5pm.
Friday, 14 October
Andrew Waldon, University of California, Davis.
Title TBA.
On Friday, 7 October, Robin Graham of University of Washington talked about Renormalized Volume and Area of Poincare-Einstein Spaces.
TALKS AND WORKSHOPS OUTSIDE DEPARTMENT
1. (Thanks to Marshall Cohen, Morgan State) Morgan State Colloquium
On Thursday Oct 13, 11am, Khalil Ezzinbi of Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco will talk about “Oscillatory dynamics for some evolution equations.” For zoom link contact marshall.cohen at morgan.edu
2. Fundamental science winter school
Opportunity for students to work on math and physics projects involving computations with Wolfram research team. (Wolfram is the company that produces Mathematica). Program is online, from January 3-14, 2023.
In previous newsletters:
BUGCAT conference
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. SIMIODE challenge using differential equations modeling
Registration open through October 21.
3 member teams work on 1 of 3 model choices. Awards and publication of videos for winning teams.
SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
(from various sources)
1. ORISE virtual career fair
Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education will have a virtual career fair on Oct 19, wednesday from 12 to 3pm. FBI researchers and ORISE representatives will talk about their research and available opportunities.
2. Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship
Applications open for Summer 2023 internships for students interested in tackling climate change or learn about energy resource recovery that minimizes environmental impact.
In previous newsletters:
Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) HS-POWER program
EERE seeking fellows
INTERESTING ARTICLES AND WEBSITES
1. Profile of June Huh, inspiring young mathematician
June Huh didn't follow the standard path but has come up with some exciting and groundbreaking results. This story describes his unusual journey, as an apprentice to Hironaka and then his proof of some major open questions in Combinatorics and Matroid theory using the theory of singularities in algebraic geometry.