University of Delaware
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Graduate Student Seminar Series

Contents

General Information.

The Graduate Student Seminar series features introductory level talks for graduate students.  Talks are contributed by both graduate students and faculty and last between 15 and 20 minutes, and a significant portion of the talk should be aimed at students with a first-year graduate level of knowledge.  The intended audience is the graduate students, and questions and discussion are encouraged.  Munchies are provided courtesy of the Department of Mathematical Sciences.

Meetings: WEDNESDAYS at 12:10 - 1:10 in Ewing 436.

Organizers: Prof. Cook , Kara Maki and Jathan Austin

Fall 2007 schedule

Date Speaker Title
29 Aug Kara Maki and Jathan Austin Newark 101
5 Sep Anson Carter, Aaron Churchill, Patrick Rowe and Theresa Szczepanski Summer Research
12 Sep Kara Maki Modeling Human Tear Film
19 Sep Derek Moulton and Kara Maki The Ins and Outs of Conferences
26 Sep Liwei Xu Numerical Simulations in Acoustic
3 Oct Jathan Austin and Kara Maki Bocce Ball
10 Oct Todd Gutekunst Math is broken, but that's OK
17 Oct Dr. William Cuckler A Very Short Introduction to the Probabilistic Method in Combinatorics
24 Oct Dr. Russell Luke Frontiers of Nonconvex Optimization with Applications to Molecular Structure Calculations
31 Oct Ang Wei Risk measure and G-normal distribution
7 Nov Dr. David Edwards Teaching During Special Sessions
14 Nov Dr. Ebert An Introduction to Finite Geometry
28 Nov Dr. Usha Ranganathan TBA

 

Participation.

Would you like to give a talk?  There are openings available this fall.  To make arrangements, please contact the organizers, Prof. Cook , Kara Maki and Jathan Austin