Spring 2009
Spring 2009 |
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All sessions will be in Massengill unless otherwise noted. | ||
Date & Time | Speaker | Title |
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Wednesday, |
Jeff Terrell, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
"Managing Server Performance - The Lesson of John Henry" |
Monday, |
Kate Lockwood, Northwestern University |
"Artificial Intelligence and Multimodal Knowledge Capture" |
Monday, Jan. 26, 4:00 p.m. (Trexler 372) |
Kyle Burke, Boston University |
TBA |
Tuesday, Feb. 3, 4:00 p.m. (Trexler 372) |
Ira Gerhardt, Northwestern University |
"How math can save you from waiting in line" |
Tuesday, Feb. 10, 4:00 p.m. (Trexler 372) |
Adam Childers, Virginia Tech |
"Scientific Fortune Telling: The Mathematics and Statistics of Modeling" |
Tuesday, Feb. 17, 4:00 p.m. (Trexler 372) |
April Kerby, University of Nebraska, Lincoln |
"Spatial Clustering Using the Likelihood Function" |
Tuesday, Feb. 24, 5:45 p.m. |
David Orndoff, Director, Mill Mountain Zoo |
"Computer Dating for Animals" |
Tuesday, Mar. 16, 5:45 p.m. (Wortmann Ballroom) |
Dr. Art Benjamin, Harvey Mudd College |
"The Best Way to Knock 'em Down" Sponsored by Copenhaver Scholar in Residence Program |
Thursday, Mar. 18, 7:00 p.m. (Wortmann Ballroom) |
Dr. Art Benjamin, Harvey Mudd College |
"Mathemagics" Sponsored by Copenhaver Scholar in Residence Program |
Tuesday, Mar. 24, 7:00 p.m. |
Dr. Deonna Woolard, Randolf-Macon College |
"Thermographic Inspection of Carbon Composites Used in Aerospace Vehicles" |
Thursday, Mar. 26, 7:00 p.m. |
Maria Hudson (Mathematica Policy Research), Michael Browning (ITT), and Durell Bouchard (Roanoke College) |
"Panel: Careers in MCSP Disciplines" Sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America Student Chapter |
Monday, Mar. 30, 7:00 p.m. |
Karin Saoub, Arizona State University |
"Online Coloring and Tolerance Graphs" |
Monday, Apr. 13, 7:00 p.m. |
Gregory Minton, D.E. Shaw Research |
"Voting Paradoxes and the Mathematics of Voting" |
Thursday, Apr. 16, 7:00 p.m. |
Dr. Matt Fleenor, Roanoke College |
"Why have an International Year of Astronomy, and Why is it this year?" |