MCSP Conversation Series Talks

Fall 2013

All sessions will be in Massengill unless otherwise noted.
Date & Time Speaker Title

Friday, September 20th @ 4:00 p.m. 

Dr. Rick Mabry, LSU Shreveport  "The Pizza Conjecture" 

Wednesday, September 25th @ 7:00 p.m. 

Dr. Roland Minton, Roanoke College "The Signal and the Noise in Sports"

Thursday, October 3rd @ 7:00 p.m. 

Dr. Hannah Robbins, Roanoke College "How do You Write Down a Number?"
Thursday, October 24th @ 7:00 p.m. Dr. Jeff Spielman, Roanoke College "Fuzzy Arithmetic"

Monday, October 28th @ 4:00 p.m.,

Trexler Hall, Room 372

Dr. Paly Baluswamy, Micron Technology, Inc. "Science in the Making of Computer Chips"
Wednesday, November 20th @ 6:00 p.m. Dr. Anil Shende, Roanoke College Title:  "How Many 'Learning Styles' are Adequate?  Some Lessons from Learning Machines"
Tuesday, December 3rd @ 6:00 p.m. Dr. Farzaneh Rezaei, Senior Scientist, Novozymes Biologicals, Inc. Title:  "Solid State Fermentation:  Bridging Between Academia and Industry"

For more information, please contact Dr. Dan Robb at (540) 375-5250 or robb@roanoke.edu.