MCSP Conversation Series Talks
Spring 2018
All sessions will be in Massengill Auditorium unless otherwise noted.
| Date & Time | Speaker | Title | Intended Audience |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Feb 2 5:15-6:15 PM Trexler 372 |
Dr. Kal Dhou University of Missouri, St. Louis |
How can virtual chess humans help in understanding attack and defense attitudes? |
Majors |
| Tues, Feb 6 5:45-6:45 PM |
Mr. Robbie Hott University of Virginia |
Evolving Networks: Application and Analysis | Majors |
| Thur, Feb 8 5:15-6:15 PM |
Mr. Adewale Sekoni University of Wyoming |
Random Oracles that Separate Complexity Classes |
Majors |
| Thur, March 1 2:00-4:00 PM Trexler 372 |
Vanessa Gould Filmmaker |
Between the Folds - Origami Documentary |
ALL |
| Wed, March 14 6:30-7:30 PM |
Dr. Chris Lee Roanoke College |
Standard Deviations - Flawed Assumptions, Tortured Data, and Other Ways to Lie with Statistics |
ALL |
| Thur, March 29 5:00-6:00 PM |
Dr. Truong Le Berry College |
Excess of Long Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) in the Swift Era Below Redshift of 2 |
Majors |
| Mon, April 2 6:30-7:30 PM |
Dr. Ben Wilson Stevenson University |
Would Wheel of Fortune be Easier in Dothraki or Klingon? | ALL |
| Mon, April 9 5:30-6:30 PM Trexler 372 |
Dr. Hiba Assi |
Non-Equilibrium Relaxation Dynamics in Disordered Type-II Superconductors |
Majors |
| Mon, April 9 7:30-8:30 PM |
Dr. Robert Pless George Washington University |
Organizing a Billion Images of Our World | ALL |
| Thur, April 12 5:30-6:30 PM |
Dr. Tim LaFave Jr Southern Methodist University |
Discovering the Geometric Nature of the Periodic Table of Atoms | Majors |
| Fri, April 13 NOON-1 PM |
Dr. Jim Stout University of Washington |
Clinicians and Computer Science Engineers: A Story of Interdisciplinary Collaboration | ALL |
| Tues, April 17 4:30-5:30 PM |
Mr. Evan Aguirre West Virginia University |
Spontaneous Formation of Ion Holes and Ion Beams in Expanding Plasmas | Majors |
| Tues, April 17 6:00-7:00 PM |
Dr. Dave Taylor Roanoke College |
A Potpourri of Mathematics in Popular Games | ALL |
| Thur, April 19 6:00-7:00 PM |
Dr. Jack Brockway | Variable Star Observation and Undergraduate Research - What, Why and How | Majors |