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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

ONLY if can
attend full 2
hours
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
 
 
For more information, please contact Dr. Maggie Rahmoeller at (540) 375-2505 or rahmoeller@roanoke.edu.