List of Speakers for the Math Majors' Seminar, Spring 2015
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Speaker(s) |
Topic/Title |
Information Location: MMS 225 |
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1/20 |
Dr. Hoa Nguyen (Trinity University) |
Welcome to the seminar/Syllabus introduction Note: Undergraduate Research Fair, Wednesday, January 21, 2015, 4:30 - 5:30 Great Hall in Chapman |
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1/27 |
Dr. Ryan Daileda (Trinity University) |
How to use Latex/Beamer for reports/presentations (Change location to MMS 104)
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2/3 |
Senior presentations (10 mins/each) |
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2/10 |
Scott Merkord Courtney Rohde (USAA) |
Be An Actuary (an overview of the actuarial profession, future actuarial opportunities at USAA, and examples of applying mathematics in the actuarial setting) |
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2/17 |
Dr. Kris Kozak (SwRI) |
Mathematics of High-Precision Localization for Autonomous Vehicles |
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2/24 |
(Rackspace) |
Preventing another 2008: Development of Sound and Intuitive Quantitative (Canceled) |
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3/3 |
Quentin Funk (4th-year PhD at Rice University) |
First Variations, Minimal Surfaces and Soap Films |
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3/17 |
Dr. Tullia Dymarz (University of Wisconsin) |
Get rich fast!* *offer only available on non-amenable graphs. |
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3/24 |
Nathan King Matthew Bachmann |
Junior presentations (20 mins/each) Writing Workshop |
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3/31 |
Douglas Steinman Ellen Liaw |
Junior presentations (20 mins/each) Writing Workshop |
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4/7 |
Dr. Sarah Olson (WPI) |
Calcium and Muscle - may the force be with you! Dr. Olson will also give another talk for the Biomath seminar at 4:30 pm on Wednesday 4/8, MMS 225 on "Multiscale models of sperm motility - hydrodynamics and biochemistry." |
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4/14 |
Timothy Davison Victoria Perez Lacritia Byas |
Junior presentations (20 mins/each) Technology & Writing Workshops |
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4/21 and 4/28 |
Camille DeMars Lu Liu Tess MacApinlac Dayton King |
Senior presentations (30 mins/each talk and 2 talks/day) |