Math Colloquium: Charles Morris and Shannon Segin

On Friday, February 12, students Charles Morris and Shannon Segin will deliver their capstone Math 499 presentations.  Join us at 3:30pm in GEM 120.   Shannon Segin, Yahtzee as a Discrete Time Markov Chain Markov Chains are a brilliant use of mathematics when looking to model stochastic processes, and they have numerous applications and uses that span […]

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Math Colloquium: Peter Jones and Matthew Eifert

On Friday, February 5, students Peter Jones and Matthew Eifert will deliver their capstone Math 499 presentations. Join us at 3:30pm in GEM 120. Matthew Eifert, The Use of the Weibull Distribution in Baseball Forecasting Bill James revolutionized the game of baseball and the way that statisticians look at it.  By creating the Pythagorean Won-Loss Formula, James […]

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Math Colloquium: Callie Beagley

The MST department welcomes Callie Beagley (National Government Services) as our colloquium speaker on Friday, January 15 at 3:30pm in GEM 120. Title: Employment and Having a Degree in Mathematics Abstract: We’ll discuss employment opportunities outside of teaching and research/academia, as well as median salaries for mathematics degrees.  Our talk will then focus on Ms. […]

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Math Colloquium: Jessica Richardson, Faculty Spotlights

3:30 p.m. Senior math major Jessica Richardson delivers her Math 499 presentation, followed by faculty spotlights. Faculty Spotlights For faculty spotlights, first-year math students are paired with faculty members. Each student interviews a faculty member prior to the colloquium. At the colloquium, each student gives a short (four- to five-minute) presentation on the background and current […]

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