On Friday, April 15, students Lauren Patzer, Sam Iselin, and Danielle Franklin will deliver their Math 266 presentations. Join us at 3:30pm in GEM 120. […]
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Math Colloquium: Stephen Place and Brian Thompson
On Friday, March 18, students Stephen Place and Brian Thompson will deliver their capstone Math 499 presentations. Join us at 3:30pm in GEM 120. […]
Math Colloquium: Brooke LeFevre, Ben Levandowski, and Sarah Lavelle
On Friday, April 1, students Brooke LeFevre, Ben Levandowski, and Sarah Lavelle will deliver their Math 266 presentations. Join us at 3:30pm in GEM 120. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Math Colloquium: Andrew Brouch, Bill Mackelfresh
On Friday, January 22, students Andrew Brouch and Bill Mackelfresh will deliver their capstone Math 499 presentations. Join us at 3:30pm in GEM 120. Bill Mackelfresh, Central Limit Theorem The Central Limit Theorem is one of the most used theorems in all of statistics. In this talk I review a quick visualization , then go into […]
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. […]
Math Colloquium: Adi Robinson on “An Introduction to Medical Physics”
3:30 p.m. Part of the Neils Colloquium on Innovative Science, this talk featured Adi Robinson, a graduate of Columbia Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science with a degree in medical physics. […]
Math Colloquium: Professor Paul Drube
3:30 p.m. This Mathematics Colloquium featured the math department’s Paul Drube. […]
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 […]