Mathematical Gazette
The Mathematical Gazette is published weekly, currently by the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Mathematical Sciences Department. It provides a list of mathematical seminars and colloquia in the Massachusetts area. Please send all announcements to ma-gazette@wpi.edu by noon on Thursday of the week preceding the talk.
APRIL 8 - 12, 2013
MONDAY, April 8, 2013
12:15
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY GEOMETRY-ALGEBRA-SINGULARITIES-COMBINATORICS SEMINAR
Mats Boij (KTH, Stockholm), “The weak Lefschetz property for Artinian Gorenstein algebras,” 511 Lake.
4:00
BOSTON UNIVERSITY DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS SEMINAR
Arnd Scheel (Minnesota), "Pattern selection in the wake of fronts," 111 Cummington Street, MCS 148. Tea and cookies in MCS 153 at 3:45.
http://math.bu.edu/dynamics/seminar.html
TUESDAY, April 9, 2013
4:00
WPI MATH AWARENESS TALK
Richard L. Smith (University of North Carolina and SAMSI), “Influence of Climate Change on Extreme Weather Events,” SL115.
WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2013
THURSDAY, April 11, 2013
4:30
MARTIN GUTERMAN LECTURE AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY
Michael Hill (University of Virginia), “Ruler, Compass, and Origami Constructions,” Bromfield-Pearson 101.
8:00
LEONARD C. SULSKI MEMORIAL LECTURE IN MATHEMATICS
Nancy R. Cook (Harvard Medical School), “Statistics in Medicine: Risk prediction models for cardiovascular disease in women,” College of the Holy Cross, Hogan Campus Center, Room 519.
FRIDAY, April 12, 2013
11:00
WPI MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT COLLOQUIUM
Jacob Gagnon (WPI), “A Multimedia Intensive Course Redesign of Applied Statistics I,” Stratton Hall, Room 203. Refreshments at 10:30 in the Mathematical Sciences Department Lounge, SH 108.
http://www.socialweb.net/Clients/WPI/mathcolloquia.lasso?id=152677
2:00
BOSTON COLLEGE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION SEMINAR
Roger Howe (Yale), “Problematic Functions,” Campion 139.
2:30
TUFTS UNIVERSITY ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY SEMINAR
Stephen Coughlan (UMass Amherst), “Surfaces of general type with p_g=0,” Bromfield-Pearson Room 5, Tufts University, 503 Boston Avenue, Medford.
http://alopez.math.tufts.edu/seminars/
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UPCOMING CONFERENCES, SEMINAR SERIES AND MEETINGS
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You are invited to join us for a series of MathWorks/CIMS seminars in support of 2013 Mathematics of Planet Earth. The seminars feature interesting uses of MATLAB and SIMULINK for computational mathematics and statistics applications relevant to research on fundamental issues about our planet.
The series is hosted by MathWorks and the Center for Industrial Mathematics and Statistics (CIMS) at WPI, with support from the WPI Chapter of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).
Seminar III is “Systems Biology Modeling with Matlab and SimBiology”
Wednesday, April 10th, from 2-3:45 PM
Salisbury Laboratories 104, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Information on the series can be found at:
http://www.wpi.edu/academics/math/CIMS/mpe2013/mathworks.html
Please contact us if you have any questions:
Debbi Cohen (MathWorks) debbicohen@mathworks.com
Suzanne L. Weekes (CIMS) sweekes@wpi.edu
Cathy Wang (WPI SIAM Chapter) cathw@wpi.edu
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DISCRETE MATH DAY at WPI, April 20, 2013
This is a one-day conference on discrete mathematics and related areas. Registration is free, but required.
Talks begin at 10:00 and continue until 4:30.
Speakers are: Santosh Vempala (Georgia Tech), Jack Graver (Syracuse), Zajj Daugherty (Dartmouth), Erica Flapan (Pomona) and Tino Tamon (Clarkson).
Funding is provided by the National Security Agency and WPI.
Details can be found at http://users.wpi.edu/~martin/MEETINGS/DMD13.html
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3rd Annual North Shore Undergraduate Math Conference
April 20, 2013
Salem State University
A conference dedicated to mathematics aimed at an undergraduate level. Talks are welcome from faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates. In addition to the talks, there will be a team math competition for undergraduates.
Main Speaker: Moon Duchin of Tufts University will give a talk entitled "Geometric Counting Problems."
Registration is free, open to all, and includes lunch but you must RSVP by April 14.
Contact: Kathi Crow (kcrow@salemstate.edu)
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