Mathematical Sciences

Higgins House, Great Hall

Semidefinite Programming and Sensor Network Geolocation

9:00 a.m.
Elizabeth Hegarty
Advisor: William J. Martin

Effective Properties of Elastic Laminates in Space-Time

9:20 a.m.
William Sanguinet
Advisors: Konstantin Lurie, L. R. Ram-Mohan (PH)

Factors Behind the Workers Compensation Insurance Cycle

9:40 a.m.
Joshua Davis, Steven DiTullio, Nicholas Vine, Thomas Whiting
Advisor: Jon Abraham
Sponsor: The Hanover Insurance Group

Predicting Policyholder Behavior and Benefit Utilization: An Analysis on Long Term Care Insurance

10:00 a.m.
Jie Bai, Ashleigh Smeal, Heather Standring, Xinyi Zhang
Advisors: Jon Abraham, Helen Vassallo (MG)
Sponsor: Ability Resources Inc.

Analysis of Fund Mapping Techniques for Variable Annuities

10:30 a.m.
Grant Fredricks, Erin Ingalls, Angela McAlister
Advisor: Jon Abraham
Sponsor: Towers Perrin

An Investigation of Polya’s Function

10:50 a.m.
Alexander Ramsay, Michelle Terry
Advisor: Umberto Mosco

Regulatory Network Models for Biology

11:10 a.m.
Manasi Vartak
Advisors: Brigitte Servatius, Marian Walhout (UMass Medical)