2015-16 Schedule
The Swarthmore College Department of Mathematics and Statistics invites you to join us on Tuesdays for Colloquium talks. Unless otherwise specified, the Math/Stat Colloquium will be held at:
- Location: Science Center 199 (unless otherwise noted)
- Time: Tuesdays 4:30–5:30 (refreshments served at 4:15)
| Date | Speaker | Title (click to see flyer and abstract) |
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| Sep 15 | Phil Novack-Gottshall (Benedictine University) |
Finding order in complex data: Diverse biological applications using classification trees |
| Sep 22 | Daniele Grandini (Virginia Commonwealth University) |
A First Introduction to the Theory of Geometric Structures |
| Oct 6 | Moon Duchin (Tufts University) |
Coloring in Space |
| Oct 20 | Jesse Walker (Intel) |
Ordinary Math in the Everyday World |
| Oct 27 | Neil Epstein '98 (George Mason University) |
What's in a polynomial (or power series)? A partial history of the notion of `content', from 1801 to 2014 |
| Nov 10 | Math/Stat Dept | Summer Research Opportunity Fair (Science Center 158) |
| Nov 17 | Louis Deaett (Quinnipiac University) |
Vector coloring graphs with symmetry |
| Nov 24 | Math/Stat Dept | Math 97 Poster Session (2:30pm, SC158 and Math/Stat Lounge) |
| Dec 7-8 | Bryna Kra (Northwestern University) |
2015-16 Dresden Lectures: I. Patterns and Disorder II. Periodicity and Complexity |
| Mar 15 |
Topology Film Festival I |
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| Mar 29 | Topology Film Festival II Location: SC 101 |
Turning a Sphere Inside Out Space Filling Curves |
| Apr 5 | Topology Film Festival III Location: SC 101 |
Outside In Not Knot |
| Apr 12 | Karen Lange (Wellesley College) |
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| Apr 15 |
Harshil Sahai '15 |
2015 Brinkmann Prize Lecture (special day and time, 3:30pm) Utility Theory: The Mathematics of Shopping |
| Apr 19 | John Meier (Lafayette College) |
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| Apr 26 | Keith Devlin (Stanford University) |
2015-16 Kitao Lecture: Leonardo of Pisa and the First Personal Computing Revolution |
| May 3 | David Grabiner (New York Yankees) |
(special time 3:00pm, special location SC 101) |
