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2023-2024 Math/Stat Colloquium Series

math colloquium

Dresden Memorial Lecture - 2023-2024

2023-2024 Schedule The Swarthmore College Department of Mathematics and Statistics invites you to join us for Colloquium talks. The Math/Stat Colloquium will be held in Science Center 199 (unless otherwise noted), Tuesdays 4:30pm-5:30pm, with refreshments at 4:15pm. 

Sept. 12, 2023
SC 101- Chang Hou Hall 
Ryan Hynd
University of Penn

How did I get here?

(video recording)

Sept. 26, 2023 Sara Stoudt
Bucknell University
Birds, Butterflies, Community Scientists, Oh My!   
What Participatory Science Data Can Tell Us About Both
Nature and Data Collectors.
 
(video recording)
Oct. 10, 2023 Selvi Kara
Bryn Mawr College
Monomial ideals: a bridge between algebra and combinatorics
(video recording)
Oct. 24, 2023
SC 101- Chang Hou Hall 
Mona Merling
University of Penn

Scissors congruence and algebraic K-theory

Kaora Kitao Lecture, 2023-2024
(video recording)

Feb. 1, 2024
4:30-5:30pm
Feb. 2, 2024
12:30-1:30pm
SC 101 - Chang Hou Hall

Akshay Venkatesh
Institute for Advanced Study

Dresden Memorial Lecture - 

Part 1:  Glimpses through the lens of entropy.
(video recording)
Part 2: The hardest homework problem ever?
(video recording).

Feb. 13, 2024 William Taitano
Los Alamos National Laboratory
The Role of Theory and Computational Physics in Predictive High Energy Density Physics Simulation
(video recording).
March 26, 2024 Hormuzd Katki
Biostatistics Branch, National Cancer Institute

The role of statisticians and quantitative thinking in cancer prevention and screening

(video recording)

     
     
     
     
Kickoff 2024-2025

Ron Buckmire
Occidental College

Lewis and Reynolds Kickoff Lecture
2024-2025 Candice Price
Smith College
Kaori Kitao Lecture
Spring 2025

Kenneth Golden

University of Utah

Dresden Lecture (two lectures)