The department colloquium series meets every Thursday at 3:40 pm for a 50-minute colloquium presentation, preceded by refreshments at 3:20. The speakers range from students and faculty to visitors from other institutions or industry. The department seeks a variety of speakers on a wide range of topics. This year, the colloquium committee consists of Professors Bolt and Kapitula.
Schedules for recent and upcoming semesters are also available.
| Date/Location | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| September 12, 2001 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Jim Turner and John Ferdinands Calvin College |
Organizational Meeting |
| September 19, 2001 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Randall Pruim Calvin College |
Calculus -- The Way it Might Have Been |
| September 26, 2002 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Professor Jim Bradley Calvin College |
The Selection of Sites for Chemical Weapons Inspections |
| October 3 , 2002 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Arthur White Western Michigan University |
Mathematics and Poetry |
| October 10, 2002 3:40 pm NH 276 |
V. Mandrekar Department of Statitistics, Michigan State University |
Analyzing Systems Involving Randomness |
| October 17, 2002 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Al Baartmans Michigan Techological University |
Caps and Codes |
| October 24, 2002 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Peter Bates Michigan State University |
Mathematics and Material Science |
| October 31, 2002 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Jon Hodge Grand Valley State University |
Separability and Symmetry and Algebra, Oh My! |
| November 7, 2002 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Mike Bolt University of Michigan |
The inversive geometry of plane curves |
| November 14, 2002 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Abbie Jager Department of Statistics, University of Chicago |
Causal Inference with Confounding Variables |
| November 21, 2002 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Randy Reitsma and Emily Redder Delortte and Touche |
So you don't want to teach or go to graduate school? |
| December 5, 2002 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Akalu Tetera Grand Valley State University |
Proving Binomial Single- Sum Identities by Using the Computer-An Introduction to the WZ Method |
| December 12, 2002 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Dan Phillips Purdue University |
The Calculus of Variations, Nonconvexity, and Elasticity |