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 |
|---|---|---|
| February 2, 2006 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Chris Moseley United States Military Academy |
Rolling Pennies, Quantum Control, and Geometry |
| February 7, 2006 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Stephen Wang University of Chicago |
The Geometry of Representations of Surface Groups |
| February 9, 2006 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Chulmin Kim University of Minnesota -- Morris |
Unconstrained Models for the Covariance Structure of Multivariate Longitudinal Data |
| February 16, 2006 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Yashowanto Ghosh Aquinas College |
The Area Problem Revisited |
| February 23, 2006 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Mike Bosma, Laura Feys, Victor Hernandez, Mandy Mudde, Kathy Spencer, and Lisa Winkle Calvin College |
Exploring Euclidean Geometry with Geometer's Sketchpad |
| March 2, 2006 3:30 pm NH 276 |
Ivan Niven | Problems for All Seasons |
| March 9, 2006 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Calvin College |
A Few of Our Favorite Problems (and Solutions) |
| March 17, 2006 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Paul Zwier Calvin College |
Rectangular Permuations and Information |
| March 23, 2006 |
Spring Break | Spring Break |
| March 30, 2006 3:40 pm SB 110 (note room change) |
Shandelle Henson Andrews University |
Can Mathematical Equations Predict Animal Behavior? |
| April 27, 2006 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Robert Downer Grand Valley State University |
What is Biostatistics? |