NC State Society for Undergraduate Mathematics
SUM Series, Fall 2008

The SUM Series features informal, interesting talks on mathematical topics or issues of interest to math majors.
Unless indicated in the schedule below, the SUM Series meets on Thursdays from 3:00 to 3:50 in Harrelson 330.
You will have a few minutes to help yourself to pizza before the talk.

Schedule of Talks

Click on the title of a talk for the abstract (if available).

September 4 3:00-3:50 pm
Michael Shearer
Avalanches and the Brazil Nut Effect
September 11 3:00-3:50 pm
Nathan Reading
Tiling the Aztec diamond with dominoes
September 18 3:00-3:50 pm
Albert Hopping (Progress Energy)
Financial risk in the "real" world
September 25 3:00-3:50 pm
Sandra Paur
Making the Grad School decision
October 2 3:00-3:50 pm
Steve Schecter
How the Talmud Divides an Estate Among Creditors
October 9 3:00-3:50 pm
No meeting
Fall Break
October 16 3:00-3:50 pm
Owen Eslinger
(US Army Engineer Research and Development Center)
Computational Engineering and Science at the US Army Corps of Engineers
October 23 3:00-3:50 pm
**In Harrelson 107**
Jesse Stimpson
A Modeling Study of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
**This talk will be held in Harrelson 107**
October 30 3:00-3:50 pm
Molly Fenn
The mathematics of voting
November 6 3:00-3:50 pm
Drew Armstrong (University of Minnesota)
Buffon's noodle and the Monte Carlo method
November 13 3:00-3:50 pm
Anjela Govan
Sports Ranking and Game Prediction, Google style
November 20 3:00-3:50 pm
Hoon Hong
Can you say something about solutions without finding them?
November 27 3:00-3:50 pm
No meeting
Thanksgiving
December 4 3:00-3:50 pm
**In Harrelson 107**
Donald Duck
Math Movie Nite (Afternoon)
**This talk will be held in Harrelson 107**


Current Schedule


Spring 2009 Schedule