NC State Society for Undergraduate Mathematics
SUM Series, Fall 2010

The SUM Series features informal talks on mathematical topics.
The talks are held Wednesdays from 4:00 to 4:50 in SAS 2102.
You will have a few minutes to help yourself to pizza before the talk.

Date Time
Speaker
Title (click for abstract)
September 1 4:00-4:50 pm
Jeff Scroggs
Financial Mathematics:
How mathematicians develop pricing models.
September 8 4:00-4:50 pm
Nathan Reading
What's a determinant, really?
September 15 4:00-4:50 pm
Molly Fenn
The Abacus of Calculus
September 22 4:00-4:50 pm
Sami Assaf (MIT)
The Combinatorics of Card Shuffling
September 29 4:00-4:50 pm
Tanya Leise (Amherst)
Wavelet analysis of circadian rhythms and jet lag
October 6
No meeting
Day before Fall Break
October 13 4:00-4:50 pm
Chuck Wessell
Applying matrix algebra to data clustering
October 20 4:00-4:50 pm
Michael Schuster
Computational Combinatorics and Graph Ramsey Theory
October 27 4:00-4:50 pm
Anjela Govan (Northrop Grumman)
Linear Algebra to the Rescue:
Radio Tomographic Imaging
November 3 4:00-4:50 pm
No meeting
Catch up on your homework!
November 10 4:00-4:50 pm
Erin Bancroft
Counting, coloring... and calculus?
November 17 4:00-4:50 pm
Katie Liszewski
2?!?: Error Correcting for Quantum Computers
November 24
No meeting
Thanksgiving Break
December 1 4:00-5:00 pm
Zach Clawson, Aaron Marcus, Wesley Springs
Undergraduate research presentations

There is a low-volume (weekly) email list dedicated to announcements of upcoming SUM Series talks.
To join, click this link, which should open up an email message. Then just send the message as is.


Spring 2010 Schedule


Current Schedule


Spring 2011 Schedule