Longwood University

Mathematics & Computer Science Colloquium Series

Academic Year 2004/05 Schedule


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Unless otherwise noted, we will meet for coffee & cookies from 3:30-4:00 p.m. in Hiner 108 (the Lounge next to Hiner 107).  The presentation will be from 4:00-5:00 p.m. in Hiner 107.  At each colloquium there will be a drawing for a fabulous door prize!  Please join us!

Interested in being a colloquium speaker or just want more information?  Then please contact your friendly colloquium coordinators (a.k.a. the "Colloquium Committee"):  Dr. Leigh Lunsford or Dr. David Shoenthal.

Date Speaker

Title of Presentation

(With Link to Abstract

& Presenter Bio)

23 September (Thursday)

Dr. Phillip Poplin

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Department of Mathematics & Computer Science

Longwood University

Math Is Fun!

21 October (Thursday)

Dr. Michael Langham

Assistant Professor of Physics

Department of Natural Sciences (Physics)

Longwood University

A Modest Tour of Symmetries in Physics

18 November (Thursday)

Dr. Paul F. Hemler

Associate Professor of Mathematics & Computer Science

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

Hampden Sydney College

Blood Vessel Enhancement in Computed Tomography Images of the Liver

7 December (Tuesday)

Dr. Gary Nelson

Professor of Mathematics Education

Department of Mathematics & Computer Science

Longwood University

A Demonstration of the TI Navigator System

27 January

(Thursday)

Mr. Matthew Zimmerman

Ph.D. Graduate Student

Structural/Computational Biology and Biophysics

University of Virginia

15 February

(Tuesday)

Dr. James F. Epperson

Associate Editor

Mathematical Reviews

American Mathematical Society

Mathematics and Politics:  Voting Systems and Apportionment Problems

8 March

(Tuesday)

Dr. Rob Harger

Associate Professor of Mathematics and Department Chair

Department of Mathematics & Computer Science

High Point University

A Second Look at Two Important Theorems
from Number Theory

24 March

(Thursday)

Dr. Claudio Morales

Professor of Mathematics

Department of Mathematical Sciences

University of Alabama in Huntsville

A First Look into Monotone Operators in Hilbert Spaces

19 April

(Tuesday)

Mr. Stanley J. McCaslin

Lecturer in Computer Science

Department of Mathematics & Computer Science

Longwood University

Exploring the Mandelbrot Set with Java