Longwood University

Mathematics & Computer Science Colloquium Series

Academic Year 2006/07 Schedule


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As usual, we will meet for treats from 3:30 to 4:00 in the Math & Computer Science Department Lounge (Ruffner 300A).  The presentation will be from 4:00-5:00 p.m. in Ruffner 356.  Please join us!

To view the colloquium series schedules from previous academic years please click here!  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)

19 September

(Tuesday)

Dr. Chris Gennings

Professor

Department of Biostatistics

Virginia Commonwealth University

A Gestalt Index: Use Of Desirability Functions In Evaluation Of Multiple Measurements per Experimental Subject

12 October

(Thursday)

Dr. Kyle Siegrist

Professor

Department of Mathematical Sciences

University of Alabama in Huntsville

1/e: How to Find the Woman (or Man) of Your Dreams

31 October

(Tuesday)

Ms. Virginia Lewis

Lecturer

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

Longwood University

Ph.D. Candidate in Mathematics Education at the University of Virginia

Undergraduate Calculus Students’ Definitions and Images of Function

30 November

(Thursday)

Mr. David McWee

Principal Information Engineer

Professional Software Engineering, Inc. (PROSOFT)

From the Classroom to the Cubicle
30 January (Tuesday)

Dr. Danny Cline

Assistant Professor

Department of Mathematics

Lynchburg College

Self-Contradiction -or- I Am Lying To You

NOTE:  This presentation will start at 4:15 instead of the usual 4:00

8 February (Thursday)

Dr. Gretchen Koch

Assistant Professor

Mathematics and Computer Science Department

Goucher College

Baltimore, Maryland

 

E. Coli and Taylor Series: My Journey Through Biomathematics

1 March

(Thursday)

Mr. Robert M. Marmorstein

Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science

College of William and Mary

Multiway Decision Diagrams

 

NOTE:  This presentation will start at 3:30 instead of the usual 4:00 and we will have refreshments from 3:00 to 3:30.

8 March

(Thursday)

Dr. John Augustine

Visiting Assistant Professor

Computer Science Department

Colby College

Resource Allocation in Computer Systems:  Pandas and Tetris

22 March

(Thursday)

Sudoku Variations and Research

5 April

(Thursday)

Dr. Deborah L. Gochenaur

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Department of Mathematical Sciences

Elizabethtown College

Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania

Evaluating STEM Intervention Programs

19 April

(Thursday)

Dr. Ling Xu

Assistant Professor

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

James Madison University

Detecting Multimodality in Ecological Data