Longwood University

Mathematics & Computer Science Colloquium Series

Academic Year 2007/08 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)

11 September

(Tuesday)

Dr. B. Sidney Smith

Assistant Professor

Department of Mathematics & Statistics

Radford University

The Mathematical Art of M.C. Escher

4 October

(Thursday)

Dr. Carla D. (Moravitz) Martin
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
James Madison University

What Linear Algebra, Mars Rovers and Brain Scans have in Common -- the Power of Approximation

1 November

(Thursday)

Dr. Kellie J. Archer

Assistant Professor

Department of Biostatistics

Virginia Commonwealth University

The Importance of Integrating Knowledge of Biology, Statistics, and Computer Science in High-Throughput Genomic Research

29 November

(Thursday)

Dr. Marcus H. Pendergrass

Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Mathematics and Computer Science Department

Hampden-Sydney College

Abstraction In Action: Maze Runners, Lying Oracles, and Game Theory

29 January

(Tuesday)

Dr. David A. Smith

Associate Professor of Mathematics Emeritus

Department of Mathematics

Duke University

The U. S. Census and Pierre François Who?

 

21 February

(Thursday)

Dr. Raina Robeva

Associate Professor of Mathematical Science

Department of Mathematical Sciences

Sweet Briar College

Modeling of Hormone Feedback Networks: Understanding Endocrine Oscillations

25 March

(Tuesday)

Dr. Brian Heinold
Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Mount Saint Mary's University

Beautiful Images from Some Simple Formulas

17 April

(Thursday)

Dr. Hasan Hamdan

Associate Professor

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

James Madison University

Methods of Multiple Comparisons in Statistics