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Early evaluations
Early evaluation packets are in all teaching TAs and Lecturers mailboxes. Please give the early evaluations this week. Please have all evaluations done by October 3. These forms will give you feedback on how your classes are working. Instructions for administering the evaluations are on the outside of the packet. Please have a volunteer return the packet to the Math Office, 396 Carver Hall. If you have any questions, see Ellen.
Deadlines
Remember to check the departmental calendar for deadlines.
Colloquia and Seminars
Combinatorics, Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
Monday, September 29 at 4:10 p.m. in 298 Carver - Mike Hilgemann on Classifying finite-dimensional Hopf algebras
Discrete Mathematics Seminar
Tuesday, September 30 at 2:10 p.m. in 268 Carver - Jason Smith
Matrix Groups Seminar
Tuesday, September 30 at 2:10 p.m. in 128 Carver - Kenneth Driessel on The Casimir operator (continued)
Mathematics Colloquia
Tuesday, September 30 at 4:10 p.m. in 298 Carver - Eric Weber (ISU) on A history of the Kadison-Singer problem
Probability Seminar
Wednesday, October 1at 2:10 p.m. in 282 Carver -
Elliptic Curves and Related Topics
Wednesday, October 1 at 4:10 p.m. in 290 Carver - Ananda Weerasinghe on Optimal control of a stochastic network driven by fractional Brownian motion input
Graduate Student Seminar
Wednesday, October 1at 4:10 p.m. in 250 Carver - Travis Kramer on WebCT
Interior-Point Methods Seminar :
Thursday, October 2 at 2:10 p.m. in 118 Carver - Kenneth Driessel on Self-concordancy and Newton's method
Transitions
Graduate student birthdays this week:
None that we know about.
Transitions is a new feature in Weekly Reader where announcements regarding life transitions, i.e., family, job, etc. of those associated with the Department may be published at the request of the individual. Send submissions to tuttle@iastate.edu
