Week of January 26, 2009 xxxxxxxxxxxxx
MORE 2009
A team of eight ISU program and advising representatives will kick Mathematics On the Road off in Urbandale this evening. Mathematics teachers, 9-12 students and parents from the Heartland AEA will explore Cryptography, the Mathematics of Secrecy with Cliff Bergman. Participants will have time to visit face-to-face with mathematicians and advisors.
25 Year Club Honorees
Three members of the Mathematics Department will be honored at ISU's 74th annual 25-Year Club Banquet in February. Both Kristy Goodale (left) and Wolfgang Kliemann (center) will be honored for 25 years of service. Stephen Willson (right) will be honored for 35 years of service.
Department Meeting
Thursday, January 29 at 4:10 in 101 Carver.
Beat the copier blues...and go green
If you use color paper in the copier, please remove it when your job is complete. This courtesy to the next user will save paper and time.
Deadlines
Remember to check the departmental calendar for deadlines. de
Seminars and Colloquia
Combinatorics, Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
Monday, January 26 at 4:10 in 232 Carver - Yi Lin Cheng - On some Hopf algebras of even dimension
Discrete Mathematics Seminar
Tuesday, January 27 at 2:10 p.m. in 174 Carver - Roger Maddux
Probability Seminar
Wednesday, January 28 at 2:10 p.m. Carver 282. Ananda Weerasinghe. Solvable stochastic control problems.
Elliptic Curves and Related Topics - check web site for latest update; will not meet if colloquium conflict
Wednesday, January 28 at 3:10 p.m. in 118 Carver
Mathematics Colloquia
Wednesday, January 28 at 4:10 p.m. in 305 Carver - Tathagata Basak (Dickson Instructor, University of Chicago) A complex hyperbolic reflection group and the bimonster
Graduate Student Seminar
Wednesday, January 28 at 4:10 p.m. in 290 Carver - Roger Alexander on Calculus Teaching
Mathematics Colloquia
Friday, January 30 at 3:10 p.m. in 202 Carver - Ameya Pitale (University of Oklahoma) on L-functions and special value results
Transitions
Graduate student birthdays this week:
1/20 Ahmet Alturk (sorry we missed yours last week)
Transitions features 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
