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Graduate tuition policy on the Web
Departmental policy with regard to graduate tuition scholarships has been posted on the web site here.
Miller lecture
Tuesday, February 17 at 4:10 p.m. in Carver 305. Reception 3:30 in 404 Carver.
Don Saari (UC Irvine)
We vote, we decide; but why can we get bad outcomes?
Voting, as well as decisions in science,
engineering, business and on and on are
central to almost all of what we do. But, overly
frequently the outcome sure appears to differ
from what we expect should happen. As I will
show in this expository lecture, which will have
several actual examples, the problem is caused by
how we make decisions.
A warning; expect to leave this lecture worrying
whether a correct decision was made in a recent
election (maybe for a new chair, or who to hire),
or setting, that was of importance to you.
The Miller lecture is sponsored by Department of Mathematics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Economics, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Miller Lecture Foundation.
Anastasios Matzavinos will delve into spectral graph theory at the Mathematical Institute during his visit to the University of Oxford, now through March 20. He will be based in the Oxford Centre for Collaborative Applied Mathematics.
MORE 2009 to Pocahontas
Mathematics On the Road travels to Pocahontas on Monday, February 23. Mathematics teachers, 9-12 students and parents from the Prairie Lakes AEA will exploreFrom Restaurants to Climate Change: Using Statistics to Understand Our World with Dianne Cook. Participants will have time to visit face-to-face with mathematicians and advisors.
Ozer invites you to share Turkish culture
As president of the Turkish Student Organization (TSA), Ahmet Ozkan Ozer invites you to join him for Turkish Night, which is Tuesday, March 3, from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. This early announcement is to allow you to get your tickets now from Ahmet, because they will go fast.
Featuring music by Turkana, cultural exhibitions (including belly dancing) and backgammon, tickets are $10 per person.
Deadlines this week
February 16: James S. mcDonnell Foundation - 21st Century Science Initiative Research Awards Internal preselection materials due to Dorothy Pimlott by close of business. Copy to Wolfgang Kliemann.
February 16:NSF US-China Collaboration in Mathematical Research Details
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Seminars and Colloquia this week
Mathematics
Colloquia
Monday, February 16 at 4:10 p.m. in Carver 202. Don Saari (UC Irvine) The evolution of the universe
Combinatorics, Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
Monday, February 16 at 4:10 p.m. in 232 Carver. Anna Romanowska (ISU/Warsaw University of Technology): Dyadic geometry
Computational and Applied Mathematics Seminar
Monday, February 16 at 4:10 p.m. in 160 Carver
Discrete Mathematics Seminar
Tuesday, February 17 at 2:10 p.m. in 174 Carver. Jake Manske on Frolicking in a butterfly-free meadow: on the largest set family without A \cup B \subset C \cap D
Miller Lecture
Tuesday, February 17 at 4:10 p.m. Carver 305. Don Saari (UC Irvine) We vote, we decide; but why can we get bad outcomes?
Probability Seminar
Wednesday, February 18 at 1:10 p.m. in Carver 202. Ryan Martin on Tight concentration of graph parameters and applications
Elliptic Curves and Related Topics
Wednesday, February 18 at 3:10 p.m. in 290 Carver. Ling Long on Formal groups of elliptic curves I
Graduate Student Seminar
Wednesday, February 18 at 4:10 p.m. in 290 Carver. Justin Peters on Analysis of norms in R^n
Groups and Physics Seminar
Thursday, February 19 at 1:10 p.m. in 0018 Carver. Ken Driessel on Some groups important in physics
Analysis Seminar
Thursday, February 19 at 4:10 p.m. in Carver 160
Transitions
Graduate student birthdays this week:
2/19 John Gillespie, Richard McBride, 2/21 Christopher McClure, Wen Zhou
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
