Week of October 29, 2007
Upcoming course dates and times (all times are U.S.
Eastern Daylight, GMT -04:00):
S13: Introduction to Visualization with Mathematica 6
Monday, October 29, 10am EDT
S14: Creating Demonstrations
Tuesday, October 30, 6pm EDT
S16: College Calculus with Mathematica
Wednesday, October 31, 10am EDT
S10: A Technical Overview of Mathematica
Thursday, November 1, 6pm EDT
S11: What's New in Mathematica 6
Friday, November 2, noon EDT
LAS RFP re computer-based instructional materials
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has issued a call for proposal for the development and application of computer-based instructional materials for LAS courses. Computer-based instructional materials have great potential for enhancing student-learning experiences in LAS courses including through improved access to course materials, more individualized instruction and interactive learning materials.
Proposals are due in 202 Catt Hall by November 5. Submissions should include the original proposal and 12 copies. Word PDF
Deadlines
- November 1 AIM workshop applications
- November 5 LAS RFP computer-based instructional materials
- November 15 IMA Participating Institution Conferences applications
The Art of Celebrating
The visibilty provided by the north walll of windows in Carver Hall made it a great space to house new pop machines featuring portions of the Sesquicentennial mural, "What We Love About Iowa State."
On Friday, October 18, ISU Dining installed the first two freshly embellished pop machines on the main level of Carver Hall. Pepsi got the west side, Dr. Pepper got the right.
Robert Parrish, ISU vending manager, said 18 more machines will be placed around campus in the next couple of weeks, and will likely remain in place through the current vending contracts, which may be up to three years. The cost to install each machine was approximately $175, which does not include the art work.
There has been discussion about auctioning either the fronts of the machines or the whole machines when the contracts expire.
Colloquium this week
Tuesday 4:10 p.m. Carver 150
Seminar topics this week
Combinatorics,
Algebra, Number Theory Seminar
Monday 4:10 p.m. Carver 290
Gargi Bhattacharyya on "Some existence and construction results for polygonal designs "
Computational and Applied Mathematics
Monday 4:10 p.m. Carver 294
Gary Lieberman on "Blow-up solutions to ellipitical equations "
Discrete Mathematics
Tuesday 2:10 p.m. Carver 074
Leslie Hogben on "Teaching linear algebra technology and resources "
Probability
Wednesday 12:10 p.m. Carver 232
Alexander Roitershtein on "Random walks in random environments"
Hypergeometric Series
Wednesday 2:10 p.m. Carver 232
Ling Long on "Triangular groups and HGS "
Graduate Student Seminar
Wednesday 4:10 p.m. Carver 290
Jim Evans on "Realistic modeling of complex physical and chemical systems "
Analysis
Thursday 3:10 p.m. Carver 204
Eric Weber on "The Kadison-Singer Problem, Part III "
