Mathematics and Statistics Student Seminars (MASSS)

The Mathematics and Statistics Student Seminar series is a forum for undergraduates to present talks on topics of general interest in mathematics and statistics. These seminars are at Noon in room 2517 in the Noyce Science Center (unless otherwise noted) and are open to everyone in the Grinnell College community. Each seminar is typically a talk of forty to sixty minutes, including questions from the audience. The faculty sponsor and organizer of the Mathematics and Statistics Student Seminar series is currently Professor Chris French.

Date, time, location Seminar description
Monday, May 6, 2013 @ 12:00 noon Sci-2517

"Computational Finance: Pricing Options using the Binomial Model"

  • Dan Nellis '13
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 @ 12:00 noon JRC 101

"The Master's Hand: Can Image Analysis Detect the Hand of the Master?"

  • Ingrid Daubechies, James L. Duke Professor of Applied Mathematics, Duke University
Monday, Apr. 15, 2013 @ 12:00 noon Sci-2517

"A Visual Exploration of 3-Manifolds"

  • Colin Grove '11
Friday, Apr. 5, 2013 @ 12:00 noon Sci-1023

"How to become invisible without a cloak"

  • Fernando Guevara Vasquez, Department of Mathematics, University of Utah

Monday, Mar. 4, 2013 @ 12:00 noon Sci-2517

"Algorithms for Joint Sparsity in Compressed Sensing"

  • David Hanle '14 and Yirong Jing '14
Monday, Feb. 18, 2013 @ 12:00 noon Sci-2517

"The Jones Polynomial of Spherical Virtual Knots"

  • Reed Caron '13
Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 @ 12:00 noon Sci-2517

2013 Summer MAP's

  • Grinnell College Mathematics & Statistics Faculty
 Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 @ 12:00 noon Sci-2517

Extreme calculus

  • Paul Zorn, Professor of Mathematics at St. Olaf College
Monday, Dec. 3, 2012 @ 12:00 noon Sci-2517

"Robust Rankings for College Football"

  • Sam Burer, Professor in Management Sciences at the Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa
Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 @ 12:00 noon Sci-2517

"Multi-selection Algorithms for Graphics Processing Units"

  • Emircan Uysaler '13 & Erik Opavsky '14
Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 @ 12:00 noon Sci-2517

"Statistical Genetics: Geometric Insights into the Behavior of Rare Variant Tests of Association"

  • Brian Greco '13
Monday, Nov. 5, 2012 @ 12:00 noon Sci-2517

"Incongruent Restricted Disjoint Covering Systems (IRDCS)"

  • Bridget Toomey '14
Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 @ 12:00 noon Sci-2517

"Graph Nim on Spider Graphs"

  • Sydney Ryan '14
Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 @ 12:00 noon Sci-2517

Gauss Diagrams, Reidemeister Moves, and the Euler Characteristic of the Sphere

  • David Brown '14
Monday, Sept. 17, 2012 @ 12:00 noon Sci-2517 On the Folding of L-Shapes     
  • Alice Nadeau '13
Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012 @ 4:15pm Sci-2517

Super Sets, Graph Paper, and Coloring.

  • Peter Blanchard, Grinnell College Faculty
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