Math News and Events

MATH FORUM SCHEDULE

Gordon College's Math Forum is a biweekly gathering of mathematically inclined people from all over campus. The format ranges from problem solving to guest speakers from industry to special talks about interesting topics or people in mathematics. Math Forum has typically been on Tuesdays or Thursdays at noon or 4:45.

Currently scheduled Math Forum events this semester are below.  Unless otherwise noted, all events are in MacDonald 109:

• January 29th at 4:45 p.m.--The Mysterious Connection Between Voting and Statistics--Math junior Sarah Berube
  
• February 11th at 4:30 p.m. in Jenks 406--Vedic Mathematics: Magical Methods for Mathematical Manipulation?--Faculty Forum, Dr. Senning
• February 26th at 4:45 p.m. in Jenks 316 computer lab--Introduction to Sage--Dr. Crisman
  
• March 16th at 4:30 p.m. in Jenks 220--Primality Testing is in P--Dr. Walter Carlip, Westfield State College
• March 31st at 4:45 p.m.--Third Gordon Calculus Bee--Moderated by Dr. Crisman
  
• April 28th at 4:45 p.m.--Saving Lives by Bringing Applied Math and Operations Research Scholarship into Action--Dr. Prashant Yadev, MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program
  

Students--please let us know if there are other events or topics you would enjoy! To give you ideas, some Math Forum speakers and events from the past few years are below. 

• Coordinating Revenue Management Decisions in Airline Alliances--Prof. Robert Shumsky of Dartmouth, Tuck Business School
• Bringing Math to Inner City Schools--Prof. Robert Case of Northeastern University
• I See Abstract Number--Dr. Brian Glenney of the Philosophy Department
• Integration Bee - moderated by Dr. Veatch
  
• What is Numerical Analysis, Anyway?--Dr. Senning
• Why are the lines in Lane so long? An Introduction to Queuing Theory--Jane Eisenhauer and Stephen Rizzo (students)
  
• Sudoku and Graphs--Jeffrey Fraser (student)
  
• Happy Birthday, Euler! From Graphs to the Fields Medal--Dr. Crisman
  
• Don't Forget to Check Your Digits--Symposium 2007 "Authenticity"--talk by students about check digits
  
• Math Awareness Month Talk: What Makes Your Vote Matter--Dr. Crisman with Drs. Brink and Melkonian from Political Studies
• Joint with Health Professions Seminar--Dr. Kim Pearson of Harvard School of Public Health on biostatistics and testing for gene links to disease
• Joint with CS and Chem/Physics Senior Sem--Dr. Michael Orrison of Harvey Mudd College on applications of matrix representations
  

There are always additional math-related events in the area. Contact any faculty member for details.

• November 21-22--Fall Meeting of the Northeast Section of the MAA
  
• • Hosted at Bentley College in Waltham, MA
    
• April 18--Hudson River Undergraduate Math Conference
  
• • Hosted at Union College in New York