Past Weekly Events

Jan. 15-21, 2017

Thursday, January 19

Distressing Math Collective

• 7 p.m. in Park 328. Rose Kaplan-Kelly '17: Cusp Crossing Density of Hyperbolic Knots or Playing With Flowers in Hyperbolic Space
   

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Jan. 22-28, 2017

Monday, Jan. 23

Bi-College Math Colloquium

• 4-5 p.m. Jason Liao, Ph.D., Sr. Principal Statistician at Merck & Co., Inc.: Quantifying an Agreement Study. The talk will begin at 4:00 p.m. in KINSC H109.  Tea will precede talk at 3:30 p.m. in KINSC H208 (Haverford).

Tuesday, Jan. 24

PACT Seminar: The Philadelphia Area Contact/Topology Seminar

• 8:30-9:45 a.m. in Park 328.

Wednesday, Jan. 25

Philadelphia Area Number Theory Seminar

• 2:40 p.m. in Park 328.

Thursday, Jan. 26

Distressing Math Collective

• 7 p.m. in Park 328. Yiling Bai '17 and Tianyi He '17 presenting.

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Jan. 29- Feb. 4, 2017

Monday, Jan. 30

Lunch Conversation with Algebraist Chelsea Walton

• 12-1 p.m. in Park 328

Bi-College Math Colloquium

• 4-5 p.m. in Park 338.  Chelsea Walton, Temple University: Quantum Symmetry.  Tea will precede talk at 3:30 p.m. in Park 355 (Math Major Lounge).

Problem Solving Seminar

• 7-9 p.m. in Park 328.

Tuesday, Jan. 31

PACT Seminar: The Philadelphia Area Contact/Topology Seminar

• 8:30-9:45 a.m. in Park 328.

Wednesday, Feb. 1

Philadelphia Area Number Theory Seminar

• 2:40 p.m. in Park 328.

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Feb. 5- Feb. 11, 2017

Monday, February 5

Bi-College Math Colloquium

• 4-5 p.m. in H109 at Haverford College.  Thomas Church, Stanford University and Institute of Advanced Study: The Cap Set Problem & Fast Matrix Multiplication.  Tea will precede talk at 3:30 p.m. in KINSC Math Lounge, H208.

Tuesday, February 6

PACT Seminar: The Philadelphia Area Contact/Topology Seminar

• 8:30-9:45 a.m. in Park 328.

Wednesday, February 7

Lunch Conversation with Alumna Tyler Garber '14

• 12:00-1:00 p.m. in Park 328.

Philadelphia Area Number Theory Seminar

• 2:40 p.m. in Park 328.

Thursday, February 8

Distressing Math Collective

• 7 p.m. in Park 328: Frank Romascavage presenting (postponed due to inclement weather).

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Feb. 12 - Feb. 18, 2017

Monday, February 13

Bi-College Math Colloquium (Joint with Philadelphia Area Number Theory Seminar)

• 4-5 p.m. in Park 338.  Robert J. Lemke Oliver, Tufts University: "Prime Numbers, Randomness, and The Gambler's Fallacy". Tea will precede talk at 3:30 p.m. in Math Lounge (Park 355).

Tuesday, February 14

PACT Seminar: The Philadelphia Area Contact/Topology Seminar

• 8:30-9:45 a.m. in Park 328.

Thursday, February 16

Distressing Math Collective

• 7 p.m. in Park 328: Isaac Craig presenting.

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Feb. 19 - Feb. 25, 2017

Monday, February 20

Bi-College Math Colloquium

• 4-5 p.m., KINSC H109 (Haverford).  Charles Cunningham, Bowdoin College: "Recognizing Your Good Friends the Right-Angled Coexeter Groups." Tea will precede talk at 3:30 p.m. in KINSC H208.

Problem-Solving Seminar

• 7-9 p.m. in Park 328

Tuesday, February 21

PACT Seminar: The Philadelphia Area Contact/Topology Seminar

• 8:30-9:45 a.m. in Park 328.

Wednesday, February 22

Philadelphia Area Number Theory Seminar

• 3:10 p.m. in Park 328.

Thursday, February 23

Distressing Math Collective

• 7 p.m. in Park 328: Frank Romascavage presenting.

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Feb. 26 - March 4, 2017

Monday, February 27

Bi-College Math Colloquium

• 4-5 p.m., Park 338.  David Burnstein, Swarthmore College: "Analyzing Network Dynamics Through Random Graph Models." Tea will precede talk at 3:30 p.m. in the Math Lounge (Park 355).

Tuesday, February 28

PACT Seminar: The Philadelphia Area Contact/Topology Seminar

• 8:30-9:45 a.m. in Park 328.

Wednesday, March 1

Philadelphia Area Number Theory Seminar

• 3:10 p.m. in Park 328.

Thursday, March 2

Distressing Math Collective

• 7 p.m. in Park 328: Hannah Schwartz presenting.

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March 5 - March 11, 2017: SPRING BREAK - NO EVENTS

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March 12 - March 18, 2017

Monday, March 13, 2017

Lunch Conversation with Alumna Lipika Ramaswamy '15

• 12-1  p.m. in Park 328.

Bi-College Math Colloquium

• 4-5 p.m., KINSC H109 (Haverford).  Kathryn Bryant, Colorado College:"The Unsolved(!) Inscribed Square Problem". Tea will precede talk at 3:30 p.m. in KINSC H208.

Tuesday, March 14

PACT Seminar: The Philadelphia Area Contact/Topology Seminar

• 8:30-9:45 a.m. in Park 328.

Pi Day Celebration

• 1-3 p.m. in Math Lounge (Park 355)

Wednesday, March 15

Philadelphia Area Number Theory Seminar

• 3:10 p.m. in Park 328.

Thursday, March 16

Distressing Math Collective

• 7 p.m. in Park 338: Decoding Nazi Secrets

NOVA tells the story of how the Allies are able to crack codes produced by Enigma, a supposedly   impenetrable German cipher machine, and thereby influence the course of WWII.

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March 19 - March 25, 2017

Monday, March 20

Bi-College Math Colloquium

• 4-5 p.m., Park 338.  Dubi Kelmer (Boston College): "Shrinking Target Problems, Homogenous Dynamics, and Diophantine Approximations". Tea will precede talk at 3:30 p.m. in Math Lounge (Park 355).

Problem Solving Seminar

• 7-9 p.m., Park 328

Tuesday, March 21

PACT Seminar: The Philadelphia Area Contact/Topology Seminar

• 8:30-9:45 a.m. in Park 328.

Wednesday, March 22

Philadelphia Area Number Theory Seminar

• 3:10 p.m. in Park 328.

Thursday, March 23

Distressing Math Collective

• 7 p.m. in Park 328.  Rachel Miller '18 presenting.

Saturday, March 25

2017 Philadelphia Undergraduate Mathematics Conference

• 9:15 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. at LaSalle University

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