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Fall 2011 Brownbag Seminars

Fall 2011  Schedule - Location: WS 264
Date Speaker Title
August 26, 2011 Organizational Meeting  
September 2, 2011

Dr. Erik Packard

Associate Professor of Mathematics -CMU

"Some Mathematical Tricks-- Should know them and/or why they work"
September 9, 2011

Dr. Howard Shaw

Retired Math Faculty, Western State College

"Crossover in Neural Networks"
September 16,2011

Dr. Warren MacEvoy

Professor of Computer Science

-CMU

"A Proposed New Language Construct for Variable Scope"
September  23, 2011

Mr. Marc Fischer 

Instructor of Mathematics

-CMU

"Problems and Solutions in Modern Future Telling"

(Weather Prediction)

September 30, 2011

Dr. Rick Ott

Assistant Professor of Statistics

-CMU

"Calculus III in 3D"
October 7, 2011

Dr. Edward Bonan-Hamada

Associate Professor of Mathematics

-CMU

"Admissible sets as a foundation for cognitiviely based mathematics"
October 14, 2011 Fall Break  
October  21, 2011

Mr. Karl Castleton

System Integration Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

"The Vague Notion of Speed"
October 28, 2011

Dr. Phil Kavanagh

Associate Professor of Mathematics

-CMU

" Mathematicians Wearing Hats and Hamming Codes"
November 4, 2011

Dr. Phil Gustafson

Professor of Mathematics

-CMU

"Return of the Yedi"
November 11, 2011

Sloan Career Cornerstone Series

-DVD

"Careers in Mathematics"
November 18, 2011

Dr. Markus Reitenbach

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

-CMU

"What is a duality?"