Spring 2012 Brownbag Seminars

Spring 2012 Schedule - Location: WS 141 - Noon
Date	Speaker	Title
January 20, 2012	Organization Meeting
January 27, 2012	Dr. Edward Bonan-Hamada Associate Professor of Mathematics CMU	*"Isomorphism 101"*
February 3, 2012	Dr. Richard Ott Assistant Professor of Statistics CMU	*"Introduction to Bayesian Statistical Methods"*
February 10, 2012	Dr. Erik Packard Associate Professor of Mathematics CMU	"Semidirect Products and Card Shuffling Groups"
February 17, 2012	Dr. Daniel Schultz-Ela Associate Professor of Mathematics CMU	*"Numerical Modeling of Geological Deformation in Canyonlands National Park"*
February 24, 2012	Dr. Tracii Friedman Professor of Mathematics CMU	"The Dinitz Conjecture"
March 2, 2012	Dr. Warren MacEvoy Professor of Computer Science CMU	"The Technology of Privacy and Free Speech"
March 9, 2012	No Talk
March 16, 2012	Spring Break
March 23, 2012	Dr. Cathy Bonan-Hamada Professor of Mathematics CMU	*"Introduction to Regular Continued Fractions"*
March 30, 2012	Dr. Lisa Driskell Assistant Professor of Mathematics CMU	"Wavelets and Hidden Messages"
April 6, 2012	Dr. Phil Kavanagh Associate Professor of Mathematics CMU	"Computation before Electronic Calculators"
April 13, 2012	Dr. Brad Kahrs Instructor of Mathematics CMU	*"Teaching and Learning in the Public Schools: Considering the Challenges and Future of the Teaching Profession"*
April 20, 2012	CMU Senior Math Presentations Michael Sweeny Griffin Lewis	"Bridging the Gap Between Formal Set Theory and Human Cognition" "Programming in Correlation to Closed-World Reasoning"
April 23, 2012	CMU Senior Math Presentations Mark Douglas	"Formation Mechanisms for Animal Coat Patterns"
April 27, 2012	CMU Senior Math Presentations Brandon Gregg Caitlin Anderegg	"Game Theory: Who doesn't like to win!" "Sperner's Lemma: a different look at the Brouwer Fixed Point Theorem"
April 30, 2012	CMU Senior Math Presentations Clint Anderson	*"Holograms and Fourier Analysis"*