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SUMMARY:CCMS Colloquium: (Scott Taylor\, Colby College\, Maine)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker:  Scott Taylor\, Professor of Mathematics\, Colby College\, Maine \nTitle:  Sums and Symmetries \nAbstract: Adding is one of the fundamental mathematical operations and we like it so much\, we can’t help but add all kinds of things including knots\, surfaces\, and 3-dimensional spaces. Symmetry is also a fundamental mathematical concern. How well do sums and symmetries play together? In this talk\, I’ll survey some of the ways in which\, in low-dimensions\, sums and symmetries are frenemies: sometimes it all works beautifully and other times\, well\, it’s complicated. \nBio: Scott is a geometric topologist who studies knots and 3-dimensional spaces. He is the producer of Sum Camp\, a summer day camp for public elementary school children that uses the arts and math games to help instill a basic sense of numeracy. He is also the author of the forthcoming textbook “Introduction to Mathematics: Number\, Space\, and Structure” from the American Mathematical Society.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/ccms-colloquium-scott-taylor-colby-college-maine/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
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SUMMARY:CCMS Colloquium presents "Fall 2025 Course Preview Session"
DESCRIPTION:Fall 2025 Course Preview Session \nModerator: Lenny Fukshansky\, Professor of Mathematics\, Claremont McKenna College\, CA \nSlide Link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/142NF1vUazpGNLF0pfLKc0qhkv4VoMQstSvZ0yKtMfNE/edit?usp=sharing
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/ccms-colloquium-presents-fall-2025-course-preview-session/
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SUMMARY:CCMS Colloquium: (Naneh Apkarian\, Arizona State University\, Arizona)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker:  Naneh Apkarian Professor of Mathematics\, Arizona State University\, Arizona \nTitle: Student Success in an Interactive STEM Ecosystem \nAbstract: This talk begins with a discussion of the multifaceted nature of “student success” in STEM\, including externally recognized markers (e.g.\, grades) and internally defined indicators (e.g.\, enjoyment). Investigations of the factors which contribute to student success along various dimensions\, how to improve student success\, and how to implement successful interventions at scale reveal the complexities of the STEM higher education ecosystem as well as the critical role of introductory mathematics courses. I will review results along these themes\, highlighting interactions which define that ecosystem and support/constrain different aspects of student success\, for different populations. This includes the role of intra- and extra-curricular factors such as student-student interactions\, course coordination\, departmental culture\, and instructors’ beliefs. Implications for research and practice will also be discussed. \nBio: Dr. Naneh Apkarian is an Assistant Professor in the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at Arizona State University. She is from California\, where she obtained a BA and MA in mathematics prior to completing her PhD in mathematics education. Pursuing departmental change as a strategy for transforming mathematics education\, she was for two years a postdoctoral researcher at Western Michigan University. Her research spans many facets of the STEM education ecosystem\, including the knowledge\, beliefs\, practices\, and experiences of students and instructors\, departmental culture\, and interactions within and across levels – always in the service of building inclusive excellence. Outside academia\, Dr. Apkarian continues to play competitive water polo across the US and the world. \n 
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/ccms-colloquium-naneh-apkarian-arizona-state-university-arizona/
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SUMMARY:CCMS Colloquium: Agent-Based and Continuous Models of Locust Hopper Bands (Andrew J. Bernoff\, Harvey Mudd College\, CA)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Andrew J. Bernoff\, Professor of Mathematics\, Harvey Mudd College \nAbstract: An outstanding challenge in mathematical biology is using laboratory and/or field observations to tune a model’s functional form and parameter values. These problems lie at the intersection of dynamical systems and data science. In this talk I will discuss an ongoing project developing models of the Australian plague locust for which excellent field data is available. Under favorable environmental conditions flightless juveniles aggregate into coherent\, aligned swarms referred to as hopper bands. We develop two models of hopper bands in tandem; an agent-based model that tracks the position of individuals and a continuum model describing locust density. By examining 4.4 million parameter combinations\, we identify a set of parameters that reproduce field observations. \nI will then discuss ongoing efforts to improve these models. The first extends this work by modeling locust alignment via the Kuramoto model of oscillator synchronization. The second uses motion tracking of tens of thousands of locusts to shed light on how locust movement is influenced by social interactions. \n  \nBio: Andrew Bernoff is a Professor of Mathematics whose research focuses on applying dynamical systems to physical and biological phenomena\, with notable international recognition for his work on swarming. He earned degrees in math and physics from MIT and a  PhD from the University of Cambridge as a Marshall Scholar. With over 50 published papers and multiple NSF and Simons Foundation grants\, his interdisciplinary collaborations span physics\, engineering\, chemistry\, and biology. \nA dedicated educator\, Bernoff has mentored over 60 undergraduate research projects at Harvey Mudd College\, with many students pursuing PhDs at top institutions. He has served in leadership roles including Director of the Claremont Center for Mathematical Sciences\, Chair of the SIAM Dynamical Systems Group\, and a co-author of the Putnam Exam (2019–2021).
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/ccms-colloquium-shivkumar-chandrasekaran-uc-santa-barbara/
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SUMMARY:CCMS Colloquium presents the Second Barbara Beechler Talk: Deanna Needell (UCLA)
DESCRIPTION:CCMS Colloquium invites you to the Second Barbara Beechler Lecture by Professor Deanna Needell\, Professor of Mathematics\, Dunn Family Endowed Chair in Data Theory\nExecutive Director\, Institute for Digital Research and Education (IDRE) at UCLA. \nTitle: Fairness and Foundations in Machine Learning \nAbstract: In this talk\, we will address areas of recent work centered around the themes of fairness and foundations in machine learning as well as highlight the challenges in this area. We will discuss recent results involving linear algebraic tools for learning\, such as methods in non-negative matrix factorization that include tailored approaches for fairness. We will showcase our approach as well as practical applications of those methods.  Then\, we will discuss new foundational results that theoretically justify phenomena like benign overfitting in neural networks.  Throughout the talk\, we will include example applications from collaborations with community partners\, using machine learning to help organizations with fairness and justice goals. This talk includes work joint with Erin George\, Kedar Karhadkar\, Lara Kassab\, and Guido Montufar. \nSpeaker Bio: Deanna Needell earned her PhD from UC Davis before working as a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University. She is currently a full professor of mathematics at UCLA\, the Dunn Family Endowed Chair in Data Theory\, and the Executive Director for UCLA’s Institute for Digital Research and Education. She has earned many awards including the Alfred P. Sloan fellowship\, an NSF CAREER and other awards\, the IMA prize in Applied Mathematics\, is a 2022 American Mathematical Society (AMS) Fellow and a 2024 Society for industrial and applied mathematics (SIAM) Fellow. She has been a research professor fellow at several top research institutes including the SLMath (formerly MSRI) and Simons Institute in Berkeley. She also serves as associate editor for several journals including Linear Algebra and its Applications and the SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences\, as well as on the organizing committee for SIAM sessions and the Association for Women in Mathematics. \n 
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/ccms-colloquium-second-barbara-beechler-talk/
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