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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/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
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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/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
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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/
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/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250402T161500
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250326T161500
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SUMMARY:CCMS Colloquium: Brownian Motion\, Random Fractals\, and Beyond (Yimin Xiao\, Michigan State Uni)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Yimin Xiao\, Professor of Statistics and Probability\, Michigan State University \nTitle: Brownian Motion\, Random Fractals\, and Beyond \nAbstract: Brownian motion is not only a fascinating object in mathematics but also a powerful stochastic model that has been applied in many scientific fields\, from physics to finance\, to biological sciences. The sample function of Brownian motion is nowhere differentiable and generates various interesting fractal sets and measures. It is natural to apply tools from Fractal Geometry (e.g. Hausdorf dimension\, packing dimension) to study the fine properties of Brownian motion. There is an enormous literature on sample path properties of Brownian motion\, including many fractal and multifractal properties.\nIn this talk\, we first provide an overview of some regularity and fractal properties of Brownian motion and its local times. These results are fundamental for the development of related theories for other stochastic processes. We then describe extensions of these results to Levy stable processes and fractional Brownian motion\, which are two important relatives of Brownian motion in the areas of Markov processes and Gaussian processes\, respectively. \nBio: Yimin Xiao is an MSU Research Foundation Professor in Statistics and Probability at Michigan State University. He received his Ph.D. from the Ohio State University in 1996. After completing his postdocs at the University of Utah and Microsoft Research\, he joined Michigan State University in 2000. His research interests include random fields\, Gaussian and Lévy processes\, stochastic partial differential equations\, extreme value theory\, random fractals\, and statistical analysis of spatial and spatio-temporal models. He has published about 160 articles in peer-reviewed journals. \nDr. Xiao has been a visiting professor at several universities in China\, France\, Germany\, Hong Kong\, Sweden\, and Switzerland and has been invited as a speaker at various international conferences. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. \n 
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/ccms-colloquium-brownian-motion-random-fractals-and-beyond-yimin-xiao-michigan-state-uni/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
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SUMMARY:No Colloquium: Spring Break
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URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/no-colloquium-spring-break/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250312T161500
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SUMMARY:CCMS Colloquium: (Iris Yoon\, Wesleyan University)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Iris Yoon\, Professor of Mathematics\, Wesleyan University \nTitle: How Topology Reveals Structure in Neuroscience Data \nAbstract: We live in an exciting time where new data is generated at an exponential rate. Such data explosion necessitates the development of novel methods for studying large\, noisy\, and complex data. One interesting aspect of data is its shape and structure. In this talk\, I will discuss recent developments in applied topology that studies the structure of data. In particular\, I will show how constructions in topology\, such as homology and Dowker complexes\, reveal interesting structures in data. I will discuss the mathematical challenges of extending these constructions to data science\, specifically in neuroscience. \nBio: Iris Yoon is an assistant professor of mathematics at Wesleyan University. She develops novel applications of algebraic topology to data science. \n 
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/ccms-colloquium-iris-yoon-wesleyan-university/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
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SUMMARY:No CCMS Colloquium!
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/ccms-colloquium-tba-3/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250226T161500
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SUMMARY:No CCMS Colloquium!
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URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/ccms-colloquium-tba-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250219T160000
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SUMMARY:CCMS Colloquium: Journey of Black Mathematicians- Creating Pathways (Movie Screening\, A film by George Csicsery)
DESCRIPTION:Title: Journey of Black Mathematicians \nFilm Description: Creating Pathways (2025) highlights the lives of Black mathematicians who pursued their education at predominantly White institutions. The film gauges the impacts of segregation and prejudice\, surveys attitudes around identity\, and introduces programs aimed at increasing the number of African Americans in STEM fields. Exploring questions about the beauty and philosophical meanings of mathematics\, the film also shows how careers in applied mathematics provide attractive and useful opportunities for the next generation. \nModerator: Talithia Williams\, Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Clinic Director\, Harvey Mudd College \nPanelist: Onetta Brooks ’74\nMichael Dairyko ’13\nTesfa Asmara ’24\nEdray Goins\, Professor of Mathematics\, Pomona College
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/ccms-colloquium-movie-screening/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250212T161500
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SUMMARY:CCMS Colloquium: Stochastic Agent-Based Models in Mathematical Biology (Nabil Fadai\, University of Nottingham)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Nabil Fadai\, Professor of Mathematical Biology\, University of Nottingham \nTitle: Stochastic Agent-Based Models in Mathematical Biology \nAbstract: In the last decade\, there has been a movement to describe biological and social systems via agent-based models\, which track individual agents (organisms\, cells\, people) and their environment through a set of deterministic and probabilistic rules. In this talk\, we examine how these local individual-based mechanisms translate into global population dynamics. In particular\, we will consider the Allee effect in population models\, which were originally proposed to describe population dynamics that cannot be explained by exponential and logistic growth models. Using stochastic individual-based models\, we can obtain a modelling framework that translates particular global Allee effects to specific individual-based mechanisms. This modelling framework is then extended to applications in the social sciences\, including the modelling of sports riots and panic-buying. \nBio: Nabil  Fabir is an assistant professor at the University of Nottingham\, whose research focuses on employing reaction-diffusion equations and agent-based modelling to describe physical phenomena in a variety of applications. Originally from the west coast of Canada\, Nabil completed his PhD in the Industrially Focused Mathematical Modelling doctoral training centre at the University of Oxford in 2018. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane\, Australia\, and has been at Nottingham since 2020. In addition to his research in industrial mathematics and mathematical biology\, Nabil is passionate about inclusive curriculum and accessible teaching to undergraduate students. \n 
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/ccms-colloquium-nabil-fadai-university-of-nottingham/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250205T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250205T173000
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SUMMARY:CCMS Colloquium: (Hrushikesh Mhaskar\, Claremont Grad Uni.)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Hrushikesh Mhaskar\, Distinguished Research Professor of Mathematics\, Claremont Graduate University \nTitle: Local Analysis Of Global Data \nAbstract: For a periodic integrable function f\, the definition of Fourier coefficients requires the values of f on the entire period.\nWe refer to such data as “global” data. Even though the sequence of Fourier coefficients determines f uniquely\,\nthey do not reveal by themselves local features such as the locations of discontinuities of f (whose definition requires\nthe values of f locally near the point of discontinuity). We will describe our work for extracting such local features\nfrom global data. We will discuss some modern applications such as the separation of blind source signals\, and\nmachine learning problems\, classification and regression in particular. \nBio: Hrushikesh Mhaskar is a research professor of mathematics. He holds a PhD in mathematics\, MS in computer science\, and MS in mathematics from Ohio State University\, and an MSc in mathematics from Indian Institute of Technology\, Mumbai. \nMhaskar’s area of research is approximation theory and harmonic analysis. He has done pioneering work in the theory of weighted polynomial approximation on the real line\, making deep contributions in the areas of orthogonal polynomial expansions and applications of potential theory to the study of orthogonal polynomials\, now known as Freud polynomials. This work is recognized through such terms as Mhaskar-Rahmanov-Saff number and Mhaskar-Saff functional. Since 1990\, he has been interested in machine learning and signal processing\, making pioneering contributions to the theory of approximation capabilities (expressive power) of shallow and deep neural networks\, kernel-based methods\, and manifold learning. He has published two books\, five edited volumes\, and over 150 refereed papers. His research is supported currently by the National Science Foundation\, and previously by the U.S. Air Force\, U.S. Army\, and Office of the Director of National Intelligence (U.S.A.). \nMhaskar serves on the editorial boards of Applied and Computational Harmonic Analysis\, Journal of Approximation Theory\, Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics\, Jaen Journal of Approximation\, and Mathematical Foundations of Computing. Currently\, he has an affiliation with the University of California\, Santa Barbara. His honors include the Alexander v. Humboldt fellowship (5 times)\, John von Neumann distinguished professorship at Technical University in Munich in 2011\, and August-Wilhelm Scheer visiting professor at TUM (postponed due to the pandemic).
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/ccms-colloquium-hrushikesh-mhaskar-claremont-grad-uni/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250129T173000
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SUMMARY:CCMS Colloquium: Math as the Gateway for STEM Achievement and Access: The Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics (BEAM) Program (Dan Zaharopol\, CEO BEAM)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Daniel Zaharopol\, Founder of Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics (BEAM)\, (AoPSI) The Art of Problem Solving Initiative\, Inc. \nTitle: Math as the Gateway for STEM Achievement and Access: The Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics (BEAM) Program \nAbstract: Knowing facts is not enough to drive success in STEM fields: one also needs strong problem solving\, rigorous reasoning\, comfort with abstraction\, and the insight to navigate broad spaces of open problems. However\, before college\, access to challenge and rigor is often limited to those from privileged backgrounds\, relying on paying for special programs or having strong community knowledge to find the right programs. \nHow\, then\, can we enhance access to high-quality preparation in STEM? In this talk\, I will share some reflections on the work to be done\, and how we are approaching that work at Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics (BEAM). BEAM creates pathways for students from low-income and historically marginalized communities to become scientists\, mathematicians\, engineers\, and computer scientists. What we’ve seen is clear: many more students can thrive with the right combination of support and access. With a thoughtful approach\, we can make real progress. \nBio: Dan Zaharopol is the Founder and CEO of Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics (BEAM). An award-winning teacher and nonprofit entrepreneur\, Dan’s work at BEAM has been featured in the New York Times\, Education Week\, the Notices of the American Mathematical Society\, and the Atlantic Monthly\, among others\, and he’s shared his work through articles and talks in a variety of settings.  But more importantly (at least to him)\, Dan loves math\, sharing math\, and mentoring and supporting students\, and he’s worked with enrichment programs supporting students from all backgrounds across the country. Dan is himself a product of STEM pathways; he received his undergraduate degree in math from MIT and masters’ degrees in both mathematics and teaching mathematics from the University of Illinois
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/ccms-colloquium-dan-zaharopol/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
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SUMMARY:CCMS Colloquium with Pre-Colloquium Reception:  Shahriar Shahriari (Pomona College)
DESCRIPTION:We will conclude the CCMS Fall Colloquium Series with a Pre-Colloquium Reception followed by a talk (details below). \nPre-Colloquium Reception will begin at 3:30pm with foods and drink in the Estella Atrium. \nFollowing the reception\, the colloquium talk will start at 4:30pm (Notice the change in time.) \n_____________________ \nSpeaker: Shahriar Shahriari\, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics\, Pomona College\, Claremont\, CA \nTitle:  Combinatorial Connections: HyperCubes & Vector Spaces Over Finite Fields \nAbstract: Abstractions allow us to see connections between familiar objects. In extremal set theory\, often the aim is to find the largest or smallest collection of subsets with a specific property. Using the lens of partially ordered sets\, one can investigate vector spaces over finite fields using vaguely similar techniques. If V is an n-dimensional vector space over a finite field\, then how many k-dimensional subspaces can you find so that your collection does not include three distinct subspaces A\, B\, and C with A = (A\cap B) \oplus (A \cap C)? How many subspaces of any dimension can you find so that your collection does not include three distinct subspaces A\, B\, and C with either $A  \subseteq B \cap C$ or $B+C \subseteq A$? These puzzles will illustrate the connections between combinatorics of finite sets and of vector spaces. \nBio:  Shahriari is the William Polk Russell Professor of Mathematics at Pomona College. He has had the privilege of teaching/mentoring generations of talented students\, many of whom are now teaching in universities and colleges across the country. \nIn 2015\, Shahriar Shahriari received a Mathematical Association of America Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished Teaching in Mathematics for his commitment to bringing more students from underrepresented groups into the field of mathematics — widely considered the nation’s top prize for teaching mathematics. He is a five-time winner of Pomona College’s Wig teaching award. Known for classes that encourage student-driven discovery\, he published the materials for his honors Calculus class as a textbook\, titled Approximately Calculus\, which won the American Library Association’s Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title in 2007. Shahriari has published three texts: “Approximately Calculus”\, “Algebra in Action”\, and “An Invitation to Combinatorics”\, and over 50 articles\, many coauthored with undergraduate students.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/shahriar-shahriari-ccms-fall-2024/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241127T041500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241127T173000
DTSTAMP:20260408T010653
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SUMMARY:No CCMS Colloquium.  Happy Thanksgiving!
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/no-ccms-colloquium-on-november-27th-happy-thanksgiving-2/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241120T041500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241120T173000
DTSTAMP:20260408T010653
CREATED:20241111T183115Z
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SUMMARY:CCMS Colloquium: Sound Information is All You Need (Kobi Abayomi\, Seton Hall University)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Kobi Abayomi\, Head of Science\, Gumbel Demand Acceleration \nTitle: Sound Information is All You Need \nAbstract: It turns out that affinity for a song is predictable from its sound. We explore the statistical predictability of aggregate song demand from an informational representation. \n___________________________ \nBio: Dr. Abayomi is the Head of Science for Gumbel Demand Acceleration – a Software as a Service (SaaS) company for digital media. Dr. Abayomi was the first and founding SVP of Data Science at Warner Music Group (WMG). He has also served as a Professor of Industrial Engineering\, Probability\, and Statistics & Environmental Science at Georgia Tech\, Universidad de Cuenca\, and Binghamton University. He holds a Ph.D. in Probability and Statistics from Columbia University and Post-Doctorates from Duke and Stanford Universities. \nDr. Abayomi serves on the Data Science Advisory Council at Seton Hall University\, where he holds an appointment in the Mathematics & Computer Science Department. He serves on the Advisory Council at the Ivan Allen College at the Georgia Institute of Technology\, the Faculty Council at Barnes & Noble Education\, the advisory council for Modal Education\, and he is a chapter advisor for AI 2030.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/sound-info/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Bahar Acu":MAILTO:Bahar_Acu@pitzer.edu
GEO:34.0999157;-117.7142668
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241113T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241113T173000
DTSTAMP:20260408T010653
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SUMMARY:CCMS Colloquium: Molecular Pasta\, Complex Entanglement in Biopolymers (Dorothy Buck\, Duke Uni.)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dorothy Buck\, Professor of Mathematics\, Duke University \nTitle: Molecular Pasta: Complex Entanglement in Biopolymers \nAbstract: If you’ve cooked spaghetti\, you’ve probably noticed how the pasta becomes entangled in the pot (especially in a small volume of water) or in your bowl afterwards.  This is a macro example of what I like to think about: entanglement in biopolymers.  Like linguine in a boiling pot of water\, our own DNA is a (group of) long skinny molecule(s) in the confined volume of an active\, energetic cell.  Unlike fettuccine though\, it’s life-or-death important to organize\, access and groom these long skinny DNA molecules.  So there’s a host of small machines (proteins) to do this\, in ways we’ve yet to fully understand.  Part of the complication is that we don’t yet have the precise experimental tools yet to watch (through microscopes) this dynamic process.  So instead we use the shape of these DNA molecules — before\, during and after their grooming — to back solve the precise processes that must be happening within the cell. \nIn this talk\, I’ll give an overview of some of these molecular biological questions\, why we care about them (as humans\, biologists and mathematicians) and some of my answers to these.  In particular I’ll highlight some more recent work on understanding DNA spatial graphs\, including those that look the the Greek letter theta\, and the exciting new mathematics we’ve developed to accurately model DNA during cell division \nBio: Dorothy Buck is an alumna of Pomona College\, and credits the Pomona Math department — including Professors Shahriar Shahriari\, Richard Elderkin and especially Erica Flapan — for igniting a love of both math and academia. Her 20+ years of research has worked to characterize entanglement – in circles\, linear segments and graphs – and to explore how biomolecular entanglement affects cellular structure and function. She investigates this molecular entanglement using a combination of topological (3-manifold) techniques and occasionally biochemical experiments. \nShe’s currently a professor at Duke\, after faculty positions in the US (Brown and Johns Hopkins) and the UK\, and much earlier an NSF postdoc and PhD with advisors in both Math and Molecular Biology.  After many years at the bench\, she now collaborates with experimental and computational experts.  She’s been the recipient of over $5M in grants\, which has funded both her own research and her large team\, as well as projects with architects and an Artist in Residence.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/molecular-pasta/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241106T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241106T173000
DTSTAMP:20260408T010653
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SUMMARY:CCMS Colloquium: Dynamical Systems and the Period 3 Implies Chaos Theorem (Michelle Manes\, AIM)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Michelle Manes\, AIM \nTitle: Dynamical Systems and the Period 3 Implies Chaos Theorem \nAbstract: Sharkovskii’s theorem\, sometimes called “period 3 implies chaos\,” concerns a one-dimensional real dynamical system: a function from the real line to itself that you iterate and study the orbits of points. This theorem is fascinating because of its very simple hypotheses\, its surprisingly strong conclusion\, and its clever and elementary proof that uses not much more than the intermediate value theorem and some careful bookkeeping. Like Sharkovskii’s theorem\, my mathematics research lives in the world of iterated dynamical systems\, and I’ll end by telling you a bit about some interesting number theoretic questions one can ask (and sometimes answer) in this context. \nBio: Michelle Manes received her AB in mathematics from UC Berkeley\, an MEd in Deaf Education from Boston University\, and an ScM and PhD in mathematics from Brown University. She was a professor in the mathematics department at the University of Hawaii for 15 years before leaving to join the American Institute of Mathematics (in Pasadena) as Deputy Director. She has also worked as a program officer at the National Science Foundation. She has taught mathematics at every level from 3rd grade through graduate school and has co-authored textbooks for middle grades mathematics\, high school geometry\, linear algebra\, and preservice elementary teachers. \nDr. Manes does research in number theory\, primarily in the field of arithmetic dynamics. She has authored over 30 articles\, most of them in collaboration with some of her best friends. She believes deeply in collaboration\, mentoring\, and professional service. She has served on committees for the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)\, the Mathematical Association of America (MAA)\, and the American Mathematical Society (AMS). She currently serves as the Associate Secretary for the Western Section of the AMS and as an editor-in-chief for La Matematica\, the flagship journal of the AWM. She has received numerous accolades including the Regents Medal for Excellence in Teaching at the University of Hawaii and the Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics from the MAA Golden Section and an AWM Service Award. She has been named a Fellow of the AWM and of the AMS.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/ccms-colloquium-dynamical-systems-and-the-period-3-implies-chaos-theorem-michelle-manes-aim/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Bahar Acu":MAILTO:Bahar_Acu@pitzer.edu
GEO:34.0999157;-117.7142668
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241030T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241030T173000
DTSTAMP:20260408T010653
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SUMMARY:CCMS Colloquium: Braids\, Polynomials\, and Hilbert’s 13th Problem (Jesse Wolfson\, UC Irvine)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker:Jesse Wolfson\, UC Irvine \nTitle: Braids\, Polynomials\, and Hilbert’s 13th Problem \nAbstract: There are still completely open fundamental questions about polynomials in one variable. One example is Hilbert’s 13th Problem\, a conjecture going back long before Hilbert. Indeed\, the invention of algebraic topology grew out of an effort to understand how the roots of a polynomial depend on the coefficients. The goal of this talk is to explain part of the circle of ideas surrounding these questions. Along the way\, we will encounter some beautiful classical objects – the space of monic\, degree d square-free polynomials\, algebraic functions\, lines on cubic surfaces\, level structures on Jacobians\, braid groups\, Galois groups\, and configuration spaces – all intimately related to each other\, all with mysteries still to reveal. This is ongoing joint work with Benson Farb and Mark Kisin. \nBio: Jesse Wolfson is an associate professor and vice chair of inclusive excellence in the department of mathematics at the University of California\, Irvine.  His research focuses on long-standing open problems at the interface of algebra\, geometry and topology.  His perspective on geometry and topology emerges in part from his long-running exchange with choreographer Reggie Wilson. He currently serves on the board of directors of Wilson’s Fist and Heel Performance Group\, an internationally acclaimed Brooklyn based “Post-African neo-hoodoo modern dance company.”
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/ccms-colloquium-braids-polynomials-and-hilberts-13th-problem-jesse-wolfson-uc-irvine/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Bahar Acu":MAILTO:Bahar_Acu@pitzer.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241023T041500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241023T041500
DTSTAMP:20260408T010653
CREATED:20240930T201652Z
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SUMMARY:Frameworks in Motion: Design\, Theory\, and Fabrication (Jessica Sidman\, Amherst College
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Jessica Sidman\, Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science\, Amherst College \nTitle: Frameworks in Motion: Design\, Theory\, and Fabrication \nAbstract: What do your umbrella\, a folding gate\, and a scissor lift have in common? They all involve frameworks made of rigid parts attached at flexible joints and are designed to move with one degree of freedom. In 1981 architect Santiago Calatrava wrote a PhD thesis\, “Concerning the Foldability of Space Frames\,” containing a systematic exploration of the geometry and design of foldable frameworks. I’ll use his thesis as a jumping off point to explore the Geiringer-Laman Theorem and ideas for further research.\n \nBio:  Jessica Sidman loves to work on pure and applied problems at the intersection of computational algebra\, algebraic geometry\, and combinatorics. Her recent work in rigidity theory combines aspects of these three fields\, and all got started when an undergraduate doing a thesis on protein folding asked her a question about projective space. She got her B.A. from Scripps College\, a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan\, and did postdoctoral work at UC Berkeley and UMass Amherst.  She was the Professor of Mathematics on the John Stewart Kennedy Foundation at Mount Holyoke College and is now the Brian E. Boyle Professor in Mathematics and Computer Science at Amherst College.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/frameworks-in-motion-design-theory-and-fabrication-jessica-sidman-amherst-college/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Bahar Acu":MAILTO:Bahar_Acu@pitzer.edu
GEO:34.0999157;-117.7142668
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241016T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241016T173000
DTSTAMP:20260408T010653
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SUMMARY:CCMS Colloquium: “Paths in Mathematics After Undergrad” Panel
DESCRIPTION:CCMS Colloquium: “Paths in Mathematics After Undergrad” Panel \nWe will be holding a virtual panel on careers and grad school after a bachelor’s mathematics degree\, with a follow-up discussion time in breakout rooms. \nPanelists\nBrianna Huynh (PO-2024)\, MS student in MathEd at Cal Poly Pomona\nTaylor McAdam (HMC-2013)\, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics\, at Pomona College\nRaj Sawhney (HMC-2023\, MA CGU-2023)\, Research Fellow at Energy Futures Initiative and CEO of Clearview Strategic Partners\nArvind Suresh (CMC-2015)\, Postdoctoral Research Associate\, Department of Mathematics at University of Arizona
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/ccms-colloquium-paths-in-mathematics-after-undergrad-panel/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241009T041500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241009T173000
DTSTAMP:20260408T010653
CREATED:20240926T033236Z
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SUMMARY:What Happens when Our Perspectives Don’t Align with the Math?  (Anne Cawley\, Cal Poly Pomona)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Anne Cawley\, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics\, Cal Poly Pomona\, CA \nTitle: What Happens When Our Perspectives Don’t Align with the Math? \nAbstract: Many people often share that they like math because there is “one right answer” and is an objective field. Once they find the answer\, they are done with a problem. However\, what happens when we complete our mathematical work but we choose to ignore what that work tells us? This talk discusses my experience teaching a lesson within a Teaching Math for Social Justice course related to a recent Supreme Court case on voting rights. Many students used mathematics to support an argument that the Supreme Court made in a February hearing\, however\, due to their personal perspectives\, provided a conclusion that differed from what the math indicated. This talk shares about the tensions that can arise when considering math and social justice. \nBio: Anne Cawley is an associate professor of Mathematics and Statistics at Cal Poly Pomona. Her research in Mathematics Education relates to equity\, specifically to classroom experiences of historically underrepresented students\, sense of belonging\, and math instruction in the first two years of college. She provides professional development for mathematics faculty at toward equity-minded teaching practices. Anne is the course coordinator for co-requisite mathematics courses at Cal Poly Pomona\, working with various campus partners for student success. She is also an active member in various mathematics education organizations such as AMATYC\, RUME\, and MESCal. \n  \n 
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/what-happens-when-our-perspectives-dont-align-with-the-math-anne-cawley-cal-poly-pomona-2/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241002T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241002T173000
DTSTAMP:20260408T010653
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SUMMARY:No CCMS Colloquium on October 2nd!
DESCRIPTION:We will see you all next week!
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/no-ccms-colloquium-on-october-2nd/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240925T041500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240925T173000
DTSTAMP:20260408T010653
CREATED:20240921T190045Z
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SUMMARY:A polyhedral view of refined q-t Catalan numbers (Max Hlavacek\, Pomona College)
DESCRIPTION:Title: A polyhedral view of refined q-t Catalan numbers \nSpeaker: Max Hlavacek Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics department\, Pomona College\, Claremont \nAbstract: Many problems in algebraic combinatorics have geometric objects lurking in the background\, and bringing these objects forward can shed some light on the original problem.  We begin with an introduction to polyhedral cones and their connection to multivariable generating functions.  Then\, we pivot and introduce Catalan-Minggatu numbers and some of their generalizations\, including refined q-t Catalan numbers\, first introduced by Xin and Zhang in 2022. Finally\, we take a look at the polyhedral cones underlying these objects and see how these geometric objects can give us insight into open problems about refined q-t Catalan numbers. \nBio: Max Hlavacek is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the mathematics and statistics department at Pomona College.  Previously\, they were a graduate student at UC Berkeley and an undergraduate student at Harvey Mudd College.  They are interested in problems in enumerative geometric combinatorics\, particularly concerning discrete volumes of polytopes.  They love thinking about math with others\, and especially enjoy learning about the interplay between polyhedral objects such as cones and polytopes and their friends’ and collaborators’ mathematical interests. \nThe talk is based on joint work with Matthias Beck\, Mitsuki Hanada\, John Lentfer\, Andrés R. Vindas-Meléndez\, and Katie Waddle. \n 
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/a-polyhedral-view-of-refined-q-t-catalan-numbers-max-hlavacek-pomona-college/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Bahar Acu":MAILTO:Bahar_Acu@pitzer.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240918T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240918T173000
DTSTAMP:20260408T010653
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SUMMARY:An Invitation to Enumerative Geometric Combinatorics (Andrés R. Vindas Meléndez\, Harvey Mudd College)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Andrés R. Vindas Meléndez\, Assistant Professor of Mathematics\, Harvey Mudd College\, Claremont CA \nTitle: An Invitation to Enumerative Geometric Combinatorics \nAbstract: Enumerative geometric combinatorics is an area of mathematics concerned with counting properties of geometric objects described by a finite set of building blocks. Lattice polytopes are geometric objects that can be formed by taking the convex hull of finitely many integral points. In this talk I will present background on polytopes\, lattice-point enumeration\, and share some results on special families and properties of polytopes that can be further studied. Throughout the talk I will present questions and open problems. \nBio:  Andrés R. Vindas Meléndez\,  is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College. His research interests are in algebraic\, enumerative\, and geometric combinatorics. His scholarly interests have also expanded to include mathematical & computational approaches and applications of data science and mathematics for social justice. He has also been a research member for the SLMath Fall 2023 program on Algorithms\, Fairness\, & Equity and a research scholar at the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research Mathematics [ICERM] for the program on Data Science & Social Justice: Networks\, Policy\, & Education during the Summers of 2022 and 2023. \nProf. Andrés strives to create community in order to build mathematics users’ confidence in spite of society’s negative messages and stigma about mathematics. He also aims to build meaningful and empowering experiences with mathematics\, while also challenging others to think about the power structures that are present in and outside mathematical spaces. \n 
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/an-invitation-to-enumerative-geometric-combinatorics/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
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SUMMARY:CCMS Colloquium: Inaugurual Barbara Beechler Lecture
DESCRIPTION:CCMS Colloquium invites you to the final talk of the 2023-2024 academic year and the inaugural Barbara Beechler Lecture by Professor Judy Grabiner\, Flora Sanborn Pitzer Professor of Mathematics Emerita. \nTitle: It’s All for the Best: Optimization in the History of Science \nAbstract: Many problems\, from optics to economics\, can be solved mathematically by finding the highest\, the quickest\, the shortest – the best of something. This has been true from antiquity to the present. Why did we start looking for such explanations\, and how did we conclude that we could productively do so? Scientific examples will include problems from ancient optics\, and more modern questions in optics and classical mechanics\, drawing on ideas from Newton’s and Leibniz’s calculus and from the Euler-Lagrange calculus of variations. A surprising role will also be played by philosophical and theological ideas\, including those of Leibniz\, Maupertuis\, MacLaurin\, and Adam Smith. \nSpeaker Bio: Judith V. Grabiner received her B.S. in mathematics with honors from the University of Chicago\, and her PhD at Harvard in the History of Science\, with advisors I Bernard Cohen and Dirk Struik. For fourteen years she was a Professor of History at California State University\, Dominguez Hills\, and then for thirty years was Professor of Mathematics at Pitzer College. She has also taught at various times at Harvard\, UC Santa Barbara\, Cal State LA\, UCLA\, Pomona College\, and the University of Leeds in England. \nHer publications have received three Carl B. Allendoerfer Awards for the best article in Mathematics Magazine\, and she is the only four-time winner of the MAA’s Lester Ford award for best article in the American Mathematical Monthly. In 2003 she received the MAA’s Haimo award for teaching mathematics\, principally for her courses in mathematics for liberal arts students. In 2014 her book A Historian Looks Back: The Calculus as Algebra and Selected Writings won the Beckenbach Book Prize from the MAA. She is a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society\, and in 2021 won the Albert Leon Whiteman prize from the AMS for what they called “her outstanding contributions to the history of mathematics\, in particular her works on Cauchy\, Lagrange\, and MacLaurin; her widely-recognized gift for expository writing; and a distinguished career of teaching\, lecturing\, and numerous publications promoting a better understanding of mathematics and the significant roles it plays in culture generally.” \n 
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/ccms-colloquium-inaugurual-barbara-beechler-lecture/
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CATEGORIES:Colloquium
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SUMMARY:Structural Ramsey Theory and Logic (Lynn Scow\, CSUSB)
DESCRIPTION:Title: Structural Ramsey Theory and Logic \nSpeaker: Lynn Scow\, Professor of Mathematics\, California State University\, San Bernardino \nAbstract: The connection between Ramsey theory and logic goes back to Frank P. Ramsey’s 1929 paper in which he announced his famous Ramsey theorem for finite sequences.  This theorem states that for any partition of all sequences of length $k$ from $\mathbb{N}$ into finitely many pieces\, there is an infinite subset $X \subset \mathbb{N}$ such that all sequences of length $k$ from $X$ lie in one piece of this partition.  In the intervening years\, Ramsey theory has been used to study problems in logic\, and vice versa.  In this talk\, I will survey some results from the last few decades\, as well as highlight some results obtained with my coauthor Dana Bartošová at University of Florida. \n\n\n\n\n\nLynn Scow studied mathematics and philosophy at UC Berkeley as an undergraduate and continued on to earn her Ph.D. in mathematics from UC Berkeley.  She then held a postdoctoral position at University of Illinois Chicago followed by a visiting position at Vassar College\, and is currently faculty at California State University\, San Bernardino.  Her research area is primarily in foundations and mathematical logic\, including applications of structural Ramsey theory to model theory and vice versa.  She treasures mathematics for the conversations\, the shared understandings\, and the joy.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/structural-ramsey-theory-and-logic-lynn-scow-csusb/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
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SUMMARY:CCMS Colloquium Presents the Fall 2024 Course Preview Session
DESCRIPTION:For the next CCMS Colloquium on April 3rd Wednesday\, we invite all \nMATH faculty\, and students intending to enroll in upper division math courses \nto attend the \nFall 2024 Course Preview Session \nof all the upper division math courses offered across the consortium in Fall 2024. \nFaculty\, \nWe strongly encourage you to attend so that students can interact with you\, as this will make the registration process much easier\, with less class switching in the Fall. \nStudents\, \nThis session is particularly important for you to get to know all the upper division course options in mathematics before registration and ask your questions to faculty in person! \nTo access the slides click HERE!
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/ccms-colloquium-presents-the-fall-2024-course-fair/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
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SUMMARY:A Survey of Diophantine Equations (Edray Goins\, Pomona College)
DESCRIPTION:Title: A Survey of Diophantine Equations \nSpeaker: ​Edray Herber Goins\, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics\, Pomona College \nAbstract: There are many beautiful identities involving positive integers. For example\, Pythagoras knew $3^2 + 4^2 = 5^2$ while Plato knew $3^3 + 4^3 + 5^3 = 6^3$. Euler discovered $59^4 + 158^4 = 133^4 + 134^4$\, and even a famous story involving G.~H.~Hardy and Srinivasa Ramanujan involves $1^3 + 12^3 = 9^3 + 10^3$. But how does one find such identities?  Around the third century\, the Greek mathematician Diophantus of Alexandria introduced a systematic study of integer solutions to polynomial equations. In this talk\, we’ll focus on various types of so-called Diophantine Equations\, discussing such topics as Pythagorean Triples\, Pell’s Equations\, Elliptic Curves\, and Fermat’s Last Theorem. \n\n\n\n\nEdray Herber Goins is Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at Pomona College. He has worked as a researcher at both Harvard and the National Security Agency; and has taught at both Caltech and Purdue. Professor Goins has published over 25 journal articles in areas such as applied mathematics\, graph theory\, number theory\, and representation theory; and on topics such as Diophantine equations\, elliptic curves\, and African Americans in mathematics. He has given nearly 300 invited addresses on his research\, acted as a referee for nearly 20 different journals in mathematics\, served on dozens of panels for the National Science Foundation (NSF)\, and been awarded more than $1\,370\,000 in external funding.  Goins currently maintains the website “Mathematicians of the African Diaspora (MAD Pages)”\, and runs a federally-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) titled Pomona Research in Mathematics Experience (PRiME).
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/a-survey-of-diophantine-equations-edray-goins-pomona-college/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
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