Calculus, Real Fewnomials, and P vs NP
We review a beautiful 17th century result by the philosopher Rene Descartes: a univariate real polynomial with t monomial terms has no more than t-1 positive roots. We then see […]
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Argue Auditorium, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United States
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Science for the Greater Good: How a Math Professor Saved the Italian Coastline from Big Oil
Argue Auditorium, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesIn 2007, Dr. Maria D'Orsogna learned of proposed oil activities in her home region of Abruzzo, Italy. Century-old wineries were to be uprooted to build clusters of oil wells, refineries […]
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Let’s count points!
Argue Auditorium, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesA fascinating fact on mathematics is that there are many interesting connections between seemingly different mathematical disciplines. In this talk, I will present a surprising formula counting integral points on […]
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Silica-based glasses: Realizing process-structure-property connections through computational modeling
Argue Auditorium, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesSilica-based glasses are increasingly becoming vital components in our current technology, from optical data transmission lines, to electronics, to optical lenses, to smartphone screens. These materials are inherently brittle and […]
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A geospatial modeling analysis of travel-time, bicycles, and HIV elimination in sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Malawi
Argue Auditorium, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesUNAIDS has proposed an ambitious strategy for ending the HIV pandemic. Their strategy depends upon achieving a treatment coverage goal of 90% by 2030. However, distance to healthcare and lack […]
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Epidemiological models for Ebola exploring different dynamics
Argue Auditorium, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesIn today's environment of universal connection and media updates, we are constantly informed about infectious diseases and the ramifications. We can combat infectious diseases using mathematics to gain insight into […]
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CCMS Field Committee Meeting
Shanahan B460, Harvey Mudd College 301 Platt Blvd., Claremont, CA, United StatesThe Field Committee Meeting is our chance to socialize with our colleagues and coordinate our course offerings for the coming academic year (2020-2021). Please come to discuss course offerings and […]
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A Tauberian theorem and some of its applications
Freeberg Forum, LC 62, Kravis Center, CMCIn general terms, a Tauberian theorem deals with the relationship between the properties of one transform of a measure with those of another transform. We will introduce the notion of […]
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Kernel approaches in global statistical distances, local measure detection, and active learning
Freeberg Forum, LC 62, Kravis Center, CMCIn this talk, we'll discuss the problem of constructing meaningful distances between probability distributions given only finite samples from each distribution. We approach this through the use of data-adaptive and […]
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Applications of Markov Chains to Swarm Robotics and Political Redistricting
Freeberg Forum, LC 62, Kravis Center, CMCWhat do swarm robotics and political redistricting have in common? One answer is Markov chains, which have recently been used in very different ways to address problems in both these […]
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Nano Knot theory, methods to study tiny knot in nature
Freeberg Forum, LC 62, Kravis Center, CMCKnotting in living organisms is a feature that is visible to the careful observer of biological life. Since the 1970’s, with the increasing power of electron microscopes, scientists have been able […]
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Energy optimization on the sphere
Freeberg Forum, LC 62, Kravis Center, CMCMany problems, arising in discrete and metric geometry, signal processing, physics, etc, can be reformulated as questions of optimizing discrete or continuous measures. We shall review some of such conjectures, […]