Colloquium

We'll be back next week! Happy Thanksgiving!

CCMS Colloquium invites you to a talk by Konstantin Zuev (Caltech) Title: Course-Prerequisite Networks Abstract: An academic curriculum is a complex system of courses and their interactions that lies at the heart of an academic institution and underlies its educational mission. Understanding these systems is essential for providing high-quality education. Course-prerequisite networks (CPNs) are directed […]

CCMS Colloquium invites you to a talk by John Baez (UCR) Title: The mathematics of tuning systems Abstract: Leibniz said "Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting."  The first step is choosing a tuning system — the frequency ratios between pitches in a scale.  Different kinds […]

CCMS Colloquium invites you to a talk by Teal Witter (CMC) Title: Exactly Computing do-Shapley Values Abstract:  Causal questions lie at the heart of scientific inquiry, from evaluating economic policies to determining medical treatments. Yet, observational data alone is often insufficient due to the fundamental problem of causal inference: we cannot observe the counterfactual world […]

CCMS Colloquium invites you to a talk by Sofia Martinez Alberga (Bryn Mawr College) Title: Stay in the Loop and Fun Group Abstract: In this talk, we will discuss the goal of algebraic topology. After we will discuss a topological space that can be associated with any topological space, say $X$, and base point, $b \in X$: […]

CCMS Colloquium invites you to a talk by Mary Lou Zeeman (Bowdoin College) Title: A new framework for studying transient reactivity in two-dimensional systems. Abstract: Even if a linear system of […]

CCMS Colloquium invites you to a talk by Harrison Li (HMC) Title: Precise analysis of blocked randomized experiments Abstract: I recently finished a multi-year project with collaborators analyzing a blocked randomized […]

CCMS Colloquium invites you to a talk by Lihong Zhao (Kennesaw State University) Title: Capturing heterogeneity in malaria transmission: an age-structured model with immune feedback and seasonality Abstract: Malaria remains a major […]

No lecture today.   Quantitative and Computing Lab (QCL) Math Club Pi Day celebration at Claremont McKenna College at Kravis Lower Court from 11am to 12:30pm.  

CCMS Colloquium invites you to a talk by Puttipong Pongtanapaisan (Pitzer) Title:  Derivatives and the Shape of Graphs Abstract:  Reading the title of this talk, perhaps you think you are […]