This GEMS session will be facilitated by Professor Chiu-Yen Kao from Claremont McKenna College. Title: Finding Your Optimal Paths Abstract: Path planning plays an important role in many aspects of our daily life, among which are transportation, robotics, and optics. In this session, we will explore the mathematics behind path planning including the Dijkstra's algorithm […]

This GEMS session will be facilitated by Grace Akinwande from the Claremont Graduate University. Title: From Pizza to Calculus: Understanding Area Through Approximation Abstract: How much more pizza do you really get from a larger size? In this presentation, we explore the concept of area starting from an everyday question—the pizza dilemma! We’ll review basic […]

This GEMS session will be facilitated by Professor Ryan Aschoff from the Claremont Graduate University. Title: Randomness: Creating Order from Chaos Abstract: From the hiss of white noise to the gentle hum of ocean waves, randomness surrounds us — yet hidden within that chaos lies remarkable order. In this talk, we’ll explore how unpredictable events, […]

This GEMS session will be facilitated by Professor Teal Witter from Claremont McKenna College. Title: Who Can Write Down the Bigger Number? Abstract: If you had fifteen seconds to write […]