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SUMMARY:GEMS April 5th Session
DESCRIPTION:This GEMS session will be facilitated by Professor Bahar Acu from Pitzer College.\n\n\nTitle: The Hole Truth: When is a Coffee Mug a Donut?\n\nAbstract:  In mathematics\, topology is the study of properties of shapes that remain unchanged when shapes are bent\, stretched\, or deformed—so long as they aren’t torn or punctured. To a mathematician studying topology\, a donut and a coffee cup (with a handle) are considered the “same” shape because one can be continuously deformed into the other without cutting or gluing.\n\n\nIn this interactive session\, we will explore the concept of shape equivalence by counting holes—an essential feature in topology. Using Play-Doh and Wikki Stix\, we will model different shapes\, test their flexibility\, and determine whether they can be transformed into one another. Join us for a hands-on journey into the fascinating world of topology\, where a simple twist in perspective can redefine how we see the shapes around us!
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/gems-april-5th-session/
LOCATION:Shanahan 1480\, Harvey Mudd College\, 301 Platt Blvd.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:GEMS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250301T100000
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SUMMARY:GEMS March 1st Session
DESCRIPTION:This GEMS session will be facilitated by Professor Jemma Lorenat from Pitzer College.\n\n\nTitle: Playing with the Rules of Geometries\n\nAbstract:  This session will explore how a small set of rules can be used to build and investigate geometrical objects. Through drawing\, folding\, and imagining\, we will see how a limited number of possible actions ground a wide range of mathematical creations.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/gems-march-1st-session/
LOCATION:Shanahan 1480\, Harvey Mudd College\, 301 Platt Blvd.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:GEMS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250201T100000
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SUMMARY:GEMS February 1st Session
DESCRIPTION:This GEMS session will be facilitated by Professor Qidi Peng and William Wu from Claremont Graduate University.\n\n\nTitle: The Beauty of Fractal Geometry\n\n\n\nAbstract:  We will introduce fractal geometries\, which are described in continuous but nowhere differential functions. We will tell the students where to find these geometries in the nature and how to describe them using mathematical tools\, such as box-counting dimension and self-similarity index. We will host small games to let students feel the beauty of fractal geometry.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/gems-february-1st-session/
LOCATION:Shanahan 1480\, Harvey Mudd College\, 301 Platt Blvd.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:GEMS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241207T100000
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SUMMARY:GEMS December 7th Session
DESCRIPTION:This GEMS session will be facilitated by Professor Lenny Fukshansky from Claremont McKenna College. \nTitle:  From Knapsacks and Changing Coins to Geometry\n\nAbstract:  Suppose you have a bag that can hold a fixed amount of weight\, and you are trying to fill it with several types of objects of different weights and prices. The goal is to maximize the value of your bag. How do you do it? This is a notoriously difficult optimization problem\, which often arises in resource allocation with financial constraints. Another famous optimization problem asks what amount of change can you give with coins of prescribed denominations? Surprisingly\, not only are the two closely related to each other\, they both can be restated in the geometric language of polygons\, points with integer coordinates\, and their higher-dimensional generalizations! We will discuss these important problems and their beautiful connection to a classical problem in geometry: how can we count the number of integer points in a fixed polygon? The answer is given by the celebrated 19th century theorem of Georg Alexander Pick\, who proved a remarkable formula for this number in terms of the area and perimeter of the polygon. We will talk about Pick’s theorem and perform a hands-on exploration of this fascinating area of geometry.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/gems-december-7th-session/
LOCATION:Shanahan 1480\, Harvey Mudd College\, 301 Platt Blvd.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:GEMS
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SUMMARY:GEMS November 2nd Session
DESCRIPTION:This GEMS session will be facilitated by Professor David Bachman from Pitzer College. \nTitle: How does ChatGPT work? \nAbstract: In 2022 ChatGPT took the world by storm and challenged our ideas of what computers are capable of. However\, few people have any sense of how this technology works. Through hands-on activities participants will learn about neural networks (the engines that power language models like ChatGPT)\, and about how computers can generate text that reads like it was written by a human.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/gems-november-2nd-session/
LOCATION:Shanahan 1480\, Harvey Mudd College\, 301 Platt Blvd.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:GEMS
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SUMMARY:GEMS October 5th Session
DESCRIPTION:Title:  How to use coins to make a 7-sided die\n\nAbstract:  Certain dice are easier to make than others.  There is the standard 6-sided die\, but 4-sided\, 8-sided\, 10-sided\, 12-sided\, and 20-sided are also very common.  What isn’t so common is a 7-sided die.  Here Dr. Mark Huber from Claremont McKenna College will talk about how you can simulate a roll of a 7-sided die using only flips of a fair coin.  This works because of something called the Fundamental Theorem of Perfect Simulation\, which allows us to break down simulation problems into smaller problems.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/gems-october-5th-session/
LOCATION:Harvey Mudd College at the Shanahan Teaching and Learning Center\, 301 Platt Blvd.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:GEMS
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SUMMARY:GEMS March 2nd Session
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URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/gems-march-2nd-session/
LOCATION:Harvey Mudd College at the Shanahan Teaching and Learning Center\, 301 Platt Blvd.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:GEMS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231202T100000
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SUMMARY:GEMS December 2nd Session
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URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/gems-december-2nd-session/
LOCATION:Shanahan 1480\, Harvey Mudd College\, 301 Platt Blvd.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:GEMS
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SUMMARY:GEMS November 4th Session
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URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/gems-november-4th-session/
LOCATION:Shanahan 1480\, Harvey Mudd College\, 301 Platt Blvd.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
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