Day 12, Mat194: Mathematical Sciences Seminar

• Today we continue planning for the upcoming poster session.

• 4/13: Pi-Miler: Anybody go? If so, how did it go?

• Upcoming events:
  • Friday, April 19th, 3:05, MEP461: "Highlights from the KYMAA"
    • Expect four different short talks, by students.

  • Friday, April 26th: Parker Kain will be giving a talk about his research into AI/Deep Learning, April 26th, around 12:30. More details as they arrive from Parker.

  • Friday, April 26th, 3:05, MEP461: Phil Schmidt, founding director of CINSAM, emeritus faculty member in our department, will give a talk on a problem discussed by Marilyn Vos Savant.

• Your short essays about our discussion from last time are due today.

• For next time: you are to produce a "rough sketch" of your poster. This should be a drawing, with boxes describing the sections that you'll be covering. In addition, you should have a one page description about the mathematics that you will be presenting.

In the next two weeks, we will

1. Brainstorm our mathematical autobiographies.

2. Present a preliminary poster session.

So we're working on the brainstorming part. Today we're going to speed date, and work one-on-one. You'll have ten minutes with with your partner -- four minutes each to tell your story, then two minutes to react.

You can choose how you address any issue with your partner (including one of your own), such as

• An interesting "moment of mathematics" for you.
• A mathematical mentor.
• You are to shine a spotlight on at least one piece of mathematics interesting to you - what is it, and why does it deserve the light?

Please clear off your desk, with nothing but something to write with and on.