MTH 607, Winter, 2006

MTH 607: Introduction to Mathematics Research at OSU, Winter, 2006

LECTURES: W 1600 - 1650 Gilkey 104 CRN 27621
Coordinator: R.E. Showalter show@math.oregonstate.edu


This seminar focuses on mathematics research opportunities at OSU. The purpose of the seminar is to give first- and second-year students (but others are welcome) a glimpse of various areas of mathematical research represented within the Mathematics Department and interdisciplinary research opportunities across campus. Each meeting will be an expository presentation by a faculty member, postdoc, or graduate student, who will give an overview of the type of problems with which the individual or an affiliated research group is involved. This is intended to help students to make more informed choices when it comes time to pick a dissertation area and a supervisor. The presentations will also provide some perspectives on the nature of the mathematics research experience and, in this way, will contribute to a student's general professional development.
Format: Meets once per week. Registration for this seminar is not expected.

SCHEDULE:
Date Speaker Title
January 11 R. Showalter Orientation
January 18 E. Waymire Ecosystems Informatics
January 25 M. Flahive Some questions and techniques in Diophantine approximation
February 1 D. Garity Enbeddings of Cantor Sets in Euclidean Space
February 8 Eugene Zhang CANCELLED
February 15 R. Higdon Numerical modeling of ocean circulation CANCELLED
February 22 M. Peszynska The purpose of Numerical Analysis is insight, not movies
(paraphrased from Richard Hamming) CANCELLED
March 1 Belinda Batten CANCELLED
March 8 D. Finch CANCELLED
March 15 R. Showalter CANCELLED

Due to low participation, the seminar has been cancelled for the remainder of the term.
We will try to organize it again in the Spring term.