College of Science and Mathematics

Department of Mathematics & Statistics

120 Math & Microbiological Sciences Building
(937) 775-2785
mathstats@wright.edu

PREVIOUS COLLOQUIA:

If you are interested in copies of abstracts from talks prior to Spring 2012, please click here and specifiy which abstract you are interested in getting.

DOWNLOADABLE SCHEDULE:

You can download a .pdf copy ofthe curent colloquium schedule here.

COLLOQUIA AND LECTURES


DEPARTMENTAL COLLOQUIA

The department regularly hosts a colloquium on Friday afternoons at 3:00 pm during fall, and spring semesters in Room 224 MM, unless otherwise indicated in the schedule below. Each talk is preceded by a "meet-and-greet" with refreshments at 2:30 pm in the staff and faculty lounge in Room 222 MM.

SPRING 2013 Schedule:

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DATE SPEAKER & TITLE
1/11/2013 Allen Hunt - WSU Physics Department - Topic: Applied Math - Solute transport predicts scaling of surface reaction rates in porous media: applications to silicate weathering
1/18/2013 Vaidyanathan Sivaraman - The Ohio State University - Topic: Discrete Math - A signed-graphic analogue of Matthews' theorem
1/25/2013 Sung Ahn - Washington State University - Topic: Statistics - Estimation of Cointegrated Models with Exogenous Variables
2/1/2013 Department Meeting - No Colloquium
2/8/2013 Special Seminar
2/15/2013 TBA
2/22/2013 TBA
3/1/2013 Spring Break - No Colloquium
3/8/2013 Maher Qumsiyeh - University of Dayton - Topic: Statistics - Sample Size in Statistical Experiments and the Bootstrap Method
3/15/2013 Ben Ogorek & Shannon Terry - Nationwide Insurance - Topic: Statistics - Prioritization, Statistical Research, and the Business World
3/22/2013 Biswa Datta - Northern Illinois University - Topic: Applied Math - Title: COMPUTATIONAL AND OPTIMIZATION METHODS FOR QUADRATIC INVERSE EIGENVALUE PROBLEMS ARISING IN MECHANICAL VIBRATION AND STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS. : Linking Mathematics to Industry
3/29/2013 Song S. Qian - University of Toledo - Topic: Statistics - Title: Bayesian Hierarchical Modeling in Action
4/5/2013 Hongyu Zhao - Yale School of Public Health - Topic: Statistics - Network Inference from High Dimensional Data
4/12/2013

Susan Thompson - Otterbein University - Topic: Math Education - Flexible Options Preparing Students for University-Level Mathematics: Lessons Learned

4/19/2013 Weizhen Wang - Wright State University - Topic: Statistics - Title: Interval Estimation for Proportions and the Implementation in R

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MAZUMDAR LECTURES

The department hosts the Mazumdar Lectures in Applied Mathematics with presentations by prominent applied mathematicians.

2012-2013

Dr. Dr. Hongyu Zhao, Yale School of Public Health
Network Inference from High Dimensional Data

2010-2011 Dr. Haikady Nagaraja, The Ohio State University
Some Models for Ordered Data and Their Applications to Business and Economics
2009-2010 Dr. Chris Johnson, University of Utah
Image-Based Biomedical Modeling, Simulation and Visualization
2008-2009 Dr. William B. Russel, Princeton University
Patterning Thin Polymer Films Driven via Electric Fields: Instability, Pattern Selection, and Coarsening
2007-2008 Dr. Stephen H. Davis, Northwestern University
Interfaces between Fluids: Spreading, Thin Films and Slip

SPECIAL LECTURES

Periodically, the department hosts special lectures by visiting scholars and special lecturers. These talks will be announced via email to the Colloquia/Special Lecture email list and flyers placed around campus.

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