Colloquia are held on selected Mondays throughout the term from 3:45-4:45 pm in Roop 103. Refreshments will be served at 3:30, also in 103. Occasional colloquia may be held at other times and/or locations.

Date Speaker Home Institution Title, with link to abstract and bio Jan. 14 Steve Penny Maryland Mathematics of Weather and Climate Forecasting Tues Jan. 22 David Field General Motors Manufacturing, Robotics and Computational Geometry Thur Jan. 24 Lori Ziegelmeier Colorado State Explorations in Geometric and Topological Data Analysis Jan. 28 Hala Al Hajj Shehadeh Michigan The Relaxation of 1D Crystal Surfaces Fri Feb. 1 Thomas Callaghan Rice Motion Estimation and Imaging of Complex Scenes with Synthetic Aperture Radar Feb. 25 Gwyneth Whieldon Hood Picturing Free Resolutions Thur Feb. 28 Celestine Woodruff Florida State Modeling Geophysical Fluid Flows Mar. 4 Spring Break Thu Mar. 14 Vicki Jacobs UNC Greensboro Professional Noticing of Children's Mathematical Thinking: A Hidden Skill of Teaching Mar. 18 Rachelle Bouchat Slippery Rock Path Ideals: Connections between Graph Theory and Algebra Mar. 25 Snow JMU Closed Apr. 1 Brant Jones JMU The Lecture Hall Theorem via Abacus Diagrams Apr. 8 Daniel Robinson Johns Hopkins Numerical Optimization: interesting applications and recent research. Wed Apr. 10 Elizabeth Brown Edwin O'Shea James Sochacki JMU Spotlights on Teaching and Service Apr. 15 Burruss 236 Linda Henderson Texas The Fourth Dimension in Modern Art: A View from the 21st Century Apr. 22 Student Presentations ? Wed., 1pm June 5 Jorge Bruno Galway, Ireland On the collection of generalized metrics

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