Colloquia are held on selected Mondays throughout the term starting at 3:45 PM in Roop 103 (unless otherwise noted). Talks generally last about 50 minutes, with 10 minutes for questions at the end. Refreshments will be served beginning at 3:30 PM, also in Roop 103. Students, faculty, staff, and the mathematical public are all cordially invited to attend. Speakers, titles, and abstracts are updated throughout the semester as details become available.

Date Speaker Home Institution Title (with link to abstract and bio) Sep 5 Steve Lucas James Madison University So You Think You Can Extract Roots? Sep 12 Rao Chaganty Old Dominion University On the Range of Correlation Between Two Variables Wed. Sep 21 Catherine Amelink Virginia Tech JMU alumna Educational Experiences Impacting the Career Interest of Underrepresented Groups in STEM Fields Sep 26 Adriana Salerno Bates College Algebra and Origami Oct 3 Rich Neidinger Davidson College A Gambling Function with Amazing Derivative Properties Wed. Oct 12 Chad Awtrey Elon University Symmetries of Polynomial Roots Wed. Oct 19 Noelle Conforti Preszler LouAnn Lovin Zig Siegfried Alexis Stevens Chris Willingham James Madison University Math 107, 108, and 207: The What, the Why, and the How Oct 24 Maritz Snyders Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Using Self-Produced Videos to Enhance Student Learning with Online Homework/Tutorials Oct 31 William Sanders James Madison University emeritus Incidence Relations: Thinking in the Box Nov 7 Jeff Achter Colorado State University visiting scholar Arithmetic Statistics: Data and Dreams 6 PM Nov 7 2105 Harrison Jeff Achter Colorado State University visiting scholar Messages and Mathematics Nov 14 Brian Katz Augustana College How Do Mathematicians Believe? Nov 28 John Bowers James Madison University computer science Circle-Polyhedra and a Classical Tale of Mathematical Cleverness Dec 5 Statistics Candidate -- Estimating Network Relationships for Non-Gaussian Data Wed. Dec 7 Ian Hill Jaylen Lee James Madison University current students Student Research Presentations Fri. Dec 9 Statistics Candidate -- Assessing Precision of Value Added Model Scores with Incorporation of Small Area Estimation Techniques Dec 12 Statistics Candidate -- Regression Modeling and File Matching Using Possibly Erroneous Matching Variables Wed. Dec 14 Statistics Candidate -- Effects of Fetal Environment on Newborn Outcomes: A Case Study of Statistical Thinking & Scientific Collaboration

Colloquia Schedules from Previous Terms

Pictures from Student Colloquia