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) Jan 25 -- -- Cancelled due to snow. Talk moved to Feb 15. Feb 1 Laura Ellwein Fix Virginia Commonwealth University Patient-Specific Modeling of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Dynamics Feb 8 Peter Sin University of Florida The Critical Group of a Graph Feb 15 -- -- Cancelled due to snow ... again. Talk moved to Mar 2. Feb 22 Craig Larson Virginia Commonwealth University Automated Conjecturing Feb 29 -- -- No colloquium due to dean candidate visit. Wed. Mar 2 Jim Sochacki James Madison University Neurons: Are You a Mathematically Computable Model? Mar 14 Brian Walton James Madison University A Modeling Approach to Calculus Mar 21 Heidi Hulsizer Hampden-Sydney College Resolutions of Determinantal Ideals Mar 28 Ami Radunskaya Pomona College visiting scholar Chaos and Noise: The Implications of Stochasticity in Growth Laws Mar 28 Harrison 1261 6 PM Ami Radunskaya Pomona College visiting scholar Functions, Formulas, and Dendritic Cells: Using Mathematics and the Immune System to Fight Cancer Apr 4 Rich Busi LouAnn Lovin Zig Siegfried Alexis Stevens James Madison University An Investigation of PreK–8 Preservice Teachers' Construction of Fraction Schemes and Operations Apr 11 Amy Shell-Gellasch Montgomery College These Are a Few of My Favorite Things Apr 11 Burruss 31 7 PM Amy Shell-Gellasch Montgomery College Move Over Riemann, Fermat Integration Is Here! Tues. Apr 12 Pankaj Vishe Durham University Hasse Principle for Higher-Degree Hypersurfaces Apr 18 Hala Shehadeh James Madison University Statistical Mechanics and Hydrodynamic Limit of Solid on Solid Models in Crystalline Materials Apr 25 Marisa Draper Channing Parker Katie Voss Brock Crook Alex Karp Tanner Naughton Galen Richards Noah Watson Ben Dulaney Aidan Gordon Zev Woodstock James Madison University current students Student Research Presentations

Colloquia Schedules from Previous Terms

Pictures from Student Colloquia