Colloquia are held on selected Mondays throughout the term starting at 3:50 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 14 Amy Buchmann University of San Diego Fluid Mechanics at the Microscale Feb 4 Paul Humke St. Olaf College Washington & Lee University A Taste of Filling Space Feb 11 James Sochacki James Madison University Science and Mathematics Learning Feb 25 Darren Glass Gettysburg College Arithmetical Structures on Graphs Mar 11 Stephen Lucas James Madison University Crazy Bases: Fractions and Twoandthree Mar 18 Math 470 Students James Madison University Math Escape Rooms Mar 25 Nusrat Jahan James Madison University Integrating Functional Genomic Data with Machine Learning Approach for Phenotype Classification Apr 1 Chris Franck Virginia Tech Assessing the Sensitivities of p-values and Bayes Factors for Hypothesis Testing and Model Selection Apr 8 Ihsan A. Topaloglu Virginia Commonwealth University Nonlocal Geometric Variational Problems: From Liquid Drops to Swarms Apr 15 Evelyn Lunasin U.S. Naval Academy Methods for Prediction and Control of Complex Systems Apr 22 Tyler Hain Sean Gholson Sarah Szvetecz James Madison University current students Student Research Presentations

Colloquia Schedules from Previous Terms

Pictures from Student Colloquia