VIGRE Fall 2002
Department of Mathematics and Department of StatisticsMA/STAT 598V: VIGRE Seminar: Explore Statistics and Mathematics Research
Wednesdays, 4:30 PM, BRNG B222 This special seminar series is designed to introduce new graduate students as well as upper-class undergraduate majors in statistics and mathematics to different faculty active in research in the Department of Statistics and in the Department of Mathematics. Each week a different faculty member presents a talk at the undergraduate level to introduce students to different areas of research.
The series is also offered as a one credit course STAT 598V (or MA 598V). The instructor/coordinator is Professor M.E. Bock. For further information please contact Professor Bock by email at mbock@stat.purdue.edu or by phone at 765-494-3141.
Schedule
- Wednesday, August 28, 2002, 4:30 PM in BRNG B222
- Professor Kristofer Jennings, Purdue University
Confessions of a Modernist Statistician: How Resampling Continues to Surprise Us
- Wednesday, September 4, 2002, 4:30 PM in BRNG B222
- Professor Bradley Lucier, Purdue University
Image Compression with Wavelets
- Wednesday, September 11, 2002, 4:30 PM in BRNG B222
- Professor Charalambos Aliprantis, Purdue University
The Role of Mathematical Analysis to Economics
- Wednesday, September 18, 2002, 4:30 PM in BRNG B222
- Professor Stephen Samuels, Purdue University
How the Secretary Problem Can Change Your Life
- Wednesday, September 25, 2002, 4:30 PM in BRNG B222
- Professor Shreeram Abhyankar, Purdue University
Invariants of Curves and Surfaces from Abel to Jung and Severi
- Wednesday, October 2, 2002, 4:30 PM in BRNG B222
- Professor Seongjoo Song, Purdue University
Getting Rid of More Risk in an Incomplete Market
- Wednesday, October 9, 2002, 4:30 PM in BRNG B222
- Professor Rebecca Doerge, Purdue University
An Introduction to Statistical Genetics/Genomics
- Wednesday, October 16, 2002, 4:30 PM in BRNG B222
- Dr. William Browning
Some Applications of Mathematics in Industry
- Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 4:30 PM in BRNG B222
- Professor John Cushman, Purdue University
Nothing in the Real World is Deterministic: Some Experiences in Applied Mathematics
- Wednesday, October 30, 2002, 4:30 PM in BRNG B222
- Professor Michael Zhu, Purdue University
Introduction to Fractional Factorial Design: Application and Mathematics
- Wednesday, November 6, 2002, 4:30 PM in BRNG B222
- Profesor Kenji Matsuki, Purdue University
How to Recover the Smooth Shape of a Roller Coaster from Its Rugged Shadow (Resolution of Singularities)
- Wednesday, November 13, 2002, 4:30 PM in BRNG B222
- Professor Fabio Milner, Purdue University
The Mathematics of Sex and Marriage
- Wednesday, November 20, 2002, 4:30 PM in BRNG B222
- Professor Steve Bell, Purdue University
How to Find an Advisor
- Wednesday, December 4, 2002, 4:30 PM in BRNG B222
- There will be no seminar today.
