VIGRE Fall 2002

Department of Mathematics and Department of Statistics
MA/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.