Mathematical Sciences Blog

GSG Award Winners – Mathematical Sciences

Published February 27, 2015

The Graduate School and Graduate Student Government proudly announce the 2014-2015 academic year winners (see Tech Today for all winners).

Shuaimin Kang (MS candidate, Applied Mathematics) and Rachel Rupnow (MS candidate, Pure Mathematics) received the Outstanding Scholarship Award recognizing academic performance in areas such as excellent GPA, originality in research, leadership and teamwork. Bryan Freyberg (PhD candidate, Discrete Mathematics) and Ethan Novak (PhD candidate, Discrete Mathematics) received the Outstanding Teaching Award recognizing graduate students who have exhibited exceptional ability as a teacher, have received excellent evaluations from students, as well as gaining the respect of faculty in their departments.

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R Software Presentation

Published February 27, 2015

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Assistant Professor Min Wang (Math) will conduct an introductory workshop on R software, “Introduction to the R Language: Computing for Data Analysis” today at 1 p.m. in Fisher 101. Faculty and students interested in learning more about this software are invited to attend.

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In Print – Zanello

Published February 17, 2015

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Associate Professor Fabrizio Zanello (Math) coauthored the following series of two papers with MIT undergraduate student Colin Sandon, “Warnaar’s Bijection and Colored Partition Identities, I,” in the Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A 120 (2013), no. 1, 28-38; and “Warnaar’s Bijection and Colored Partition Identities, II,” in Ramanujan Journal 33 (2014), no. 1, 83-120.

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Proposals in Progress – February 11, 2015

Published February 13, 2015

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PI Saeid Nooshabadi (ECE/CCSR) and Co-PI Allan Struthers (Math/CCSR), “ARO Research Area 5: Computing Science: 5.1.1 Investigation Into the Heterogenous Parallel Architectures for the Efficient Implementation of Big Data Media Mining Application,” US Department of Defense

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Elizabeth Reed Nominated for Distinguished Teaching Award

Published February 12, 2015

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The William G. Jackson Center for Teaching and Learning seeks input for its annual Distinguished Teaching Awards, which recognize outstanding contribution to the instructional mission of the University.

Based on more than 50,000 student rating of instruction responses, ten finalists have been identified for the 2015 awards. The selection committee is soliciting comments from students, staff, faculty and alumni to aid in its deliberation process.

Senior Lecturer Beth Reed is one of the finalists in the Assistant Professor/Lecturer/Professor of Practice category.

Comments on the nominees are due by Friday, April 3, and can be completed online.

The process for determining the Distinguished Teaching Award recipients from this list of finalists also involves the additional surveying of their classes. The selection committee makes the final determination of the award recipients. The recipients of the 2015 Distinguished Teaching Award will be formally announced in May 2015.

SAS JMP Software Presentation

Published January 30, 2015

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Adjunct Professor Marty Smith (Math/Bio Med) will conduct a workshop on SAS JMP software today (January 30) at 1 p.m. in Fisher 101. Faculty and students interested in learning more about this statistical software are invited to attend.

Faculty Awarded Jackson Grants

Published January 28, 2015

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Due to a generous gift from William G. Jackson, the William G. Jackson Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is pleased to announce the 2015 grant recipients. Nearly $55,000 in grants were awarded to instructors and teams of instructors at $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 levels. These grants will support course/program reform or expansion projects using blended and online learning.

Lecturer Jason Gregersen and Associate Professors Todd King and Stefaan De Winter were awarded a $10,000-level grant for Extension of Blended Learning across the Calculus Sequence.

Ben Ong, Assistant Professor, was awarded a $1,000-level grant for Computational Science Models.

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In Print – Pinelis

Published January 28, 2015

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Professor Iosif Pinelis (Math) published a paper titled “Geometrically Convergent Sequences of Upper and Lower Bounds on the Wallis Ratio and Related Expressions” in Mathematical Inequalities and Applications, 2015, vol. 18, number one. An abstract is available online.

Proposals in Progress, January 14, 2014

Published January 16, 2015

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PI Cecile Piret (Math), “A RBF-based Frame Strategy for Bypassing the Runge Phenomenon,” NSF

PI Zhengfu Xu (Math/CSERI) and Co-PIs Jingfeng Jiang (Bio Med/CSERI), Mark Gockenbach (Math/CSERI) and Sean Kirkpatrick (Bio Med/CSERI), “EDT: Enrich Doctoral Training in Applied Mathematics to Advance Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research and Career Development,” NSF

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Proposals in Progress – January 5, 2015

Published January 5, 2015

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PI Min Wang (Math), “Bayesian Measures of Evidence for Hypothesis Testing,” NSF

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