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Pi Mu Epsilon Talk – Dr. William Velez, University of Arizona

206 Gordon Palmer Hall 505 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

In this talk I will describe my career path, how I have handled being the only Chicano in almost any position that I have held, and describe some of my mathematical and public policy work.

Seminar – Hristo Sendov, University of Western Ontario

228 Gordon Palmer Hall Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

Every  Calculus  student  is  familiar  with  the  classical  Rolle’s  theorem  stating that if a real polynomial  p satisfies  p(−1) = p(1),  then it  has a critical  point  in  (−1, 1). In 1934, L. Tschakaloff strengthened this result by finding a minimal interval, contained in (−1, 1), that holds a critical point of every real polynomial   

Colloquium – Xiaoming Huo, Georgia Institute of Technology

346 Gordon Palmer Hall 505 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

Title: Statistically and Numerically Efficient Independence Test The big data is a well-known phenomenon in the modern world. The emerging discipline of data science has inspired a lot of discussion and debate in the scientific research communities, including the mathematical and statistical science community. Contributing to this discussion, in the first part of this talk,

Colloquium – John Etnyre, Georgia Institute of Technology

346 Gordon Palmer Hall 505 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

Topic:  Curvature and contact topology Abstract:  Contact geometry is a beautiful subject that has important interactions with topology in dimension three. In this talk I will give a brief introduction to contact geometry and discuss its interactions with Riemannian geometry. In particular I will discuss a contact geometry analog of the famous sphere theorem and

Colloquium – Maria Laura delle Monache (Inria Grenoble – Rhône Alpes)

346 Gordon Palmer Hall 505 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

Topic:  Control of traffic flow: from ramp metering to autonomous vehicles Abstract: In this talk, we will consider different control frameworks for traffic flow. In particular, we will show the evolution of traffic control from classical strategies (for example ramp-metering) to more modern approaches using autonomous vehicles. We will introduce different ways to describe mathematically

Colloquium – Rodrigo Bañuelos, Purdue University

346 Gordon Palmer Hall 505 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

Title:  On the discrete Hilbert transform   Abstract:  The discrete Hilbert transform, acting on the space of (doubly infinite) sequences, was introduced by David Hilbert at the beginning of the 20th century. It is the discrete analogue of the continuous Hilbert transform acting on functions on the real line (conjugate function in the periodic case).

Colloquium – Kyungyong Lee, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Topic:  Introduction to cluster algebras Abstract: The theory of cluster algebras is one of the most mathematically well-studied areas in mathematical physics. Since its discovery in 2001, it has been shown that cluster algebras are related to diverse areas of mathematics such as algebraic geometry, commutative algebra, knot theory, total positivity, quiver representations, string theory, statistical

Colloquium – Bo Li, University of California, San Diego

302 Gordon Palmer Hall

Title:  Predict the Ligand-Receptor Binding/Unbinding Kinetics with the Variational Implicit-Solvent Model and the String Method Abstract:  The ligand-receptor binding/unbinding is a complex biophysical process in which water plays a critical role. To understand the fundamental mechanisms of such a process, we have developed a new and efficient approach that combines our level-set variational implicit-solvent model