Colloquium

Fall 2006

  • October 19. Peter Saveliev (Marshall University), "Low level vision through topological glasses"

Spring 2005

  • February 22. Norah Esty (University of California - Berkeley), "Topological Properties of Orbit Sets for Groups of Homeomorphisms". Abstract

  • February 24. Elmas Irmak (University of Michigan), "Mapping Class Groups". Abstract

  • March 3. Akhtar Khan (Michigan Technological University), "An inverse problem in elasticity". Abstract

  • April 8. Judith Silver, "Conics in Projective Geometry". Abstract
  • April 22. Bonnie Shook, "Topological Approaches to Fingerprint Identification" and Nathan Cantrell, "Cubical Homology in Medical Imaging". Abstract
  • April 29, Drinko Library, Room 402. Arthur Porter (Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto), "Manchester University's Contributions to Analog and Digital Computing". Abstract

Fall 2004

  • September 24. Alfred Akinsete, "The winning probability and ranking models for teams in  soccer tournaments". Abstract

  • October 8. Ralph Oberste-Vorth, "From Chaos to Stability: Dynamic Equations Parameterized by Time Scales". Abstract.

  • October 22. John L. Drost, "What is the opposite of a prime number?" Abstract.

  • November 5. Elizabeth Duke and Kelli Hall, "Time Scale Calculus and Dynamical Systems". Abstract.

  • November 19. Christopher Johnson and Peter Saveliev, "Topological Proteomics: Pure Mathematics in Life Sciences." Abstract.

Spring 2004

  • January 23. Yulia Dementieva, "STATISTICAL APPROACHES TO GENE MAPPING". Abstract

  • February 6. Linda Hamilton, "Robotics of the Mars Station Program". Abstract

  • February 19, Basant Karna (Baylor University), "Eigenvalue Comparison for Multipoint Boundary Value Problems", Abstract

  • February 24, John (Matt) Matthews (Duke University), "Granular Materials: An Introduction & Application to Hopper Flows", Abstract

  • February 27, Mohamed Elhamdadi (University of South Florida), "On knot invariants". Abstract

  • March 5. Scott Sarra, "Scattered Data Approximation with Radial Basis Functions". Abstract

  • April 2, John L. Drost, "Arrow's Theorem or Why we all just can't get along", Abstract

Fall 2003

  • September 26. John L. Drost, "Addition Chains". Abstract

  • October 10. Peter Saveliev, "From slot machines to topology through calculus". Abstract

  • October 24, 2 pm. Kelli Hall, "Escher's Tilings and Ribbons". Abstract

  • November 7. Judith Silver, "The Spherical Metric Project". Abstract

  • December 5. Bonita Lawrence, "Time Scales: A Snappy Link between Continuous Processes and Discrete Processes". Abstract