Math 196 - Fall 2013 - Student Colloquium

Math 196 — Fall 2013 — Student Colloquium

Updated 11/26/13

INSTRUCTOR: Glenn Tesler,

, AP&M 5840, (858) 534-5931.

COURSE WEBSITE: http://www.math.ucsd.edu/~gptesler/196/

DESCRIPTION: This is a series of talks by mathematicians and scientists who use mathematics in their research, designed to provide an entertaining, understandable, and informative introduction to what mathematics is like outside textbooks.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Attendance will be taken at each talk. Registered students may only miss one talk to receive credit.

SCHEDULE: Talks are scheduled to meet in AP&M B402A, Tuesdays, noon-12:50 p.m. The speaker list may be updated as the quarter progresses.

Oct. 1	Glenn Tesler Reconstructing the Genomic Architecture of Ancestral Genomes
Oct. 8	Brendon Rhoades Shoving boxes into corners
Oct. 15	Sophia Zhang Undergraduate summer research project: The hidden clique problem
Oct. 22	Daniel Rogalski Quivers and their representations
Oct. 29	Rayan Saab The cocktail party problem
Nov. 5	John Eggers The Compensating Polar Planimeter
Nov. 12	Amber Puha (California State University, San Marcos) The Mathematics of Options Pricing
Nov. 19	Bill Helton Real Algebraic Geometry in Matrix Variables
Nov. 26	Nolan Wallach How does your GPS know where you are?
Dec. 3	Jacques Verstraete Sidon sets