May 1st, 2013

• 3:30pm: Involutions of pattern avoidance permutations
  Asraa Jaber ‘14, will be presenting a mathematics talk on pattern avoidance.

April 24th, 2013

• 3:30pm: Honors Thesis Presentation
  “A logical treatment of special relativity, with and without faster-than-light observers” by Benjamin Hoffman ‘13

April 17th, 2013

• 3:30pm: Computer Science Careers Talk
  David Swanson, Director of Engineering, from New Relic, Inc. will give you a tour of the cool technology, engineering processes, and team dynamics that New Relic is building to enable our continued success.

April 10th, 2013

• 3:30pm: Computer Careers at PERS
  George Schellenberg from the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System will speak about careers in computers or business at PERS.

April 3rd, 2013

• 3:30pm - 4:30pm: Exploring Orbifold Graphs
  Kathleen Daly 13’ will present the results of her year-long mathematics
  honors thesis project.  She has been looking into defining a new graph theory
  object, called an orbigraph, that parallels an existing object in
  differential geometry.

February 27th, 2013

• 3:30pm - 4:30pm: Squeak Squeaker Squeakem Squeak, or, The Mathematics of Deciphering the Mouse-ese Language.
  Dr. Adam A. Smith will present his work using mathematical and computational methods to decipher mouse sounds.

February 6th, 2013

• 3:30pm - 4:30pm: Hannah Callender presents: Assessment tools for objective measurement of physical activity
  Participation in physical activity (PA) on a regular basis is important for maintaining health, yet many people in the United States do not meet the levels recommended by scientific and health organizations (CDC). Current research on behavioral patterns and interventions designed to increase PA primarily are aimed at younger children (6-18yrs) or adults (Nelson et al. 2007) with the college population often ignored. PA behavior during the late adolescence/early college period in life is of particular importance as behaviors adopted during this time frame may carry over into adulthood. Previous research indicates that between 40-50% of college students are physically inactive, 25% are classified as obese (Huang et al. 2010), and 33-50% experience psychological problems that affect their functioning (Hunt & Eisenberg, 2010), thus putting their overall health at risk (Buckworth, 2004; Keating, 2005; Ferrara, 2009). Given the fact that PA plays an important role in maintaining a healthy weight and improving mental health, it is important to describe PA behavior in this population and design interventions to increase PA that are tailored to this population’s specific goals and motivations.  One issue in measuring PA lies in the ability to obtain objective measurements of activity and then to appropriately report the results from those measurements.  In this talk I will discuss strategies for objective measurement of physical activity, including results from this summer’s REU at the University of Portland.

November 14th, 2012

• 3:30pm - 4:30pm: Summer research reports: Brain image analysis; Computer Go
  We have two summer research reports:  Jeff Rhoades will discuss the quantitative aspects of his summer work trying to understand Alzheimer’s disease.  Jet’aime Mullins, Sam Stewart, and Nick Sylvester will present their smart programs to play the game Go. 

November 7th, 2012

• 3:30pm - 4:30pm: Distances in Partial Orders for Knowledge Discovery
  Dr. Emilie Hogan of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will present on her work in computational mathematics. 

October 31st, 2012

• 3:30pm - 5:00pm: Annual Mathematical Science Department Pumpkin Carving Contest!
  Win fame, riches and glory for carving the best pumpkin.  We will meet in the Mathematical Sciences Department Lounge.  BYOP (bring your own pumpkin)

October 24th, 2012

• 3:30pm - 4:30pm: PME Induction Celebration
  We will induct new members of the mathematical honors society Pi Mu Epsilon today.  The induction will be followed by a presentation by Liz Stanhope about her research in geometry.

October 17th, 2012

• 3:30pm - 4:30pm: Double Feature: Summer research report by Jenny Louthan & Discussion of graduate school in the Mathematical Sciences
  Jenny Louthan will discuss her research this summer at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.  Following her report we will discuss graduate study of interest to Mathematical Sciences students, as well as the application process.

October 3rd, 2012

• 3:30pm - 4:30pm: Graph spectra and the symmetry of k-regular trees
  Liz Stanhope will discuss a problem in spectral graph theory motivated by her work in spectral geometry.  The problem involves a nice blend of combinatorics, linear algebra and group theory.

September 26th, 2012

• 3:30pm: Summer research report: T-segment Graphs by Kathleen Daly
  Kathleen Daly will report on research done this past summer with the Willamette Valley Research Experience for Undergraduates and Teachers.  (WiVaM REU-RET)

September 12th, 2012

• 3:30pm - 4:30pm: Math Club Meet and Greet
  Come learn about LC’s Math Club and hear about the events planned for this upcoming year. Afterwards, take some time to chat with math department faculty and fellow CS/math students.  

April 24th, 2012

• 3:30pm: Thesis Presentations
  Jeff Cruttenden, Black-Scholes Implied Volatility: The Implied Smile and Local Volatility Model
  Heather Kitada, Catalan Interpretations of Commutative Ideals, Partially Ordered Sets and Path Statistics
  Grace Zalenski, Mathematical exploration of fluid flow through sea ice
  
  

April 17th, 2012

• 3:30pm: Thesis Presentations
  Honors Thesis:
  Alison Fankhauser ‘12,  “Numerical Evolution of Reaction-Diffusion Equations Arising in the Oscillating, Chemical Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction”
  Ana Rodenberg, ‘12, “Numerical Analysis of a Quasilinear Wave Equation Arising from Relativity”

April 10th, 2012

• 3:30pm: Rachel Orlansky, Student Support Services
  Rachel will meet with Math Sciences faculty and student tutors/graders about issues and strategies when working with students with disabilities

April 3rd, 2012

• 3:30pm: Nicole Seaders, Willamette University
  Cancelled due to illness.

March 20th, 2012

• 3:30pm: Sammy Black, Linfield College
  Untangling ropes using the Euclidean Algorithm
  
  

March 6th, 2012

• 3:30pm: Martin Jackson, University of Puget Sound
  Mathematical Sciences Colloquium:
  Using symmetry to solve differential equations
  

January 31st, 2012

• 3:30pm: Kasi Allen, LC Graduate School
  Math Matters!

January 24th, 2012

• 3:30pm: Welcome Back Gathering
  Welcome back - Spring 2012

October 18th, 2011

• 3:30pm: Student Research Presentations
  Ana Rodenberg

October 12th, 2011

• 3:30pm: Mitch Reyes, RHMS
  Mitch Reyes, RHMS
  Note Special Date!

October 4th, 2011

• 3:30pm: Student Research Presentations
  Grace Zalenski

September 27th, 2011

• 3:30pm - 4:30pm: Student Research Presentations
  Ben Lohre, Nick Sylvester, Christopher Anderson.

September 20th, 2011

• 3:30pm: Mark Walsh, Oregon State University
  Finding the Right Geometry

September 13th, 2011

• 3:30pm: Student Research Presentations
  Buck Fisk, Alison Fankhauser, Jenny Louthan

September 6th, 2011

• 3:30pm: Welcome Back Gathering
  Welcome Back Gathering