Spring Colloquia (3 PM - locations TBA)
Watch the news and announcements for location and abstract information.
- January 28: Paul Sabin, ESPN
- February 4: Matt Menickelly, Argonne National Lab
- February 11: Arunabha Biswas, Virginia Tech
- February 18, Michael Dorff, Brigham Young University
- February 25: Toby Driscoll, University of Delaware
- March 4: Joel Sanqui, Appalachian State University
- March 18: Alex Lyford, Middlebury College
- March 25: Casian Pantea, West Virginia University
- April 1: Nadun Dissanayake, Appalachian State University
- April 9: Hollylynne S. Lee, NC State University
- April 22: Nii Okine, Appalachian State University
Fall 2021 Colloquia (3 PM - locations TBA)
Watch the news and announcements for location and abstract information.
- August 27: W. Garrett Mitchener, College of Charleston
- September 3: Gary Smith, Pomona College
- September 10: Michal McRoberts, Championship Analytics
- September 17: Dashiell Young-Saver, Skew the Script
- September 24: Heather Zinn-Brooks, Harvey Mudd College
- October 1: Erica Slate Young, Appalachian State University
- October 15: John Gemmer, Wake Forest University
- October 22: Thomas Weighill, UNC-Greensboro
- October 29: Sarah Greenwald, Appalachian State University
- November 5: AnnaMarie Conner, University of Georgia
- November 12: Daniel Alvey, Trinity College
- Noember 19: Alex Lyford, Middlebury College
Spring 2021 Colloquia (3 PM via ZOOM)
Please contact Dr. Quinn Morris for the link and password.
- Februarty 26: Dr. Katherine Kinnaird, Smith College
- March 5: Dr. Steve Wang, Swarthmore College
- March 12: Dr. Nicholas Dwork, UC San Francisco
- March 19: Dr. Victoria Woodard, Notre Dame University
- March 26: Dr. Marissa Loving, Georgia Tech
- April 9: Dr. Angelynn Alvarez, SUNY Potsdam
- April 25: Dr. Nicole Lazar, Penn State University
- April 30: Dr. Lori Watson, Wake Forest University
Fall 2020 Colloquia (3 PM via ZOOM)
Please contact Dr. Quinn Morris for the link and password.
- September 4: Dr. Igor Erovenko, UNC-Greensboro
- September 11: Dr. Quinn Morris
- September 18: Dr. Matthew Mizuhara, The College of New Jersey
- September 25: Dr. Malena Espanol, Arizona State
- October 2, Dr. Trina Palmer
- October 9: Graduate School Panel of Recent MA Grads
- October 16: Anqi Zou, Truist
- October 23: Dr. Allison McColloch, UNC-Charlotte
- November 6: JoAnna Klein, Freelance Science Journalist
- November 13: Dr. Angelynn Alvarez, SUNY-Potsdam
Spring 2020 Colloquia
- January 22: Chawne Kimber, Lafayette College, Teaching Roundtable
- January 24: Thomas Cameron, Davidson College, On the Rankability of Data
- February 21: Becky Sanft, UNC-Asheville, Exploring Mathematical Modeling in Biology
- February 28, Michael Bosse, Report on Scholarly Assignment Activities
- March 6: Carl Mummert, Marshall University, Counting Down from Infinity and TREE(3)
- April 3: Kaitlin Hill, Wake Forest University - Virtual presentation through zoom, Stochastic Systems
Fall 2019 Colloquia
- August 23: Katie Mawhinney and Travis Weiland, The Revised 4th Math Courses in NC High Schools
- August 30: Holt Wilson, UNC-Greensboro, Reforming Reform at the Intersection of the Ivory Tower, the Pink Palace, and the Trenches
- September 6: Ross Gosky, Simulation Results Involving Bayesian Closed Population Capture-Recapture Models with Heterogeneity
- September 13: Erica Slate-Young, Using Interdisciplinary Collaborations to Enhance Mathematics Teaching
- September 20: Staci Hepler, Wake Forest University, A spatio-temporal model for multivariate occupancy data
- September 27: Felician Simpson, Winston-Salem State University, Unlocking the Door to Success: The Role of Statistical Research in Discovery and Innovation
- October 4: George Waltmann, GIMPS, Hunting for the Largest Known Prime Numbers
- October 18: Rene Salinas, Sports Analytics at App State
- October 25: Christian Wypasek, Wypasek Data Science, Going from Modeling to Meta-Modeling
- November 1: Karen Hollebrands, NC State University, Early Career Mathematics Teachers' Uses of Technology to Teach Mathematics
- November 8: Melissa Reid, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, NC Community College Math Redesign
- November 15: Fred Coon, UNC-Charlotte, Understanding the Probability Literacy of High School Students
Spring 2019 Colloquia
- January 18: Alana Baird and Tyrel Winebarger, Sustainability as a Topic in Mathematics Classes
- January 25: Jeff Hirst
- February 1: Appalachian Initiative for Mathematics, University of Kentucky
- February 8: Kevin Shirley
- March 15: Beth Herbal Eisennman, Michigan State University
- March 22: Frances Harper, University of Tennessee
- March 29: Thomas Lewis, UNC-Greensboro
- April 5: Nie Xiaoying, Shaanxi Normal University, China
- April 12: John Sevier
- April 19: John Wagaman, Western Carolina
- April 26: Diana Davis, Swarthmore College
Fall 2018 Colloquia:
- August 24: Faculty Briefs on Potential Projects
- August 31: Anthony Fernandes, UNC-Charlotte
- September 7: Anass Bayaga, University of Zululand
- September 14: Thomas Cameron, Davidson College CANCELLED due to hurricane Florence
- September 21: Premkumar Pugalenthi, UNC-Charlotte, Using Engineering Contexts to Teach Mathematics
- September 26 (Wednesday at 3 PM in 103A Walker): Sloan Despeaux, Western Carolina University
- October 5: Sherry Nikbakht, ASU Math Walk
- October 19: Robert Erhardt, Wake Forest University
- October 26: Alun Lloyd, NC State University
- November 2: Abbey Bourdon, Wake Forest University
- November 9: Ben Orlin
Spring 2018 Colloquia:
- January 19: Holly Hirst, Social Networks and Graph Theory
- January 26: Sarah Greenwald, Geometry of the Earth and Universe
- February 2: Faculty Interview - candidate research talk
- February 9: Faculty Interview - candidate research talk
- February 16: Faculty Interview - candidate research talk
- March 16: Vicky Klima, An Algebraist Listens to Music
- Cancelled due to impending weather....March 23: Sloan Despeaux, visiting from Western Carolina University
- April 6: Katie Mawhinney, TBA
- April 13: Jill Thomley, TBA
- April 20: Directed Research Presentation: Stephen Graham
- April 27: Directed Research Presentation: Coleman Ross
- May 4: Directed Research Presentations: Averia Padgett; Cescily Metzgar
Fall 2017 Colloquia
- August 25: Research Opportunities for Students: Jeff Hirst, Joel Sanqui, Travis Weiland, and Jason Osborne
- September 8: Bill Cook: OCSA Report
- September 22: Jake Pardo, "Gambling against some odds"
- October 6: Visiting Speaker James Cook, Liberty University
- October 27: Visiting Speaker Anant Godbole, East Tennessee State University
- November 10: Visiting Speaker Gene Fiorini, Muhlenberg College, "CrIME: Criminal Investigation through Mathematical Examination"
- December 1: Visiting Speaker John Glasser, Centers for Disease Control
Fall 2016 Colloquia
- August 26: Research Ideas: Eric Marland, Jeff Hirst, Bill Bauldry.
- September 9: Bill Bauldry - OCSA Report: Some Projects can Crash and Burn
- September 16: Troy Schaudt - Wolfram Technologies in Education and Research
- September 23: Visiting Speaker Tomas McIntee, Virginia Tech - Condorcet's Unasked Question
- September 30: Bethany Turner - Leibniz Algebras
- October 7: Jeff Hirst - Counting uses of Ramsey's theorem
- November 4: Visiting Speaker David Royster - Unversity of Kentucky (Grad Program)
Spring 2016 Colloquia
- January 26: Visiting Speaker Daniel Yorgov, CU Denver
- January 29: Visiting Speaker Brooke Alhanti, Emory University
- February 5: Greg Rhoads - Minimal Surfaces in R^3
- February 12: Visiting Speaker Tim Chartier - Bracketology & March Madness
- February 19: Jason Osborne - Curve and Surface Curvature
- February 26: Jason Osborne and Eric Marland - Going Paperless & Vicky Klima - Encouraging Careful Questioning
- March 16: Visiting Speaker Matt Swinand - ALEKS Placement/Study System
- March 24: Visiting Speaker Carl Mummert, Marshall University - Incompleteness Theorems
- April 1: Visiting Speaker Celes Woodruff, JMU - Two Mathematical Problems Arising in Geosciences
- April 8: Visiting Speaker Matthew Lasater - The Brief History of Bank Stress Testing
- April 15:
- Matthew Cavallo - Survey of Cohomology
- Amanda Copeland - Nontraditional Calculus
- April 29:
- Lee Fisher - Senior Honors Thesis
- Michael Rudziewicz - Directed Research
- May 4: Josh Carr - Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2015 Colloquia
- August 28: Research Ideas: Bill Bauldry, Sarah Greenwald, and Joel Sanqui
- September 11: Research Ideas: Todd Abel, Eric Marland, and Bill Cook
- September 25: Mike Perry - ASU Department of Mathematical Sciences 1960-80: Years of Transformation
- October 23: Jeremy Brazas - Fundamental groups in topological algebra
- October 30: Mini-dept meeting & Vicky Klima - A Spacey OCSA
- November 6: Jeff Scroggs - NCSU Financial Math Program
- December 4:
- Laurel Bates - Senior Thesis Defense
- Sarah McGinnis & Katie Severin - Directed Research Projects
Spring 2015 Colloquia
- February 6: Bill Bauldry -- Changes in Maple
- February 13: Eric Marland -- Adaptation and Mitigation in a Changing World: The Role of Uncertainty
- February 27: Katrina Palmer -- Dealing with Large Ill-Posed Problems
- March 27: (A) Luke Tunstall - Promoting Numeracy in an Online College Algebra Course through Projects and Discussions (B) Noah Hughes - Reverse mathematics and marriage problems: a few new results
- April 10: Alan Arnholt -- Using RMarkdown (in Walker 303) then @ 4pm Amanda Whitt - Computational History of Pi (in Walker 103A)
- April 17: (A) Ralph Chikhany -- An Introduction to Functional Analysis (B) Alex Vannoy -- The Effects of Population Density on the Spread of Disease (C) Michael Kelley -- Optimal cycle length for a managed forest (D) Susanna Hogue -- Uncertainty in Gridded CO2 Estimates
- May 1: (A) Jacob (Tyrel) Winebarger -- Poset Diagrams for theta-Twisted Involutions of Weyl Groups (B) Kenneth Jones -- Fuzzy AHP: Using Chang's Extent Analysis to Examine Several Fuzzified Comparison Scales (C) Amanda Yoder -- Flipping the Statistics Classroom (D) Molly Blackman -- Student Errors in Dynamic Mathematical Environments (E) Tessa McMullen -- Learning thought Dynamic Mathematics Environments: Investigating Cognitive Processes in Problem-Solving
Fall 2014 Colloquia
- September 12: Research Interests -- Joel Sanqui, Rene Salinas, Bill Bauldry
- September 19: Research Interests -- Mark Ginn, Sarah Greenwald, Katie Mawhinney
- September 26: Holly Hirst - Overview of the SageMath Computing Environment (we will meet in WA 303)
- October 3: Jason Osborne - The Mass-Spring-Damper System on the Sphere
- October 10: Herbert Khuzwayo (University of Zululand in South Africa) A Case for the History of Mathematics Education as a Field of Study: A Focus on South Africa
- November 7: Trina Palmer - Mapworks
- November 14:
- Margaret Rahmoeller (NCSU) - Demazure Crystals for U_q(A^{(1)})
- Abby Bishop - Posets of H_2, H_3, and H_4
- November 21: Joyce Dickerman (Wiley) - The Acceleration of Data-Driven Learning and Assessments – examples from WileyPLUS
Spring 2014 Colloquia
- January 24: Sarah Greenwald: What I learned (and published) on my OCSA
- January 31: Vicky Klima: Introduction to Crystal Basis Theory
- February 7: Rene Salinas: OCSA Report
- February 28: Jan Rychtar & Sat Gupta: Computational Mathematics at UNCG
- March 21: Alan Arnholt: Using Version Control (GIT)
- March 28: Noah Hughes: Introduction to Reverse Math
- April 4: Tyrel Winebarger and Ethan Smith
- April 18: Thomas Cook and Kent Vashaw
- April 25: Alison McClay, Dawn Woodard, and Meredith Branham
Fall 2013 Colloquia
- September 13: Tracie Salinas OCSA report
- September 27: John Webb (Wake Forest): A (very brief) History of Partitions
- October 4: Research Interests: Mike Bosse, Vicky Klima, Eric Marland, & Joel Sanqui
- October 11: Jeff Hirst
- November 15: Faith Miller: On the Crossing Number of the K_{3,3,3} Tripartite Graph
- November 22: Matt Mastin: Knots, Glueballs, and Symmetry