Alumni Conference
March 20, 2010
On Saturday, March 20, 2010, we will hold our fifth annual Graduate Alumni Conference for former graduate students in our Department. One purpose of this conference is to learn from you what you have been doing, and how you have applied the knowledge and experience that you gained while you were in our graduate program; we also may learn ways that we could improve the graduate program for our current students. The Alumni Conference is also an opportunity for Ph.D. alumni to connect with each other, with our current graduate students, faculty, and with the department. We hope these connections will be helpful to you both personally and professionally.
There is no charge for Departmental faculty, graduate students, or graduate alumni to register for the conference, and in fact we will provide lunch for all those who do register. The tentative schedule for this year's conference follows; all events will be held in the Department's Conference Room, 509 Lake Hall.
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9:00 am
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Tea & Coffee Served
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Welcome by Graduate Coordinator Jerzy Weyman
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9:30 am
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Talk by Jose Malagon-Lopez: Algebraic Topology of Algebraic Varieties.
Roughly, algebraic topology comes from the study of algebraic invariants of topological spaces. Also in a loose way, we can say that algebraic geometry deals with the study of systems of algebraic equations and their solutions.
In this talk we will give a survey of some of the approaches taken in the implementation
of tools of an algebro-topological nature to the study of algebraic varieties. We will stress
on the invariants build out of vector bundles and algebraic cycles.
This talked is aimed for general audience, keeping technicalities to a minimum.
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10:30 am
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Talk by Michael Nathanson: Mathematics as a second language: Reflections on teaching math to non-mathematicians
For most students, mathematics is a bewildering set of arbitrary rules and rigid routines, to be memorized, performed, and then forgotten. And the people who teach them are those for whom mathematics has always made sense, which often creates a gulf between student and teacher that neither knows how to cross. I will discuss my experiences over fifteen years teaching high school and college; and reflect on ways to build bridges between mathematicians and their students. In addition, I will discuss some of the interesting mathematics which I have encountered in my teaching and learning, including the Pizza Theorem from Euclidean geometry. |
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11:30 am
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Talk by Stan Dubrovsky: L_p cohomology
L_p cohomology is an integral invariant of Lipschitz manifolds.
It coincides with deRham cohomology locally, but is in general different on non-compact spaces,
being sensitive to the underlying metric. We develop the basic notions of the theory, and consider its applications.
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12:15 pm
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Lunch
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1:30 pm
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Panel Discussion: Moderator, Professor Jerzy Weyman
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2:30 pm
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Selected presentations of Faculty research by:
2:30 Peter Topalov
3:00 Alexander Suciu
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Question and answer period
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4:00 pm
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End
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If you want to register for this conference, please send an e-mail to: Gari Horton (g.horton@neu.edu), Department of Mathematics. Participants registered so far: Anupam Chaudhauri, Robert Chase, Gufang Zhang, Yaping Yang, Vladimir Geneus, Anandam Banerjee, Alexander Sucui, Kavita Sutar
Previous Conferences:
2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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