mathematics

Feb 4, 2013

Save the Date: Second Annual Kwangil Koh Lecture on Mathematics in Our Time

This year’s Koh Lecture will be Tuesday, April 16, at 4:30 p.m. in the SAS Hall Auditorium (Room 2203). The speaker will be Dr. Martin Golubitsky, Distinguished Professor of Natural and Mathematics Sciences at Ohio State University and director of the university’s Mathematical Biosciences Institute. TITLE: Patterns Patterns Everywhere ABSTRACT: Regular patterns appear all around…

Jan 14, 2013

NC State to offer public lecture on the mathematics of music

Renowned mathematician, composer and chess master, Noam Elkies, will visit NC State later this month to give a free, public lecture, titled Canonical Forms: A Mathematician’s View of Musical Canons. The lecture is Friday, January 25, at 4 p.m. in Room 2203 SAS Hall. To write a musical canon – be it “Three Blind Mice” or…

Sep 4, 2012

SAMSI renewed for another five years by NSF

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has renewed the main supporting grant for the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI). The new funding will provide $17.5 million over five years to the three partner universities – NC State, Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill – and the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) in conjunction with the William…

Jun 20, 2012

Students learn about uncertainty quantification at SAMSI workshop

NC State students David Moreau, Alice Toms and Andre Waschka recently completed the Undergraduate Workshop at the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI). The week-long program was held at SAMSI’s facility in Research Triangle Park and at NC State. The workshop was an introduction to the field of uncertainty quantification (UQ) to students from the mathematical…

Mar 22, 2012

Meyer Graduate Travel Fund established in Mathematics

A generous gift by alumna Anjela Govan (Ph.D. 2008 – Mathematics) and her husband, Vincent, has allowed the College of Physical and Mathematical Science to establish the Meyer Graduate Travel Fund Endowment. The endowment provides funds for graduate students in the Department of Mathematics to travel to conferences, seminars, workshops and other educational opportunities. While…