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COLLOQUIUM SERIES ARCHIVES

Fall 2007 Semester
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Speaker Information

Colloquium Title Place
Prof. Haiou Cai, Renmin University, China Testing Consistency of Judgment Matrices in AHP Thursday, November 29th
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1205
 
Dr. Laura Moss, Ohio University Department of Mathematics The TI-NavigatorTM System for Use in Mathematics Classes
            . . CANCELLED . . .
Thursday, November 15th
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1205
 
Kowall, Correy A., Krent, Brian J., NMU Mathematics & Computer Science Student Presentation A Simulation of Evolved Autotrophic Reproduction Thursday, November 8th
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1205
NMU Mathematics & Computer Science Student Presentations Benchmarking Old and New Linux

Rolling Dice in a Virtual 3D World: Not the Same Thing, or Is it?

Visualization and Analysis Techniques for Understanding Large Artificial Neural Networks

Thursday, October 25th
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1205
Dr. Jeffrey Horn, Northern Michigan University Optimal Nesting of Species for Exact Cover of Resources: Two Against Many Thursday, October 18th
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1205
Dr. Fabio Raciti, University of Catania, Italy Continuity Results for Variational Inequalities with Applications to Time-Dependent Equilibrium Problems Thursday, October 11th
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1205
Ms. Lisa Thimm, Michigan Technological University Solving Combinatorial Design Problems Using Graphs and Supercomputers Thursday, September 27th
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1205
Dr. Harold W. Martin, Northern Michigan University Metric Spaces, Hausdorff Metrics, and Gromov-Hausdorff Metrics Thursday, September 20th
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1205

Winter 2007 Semester
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Speaker Information

Colloquium Title Place
Student Presentations, Northern Michigan University
 
Second Annual International IT Seminar for Students Thursday
April 26, 2007
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1209
Student Presentations, Northern Michigan University Modeling Trigonometric Relationships with Geometer's SketchpadTM

Exploring Hyperbolic Geometry Using the Poincare Disk Model in Geometer's SketchpadTM

Thursday
April 19, 2007
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1209
Dr. Jeffrey Horn, Northern Michigan University Optimal nesting of species for exact cover of resources: Two against one Thursday
April 12, 2007
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1209
Dr. Qinghong Zhang, Northern Michigan University Duality Theory in Linear Programming and Semidefinite Programming Thursday
February 29, 2007
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1209
Prof. David J. Powers, Northern Michigan University High Performance Computing Thursday
February 22, 2007
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1209
Dr. Robert H. Myers, Northern Michigan University Forty Years Before the Chalkboard: Some observations, anecdotes, teaching tips, and opinions. Wednesday
February 7, 2007
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1209
Mr. Richard Balding and Mr. John Croze, Northern Michigan University Teaching Mathematics in the Public High School - Past, Present and Future Thursday
February 8, 2007
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1209
Dr. Andrew A. Poe, Northern Michigan University The Birthday Problem - Approaches to a Challenging Problem from the ACM Programming Contest Thursday
February 1, 2007
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1209
Mr. William Sargeant, Central Michigan University The Interplay of Prospective Secondary Mathematics Teachers' Mathematical Thinking and Use of Dynamic Geometry Software Monday
January 29, 2007
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1209
Prof. Robert J. Kipka, Northern Michigan University Lie Group Methods Thursday
January 25, 2007
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1209
Dr. Carol J. Bell, SUNY @ Courtland Assessing Students' Abilities to do Proofs Thursday
January 18, 2007
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1209

Fall 2006 Semester
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Speaker Information

Colloquium Title Place
Dr. Jeffrey Horn, Northern Michigan University The Remarkable Power of Software Patents Thursday
November 30, 2006
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1209
Dr. Stephen Smith, Northern Michigan University Theory and Practice in Elementary Mathematics Methods at NMU Thursday
November 16, 2006
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1209
Dr. John Kiltinen, Northern Michigan University Puzzling over 2-generation of the symmetric group Thursday
November 2, 2006
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1209
NMU Mathematics and Computer Science Majors Mathematics and Computer Science Student Presentations (Abstracts) Thursday
October 26, 2006
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1209
Dr. Boris Mordukhovic, Wayne State University Variational Analysis and Generalized Differentiation: New Trends and Developments Thursday
October 19, 2006
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1209
Drs. Roxin Zhang and Qinghong Zhang, Northern Michigan University A Pictorial Tour of China Thursday
October 12, 2006
4:00 p.m.
Mead Auditorium
Dr. Don Faust, Northern Michigan University The Vienna Circle: its origins, work, and legacy Thursday
October 5, 2006
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1209

Winter 2006 Semester
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Colloquium Title Place
Ken Johnson, Secondary Education Mathematics Major Using Snag It Software to Construct Instructional .avi for the Classroom Thursday
April 13, 2006
4:00 p.m.
SNF 1205
David Arnold, Secondary Education Mathematics Major Fibonacci Series Mondulo n: A Talk in Algebra and Number Theory Thursday
April 6, 2006
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1205
Dr. Sounak Chakraborty, Department of Statistics University of Missouri - Columbia Gene Expression Based Glioma Classification Using Hierarchical Bayesian Vector Machines

The Data Flood

Thursday
March 30, 2006
2:00 p.m.
Mead Auditorium
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1205
Dr. John Kiltinen and Mr. Barry Peterson, Professors at NMU Two-color Hungarian Rings Puzzles: Mathematical and Computer Analysis Thursday
March 16, 2006
4:00 p.m.
Dr. Jeffrey Horn, Associate Professor at NMU The Nature of Artificial Coevolution Thursday
March 2, 2006
4:00 p.m. NSF 1205

Fall 2005 Semester
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Colloquium Title Place
Tom Flora, Computer Science Major & Keith Rutkowski, 2003 Graduate Internship at Trimble Navigation and Graduate Classes at MTU. Thursday, December 1
4:00 p.m.
New Science 1209
Argonne National Symposium Speakers Mathematics Majors at NMU Exploring Mathematics in the Native American Dreamcatcher

Necessary and Sufficient Packets Inside Evidential Logic

Permutations on Modified Hungarian Rings

Thursday, October 27
4:00 p.m.
New Science 1209
Jeffrey Horn, Associate Professor, NMU The Computer Games Technology Curriculum at the University of Abertay, Scotland Thursday, October 20
4:00 p.m.
New Science 1209
Correy A. Kowall, NMU Computer Science Major Braitenberg Simulations as Vehicles of Evolution: A GECCO Undergraduate Presentation Thursday, October 13
4:00 p.m.
New Science 1209
S. Ken Culp, Instructor, NMU Running Multiple Operating Systems on a Laptop without Partitions Thursday, October 6
4:00 p.m.
New Science 1205

Winter 2005 Semester
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Speaker Information

Colloquium Title Place
Plourde, Michael, Secondary Education Mathematics Major Living and Student Teaching in New Zealand Thursday, April 28
4:00 p.m.
West Science 3801
Marti, Alexandre, Earth Science Major Statistical Methods in Image Georectification in ArcGIS 9.0: A Review Thursday, April 28
4:00 p.m.
West Science 3801
Gach, Mike, Range Telecommunications and Kiltinen, John, Northern Michigan University Developing the FGF2005 On-line Registration System Thursday, April 21
4:00 p.m.
West Science 3801
Kuo, Lynn, University of Connecticut Microarray Genomic Data Analysis Friday, April 15
4:00 p.m.
Mead Auditorium - WS
Lott, Johnny W., Past President of NCTM Developing Algebraic Thinking
(Live, interactive discussion (continued))
Thursday, March 31
4:00 p.m.
WS 2810
Seeley, Cathy L., President of the NCTM Developing Algebraic Thinking
(Live, interactive discussion)
Thursday, March 24
4:00 p.m.
WS 2810
Shaw, Doug, University of Northern Iowa Strategies to Solve a Particular Probability Problem (Game Theory) Thursday, March 17
12:00 Noon
WS 3802
Shaw, Doug, University of Northern Iowa Collatz Conjecture and How It Relates to the Halting Problem Thursday, March 17
4:00 p.m.
WS 3808
Poe, Andrew A., Northern Michigan University and
Fodale, Josh, Computer Science Sr.
Discussion about Math & CS Department's 6th Annual Programming Contest Thursday, March 3
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1302
Lemke, Michael, Philosophy major (Math minor) Learning Experiences: Turing Machines and Internships Thursday, February 17
4:00 p.m.
WS 3808
Powers, Warren, 2004 CS Graduate
Martin, Harold W., Northern Michigan University
Will talk to students and faculty about Grad School.
Will speak to students about the NMU Math Club.
Thursday, February 10
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1302

Fall 2004 Semester

Speaker Information

Colloquium Title Place
Culp, S. Kenneth, Northern Michigan University Teaching Flash Action Script Thursday, December 2, 2004
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1205
Ellerbruch, Lawrence W., Northern Michigan University A Hands-On TI-89 Graphing Calculator Workshop Thursday, November 18, 2004
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1205
Powers, David J., Northern Michigan University Using Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM) to Executive Parallel Algorithms Thursday, November 11, 2004
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1205
John Larson and Christy Faymonville, Mathematics Education Majors Teaching Algebra with Puzzle Software, to be presented at the 15th Annual Argonne Symposium Thursday, October 28, 2004
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1205
Correy Kowall, Mathematics Major Braitenberg Simulation for Learning Benchmarking, to be presented at the 15th Annual Argonne Symposium Thursday, October 28, 2004
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1205
Etsuko Nishida, Mathematics Major Mathematical Art of a Geometric Offspring, to be presented at the 15th Annual Argonne Symposium Thursday, October 28, 2004
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1205
Drosen, Jim, Northern Michigan University Groucho, Black Holes, and the Geometric Series Thursday, October 21, 2004
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1205
Faust, Don, Northern Michigan University What is the Nature of Mathematical Truth? Thursday, October 14, 2004
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1205
Maki, Dan, Indiana University

Mathematics Throughout the Curriculum and Mathematics in Biology

Thursday, October 7, 2004
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1205

Winter 2004 Semester

Speaker Information Colloquium Title Place
Ms. Elizabeth Sprehe, NMU 2003 Freshman Fellow and Dr. Jeff Horn, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU Virtual NMU

Thursday, April 15, 2004
4:00 p.m.
Mead Auditorium

Mr. David Powers, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU The Dining Philosophers:  Will they eat or go hungry? Thursday, April 15, 2004
1:00 p.m.
New Science Facility 1209
Dr. John Kiltinen, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU "How asymptotic approximations carry over to derivatives" Thursday, April 8, 2004
4:00 p.m.
New Science Facility 1209
Mr. David Field, General Motors Research, Development and Planning Center, Warren, Michigan "Manufacturing, Robotics and Computational Geometry" Thursday, March 25
3:00 p.m.
NSF 1205
Dr. John Kiltinen and Mr. Barry Peterson, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU "What software for MA 171?" Thursday, March 18
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1209
Dr. Brian Conrad, University of Michigan "Conics via algebra and geometry" Tuesday, March 9
3:00 p.m.
New Science Facility
Mr. Jay Bitely, 2001 NMU Graduate, Secondary Education- Mathematics "Out of Africa" Thursday, February 26
4:00 p.m.
New Science Facility 1209
Mr. Mel Melis, NASA Aerospace Engineer "Space Shuttle Columbia Accident Investigation Report" Friday, February 20, 2004
2:00 p.m.
Mead Auditorium - West Science 2701
Dr. Lee Larson, University of Louisville When does f -1 = 1/f? Thursday, February 19, 2004
NSF 1209
4:00 p.m.
Mr. Ken Culp, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU Grading Program Offered Thursday, January 29, 2004
NSF 1209
4:00 p.m.
     

Fall 2003 Semester

Speaker Information

Colloquium Title Place
Dr. Randy Appleton, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU "Disk Scheduling in Linux" Thursday, December 4, 2003
NSF 1205
4:00 p.m.
Dr. David Buhl, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU "LEGO Robotics:  Where's the Math?" Thursday, November 13, 2003
New Science 1205
4:00 p.m.
Michigan Section MAA, U. P. Regional Fall Meeting November 7-8, 2003
NMU
Dr. John Kiltinen, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU "Alphabetizing Lists with Transpositions" Thursday, October 2, 2003
4:00 p.m.
New Science 1205
Dr. Don Faust, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU "On the Structure of Evidential Gluts and Gaps" Thursday, September 25, 2003
4:00 p.m.
New Science 1205


Winter 2003 Semester

Speaker Information

Colloquium Title Place
Mr. Jim Cattron, Computer Science Major and Dr. Jeff Horn, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU "The Paradox of the Plankton:  Oscillations and Chaos in  Multi-Species Evolutionary Computation" Wednesday, April 23, 2003
4:00 p.m.
New Science Facility 1205
Dr. Phyllis Curtiss, Grand Valley State University "Using Group Activities for Teaching Probability and Statistics to Prospective Teachers" Thursday, April 10, 2003
4:00 p.m.
West Science 3611
Dr. Phyllis Curtiss, Grand Valley State University "Enhancing the Mathematical Understanding of Prospective Teachers by Integrating K-12 Activities" Friday, April 11, 2003
4:00 p.m.
New Science 1205
Dr. Stephen Smith, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU "Proving a Pattern:  thoughts about patterns and proofs" Friday, April 4, 2003
4:00 p.m.
New Science 1205
Mr. Barry Peterson, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU "The Relationship Between Software, Pedagogy and Topic Selection in Introductory Statistics" Tuesday, April 1, 2003
3:00 p.m.
New Science 1205
Mr. Michael Kowalczyk, 2001 NMU Alumnus "A Comprehensive Dissection of the Slide Puzzle" Thursday, March 27, 2003
4:00 p.m.
New Science Facility 1205
Dr. Andy Poe, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU "Hexaflexagons and Dynamic Programming" Tuesday, March 18, 2003
3:00 p.m.
New Science Facility 1205
Dr. David Buhl, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU "The Geometer's Sketchpad:  What is the volume of a light bulb and who cares?" Tuesday, February 25, 2003
3:00 p.m.
New Science Facility 1205
Dr. John Kiltinen, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU Like the "15" Puzzle, but "8 on a torus":  A Complete Analysis:  The quantitative equivalent of mapping its genome Tuesday, February 18, 2003
3:00 p.m.
New Science Facility 1205
Mr. Ken Culp, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU "Visual C# (C-sharp) and the Microsoft .Net Platform" Tuesday, February 11, 2003
3:00 p.m.
New Science Facility  1205

Fall 2002 Semester

Speaker Information

Colloquium Title Place
Dr. Sujay Datta, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU "To switch or not to switch-that is the question" Tuesday, November 19, 2002
12:00 noon
Room:  West 3801
Mr. David Powers, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU "Real-world Software Engineering" Tuesday, November 12, 20002
1:00 p.m.
NSF 1205
Dr. Don Faust, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU "The Concept of Negation and Artificial Intelligence Systems" Friday, October 18, 2002
4:00 p.m.
NSF 1205

Winter 2002 Semester

Speaker Information

Colloquium Title Place
Mr. William Sargeant, Doctoral Student in Collegiate Math Education, Central Michigan University "A Survey of Rationales for the Use of Technology in College Mathematics Instruction" Friday, April 19
4:00 p.m.
WS 3611
Dr. Christine Franklin, Department of Statistics, University of Georgia "Teaching an Activity-Based Statistics Course" 10:00 a.m.
Monday, March 18, 2002
Seaborg Auditorium
Dr. Christine Franklin, Department of Statistics, University of Georgia "Teaching Statistics to Future K-12 Teachers" 11:00 a.m.
Monday, March 18, 2002
Seaborg Auditorium
Dr. Quentin F. Stout, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan "1000x or Why We Need Parallel Computing" 2:00 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 22, 2002
West Science 3801

Fall 2001 Semester

Speaker Information

Colloquium Title Place
Michigan Section MAA U.P. Regional Meeting November 16-17, 2001
Seaborg Science Complex
Dr. Ali Hurson, ACM Lecture Series, Computer Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University  "Mobile Computing and Global Information Sharing Process" Monday, October 22
11:00 a.m.
WS 3611
Dr. David Ross, SIAM Lecture Series, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY "Math in Photography" Monday, October 1, 2001
10:00 a.m.
New Science Facility 1209
Dr. David Ross, SIAM Lecture Series, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY "Making Microcrystals:  Dynamical Systems and Probability" Monday, October 1
1:00 p.m.
Jamrich 101

Winter 2001 Semester

Speaker Information

Colloquium Title Place
Dr. John O. Kiltinen, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU "A new proof of the parity theorm and new, improved puzzles"
(Or, What I've been up to during my sabbatical)
Thursday, April 12
4:00 p.m.
New Science Facility 1205
Dr. Michael Tortorella, Bell Laboratories Lucent Technologies, Holmdel, NJ "Applications of Mathematics in Telecommunications" Monday, April 2
11:00 a.m.
JXJ 101
Dr. Michael Tortorella, Bell Laboratories Lucent Technologies, Holmdel, NJ "The Mathematics of Reliability" Monday, April 2
2:00 p.m.
NSF 1209
Dr. John Yen, Computer Science Dept., Texas A & M, College Station, Texas “Intelligent Agents, Teamwork, and Personalization” Friday, February 9
10:00 a.m.
New Science Facility 1207
Dr. John Yen, Computer Science Dept., Texas A & M, College Station, Texas "Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Agents" Friday, February 9
2:00 p.m.
Jamrich 218
Dr. Ted Hodgson, Department of Mathematics, University of Montana, Bozeman, Montana "Probability and Statistics in K-8:  What's hot and what's not!" Monday, February 5
4:00 p.m.
Jamrich 101
Dr. Mark Oursland, Assistant Professor, Math Education, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington "Lessons about teaching mathematics from Investigating a Pendulum." Monday, January 22
3:00 p.m.
New Science Facility 1205

Fall 2000 Semester

Speaker Information

Colloquium Title Place
Dr. Sujay Datta, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU "An Introduction to Bayesian Statistical Inference" Monday, December 4
9:00 a.m.
Jamrich 211
and 
3:00 p.m.
McClintock 112
Dr. Phil Merkey, Research Assistant Professor, Michigan Tech University "Beowulf" Tuesday, November 28
4:00 p.m.
1207 New Science Facility
Mr. Ben DuPont and Mr. Keith Rutkowski, Computer Science Majors Argonne Presentations: Genetic Algorithms and Linux Robots Thursday, November 16
3:00 p.m.
NSF 1207
Dr. Charles Hadlock, Dean of Undergraduate College, Bentley College, Waltham, MA (SIAM Visiting Lecture Series) "Environmental Modeling:  What is it?  Who does it?  How can you get into it?" Monday, November 6, 2000
1:00 p.m.
room:  TBA
Dr. Charles Hadlock, Dean of Undergraduate College, Bentley College, Waltham, MA (SIAM Visiting Lecture Series) "Finding Environmental Mathematics Everywhere" Monday, November 6, 2000
3:00 p.m.
Jamrich 105
Dr. S. Brent Morris, National Security Agency, Columbia, MD "Classic Cryptanalysis:  Breaking the Folger Cipher" Thursday, October 26, 2000
11:00 a.m.
NSF 1205
Dr. S. Brent Morris, National Security Agency, Columbia, MD "Magic Tricks, Card Shuffling, and Dynamic Computer Memory" Thursday, October 26, 2000
12:00 noon
Jamrich 206
Dr. John Aarsvold, Nuclear Medicine Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Department of Radiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
(SIAM Visiting Lecturer Program)
"Diagnostic Imaging, Computers, and Networks" Monday, September 25, 2000
11:00 a.m.
New Science Facility 1207
Dr. John Aarsvold, Nuclear Medicine Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Department of Radiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
(SIAM Visiting Lecturer Program)
"Medical Imaging and Mathematics" Monday, September 25, 2000
1:00 p.m.
New Science Facility 1207

Winter 2000 Semester

Speaker Information

Colloquium Title Place
Robot Demo and Open House, CS 495 Autonomous Robot class "Robots with Brains:  a demonstration" Monday, April 24
Open House 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Demos 3:00 p.m.
Dr. John Kiltinen, Mathematics and Computer Science Dept., NMU "A Case Study in Cross-Platform Software Development Using MetaCard" Thursday, April 13, 2000
1:00 p.m.
West Science 281
Dr. Michael Minkoff, Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory "Collaborative Tools Applications to Large-Scale Software Development Projects" Monday, April 3, 2000
1:00 p.m.
West Science 284
Dr. Michael Minkoff, Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory "An Introduction to Parallel Computing and Its Applications" Monday, April 3, 2000
4:00 p.m.
West Science 280
Dr. Todd Shockey, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point "Ethnomathematics" Friday, March 10, 2000
3:00 p.m.
 place TBA
Dr. David Keyes, Old Dominion University, SIAM Visiting Lecturers' Series "Algorithms for Petaflops Computing" Monday, January 31, 2000
12:00 noon
West Science Lecture Hall C
Dr. David Keyes, Old Dominion University, SIAM Visiting Lecturers' Series "How Many Computers Fit on the Head of a Pin?" Monday, January 31, 2000
2:00 p.m.
West Science 290
Mr. Bryan Roosien, Mathematics Major, NMU December '99 Graduate "Graph Theoretic Games" Monday, January 23, 2000
1:00 p.m.
West Science 281

Fall 1999 Semester

Speaker Information

Colloquium Title Place
Dr. Sujay Datta, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU "Statistics You Can't Count On:  An overview of misleading statistics" Thursday, December 2, 1999
4:00 p.m.
West Science 281
Dr. Michael Monticino, University of North Texas "Careers in Applied Mathematics:  A personal perspective" Friday, November 12, 1999
1:00 p.m.
West Science  280
Dr. Michael Monticino, University of North Texas "How to Find It:  An introduction to the theory of optimal search" Friday, November 12, 1999
3:00 p.m.
West Science Lecture Hall C
Dr. Andrew Poe, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU I Only Have Two Hands:  why we use parallel computers Thursday, November 11, 1999
9:00 a.m.
West Science 287
David J. Powers, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU "GUI Programming" Thursday, October 28
9:00 a.m.
WS 289
Dr. Rakesh V. Vohra, Northwestern University, SIAM Visiting Lecturers Series "Why Experts Misjudge the Odds" Friday, October 22, 1999             
2:00 p.m.
West Science 280
Dr. Rakesh V. Vohra, Northwestern University, SIAM Visiting Lecturers Series "Game Theory" Friday, October 22, 1999
4:00 p.m.
West Science 280
Dr. Jim Argerpoulos, NMU Alumni, Advantage Learning Systems, Inc. "Programming in the Real Word" Wednesday, October 20
10:00 a.m.
West Science 224
Dr. Jim Argerpoulos, NMU Alumni, Advantage Learning Systems, Inc. "Careers in Educational Software Development" Wednesday, October 20
11:00 a.m.
West Science 224
Mr. Barry Peterson, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU "The Evolution of Programming Languages" Thursday, October 14, 1999
9:00 a.m.
WS 289
Dr. Jeff Horn, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU "Artificial Intelligence Today:  New Approaches to the Ultimate Killer Applications" Thursday, September 30
9:00 a.m.
WS 289
Math and Computer Science Department at Northern Michigan University "BRAINSTORMING" Tuesday, September 21
4:00 p.m.
WS 234
Dr. Randy Appleton, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU "Hacking:  How to break into someone's computer without getting caught" Thursday, September 16
9:00 a.m.
WS 289

Winter 1999 Semester

Speaker Information

Colloquium Title Place
Dr. Myron Ginsberg, SIAM Lecture Series "Is the Java Emperor naked or at best partially clothed?" Thursday, April 15
4:00 p.m.
West Science 160
Dr. Myron Ginsberg, SIAM Lecture Series "Pitfalls in Evaluating High Performance Computers for Scientific/Engineering Applications" Friday, April 16
1:00 p.m.
West Science 160
 
Dr. Myron Ginsberg, SIAM Lecture Series "Increasing the Half-Life of a Computer Scientist/Computer Engineer:
A Career Guide to Survivability in the 21st Century"
Friday, April 16
3:00 p.m.
West Science Lecture Hall C
Dr. Jeffrey Horn, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU "Long Path Problems" Tuesday, March 30
4:00 p.m.
WS160
Dr. James Keesling, University of Florida, SIAM Lecture Series "Gaining Insight Into Biology by Simple Mathematics" Friday, March 19, 1999
2:00 p.m.
West Science Lecture Hall C
Dr. James Keesling, University of Florida, SIAM Lecture Series "Population Dynamics, Epidemiology, and Gambler's Ruin" Friday, March 19, 1999
3:00 p.m.

West Science Lecture Hall C
Ms. Beth Injasoulian, NMU Alumni, Product Manager/Mentor Facilitator, Recognix, Inc., Santa Clara, California "What's New In Mathematics Expert Learning Systems" Monday, March 15
1:00 p.m.
WS 287
Ms. Beth Injasoulian, NMU Alumni, Product Manager/Mentor Facilitator, Recognix, Inc., Santa Clara, California "Waddaya do with a math degree? One NMU grad's experience" Monday, March 15
3:00 p.m.

WS 160
Dr. Renfang Jiang, Michigan Tech University, (NMU-MTU Colloquium Exchange Series) "Boundary Kernels and Local Polynomial Regression" Tuesday, March 9, 1999
3:00 p.m.
West Science 160
Mr. Jeremiah Willcock, Computer Science Major "Constructions with Compass, Straightedge, and Other Tools" Tuesday February 2
2:00 p.m.

West Science 160
Dr. Sujay Datta, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU "The Geometry of Statistical Data Analysis" Wednesday, January 27, 1999
2:00 p.m.
West Science 160

Fall 1998 Semester

Speaker Information

Colloquium Title Place
Mr. Barry Peterson, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU "The Evolution of Programming Languages" Sept 17
9:00 a.m.
West Science 290
Dr. Anant P. Bodbole, Michigan Tech. University, (NMU-MTU Colloquium Exchange Series) "Random Sets" Sept 22, 1998
3:00 p.m.
West Science 160
Dr. Jeff Horn, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU "The Limits of Computation" Oct 1, 1998
9:00 a.m.
West Science 290
Dr. Bruce Hill, University of Michigan "On Conditional Probability - Past and Present" October 2, 1998
3:00 p.m.
West Science 160
Mr. Gerry Klein and Ms. Marv Saari, Wausau Insurance "Computing:  a view from Wausau Insurance" October 15, 1998
9:00 a.m.
West Science 290
Dr. Don Faust, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU "Artificial Intelligence (AI)?" October 29, 1998
9:00 a.m.
West Science 290
Dr. Gary Sherman, SIAM Lecture Series "The Great Basketball Shootout" October 30, 1998
3:00 P.M.
West Science Lecture Hall A
Dr. Gary Sherman, SIAM Lecture Series "How long does it take to shuffle a  deck of cards?" October 30, 1998
4:00 p.m.
West Science Lecture Hall A
Dr. Randy Appleton, Math and Computer Science Dept., NMU "Computer Security:  A Case Study" November 12, 1998
9:00 a.m.
West Science 290
Prof. Mark Terwilliger, Lake Superior State University "Using Perl GCI Programming to Create Dynamic Web Pages" November 11, 1998
1:00 p.m.
West Science 160
Dr. Martin Golubitsky, University of Houston, Houston, TX, (SIAM Lecture Series) "A Symmetry Classification of Columns" November 17, 1998
2:00 p.m.
West Science Lecture Hall C
Dr. Martin Golubitsky, University of Houston, Houston, TX, (SIAM Lecture Series) "Symmetry Breaking -- Symmetry Creation" November 17, 1998
4:00 p.m.
West Science Lecture Hall C
Dr. Gary B. Parker, Adaptive Systems laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Indiana University "Evolving Gaits for Hexapod Robots Using Cyclic Genetic Algorithms" December 3, 1998
9:00 a.m.
West Science 290
1:00 p.m.
West Science Lecture Hall B
Dr. John Hamilton, Kodak Research Laboratory, Rochester, NY, (SIAM Lecture Series) "What does an Industrial Mathematician Do?" December 4, 1998
2:00 p.m.

West Science Lecture Hall B
Dr. John Hamilton, Kodak Research Laboratory, Rochester, NY, (SIAM Lecture Series) "Color Interpolation in Digital Imaging" December 4, 1998
3:00 p.m.

West Science Lecture Hall B
Dr. Alphonse Baartmans, Chair, Dept. of Math Sciences-MTU, (NMU-MTU Colloquium Exchange Series) "k-Caps in PG(n,q)" December 10, 1998
2:00 p.m.
WS 160