Upcoming Math Club Talks

• Monday, February 20, 2012
  Speaker: Stan Manu (Faculty, UFV Department of Mathematics and Statistics)
  When & Where: 4:00 - 5:20 PM in room C 1421, Abbotsford campus
  Title & Abstract: Trends in Mathematics Education: K-12 Curriculum Standards in the USA

Previous Math Club Talks 

• Monday, January 23, 2012
  Speaker: Erik Talvila (Faculty, UFV Department of Mathematics and Statistics)
  Title & Abstract: Research Tools in Mathematics and Statistics

• November 14, 2011
  Speaker: Kyler Johnson (UFV 4th-year Student)
  Title & Abstract: The History of Mathematical Integration: A Look into the Development of Calculus II and Beyond
• October 17, 2011
  Speaker: Ben Vanderlei (Faculty, UFV Department of Mathematics and Statistics)
  Title & Abstract: Producers and Scroungers: A Model of Social Foraging
   
• September 19, 2011
  Speaker: Cynthia Loten (Faculty, UFV Department of Mathematics and Statistics)
  Title & Abstract: Caterpillars and Monstrous Trees

• March 21, 2011
  Speaker: Franz Simon (UFV 4th-year student)
  Title & Abstract:  Mathematical Biology - Oxymoron? What Role does Mathematics have in Modern Biology?
   
• January 17, 2010
  Speaker: Tariq Nuruddin (Sessional Instructor, UFV Department of Mathematics and Statistics)
  Title & Abstract (click for PDF): Probability Weights on Platonic Solids

• October 18, 2010
  Speaker: Dave Gillespie (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
  Title & Abstract: Myths and Math and the Ecology of Aphids
   
• September 20, 2010
  Speaker: Matthew Wiersma (4th-year math major, UFV)
  Title & Abstract: An Elementary Look at Numerical Integration

• April 12, 2010
  Speaker: Greg Schlitt (Faculty, UFV Department of Mathematics and Statistics)
  Title & Abstract: The World’s Most Popular Eigenvector: The Mathematics behind Google
   
• March 15, 2010
  Host: Anna Kuczynska (Faculty, UFV Department of Mathematics and Statistics)
  Title & Abstract: Movie "Between the Folds" (See www.greenfusefilms.com) 
  View the promotional posters for this event: Fish and Globe
   
• January 18, 2010
  Speaker: Steve Kloster (Centre for Experimental and Constructive Mathematics, SFU)
  Title & Abstract: Counter-examples in Logic

• November 23, 2009
  Speaker: Derek Lacoursiere (Student, UFV)
  Title & Abstract: Estimating Complexity from Benthic Video Transects
   
• October 26, 2009
  Speaker: Tariq Nuruddin (Sessional Instructor, UFV Department of Mathematics and Statistics)
  Title & Abstract: Using Concept Lattices in a Hospital Environment
   
• September 21, 2009
  Speaker: Max Nevill (UFV Office of Institutional Research)
  Title & Abstract: Entry Level Statistical Work

• March 16, 2009
  Speaker: Matthew Morin (Graduate student, UBC)
  Title & Abstract: Distinguishing Graphs via Their Chromatic Symmetric Function
   
• February 23, 2009
  Speaker: Russell Campbell (Graduate student, University of Victoria)
  Title  & Abstract: The Royal Road to Geometry
   
• January 19, 2009
  Speaker: Moira Gutteridge-Kloster (Faculty, UFV Philosophy Department)
  Title & Abstract: Logic and its Limits

• November 10, 2008
  Speaker: Erik Talvila (Faculty, UFV Department of Mathematics and Statistics)
  Title & Abstract: Math on YouTube
  Powerpoint Slides: click here
   
• October 20, 2008
  Speaker: Dan Ryan (UFV Dean of Science)
  Title & Abstract: Using Linear Probes to Estimate Spatial Complexity of Coral Reef Communities
    
• September 15, 2008
  Speaker: Andrew Rechnitzer (Faculty, UBC Department of Mathematics and Statistics)
  Title & Abstract: Approximate Counting and Atmospheres

• March 17, 2008
  Speaker: Manash Mukherjee (Adjunct Faculty, UCFV Department of Mathematics and Statistics) 
  Title & Abstract: Calculus on a Sphere, Parallel Vectors, and Foucault's Pendulum
   
• January 28, 2008
  Speaker: Dr. John Byl (Trinity Western University)
  Title & Abstract: Does Math Need a Worldview?

• November 19, 2007
  Speaker: Ian Affleck (Faculty, UCFV Department of Mathematics and Statistics)
  Title & Abstract: Randomized Broadcast Strategies and an Introduction to LaTeX
   
• October 22, 2007
  Speaker: Luke Bornn (Graduate Student, UBC)
  Title & Abstract: Monte Carlo Approximation Methods
   
• September 24, 2007
  Speaker: Derek Harnett (Faculty, UCFV Physics Department)
  Title & Abstract: Representations of the Octahedral Group and Their Application to the Quantum Field Theory of Quarks and Gluons

• March 26, 2007 
  Speaker: Keith Heywood (Student, UCFV)
  Title & Abstract: Some Curious Qualities of the Quaternions
   
• March 12, 2007 
  Speaker: Robin Endelman (Faculty, UCFV Department of Mathematics and Statistics)
  Title & Abstract: Representations of finite groups by way of Lie algebras
    
• January 29, 2007 
  Speaker: Cynthia Loten (Faculty, UCFV Department of Mathematics and Statistics)
  Title & Abstract: Homomorphisms and Retractions on Graphs

• November, 2006
  Speaker: Russell Campbell (Student, UCFV)
  Title & Abstract: Mathfest Buffet!
   
• October, 2006
  Speaker: Lindsay Sasaki (UCFV Career Centre)
  Title & Abstract: Careers in Mathematics and Statistics
    
• September, 2006
  Speaker: Camilo Martinez (Faculty, UCFV Department of Mathematics and Statistics)
  Title & Abstract: Distance between populations

• March, 2006 
  Speaker: Anna Kuczynska (Faculty, UCFV Department of Mathematics and Statistics)
  Title & Abstract: Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science
   
• February, 2006 
  Speaker:Movie: Funny Numbers (starring Steve Martin)
  Title & Abstract: Funny Numbers
    
• January, 2006 
  Speaker:  Ian Affleck (Faculty, UCFV Department of Mathematics and Statistics)
  Title & Abstract: Tiling with a Pocket-Sized xy-Plane

• November, 2005
  Speaker: Ali Fotouhi (Faculty, UCFV Department of Mathematics and Statistics)
  Title & Abstract: Joint Modelling of Longitudinal and Event History Data
   
• October, 2005
  Speaker: Erik Talvila (Faculty, UCFV Department of Mathematics and Statistics)
  Title & Abstract: Graduate school
    
• September, 2005
  Speaker: Michael Regier (Graduate Student, UBC)
  Title & Abstract: The Hermeneutical Spiral of Applied Statistical Research

• March, 2005 
  Speaker: David Chu (Faculty, UCFV Department of Mathematics and Statistics)
  Title & Abstract: Pollution by Vehicular Travel between Rectangular Cities
   
• February, 2005 
  Speaker: Carollyne Guidera (Faculty, UCFV Department of Mathematics and Statistics)
  Title & Abstract: Modeling with MAPLE
    
• January, 2005 
  Speaker: Susan Milner (Faculty, UCFV Department of Mathematics and Statistics)
  Title & Abstract: Pythagoras: more than a triangle

• November, 2004
  Speaker: Joseph Yu (Faculty, UCFV Department of Mathematics and Statistics)
  Title: Routings and groomings in communication networks
   
• October, 2004
  Speaker: Greg Schlitt (Faculty, UCFV Department of Mathematics and Statistics)
  Title: The Internet and Prime Numbers: How number theory keeps modern communications secure
    
• September, 2004
  Speaker: Jane Cannon (Faculty, UCFV Department of Mathematics and Statistics)
  Title: Puzzles, quilts and other mathematical diversions