Math Club Talks - University of the Fraser Valley (UFV)

Upcoming Math Club Talks

March 11 - UFV Research Lecture Series
Speaker: Stan Manu (Faculty, UFV Dept of Math and Stats)
Time and Place: 4 PM in B101 (Abbotsford campus)
Title & Abstract: The Role of Language in Bilingual Students’ Understanding of Mathematics ‌
March 18
Speaker: TBA
Time and Place: 4-5:20 PM, room TBA
Title & Abstract: TBA

February
Speaker: Michael Baumann (UFV Career Centre)
Title & Abstract: Your Career: A Realistic Assessment
January
Speakers: C.Boerner, M.Dowedoff, H.Klaassen, and E.Scoular (UFV Students)
Title & Abstract: ‌Fractals and Gothic Architecture

November
Speaker: Erik Talvila (Faculty, UFV Dept of Math and Stats)
Title & Abstract: ‌Distributions
October
Speaker: Timothy Richards (UFV Student)
Title & Abstract: Serious Suds: An Introduction to Minimal Surfaces
September
Speaker: Vladimir Dvoracek (Faculty, UFV Dept of Economics)
Title & Abstract: Price Improvement and Relationship Dealers

March
Speaker: Joe Qranfal (Sessional Instructor, UFV Dept of Math and Stats)
Title & Abstract: Recent Advances in Medical Imaging
February
Speaker: Stan Manu (Faculty, UFV Dept of Math and Stats)
Title & Abstract: Trends in Mathematics Education: K-12 Curriculum Standards in the USA
January
Speaker: Erik Talvila (Faculty, UFV Dept of Math and Stats)
Title & Abstract: Research Tools in Mathematics and Statistics

November
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
Speaker: Ben Vanderlei (Faculty, UFV Dept of Math and Stats)
Title & Abstract: Producers and Scroungers: A Model of Social Foraging
September
Speaker: Cynthia Loten (Faculty, UFV Dept of Math and Stats)
Title & Abstract: Caterpillars and Monstrous Trees

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

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

April
Speaker: Greg Schlitt (Faculty, UFV Dept of Math and Stats)
Title & Abstract: The World’s Most Popular Eigenvector: The Mathematics behind Google
March
Host: Anna Kuczynska (Faculty, UFV Dept of Math and Stats)
Title & Abstract: Movie "Between the Folds" (See www.greenfusefilms.com)
January
Speaker: Steve Kloster (Centre for Experimental and Constructive Mathematics, SFU)
Title & Abstract: Counter-examples in Logic

November
Speaker: Derek Lacoursiere (Student, UFV)
Title & Abstract: Estimating Complexity from Benthic Video Transects
October
Speaker: Tariq Nuruddin (Sessional Instructor, UFV Dept of Math and Stats)
Title & Abstract: Using Concept Lattices in a Hospital Environment
September
Speaker: Max Nevill (UFV Office of Institutional Research)
Title & Abstract: Entry Level Statistical Work

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

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

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

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

March
Speaker: Keith Heywood (Student, UCFV)
Title & Abstract: Some Curious Qualities of the Quaternions
March
Speaker: Robin Endelman (Faculty, UCFV Dept of Math and Stats)
Title & Abstract: Representations of finite groups by way of Lie algebras
January
Speaker: Cynthia Loten (Faculty, UCFV Dept of Math and Stats)
Title & Abstract: ‌

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

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

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

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

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

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