Past Seminars
Fall 2023 - Tuesdays at 12:30-1:30 pm in Vincent Hall 570
Sept. 19 Social Hour and Introductions
Sept. 26 Math Talk - Robi Huq
Oct. 3 Board Games!!!
Oct. 10 Math Talk - Lilly Webster
Oct. 17 Industry/Internship Panel
Daniel Miao
Anneke Von Seeger
Eduardo Torres Davila
Nellie Garcia
Oct. 24 Social Hour
Oct. 31 No meeting - Join Trig or Treat hosted by AMS!
Nov. 7 Graduate School Application Panel
Nov. 14 Game/Social Hour
Nov. 21 No meeting (Thanksgiving Break!)
Nov. 28 Math Talk - Kaelyn
Dec. 5 DRP Presentations
Dec. 12 Summer Opportunities / REU Panel
Fall 2020 - Thursdays at 12:20 pm on Zoom
December 10: TBA
December 3: TBA
November 19: REU Panel
November 12: TBA, Cole Jeznach
November 5: Social hour
October 29: TBA, Patty Commins
October 22: Spectral properties of the exponential distance matrix of graphs, Aaron Li
October 15: Career and Internship Info Session with Whitney Moore
October 8: Introduction to Optimization on Smooth Manifolds, Casey Garner
October 1: Social event - Code Names
September 24: Graduate School Workshop
September 17: First Meeting of the semester, get to know you!
Fall 2019 - Thursdays at 12:20 pm in VinH 570
Thursday, November 14: Panel: Research Experiences for Undergraduates
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, November 7: Class Selection Workshop
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, October 31: De-Stress with Coco, Part 1
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, October 24: What is the biggest (finite) number?, Andy Hardt
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, October 17: LaTeX Workshop, Ashleigh Adams
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, September 26: Dynamics of Natural Patterns, Montie Avery
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Fall 2018 - Thursdays at 12:20 pm in VinH 570
Thursday, September 6: Welcome bAcK!
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, September 13: Math Club Estimathon, Bruno Poggi
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, September 20: Signal Analysis, Jimmy Broomfield
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, September 27: Elliptic Curves and Where to Find Them ,Mahrud Sayrafi
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, October 4: Combinatorial Complexity, Shelly Kandola
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, October 11: Grad Panal
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, October 18: Title TBA,Esther Banaian
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, October 25: Logic Puzzles
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, November 1: Undergrad Class Recs.
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, November 8: A tale of two models for foraging locusts, Jasper Weinrich-Burd
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, November 15: Why Mathematics students are a Great Fit for Quantitative Finance and the UMN's Master of Financial Mathematics (MFM), Laurie A. Derechin
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, November 29: Math Balderdash
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, December 6: Lost in the Crowd: How Mathematicians Model Really Dense Crowds, Sam Stewart
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, December 13: University Study Day
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Spring 2018 - Thursdays at 12:20 pm in VinH 570
Thursday, January 18: REU (summer research experience)
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, January 25: Welcome back? To week 2 I guess
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, February 1: Math Balderdash
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, February 8: How to fail to prove the Riemann Hypothesis, Kim Logan
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, February 15: Pi Mu Epsilon, Ryan Matzke
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, February 22: Gerrymandering and the redistricting problem, Jasper Weinburd
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, March 1: Math movieee
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, March 8: Forum: What is mathematics? Some historical perspectives., Bruno Poggi
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, March 22: Logic Puzzles
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, March 29: Title TBA(Related to Set the Game), Claire Frechette
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, April 5: Class Recs.
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, April 12: Symmetry Through the Ages (Did I hear talk of a duel?), Jimmy Broomfield
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, April 19: How to win your Bachelor Fantasy League, Sunita + Harini
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, April 26: The Mathematics of Origami: From the Ancient Greeks to Outer Space, Madeline Handschy
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, May 3: Day before last day of classes
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Fall 2017 - Thursdays at 12:20 pm in VinH 570
Thursday, September 7: Welcome Back!
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, September 14: What is a mathematical concept?, Craig Corsi
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, September 21: Title TBA, Cora Brown
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, September 28: Bingo + Bingo, Austin Tuttle
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, October 5: On the Topology of Digital Images, Shelley Kandola
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, October 12: Grad Panel
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, October 19: Topic TBA, Greg Michel(grad student)
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, October 26: Logic Puzzles
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, November 2: Career Topic TBA, Whitney Moore
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, November 9: Undergrad Class Recs.
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, November 16: Board Games
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, November 30: q-binomials, Galen Dorpalen-Barry
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, December 7: Math Balderdash.
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Spring 2017 - Thursdays at 12:20 pm in VinH 570
Thursday, January 19: 1st Week Jam
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, January 26: Counting to Cosine, Eric Stucky
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, February 2: Group Testing and Error Correcting Codes, Alex Gutierrez
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, February 9: Proofs Without Words, Bryan Felix
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, February 16: Probabilities and Paradoxes, The Team
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, February 23: Career Services, Amy Barton(CLA Career Counselor)
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, March 2: Logic Puzzles, Harini Chandramouli
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, March 9: Touring Tori, Greg Michel
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, March 23: Board Games, EVERYONE
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, March 30: p-adic Numbers and Applications, Harris Ismail
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, April 6: Talk TBA
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, April 13: Imitation Game (day 1)
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, April 20: Imitation Game (day 2)
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, April 27: Imitation Game (day 3)+follow-up
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Fall 2016 - Thursdays at 12:20 pm in VinH 570
Thursday, September 8: Welcome to the Club
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, September 15: Resume Workshop
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, September 22: Discovering Mathematics, Greg Michel (Grad Student UMN)
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, September 29: Who is guilty?
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, October 6: Should you go to Grad School? (Panel)
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, October 13: The Art Gallery Theorem, Vic Reiner (Prof. UMN)
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, October 20: The Hungarian Approach to Learning Mathematics (BSME), Ryota Matsuura (Prof. St. Olaf)
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, October 27: Math Balderdash
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, November 3: Fearful Symmetry, Craig Corsi (Grad Student)
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, November 10: Summer Panel( REU, Summer schools)
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, November 17: Fun Math and Stuff, Austin Tuttle
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, December 1: Movie Night (Start Flatland)
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, December 8: Year in Review/Balderdash
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Spring 2016 - Thursdays at 12:20 pm in VinH 570
Thursday, January 28: Zeroing in on the Best Subsets: The Maximum Size of $(k,0)$-sum-free Sets, Ryan Matzke
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH570
Thursday, Febuary 4: SageMath and Combinatorics, Emily Gunawan
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH570
Thursday, Febuary 11: Massively Multiplayer Mathematics, Eric Stucky
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH570
Thursday, Febuary 18: Movie!
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH570
Thursday, Febuary 25: Capturing the effects of complex network topologies on the dynamics of neuronal networks , Prof. Duane Nykamp
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH570
Thursday, March 3: How to cut a cake, Derek Olson
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH570
Thursday, March 10: Pi -4/100 day Celebration , Dr. Pi(e)
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH570
Thursday, March 24: Logic Puzzles , The Riddler
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH570
Thursday, March 31: Dynamic Active Subspaces for a Long Term Model of HIV , Tyson Loudon
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH570
Thursday, April 7: Undergrad Honors Program + TBA , Steven Sperber
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH570
Thursday, April 14: Distribution of points on a sphere, Dmytro Bilyk
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH570
Thursday, April 21: Potential flow and Why does an airplane fly? , Matthias Maier
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH570
Fall 2015 - Thursdays at 12:20 pm in VinH 570
Thursday, September 17: Math Balderdash
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, September 24: The Mathematics of Juggling,
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH 570
Thursday, October 1: Should you apply for apply for graduate school in math, and, if so, how?, Richard McGehee
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH570
Thursday, October 8: On the Optimal Control of the Multiphase Stefan Problem ,Bruno Poggi
Thursday, October 15: The Mathematics of Futurama,Michael Lacey (Ordway visitor)
Georgia Tech
VinH570
Thursday, October 22: The Tamari Lattice and Beyond, Al Garver (University of Minnesota)
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH570
Thursday, October 29: Rational Points on Elliptic Curves, Heidi Goodson
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH570
Thursday, November 5: TBA, Jasmine Foo
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH570
Thursday, November 12: Mathematical Contest in Modeling, SIAM student chapter
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH570
Thursday, December 3: TBA, Andrew Steyer
University of Kansas
VinH570
Thursday, November 10: REU stuff, Grad students
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
VinH570