Mathematical Sciences

Special Events 2007-2008

Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Least-Squares Finite Element Approximations to Viscoelastic Flow Problems

Computational Research Seminar: Professor Tsu-Fen Chen, National Chung Cheng University-Taiwan; 4:30 pm, M103 Martin Hall.

Friday, April 25, 2008
Fast Fourier Transform Algorithms with Applications

Algebra & Discrete Mathematics Seminar: Todd Mateer, NSA & Clemson University; 10:50 am, O10 Martin Hall.

Friday, April 25, 2008
Nonlinear Model Reduction: Methods and Applications

Computational Research Seminar: Professor Jeff Borggaard, Virginia Polytechnic Institute; 3:30 pm, M103 Martin Hall.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
An Eulerian-Lagrangian Formulation for Porous Medium Flow and Transport

Computational Research Seminar: Professor Hong Wang, University of South Carolina; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Monday, April 21, 2008
Entering the Workplace

Graduate Student Seminar: Professor Bob Taylor; 3:30 pm, M101 Martin Hall.

Saturday, April 19, 2008
SouthEast Regional Meeting On Numbers (SERMON) & Palmetto Number Theory Series (PANTS)

http://www.math.clemson.edu/~kevja/SERMON2008/

Algebra & Discrete Mathematics Seminar: Professor Richard Anstee, University of British Columbia; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Thursday, April 10, 2008
The Asymptotic Finite-Dimensional Character of A Spectrally-Hyperviscous Model of 3-d Turbulent Flow

Analysis Seminar: Professor Joel Avrin, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; 3:30 pm, M103 Martin Hall.

Thursday, April 10, 2008
Mathematics and the Law

Andrew F. Sobczyk Memorial Lecture: Professor Paul Edelman, Vanderbilt University; 6:00 pm, 201 Kinard Hall.

Wednesday, April 9, 2008
The Inverse Banzhaf Problem

Algebra & Discrete Mathematics Seminar: Professor Paul Edelman, Vanderbilt University; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Monday, April 7, 2008
Sudoku, Graph Theory, and Grobner Bases

Graduate Student Seminar: Sarah Edwards; 4:00 pm, M103 Martin Hall.

Thursday, April 3, 2008
Antigroups

Algebra & Discrete Mathematics Seminar: Professor Robert E. Jamison, Clemson University; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Thursday, April 3, 2008
On the Discretization of Optimization Problems Governed by Differential Equations

Computational Research Seminar: Professor Matthias Heinkenschloss, Rice University; 3:30 pm, M103 Martin Hall.

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Monday, March 24, 2008
An Optimization Approach to Wheel Lug Hole Templates

Graduate Student Seminar: Brad Paynter; 4:00 pm, M103 Martin Hall.

Thursday, March 27, 2008
H-Matrix Preconditioners for the Navier-Stokes Equations

Computational Research Seminar: Professor Sabine Le Borne, Tennessee Technological University; 3:30 pm, M103 Martin Hall.

Thursday, March 27, 2008
Finite Field Elements of High Order Arising from Modular Curves

Algebra & Discrete Mathematics Seminar: Ethan Smith, Jessica Burkhart, and Justine Hyde-Volpe, Clemson University; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Monday, March 24, 2008
Proving the 100 Swiss Francs Conjecture

Graduate Student Seminar: Mingfu Zhu; 3:45 pm, M103 Martin Hall.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Methods and Results in the Theory of Translation Surfaces

Faculty Candidate Colloquium: Professor Martin Schmoll, Clemson University; 4:00 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Monday, March 10, 2008
Independent Sets in Graphs

Graduate Student Seminar: Jeremy Lyle; 3:45 pm, M103 Martin Hall.

Monday, March 10, 2008
Constructing Good Error-Correcting Codes

Faculty Candidate Colloquium: Professor Markus Grassl, Austrian Academy of Sciences; 4:00 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Monday, March 10, 2008
Kinematic Models of Wave Propagation in an Excitable Medium

Analysis Seminar: Professor John Wesley Cain, Virginia Commonwealth University; 4:30 pm, M101 Martin Hall.

Monday, March 3, 2008
Parallel Computing Using Condor

Graduate Student Seminar: Brian Dandurand; 4:00 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

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Friday, February 29, 2008
The Use of Palm Measures in the Theory of Queues

Faculty Candidate Colloquium: Dr. Brian Fralix, Eindhoven University of Technology-Netherlands; 4:00 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Monday, February 25, 2008
Automorphic-Invariant Non-Densely Defined Hermitian Contractive Operators

Faculty Candidate Colloquium: Dr. Miron Bekker, Missouri University of Science and Technology; 4:45 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Monday, February 25, 2008
Solving Convex Stochastic Problems with Interior Point Method and Sparse Grid Method

Faculty Candidate Colloquium: Dr. Michael Chen, Northwestern University; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Thursday, February 21, 2008
Dirichlet's Class Number Formula and Generalizations

Faculty Candidate Colloquium: Dr. Jim Brown, California Institute of Technology; 4:00 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Monday, February 18, 2008
Matrices with Row and Column Sum 2

Graduate Student Seminar: Janine Janoski; 3:45 pm, Martin Hall.

Monday, February 18, 2008
Serre Curves and their Division Fields

Faculty Candidate Colloquium: Dr. Nathan Jones, University of Montréal; 4:00 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Friday, February 15, 2008
The Balanced Billing Cycle Vehicle Routing Problem

Operations Research Colloquium: Dr. Chris Groër, University of Maryland; 4:00 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Thursday, February 14, 2008
Extremal Problems in Graph Packing

Faculty Candidate Colloquium: Dr. Gexin Yu, Vanderbilt University; 4:00 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Local Dynamics in the Non-Archimedean

Faculty Candidate Colloquium: Dr. Adrian Jenkins, Purdue University; 4:00 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Applications of Numerical Algebraic Geometry

Faculty Candidate Colloquium: Dr. Anton Leykin, University of Minnesota; 4:00 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Convergence Rates and Asymptotic Standard Errors for MCMC Algorithms for Bayesian Probit Regression

Faculty Candidate Colloquium: Dr. Vivekananda Roy, University of Florida; 4:00 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Monday, February 4, 2008
Instability of Taylor Series Approximations to a Heat Conduction Problem

Graduate Student Seminar: Ricky Farr; 4:00 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Monday, February 4, 2008
Elliptic Equations with Singular Solutions: A Priori Estimates, Numerical Approaches, and Applications

Faculty Candidate Colloquium: Dr. Hengguang Li, Pennsylvania State University; 4:00 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

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Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Dynamics and Bifurcations in Partial Differential Equations and Networks

Faculty Candidate Colloquium: Dr. Adela Comanici, Virginia Polytechnic Institute; 4:00 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Two Interesting Problems Involving Maximum Flows

Faculty Candidate Colloquium: Dr. Doug Altner, Georgia Institute of Technology; 4:00 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Monday, January 28, 2008
Mathematical Applications in Bioinformatics

Graduate Student Seminar: Lori Layne; 3:45 pm, M103 Martin Hall.

Monday, January 28, 2008
Large Deviations Regimes for a Last Passage Model

Faculty Candidate Colloquium: Dr. Iddo Ben-Ari, University of California-Irvine; 4:00 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Thursday, January 24, 2008
POD-Based Algorithms for Model Reduction and Control of PDEs

Faculty Candidate Colloquium: Dr. John Singler, Oregon State University; 4:00 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Dynamics on Small Networks

Faculty Candidate Colloquium: Dr. Maria Leite, Purdue University; 3:00 pm, O10 Martin Hall.

Friday, January 18, 2008
Numerical Analysis and Computational Testing of a High Accuracy Leray-Deconvolution Model of Turbulence

Faculty Candidate Colloquium: Dr. Leo Rebholz, Bechtel Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory; 4:00 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Thursday, January 17, 2008
Reverse Engineering Regulatory Modules for Tissue Development in C. elegans.

Faculty Candidate Colloquium: Dr. Brandilyn Stigler, Ohio State University; 4:00 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Nonparametric Assessment of Properties of Space-Time Covariance Functions and its Application in Paleoclimate Reconstruction

Faculty Candidate Colloquium: Dr. Bo Li, National Center for Atmospheric Research; 4:00 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Monday, January 14, 2008
Update Order Instability in Graph Dynamical Systems

Faculty Candidate Colloquium: Dr. Matthew Macauley, Virginia Polytechnic Institute; 4:00 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Friday, January 11, 2008
Model Selection, Aggregation and Stochastic Convex Optimization using Mirror Averaging Algorithms

Faculty Candidate Colloquium: Dr. Philippe Rigollet, Georgia Institute of Technology; 4:00 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Thursday, January 10, 2008
Infectious-disease Modeling in Theory and Application

Faculty Candidate Colloquium: Dr. Jan Medlock, Yale University; 4:00 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Wednesday, January 9, 2008
On the Tail Index of a Heavy Tail Distribution

Faculty Candidate Colloquium: Dr. Yongcheng Qi, University of Minnesota-Duluth; 4:00 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

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Thursday, December 6, 2007
A Decoding Algorithm for Codes on Surfaces

Algebra & Discrete Mathematics Seminar: Professor Marcos Zarzar, Emory & Henry College; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Simulation of CCP Fiber-Based HEPA Filtration

Computational Mathematics Seminar: Professor Chris Cox, Clemson University; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Monday, December 3, 2007
Analyzing Dimension-Adaptive Sparse Grid Stochastic Collocation Techniques for Partial Differential Equations with High-Dimensional Random Input Data

Analysis Seminar: Dr. Clayton Webster, Sandia National Laboratories; 4:30 pm, M103 Martin Hall.

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Thursday, November 29, 2007
Multi-objective Optimal Experimental Designs in Event-related fMRI Study

Statistics Seminar: Professor Abhyuday Mandal, University of Georgia; 4:30 pm, M104 Martin Hall.

Thursday, November 29, 2007
Multivariate Public Key Cryptography

Algebra & Discrete Mathematics Seminar: Professor Jintai Ding, University of Cincinnati; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Some Challenges in Modeling of Fiber-Based Micro and Nanofluidics

Computational Mathematics Seminar: Professor Kostya Kornev, Clemson University; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Monday, November 26, 2007
A Bayesian Approach for Bandwidth Selection in Kernel Density Estimation

Graduate Student Seminar: Chinthaka Kuruwita; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Monday, November 19, 2007
A Polyhedral Approach for a Resource-constrained Scheduling Problem

Faculty Candidate Colloquium: Professor Hervé Kerivin, Université Blaise Pascal; 4:00 pm, M104 Martin Hall.

Thursday, November 15, 2007
Large Dimension and Small Sample Size Problems: Classification, Gene Selection and Asymptotics

Statistics Seminar: Professor Jun Luo, CLemson University; 4:30 pm, M104 Martin Hall.

Thursday, November 15, 2007
Codes over Finite Rings

Algebra & Discrete Mathematics Seminar: Professor Jon-Lark Kim, University of Louisville; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007
A Locally Conservative Galerkin Method based on Space Enrichment

Computational Mathematics Seminar: Professor Shuyu Sun, Clemson University; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Monday, November 12, 2007
Not Real, but Surreal Numbers

Graduate Student Seminar: Jeff Beyerl; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Thursday, November 8, 2007
Bandwidth-based Inference: A Review and Ideas for New Directions

Statistics Seminar: Professor David Hitchcock, University of South Carolina; 4:30 pm, M104 Martin Hall.

Thursday, November 8, 2007
POLYRHYTHMS: a Bridge between Mathematics and Music

Algebra & Discrete Mathematics Seminar: Everett Allen, Clemson University; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Tuesday, November 6, 2007
A Fractional Step θ-Method for Time Dependent Viscoelastic Fluid Flow

Computational Mathematics Seminar: John Chrispell, Clemson University; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Monday, November 5, 2007
Software for Linear and Nonlinear Programming

Graduate Student Seminar: Sharon Darby; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Thursday, November 1, 2007
Turän Theorems and Convexity Invariants for Directed Graphs

Algebra & Discrete Mathematics Seminar: Professor Beth Novick, Clemson University; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Functional Genomics of Quantitative Traits: Expression Level Polymorphisms of QTLs Affecting Disease Resistance Pathways in Arabidopsis (eQTL)

Statistics Seminar: Professor Rebecca Doerge, Purdue University; 4:30 pm, M103 Martin Hall.

Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Model Development and Global Optimization with Maple

Operations Research Colloquium: Professor János D. Pintér, PCS Inc. & Dalhousie University; 3:30 pm, M104 Martin Hall.

Monday, October 29, 2007
Graph Theory... In Disguise!

Graduate Student Seminar: J. Bowman Light; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Monday, October 29, 2007
Modeling, Analysis, and Computations of the Breakup of Bubbles and Drops in a Viscous Fluid

Analysis Seminar: Professor Michael Siegel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; 4:30 pm, M103 Martin Hall.

Thursday, October 25, 2007
Asymptotics of Permutation and Bootstrap Statistics for Stable Samples

Statistics Seminar: Professor Istvan Berkes, Graz University of Technology; 4:30 pm, M104 Martin Hall.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Numerical Methods for the Lamm Equations in Analytical Ultracentrifugation

Computational Mathematics Seminar: Professor Jiangguo (James) Liu, Colorado State University; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Monday, October 22, 2007
Simple Interval Estimation for Autoregressive Parameters

Graduate Student Seminar: Ferebee Tunno; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Friday, October 19, 2007
Graph Dynamical Systems, Rank Functions, and Coxeter Groups

Faculty Candidate Colloquium: Matthew Macauley, UC Santa Barbara; 2:00 pm, M302 Martin Hall.

Thursday, October 18, 2007
Distance Graphs with Finite Chromatic Number

Algebra & Discrete Mathematics Seminar: Professor Hiren Maharaj, Clemson University; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Mingling: Mixed-Integer Rounding with Bounds

Operations Research Colloquium: Professor Alper Atamturk, University of California-Berkeley; 3:30 pm, M103 Martin Hall.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Spline-Backfitted Kernel Smoothing of Additive Models in Time Series

Statistics Seminar: Professor Lijian Yang, Michigan State University; 4:30 pm, M103 Martin Hall.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Design Analysis of a Polymer Filtration Process

Computational Mathematics Seminar: Professor Lea Jenkins, Clemson University; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

October 11 & 12, 2007
The 22nd Clemson Mini-Conference on Discrete Mathematics and Algorithms

Conference: Professor Neil Calkin and Professor Wayne Goddard, Clemson University; 1:00 pm Thursday through 5:00 pm Friday, Student Senate Chambers, Student Union.

Tuesday, October 9, 2007
A Two-Level Smagorinsky Model

Computational Mathematics Seminar: Professor Hyesuk Lee, Clemson University; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Monday, October 8, 2007
Introduction to the R Project for Statistical Computing

Graduate Student Seminar: Tom Fisher; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Monday, October 8, 2007
On Semigeostrophic Potential Vorticity Sheets

Analysis Seminar: Professor Helena Nussenzveig Lopes, University of Campinas-Brazil; 4:30 pm, M103 Martin Hall.

Thursday, October 4, 2007
Characterization Results for Steiner Triple Systems and their Application to Edge-colorings

Algebra & Discrete Mathematics Seminar: Professor Attila Por, Western Kentucky University; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Coupled Generalized Non-Linear Stokes Flow with Flow Through Porous Media (Part II)

Computational Mathematics Seminar: Professor Vince Ervin, Clemson University; 3:30 pm, O10 Martin Hall.

Monday, October 1, 2007
The Cahn-Hilliard Equation with Degenerate Mobility

Analysis Seminar: Professor Amy Novick-Cohen, Israel Institute of Technology; 4:30 pm, M103 Martin Hall.

Monday, October 1, 2007
AI in Short

Graduate Student Seminar: Frank Volny; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

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Thursday, September 27, 2007
Finding Polynomial Generalizations of q-Series Identities

Algebra & Discrete Mathematics Seminar: Professor Andrew Sills, Georgia Southern University; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Coupled Generalized Non-Linear Stokes Flow with Flow Through Porous Media (Part I)

Computational Mathematics Seminar: Professor Vince Ervin, Clemson University; 3:30 pm, O10 Martin Hall.

Monday, September 24, 2007
Graph Coloring and Independent Domination

Graduate Student Seminar: Jobby Jacob; 4:00 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Thursday, September 20, 2007
Groups, Graphs, and Distance Two Colorings

Algebra & Discrete Mathematics Seminar: Professor Robert Jamison, Clemson University; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Monday, September 17, 2007
Random Test Networks

Graduate Student Seminar: Dennis Smith; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Thursday, September 13, 2007
Some Basic Properties of Primary Decompositions

Algebra & Discrete Mathematics Seminar: Professor Yongwei Yao, Georgia State University; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Monday, September 10, 2007
Organizational Meeting

Graduate Student Seminar: 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

Thursday, September 6, 2007
Selected Problems in Coding Theory

Algebra & Discrete Mathematics Seminar: Professor Shuhong Gao, Clemson University; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

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Thursday, August 30, 2007
The 2007 Clemson REU

Algebra & Discrete Mathematics Seminar: Professors Neil Calkin and Kevin James, Clemson University; 3:30 pm, M102 Martin Hall.

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