Join us on Thursday February 8 at 5PM in Rocky 300 for the first of two Asprey Lecturers delivered by Professor Laura DeMarco. Harvard University. Title: From the solar system to the Mandelbrot set Abstract: The field of dynamical systems has … Continue reading
Join us on Friday February 9 at 3PM in Rocky 300 for the second of two Asprey Lecturers delivered by Professor Laura DeMarco. Harvard University. Title: The Mandelbrot set today: what we know and what we don't know Abstract: One of … Continue reading
Join us for an integration bee on Friday February 21 at 3:15PM in Rocky 300. Both students and faculty are welcome to sign up to compete or simply come to watch. It'll be a fun, low-stakes event aimed at building … Continue reading
LAVA Talk on Data Activism with Elijah Appelson (VC '23), ACLU. Friday, March 22, 2024 at 3PM in Rocky 310. About Elijah: Elijah is a data analyst at the ACLU of Louisiana. His work focuses on gathering, analyzing, and visualizing … Continue reading
Math Jam on Friday, March 22, 2024 from 6-8PM in the Aula/Ely Hall. Vassar Students - Sign-up with Dr. Lisa Lowrance to volunteer at this community outreach event!
The Hot Spots Problem Phanuel de Andrade Mariano Union College Tuesday, March 26th 3pm Rocky 312 Consider a perfectly insulated 1-dimensional rod, or a 2-dimensional plate, or better yet, a 3-dimensional room. Perfectly insulated means that heat cannot escape … Continue reading
Save the date for DataFest 2024 @ Vassar: April 5-7, 2024. This is our annual data competition open to all Vassar students, as well as neighboring schools by invitation. For more details about DataFest, including past DataFests at Vassar, visit: … Continue reading
Data Science & Society (DSS) Colloquium Talk with Thomas Schmickl, University of Graz, Austria, on Monday April 8 at 5PM in Rocky 300. Title: Can Robots Save Nature? Abstract: Our planet is on the brink of the 6th mass extinction, … Continue reading
The Magic of Tableaux: Exploring the Wonders of Algebraic Combinatorics Anna Pun CUNY Baruch College Tuesday, April 9th 3pm Rocky 312 Tableaux are one of the most fundamental and versatile objects in algebraic combinatorics, as they can encode and connect … Continue reading
Data Science & Society (DSS) Event with the Yale University Lens Media Lab on Tuesday April 9 with Thomas Schmickl, University of Graz, Austria, on Monday April 8 (multiple times; see below). Please join us at 5:30PM, Tuesday, April 9 … Continue reading