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
LAVA Talk on Data Science for Social Good: From Academia to Federal Consulting, with Kai Matheson (VC '19), Accenture. Friday, April 12, 2024 at 3PM in Rocky 310. About Kai: Kai works at Accenture as a data analytics consultant for … Continue reading
Join us on Monday April 22 at 5PM in Rocky 300 for the first of two Henry Seely White Lectures delivered by Professor Bhramar Mukherjee, University of Michigan. Note: This is the first of two lectures in the Henry Seely … Continue reading
Join us on Tuesday April 23 at 3PM in Rocky 300 for the second of two Henry Seely White Lectures delivered by Professor Bhramar Mukherjee, University of Michigan. Note: This is the second of two lectures in the Henry Seely … Continue reading
Some Fascinating Characters in Number Theory Are there infinitely many primes of the form n^2+1, where n is an integer? No one knows. In fact, there's no example of any (single variable) polynomial of degree 2 or greater that's been … Continue reading
LAVA Talk on Actuarial Science, with Lisa (Esposito) Cannizzaro (VC '16), Allied World Reinsurance. Friday, September 20, 2024 at 3PM in Rocky 312. About Lisa: Lisa is an Assistant Vice President & Reinsurance Pricing Actuary at Allied World Reinsurance. She … Continue reading