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Vassar Math & Stats Events Page

(Movie Night) The Imitation Game

Rockefeller Hall 300

Join friends this Friday September 29 at 8PM in Rocky 300 to watch The Imitation Game over free cookies & popcorn! Open to all.

(Colloquium) Colin Adams, Williams College

Rockefeller Hall 203

Join us for our first colloquium talk of the semester by Professor Colin Adams of Williams College on Tuesday October 3 at 4PM in Rocky 203. Blown Away: What Knot to do When Sailing Colin Adams Williams College Being a … Continue reading

(DSS Colloquium) Jenna Lemonias, The Atlantic

New England 206

Data Science & Society (DSS) Colloquium Talk with Jenna Lemonias, Executive Director, Data Science at The Atlantic, on Friday October 6 at 4pm in New England 206.  Title of Talk: Our personalized web: The role — and consequences — of recommendation … Continue reading

(Colloquium) Pablo Soberón, CUNY Baruch College

Colloquium talk Professor Pablo Soberón, CUNY Baruch College Wednesday October 11th at 3pm Rocky 310 Title: Art Galleries, Voting Theory, and Convex Sets Abstract: The study of intersection patterns of convex sets is a central topic in combinatorial geometry.  In … Continue reading

(Colloquium) Joe Kraisler, Amherst College

Colloquium Talk Professor Joe Kraisler, Amherst College Thursday October 26, 2023 at 3PM Rocky 300 Title: Topological Insulators and the SSH Model Abstract: Electronic band theory was one of the early 20th century achievements of quantum mechanics and placed solids … Continue reading

(LAVA) Paige Ioppolo, VC ’14

Rockefeller Hall 310

LAVA Talk on Mathematics Education with Paige Ioppolo (VC '14), Trevor Day School Friday October 27, 2023 at 3PM Rocky 310 About Paige: Paige graduated from Vassar in 2014. While at Vassar she majored in math and pursued her teaching … Continue reading

(Colloquium) Karen Parshall, University of Virginia

Colloquium Talk Professor Karen Parshall, University of Virginia Thursday November 2nd, 2023 at 3PM Rocky 300 Title: Growing Research-Level Mathematics in 1930s America: An Historical Paradox Abstract: World War I had marked a break in business as usual within the American … Continue reading

(LAVA) Philani Mpofu, VC ’12

Rockefeller Hall 310

LAVA Talk on Biostatistics & Epidemiology (graduate school and industry) with Philani Mpofu (VC '12), Flatiron Health Friday, November 3, 2023 at 3PM Rocky 310 About Philani: Philani Mpofu received his BA in Mathematics and Economics from Vassar College and … Continue reading

(Colloquium) Katherine Brumberg, University of Pennsylvania

Rockefeller Hall 312

Colloquium Talk Katherine Brumberg, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School Monday November 6, 2023 at 4PM Rocky  312 Title: Optimal Stratification to Address Selection Bias in Observational Studies Abstract: Randomized controlled trials are the gold standard for determining a treatment effect. … Continue reading

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