Baby Mandelbrot Sets for Maximally Generalized McMullen Maps Dr. Daniel Stoertz Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics St. Olaf College In Complex Dynamics, we study the iteration of holomorphic or meromorphic functions on the complex plane or the Riemann sphere. Of …
Long-Time Behaviors of Stochastic Linear-Quadratic Optimal Control Problems Prof. Qingshuo Song Associate professor Worcester Polytechnic Institute In this talk, we will discuss the asymptotic behavior of the solution to a linear-quadratic stochastic optimal control problems. By establishing a connection between …
A graphical approach to the Fibonacci sequence (Fn) n≥0 modulo m extended to the Lucas sequences (Un(p,q))n≥0 and (Vn(P,q))n≥0 aBa Mbirika & Morgan Fiebig University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire The goal of this talk is twofold: (1) extend theory …
Unified Tail Dependence Measures and Its Applications in High-Frequency Financial Data Dr. Lei Hua Associate Professor, Director of Statistical Consulting Service Northern Illinois University In this presentation, I will first motivate the necessity for a unified tail dependence measure, followed …
Well-Behaved Kohnert Posets Dr. Nicholas Mayers Postdoctoral Research Scholar North Carolina State University Kohnert polynomials form a family of polynomials indexed by diagrams that consist of unit cells arranged in the first quadrant. Many families of well-known polynomials have …
Studying Successful Doctoral Students from Underrepresented Groups Dr. Sarah Sword Principal Research Scientist Education Development Center, Inc. In this talk, we will share early findings from an NSF study of 75 doctoral students and recent PhDs in mathematics from underrepresented …
The Impact of Ephaptic Coupling and Ionic Electrodiffusion on Arrhythmogenesis in the Heart Ning Wei Assistant Professor Purdue University Cardiac myocytes synchronize through electrical signaling to contract heart muscles, facilitated by gap junctions (GJs) in the intercalated disc (ID). GJs …
Symmetries and Diagram Algebras Dr. Alexander Wilson Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics Oberlin College In this talk I will introduce you to the world of symmetric group representations through diagram algebras, which trace their origin to the Temperley-Lieb algebra with …
Embeddings: The Language of AI Mr. Mike Clutterbuck Lead Data Scientist Wantable Inc. Embeddings are a core concept in machine learning that help AI understand and organize complex data. They take things like words, images, or user behavior and turn …
Infinitesimal Spaces of Quasiregular Mappings Prof. Alastair Fletcher Professor of Mathematical Sciences and Director of Undergraduate Studies Northern Illinois University How can we differentiate functions which are not differentiable? In the context of quasiregular mappings, a generalization of holomorphic functions …