BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Mathematical Sciences - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Mathematical Sciences X-ORIGINAL-URL:/math X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Mathematical Sciences REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20260308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20261101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20270314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20271107T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250807T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250807T160000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20250725T141802Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250730T151929Z UID:10016230-1754575200-1754582400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:PhD Dissertation Defense: Mr. Joe Paulson DESCRIPTION:Theory of Z_n – Structures\nMr. Joe Paulson\nGraduate Student\nUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee \nIn this defense\, we discuss the boundaries of Type F_n groups; those being groups whose K(G\,1) complex has a finite n-skeleton. The boundaries we develop extend the notion of Z-boundaries to what we call Z_n-boundaries. This extension centers around groups no longer acting geometrically on contractible spaces\, but instead n-connected spaces. Immediately this means the major theorems of “Boundary Swapping” and “Shape Equivalence of Z-Boundaries” will need revision\, but a more subtle point to be discussed is that the category of spaces must also be generalized. \nAfter discussing the foundation work for a theory of Z_n-boundaries\, we end with an exploration how these new structures can be related to other well-known compactifications such as the one-point compactification\, end-point compactification\, and Z-compactifications. \nAdvisor:\nCraig Guilbault \nCommittee Members:\nBoris Okun\, Chris Hruska\, Jonah Gaster\, and Pamela Harris URL:/math/event/phd-dissertation-defense-mr-joe-paulson/ LOCATION:EMS Building\, Room E408\, E408; 3200 N Cramer St.\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Graduate Student Defenses ORGANIZER;CN="The Department of Mathematical Sciences":MAILTO:math-staff@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: GEO:43.0758771;-87.8858312 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=EMS Building Room E408 E408; 3200 N Cramer St. Milwaukee WI 53211 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=E408; 3200 N Cramer St.:geo:-87.8858312,43.0758771 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250808T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250808T160000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20250808T010452Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250808T010452Z UID:10016232-1754661600-1754668800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:PhD Dissertation Defense: Mr. Shenyan Pan DESCRIPTION:Doubly Stochastic Model With Covariates For Replicated Poisson Point Processes\nMr. Shenyan Pan\nGraduate Student\nUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee \nPoisson point processes (PPPs) are powerful tools for modeling random point occurrences in multidimensional spaces\, with applications across various fields. Although the traditional literature has focused on single realizations\, replicated point processes are becoming increasingly common due to the growing availability of complex data. This dissertation develops a doubly stochastic model for replicated PPPs that incorporates covariates\, extending latent component models to capture external effects. The proposed model expresses the log-intensity function as the sum of a mean function and latent component scores that vary with covariates. To ensure identifiability\, component scores are constrained to be zero-mean and uncorrelated via centering and orthogonality. Parameter estimation is performed using penalized maximum likelihood\, employing Newton–Raphson updates and the Laplace approximation for conditional distributions. Simulation studies assess the model’s stability across various covariate structures (linear and nonlinear)\, baseline rates\, and sample sizes. The results demonstrate decreasing error with increasing sample size\, confirming the estimators’ consistency. The model is applied to real data from the Divvy bicycle-sharing system in Chicago\, analyzing daily usage at a representative station. The results reveal a nonlinear relationship between temperature and ridership\, with peak usage occurring at moderate temperatures and declines observed under extreme heat or cold. This modeling framework improves the interpretability and predictive accuracy of PPPs with covariates\, offering practical insights for applications such as fleet allocation in bicycle-sharing systems. \nAdvisor:\nProf. Daniel Gervini \nCommittee Members:\nProf. Lei Wang\, Prof. Chao Zhu\, Prof. David Spade\, and Prof. Vytaras Brazauskas \nLink to Event URL:/math/event/phd-dissertation-defense-mr-shenyan-pan/ CATEGORIES:Graduate Student Defenses ORGANIZER;CN="The Department of Mathematical Sciences":MAILTO:math-staff@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: LOCATION:https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3aCQyl6Y73Ps7zxWXrM3dRP8rS7Q89Bvw2sceTNhSLlUw1%40thread.tacv2/1754451851629?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%220bca7ac3-fcb6-4efd-89eb-6de97603cf21%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2234947e74-60a7-40f3-ae30-4a6cd4dc57b7%22%7d END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250811T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250811T153000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20250730T140303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250730T140303Z UID:10016231-1754919000-1754926200@uwm.edu SUMMARY:PhD Dissertation Defense: Mr. Marco Vaassen DESCRIPTION:A Bootstrap Goodness-of-Fit Test for Parametric Survival Models\nMr. Marco Vaassen\nGraduate Student\nUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee \nIn many scientific disciplines\, finding a suitable model compatible with real-world observations is the basis for statistical inference and prediction. In survival analysis\, this task is further complicated by censoring. This dissertation introduces a new bootstrap approach to goodness-of-fit testing for parametric survival models\, based on the Kaplan–Meier process with estimated parameters. The test statistic compares the nonparametric Kaplan–Meier estimator to a fitted parametric model\, quantifying deviations from the null via functionals that yield Kolmogorov–Smirnov or Cramér–von Mises-type tests. We establish the asymptotic correctness of our method by showing that the original and bootstrap test statistics have the same weak limit under the null. The result is a consistent\, easily implementable framework for assessing model fit in censored settings. \nAdvisor:\nProf. Richard Stockbridge\, Prof. Gerhard Dikta \nCommittee Members:\nProf. Richard Stockbridge\, Prof. Gerhard Dikta\, Prof. Chao Zhu\, Prof. David Spade\, and Prof. Vincent Larson URL:/math/event/phd-dissertation-defense-mr-marco-vaassen/ LOCATION:EMS Building\, E495\, 3200 N Cramer St\, Milwaukee\, WI\, United States CATEGORIES:Graduate Student Defenses ORGANIZER;CN="The Department of Mathematical Sciences":MAILTO:math-staff@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250905T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250905T133000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20250902T193116Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250902T193116Z UID:10016234-1757075400-1757079000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Community of Practice Kickoff DESCRIPTION:Date: September 5\, 2025 \nTime: 12:30-1:30 \nRoom: E 495 \nJoin us for the first Community of Practice meeting of the semester\, stop by to say “Hi” to colleagues as we wrap up Week 1. \nDuring this event\, we will pull some grab bag questions and discuss the Community of Practice organization\, schedule\, and topics for this semester. \nBring any of your ideas! Light snacks will be provided. \nWhat is the Community of Practice?\nThe Community of Practice is a space for everyone in the department (lecturers\, GTAs\, faculty) to come together and have chats\, professional development\, speakers\, workshops\, and more related to teaching and learning. If you would like to be involved in any planning\, please email Hayley Nathan (henathan@uwm.edu). URL:/math/event/community-of-practice-kickoff/ LOCATION:EMS Building\, E495\, 3200 N Cramer St\, Milwaukee\, WI\, United States X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250905T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250905T160000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20250902T193003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250902T193945Z UID:10016233-1757080800-1757088000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Department Ice Cream Social DESCRIPTION:Date: September 5\, 2025 \nTime: 2:00pm to 4:00pm \nRoom: E 495 \nJoin us for the first-ever Mathematical Sciences Department ice cream social! URL:/math/event/department-icecream-social/ LOCATION:EMS Building\, E495\, 3200 N Cramer St\, Milwaukee\, WI\, United States X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250912T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250912T163000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20250908T151335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T151335Z UID:10016235-1757689200-1757694600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:MS Exam Prep Sessions DESCRIPTION:Come join our Algebra & Analysis Prep Sessions to review key concepts\, practice problems\, and build confidence for the department’s Master’s Preliminary Exams! Sessions will start on September 12th and run until December 12th. \nAnalysis Session\nFacilitated by: Liam\nfrom 3:00 – 4:30\nin EMS W434 \nAlgebra Session\nFacilitated by: Stephen\nfrom 3:00 – 4:30\nin EMS E408 URL:/math/event/ms-exam-prep-sessions/2025-09-12/ X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250919T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250919T163000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20250908T151335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T151335Z UID:10016236-1758294000-1758299400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:MS Exam Prep Sessions DESCRIPTION:Come join our Algebra & Analysis Prep Sessions to review key concepts\, practice problems\, and build confidence for the department’s Master’s Preliminary Exams! Sessions will start on September 12th and run until December 12th. \nAnalysis Session\nFacilitated by: Liam\nfrom 3:00 – 4:30\nin EMS W434 \nAlgebra Session\nFacilitated by: Stephen\nfrom 3:00 – 4:30\nin EMS E408 URL:/math/event/ms-exam-prep-sessions/2025-09-19/ X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250926T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250926T133000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20250923T134626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250923T134626Z UID:10016249-1758889800-1758893400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Graduate Student Colloquium: Kimberly Hadaway DESCRIPTION:Parking Completions and Volumes of Polytopes\nKimberly Hadaway\nGraduate Student\nIowa State University \nParking functions correspond with preferences of n cars which enter sequentially to park on a one-way street where (1) each car parks in the first available spot greater than or equal to its preference and (2) all cars successfully park. We generalize parking functions to parking completions: Here\, we are given that some cars have already parked in a set of spots\, which are indexed in a vector t. We then consider a preference vector c\, where len(t)+len(c)=n. If all cars can park\, we say that c is a parking completion. Adeniran\, et al. (2020) state an open problem which connects the number of parking completions to the volumes of Pitman-Stanley polytopes by explicit computation on small values of n. In this talk\, we provide a partial solution to this open problem by exploring edge cases. URL:/math/event/graduate-student-colloquium-kimberly-hadaway-2/ LOCATION:EMS Building\, Room E495\, E495; 3200 N Cramer St.\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Graduate Student Colloquia X-TRIBE-STATUS: GEO:43.0758771;-87.8858312 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=EMS Building Room E495 E495; 3200 N Cramer St. Milwaukee WI 53211 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=E495; 3200 N Cramer St.:geo:-87.8858312,43.0758771 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250926T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250926T163000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20250908T151335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T151335Z UID:10016237-1758898800-1758904200@uwm.edu SUMMARY:MS Exam Prep Sessions DESCRIPTION:Come join our Algebra & Analysis Prep Sessions to review key concepts\, practice problems\, and build confidence for the department’s Master’s Preliminary Exams! Sessions will start on September 12th and run until December 12th. \nAnalysis Session\nFacilitated by: Liam\nfrom 3:00 – 4:30\nin EMS W434 \nAlgebra Session\nFacilitated by: Stephen\nfrom 3:00 – 4:30\nin EMS E408 URL:/math/event/ms-exam-prep-sessions/2025-09-26/ X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251003T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251003T163000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20250908T151335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T151335Z UID:10016238-1759503600-1759509000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:MS Exam Prep Sessions DESCRIPTION:Come join our Algebra & Analysis Prep Sessions to review key concepts\, practice problems\, and build confidence for the department’s Master’s Preliminary Exams! Sessions will start on September 12th and run until December 12th. \nAnalysis Session\nFacilitated by: Liam\nfrom 3:00 – 4:30\nin EMS W434 \nAlgebra Session\nFacilitated by: Stephen\nfrom 3:00 – 4:30\nin EMS E408 URL:/math/event/ms-exam-prep-sessions/2025-10-03/ X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251010T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251010T153000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20251006T192316Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251006T192316Z UID:10016250-1760104800-1760110200@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Colloquium: Dr. Dexuan Xie DESCRIPTION:Recent Advances in Nonlocal Dielectric Continuum Models for Predicting Protein and Ion Channel Electrostatics\nDr. Dexuan Xie\nProfessor\nUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee \nThe calculation of electrostatics for proteins and ion channels is a fundamental challenge in structural biology\, computational biochemistry\, biophysics\, and mathematical biology. Traditional dielectric continuum models\, such as the Poisson–Boltzmann equation and its variants\, are widely used for this calculation. However\, their prediction accuracy often deteriorates near highly charged biomolecular surfaces because they neglect the polarization correlations of water molecules. To address these limitations\, a nonlocal dielectric continuum modeling approach was introduced roughly four decades ago. Over the past decade\, this approach has seen substantial theoretical and computational advances\, largely driven by our group’s work under support from the National Science Foundation. \nIn this seminar\, I will present our nonlocal dielectric theory and report our recent progress in developing nonlocal dielectric continuum models and finite element solvers for proteins and ion channels. I will also compare the predictions of our novel nonlocal models with those of the traditional local models and present numerical results demonstrating the efficiency of our solvers and the high performance of our software package. This work is a collaboration with my students\, Liam Jemison and Matthew Stahl. It has been partially supported by the National Science Foundation under award DMS-2153376 and by the Simons Foundation under research award 711776. URL:/math/event/colloquium-dr-dexuan-xie/ LOCATION:EMS Building\, E495\, 3200 N Cramer St\, Milwaukee\, WI\, United States CATEGORIES:Colloquia X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251010T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251010T163000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20250908T151335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T151335Z UID:10016239-1760108400-1760113800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:MS Exam Prep Sessions DESCRIPTION:Come join our Algebra & Analysis Prep Sessions to review key concepts\, practice problems\, and build confidence for the department’s Master’s Preliminary Exams! Sessions will start on September 12th and run until December 12th. \nAnalysis Session\nFacilitated by: Liam\nfrom 3:00 – 4:30\nin EMS W434 \nAlgebra Session\nFacilitated by: Stephen\nfrom 3:00 – 4:30\nin EMS E408 URL:/math/event/ms-exam-prep-sessions/2025-10-10/ X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251017T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251017T163000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20250908T151335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T151335Z UID:10016240-1760713200-1760718600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:MS Exam Prep Sessions DESCRIPTION:Come join our Algebra & Analysis Prep Sessions to review key concepts\, practice problems\, and build confidence for the department’s Master’s Preliminary Exams! Sessions will start on September 12th and run until December 12th. \nAnalysis Session\nFacilitated by: Liam\nfrom 3:00 – 4:30\nin EMS W434 \nAlgebra Session\nFacilitated by: Stephen\nfrom 3:00 – 4:30\nin EMS E408 URL:/math/event/ms-exam-prep-sessions/2025-10-17/ X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251024T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251024T133000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20251020T151334Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T185205Z UID:10016253-1761309000-1761312600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Graduate Student Colloquium: Jillian Cervantes DESCRIPTION:The Axiom of Choice and Non-Lebesgue Measurable Sets\nJillian Cervantes\nGraduate Student\nUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee \nIn this expository talk\, we explore an interesting connection between the axiom of choice and the existence of non-Lebesgue measurable subsets of \mathbb{R}. We state the axiom of choice and discuss its meaning and significance before reviewing properties of measures\, Lebesgue measure\, and Lebesgue measurable sets. The talk concludes with a construction which uses the axiom of choice to prove the existence of non-Lebesgue measurable sets. URL:/math/event/graduate-student-colloquium-jillian-cervantes-2/ CATEGORIES:Graduate Student Colloquia X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251024T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251024T150000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20251013T164539Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251013T164539Z UID:10016251-1761314400-1761318000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Colloquium: Prof. Greg Ongie DESCRIPTION:A Function Space View of Neural Networks\nProf. Greg Ongie\nAssistant Professor\nMarquette University \nMany mathematical analyses of deep learning focus on how neural network (NN) parameters evolve during training. A complementary perspective is to view NN training as fitting a function belonging to a function space implicitly defined by the architecture and training procedure. In particular\, when parameter norms are explicitly or implicitly constrained\, NNs exhibit a bias toward functions with low “representation cost\,” defined as the minimal parameter norm required to realize the function with a given NN architecture. This talk surveys recent results that characterize representation cost of shallow NN architectures in terms of Banach space norms\, and through non-linear notions of function rank for deeper NN architectures. Finally\, we discuss how bias towards low representation cost functions helps to explain generalization in various applications. URL:/math/event/colloquium-prof-greg-ongie/ LOCATION:EMS Building\, E495\, 3200 N Cramer St\, Milwaukee\, WI\, United States CATEGORIES:Colloquia X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251024T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251024T163000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20250908T151335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T151335Z UID:10016241-1761318000-1761323400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:MS Exam Prep Sessions DESCRIPTION:Come join our Algebra & Analysis Prep Sessions to review key concepts\, practice problems\, and build confidence for the department’s Master’s Preliminary Exams! Sessions will start on September 12th and run until December 12th. \nAnalysis Session\nFacilitated by: Liam\nfrom 3:00 – 4:30\nin EMS W434 \nAlgebra Session\nFacilitated by: Stephen\nfrom 3:00 – 4:30\nin EMS E408 URL:/math/event/ms-exam-prep-sessions/2025-10-24/ X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251031T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251031T150000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20251013T164833Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251013T164833Z UID:10016252-1761919200-1761922800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Colloquium: Dr. Daniel Noelck DESCRIPTION:Exponential Stability Of The Discrete Stochastic Filter Via Non-degeneracy Andanalytic Stability Of The Signal\nDr. Daniel Noelck\nSenior Research Associate\nIllinois Institute of Technology \nThe stability of discrete time filters has been an active field of research\, particularly when applied to numerical filter approximation schemes. Most results in the field are obtained on a compact signal space\, but there is no reason to believe the results should not carry over to non-compact spaces. In this talk\, we will introduce the discrete time filtering problem\, discuss some well known results on compact spaces\, and the difficulties of expanding those results to non-compact spaces\, and then introduce recent results for stability on those non-compact spaces. Finally\, we will discuss the future work available in the continuous time setting. URL:/math/event/colloquium-dr-daniel-noelck/ LOCATION:EMS Building\, E495\, 3200 N Cramer St\, Milwaukee\, WI\, United States CATEGORIES:Colloquia X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251031T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251031T163000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20250908T151335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T151335Z UID:10016242-1761922800-1761928200@uwm.edu SUMMARY:MS Exam Prep Sessions DESCRIPTION:Come join our Algebra & Analysis Prep Sessions to review key concepts\, practice problems\, and build confidence for the department’s Master’s Preliminary Exams! Sessions will start on September 12th and run until December 12th. \nAnalysis Session\nFacilitated by: Liam\nfrom 3:00 – 4:30\nin EMS W434 \nAlgebra Session\nFacilitated by: Stephen\nfrom 3:00 – 4:30\nin EMS E408 URL:/math/event/ms-exam-prep-sessions/2025-10-31/ X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251107T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251107T163000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20250908T151335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T151335Z UID:10016243-1762527600-1762533000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:MS Exam Prep Sessions DESCRIPTION:Come join our Algebra & Analysis Prep Sessions to review key concepts\, practice problems\, and build confidence for the department’s Master’s Preliminary Exams! Sessions will start on September 12th and run until December 12th. \nAnalysis Session\nFacilitated by: Liam\nfrom 3:00 – 4:30\nin EMS W434 \nAlgebra Session\nFacilitated by: Stephen\nfrom 3:00 – 4:30\nin EMS E408 URL:/math/event/ms-exam-prep-sessions/2025-11-07/ X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251114T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251114T163000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20250908T151335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T151335Z UID:10016244-1763132400-1763137800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:MS Exam Prep Sessions DESCRIPTION:Come join our Algebra & Analysis Prep Sessions to review key concepts\, practice problems\, and build confidence for the department’s Master’s Preliminary Exams! Sessions will start on September 12th and run until December 12th. \nAnalysis Session\nFacilitated by: Liam\nfrom 3:00 – 4:30\nin EMS W434 \nAlgebra Session\nFacilitated by: Stephen\nfrom 3:00 – 4:30\nin EMS E408 URL:/math/event/ms-exam-prep-sessions/2025-11-14/ X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251121T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251121T163000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20250908T151335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T151335Z UID:10016245-1763737200-1763742600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:MS Exam Prep Sessions DESCRIPTION:Come join our Algebra & Analysis Prep Sessions to review key concepts\, practice problems\, and build confidence for the department’s Master’s Preliminary Exams! Sessions will start on September 12th and run until December 12th. \nAnalysis Session\nFacilitated by: Liam\nfrom 3:00 – 4:30\nin EMS W434 \nAlgebra Session\nFacilitated by: Stephen\nfrom 3:00 – 4:30\nin EMS E408 URL:/math/event/ms-exam-prep-sessions/2025-11-21/ X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251128T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251128T163000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20250908T151335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T151335Z UID:10016246-1764342000-1764347400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:MS Exam Prep Sessions DESCRIPTION:Come join our Algebra & Analysis Prep Sessions to review key concepts\, practice problems\, and build confidence for the department’s Master’s Preliminary Exams! Sessions will start on September 12th and run until December 12th. \nAnalysis Session\nFacilitated by: Liam\nfrom 3:00 – 4:30\nin EMS W434 \nAlgebra Session\nFacilitated by: Stephen\nfrom 3:00 – 4:30\nin EMS E408 URL:/math/event/ms-exam-prep-sessions/2025-11-28/ X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251205T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251205T163000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20250908T151335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T151335Z UID:10016247-1764946800-1764952200@uwm.edu SUMMARY:MS Exam Prep Sessions DESCRIPTION:Come join our Algebra & Analysis Prep Sessions to review key concepts\, practice problems\, and build confidence for the department’s Master’s Preliminary Exams! Sessions will start on September 12th and run until December 12th. \nAnalysis Session\nFacilitated by: Liam\nfrom 3:00 – 4:30\nin EMS W434 \nAlgebra Session\nFacilitated by: Stephen\nfrom 3:00 – 4:30\nin EMS E408 URL:/math/event/ms-exam-prep-sessions/2025-12-05/ X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251212T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251212T150000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20251211T145419Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T185113Z UID:10016258-1765540800-1765551600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Math Department Holiday Party! DESCRIPTION:Friday\, Dec 12th\nNoon to 3 pm in EMS E495 \nBring a sweet or savory dish to share or donate to the pizza fund!  We are suggesting a $10 donation from staff and a $5 donation from students \nYou can give cash to Jill Meyers in EMS E412 or Venmo Hayley Nathan at @Hayley-Nathan \nPlease make all donations by 3 pm\, Thursday Dec 11th\nFor anyone who wishes to participate\, we will have a white elephant coffee mug game at 2 pm! \nIf you wish to play\, bring a wrapped coffee mug to the party! (Do not spend a lot of money on the mug please!) URL:/math/event/math-department-holiday-party/ LOCATION:EMS Building\, E495\, 3200 N Cramer St\, Milwaukee\, WI\, United States CATEGORIES:Department Meetings X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251212T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251212T163000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20250908T151335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T151335Z UID:10016248-1765551600-1765557000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:MS Exam Prep Sessions DESCRIPTION:Come join our Algebra & Analysis Prep Sessions to review key concepts\, practice problems\, and build confidence for the department’s Master’s Preliminary Exams! Sessions will start on September 12th and run until December 12th. \nAnalysis Session\nFacilitated by: Liam\nfrom 3:00 – 4:30\nin EMS W434 \nAlgebra Session\nFacilitated by: Stephen\nfrom 3:00 – 4:30\nin EMS E408 URL:/math/event/ms-exam-prep-sessions/2025-12-12/ X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251218T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251218T123000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20251208T190207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T185154Z UID:10016254-1766057400-1766061000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:SIAM Student Chapter Presents: Dr. Carlos Martinez Mori DESCRIPTION:Cooperation and the Design of Public Goods\nWe consider the cooperative elements that arise in the design of public goods\, such as transportation policies and infrastructure. These involve a variety of stakeholders: governments\, businesses\, advocates\, and users. Their eventual deployment is critically dependent on the decision maker’s ability to garner sufficient support from each of these groups; we formalize these strategic requirements from the perspective of cooperative game theory. Specifically\, we introduce non-transferable utility\, linear production (NTU LP) games\, which combine the game-theoretic tensions inherent in public decision-making with the modeling flexibility of linear programming. We derive structural properties regarding the non-emptiness\, representability\, and complexity of the core\, a solution concept that models the viability of cooperation. In particular\, we provide fairly general sufficient conditions under which the core of an NTU LP game is guaranteed to be non-empty\, prove that determining membership in the core is co-NP-complete\, and develop a cutting plane algorithm to optimize various social welfare objectives subject to core membership. Lastly\, we apply these results in a data-driven case study on service plan optimization for the Chicago bus system. We illustrate how\, while cooperation is necessary for the successful deployment of transportation service plans\, it may also have adverse and/or counterintuitive distributive implications. \nThis is joint work with Alejandro Toriello. \nPresented by Dr. Carlos Martinez Mori\, Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Denver. \nPizza will be served immediately following the lecture! URL:/math/event/siam-student-chapter-presents-dr-carlos-martinez-mori/ LOCATION:EMS W434 CATEGORIES:Department Meetings X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251218T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251218T170000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20251208T190335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T185215Z UID:10016255-1766062800-1766077200@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Graduate Student Colloquium: Alex Wilson DESCRIPTION:Representation Theory Through Parking Functions\nThis talk is about parking spaces. No\, not the kind in a grocery store parking lot\, rather a kind of space that appears when you want to study the symmetries of a set of combinatorial objects. If the terms vector space\, group\, and parking functions are already familiar to you\, you’re going to see a topic where they intersect. If those terms mean nothing to you\, then you’ll learn a little about what they are through a concrete example. I hope you’ll come with curiosity\, stay for the pretty pictures\, and leave with a different perspective through which you can view any mathematical objects you’re interested in. \nPresented by by Alex Wilson\, Postdoctoral Visitor at York University. \nJoin us for pizza before the talk from 12:30PM-1:00PM! URL:/math/event/graduate-student-colloquium-alex-wilson/ LOCATION:EMS W434 CATEGORIES:Graduate Student Colloquia X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260116T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260116T163000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20260112T162617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260112T162617Z UID:10016259-1768575600-1768581000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:MS Thesis Defense: Mr. Amare Mebrahtu DESCRIPTION:Exploring the Levels of Mathematical Modeling Prompts in the Illustrative Mathematics Algebra I and Geometry Curricula\nAmare Mebrahtu\nGraduate Student\nUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee \nThis event will take place virtually over Teams on Friday\, January 16th from 3:00pm–4:30pm. \nThe Common Core State Standards for Mathematics highlight the importance of mathematical modeling in enhancing students’ problem-solving abilities and critical thinking in mathematics. To this end\, incorporating the various characteristics and levels of modeling problems is pivotal to designing and implementing mathematical modeling for students. This talk will explore the levels of mathematical modeling in the Illustrative Mathematics (IM) Algebra I and Geometry curricula. \nDrawing on the California Framework for Mathematical Modeling\, we will classify selected mathematical modeling problems in IM using five core characteristics: problem context\, questions provided\, student autonomy\, modeling process\, and iteration. The findings reveal that most IM modeling prompts align with intermediate levels in the framework\, balancing structured guidance with opportunities for student-driven decision-making and iterative refinement. \nAdvisor:\nProf. Kevin McLeod \nCommittee Members:\nProf. Suzanne Boyd\nProf. Jeb F Willenbring URL:/math/event/ms-thesis-defense-mr-amare-mebrahtu/ CATEGORIES:Graduate Student Defenses X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260130T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260130T133000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20251209T175905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T185224Z UID:10016256-1769776200-1769779800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Graduate Student Colloquium: Q&A Session with Dr. Pamela Harris DESCRIPTION:This event will still take place on 01/30/2026 from 12:30 – 1:30 pm in EMS E495 \nThe first graduate student colloquium this semester features our Chair\, Dr. Pamela Harris. This will be an informal conversation between the department chair and graduate students. There will also be a portion of our time to answer questions posed anonymously. This is a great opportunity to meet our Chair and get your burning questions answered! This can range from department life\, teaching\, research\, and more. Please come and join us in the conversation and bring any topics you would like talk about or have questions on. We hope to see you there! \nPizza will be served after this event\, before the department colloquium! URL:/math/event/graduate-student-colloquium/ LOCATION:EMS Building\, E495\, 3200 N Cramer St\, Milwaukee\, WI\, United States CATEGORIES:Graduate Student Colloquia X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260130T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260130T150000 DTSTAMP:20260418T090150 CREATED:20251209T180207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T155833Z UID:10016257-1769781600-1769785200@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Colloquium: Dr. Alison Marzocchi DESCRIPTION:Dr. Alison Marzocchi\nSupporting Mathematics Faculty Instructional Improvement with Reflection Cycles\nDr. Alison Marzocchi\nProfessor of Mathematics\nCalifornia State University\, Fullerton \nMany mathematics faculty desire to improve their instruction but may feel they lack the knowledge\, confidence\, skills\, or time to do so. Among numerous professional development activities\, our mathematics department at California State University\, Fullerton offers Reflection Cycles\, both student-facilitated and peer-facilitated. Peer-facilitated Reflection Cycles involve pairs of faculty taking turns leading each other in three phases: planning\, implementation\, and debrief. The planning phase involves setting specific goals for an upcoming lesson. The implementation phase involves observation during a regularly scheduled class session\, with a focus on the goals set by the instructor. The debrief phase involves reflection on the implementation and setting new goals for the future. A second Reflection Cycle can then be scheduled to continue working on the same goals or to set new goals. Reflection Cycles allow for gradual\, sustained\, individualized improvement of instruction. They are facilitated in-house and can additionally improve department camaraderie. URL:/math/event/department-colloquium/ LOCATION:EMS Building\, E495\, 3200 N Cramer St\, Milwaukee\, WI\, United States CATEGORIES:Colloquia X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR