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Preliminary Exam: Tianxiang Gao

Dear Members of the Math Department, Please join us for the following Preliminary Exam: Speaker:       Tianxiang Gao (https://www.cs.iastate.edu/people/tianxiang-gao-0; co-major) Title:              Wide Neural Networks are Gaussian Processes, Even When They Have Infinitely Many Layers With Shared Weights Date:             Monday, May 8th, 2023 Time:             10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Location:      Atanasoff 235 or virtually via Zoom: https://iastate.zoom.us/j/92533473482 Advisor:        Hongyang Gao, … Continue reading Preliminary Exam: Tianxiang Gao

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Preliminary Exam: Preeti Sar

Dear Members of the Math Department, Please join us for the following Preliminary Exam: Speaker:       Preeti Sar (https://math.iastate.edu/directory/preeti-sar/) Title:              Asymptotic preserving schemes for the Boltzmann-BGK Equation Date:             Monday, May 8th, 2023 Time:             10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Location:      Carver 401 or virtually via Zoom: https://iastate.zoom.us/j/96070931502?pwd=cmlId1VMNXZoL3crU0ZNRnZPSWNkQT09                         Or, go to https://iastate.zoom.us/join and enter meeting ID: 960 7093 1502 password: 816748 … Continue reading Preliminary Exam: Preeti Sar

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Mathematics faculty recognized for excellence in teaching and service to students

Ryan Martin and Yiu Tung Poon, both professors of mathematics, have been recognized by the Department of Mathematics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for their research, teaching and service excellence. Martin has received the Scott Hanna Professorship in Mathematics, and Poon has earned a Scott Hanna Faculty Fellowship. Both were formally recognized … Continue reading Mathematics faculty recognized for excellence in teaching and service to students

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Faculty Excellence Recognized with University, College Awards

Five faculty members were recognized for excellence in research, teaching, and service by University and LAS College awards.   Dr. Shira Zerbib receives ISU Award for Early Achievement in Research Dr. Shira Zerbib is cited for substantial mathematical contributions since joining the Department of Mathematics at ISU in 2019. Her research—which combines elements of combinatorics … Continue reading Faculty Excellence Recognized with University, College Awards

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Preliminary Exam: Justin Stevenson

Please join us for the Justin Stevenson’s Preliminary Exam. Title:              Covering finite groups with quasigroups Date:             Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 Time:             3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Location:       Carver 160 Advisor:        Jonathan D.H. Smith

May 3, 2023, 3:00-5:00pm | Carver 160
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7th KUMUNU-ISU Conference

  The 7th KUMUNU-ISU Conference was held at Iowa State University in April 22-23, 2023. The Conference brought together top ranked specialists, who work in various areas of partial differential equations (PDEs) and infinite dimensional dynamical systems, with graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and early career young faculty. We would like to thank the organizers Pelin Guven … Continue reading 7th KUMUNU-ISU Conference

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Aniket Banerjee Preliminary Exam

Please join us for the following Preliminary Exam: Speaker:       Aniket Banerjee (https://math.iastate.edu/directory/5780/) Title:              Mathematical approaches to pest/invasive species control with applications to the soybean aphids Date:             Friday, April 28th, 2023 Time:             8:00 AM – 10:00 AM Location:       Carver 018 or virtually via Zoom: https://iastate.zoom.us/j/98850612837?pwd=MXVUM2tBcEVEUnNLamNtK3k5Y0Q0QT09 Advisor:        Rana Parshad

April 28, 2023, 8:00-10:00am | Carver 018 and Zoom
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Pablo Raúl Stinga publishes featured article in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society

Pablo Raúl Stinga, Associate Professor of Mathematics, has published the featured article “Fractional Derivatives: Fourier, Elephants, Memory Effects, Viscoelastic Materials, and Anomalous Diffusions” that appears in the April 2023 issue of the monthly magazine Notices of the American Mathematical Society.   The Notices is the world’s most widely read magazine aimed at professional mathematicians. As … Continue reading Pablo Raúl Stinga publishes featured article in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society

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PhD Final Exam: Caroline Bang

Please join us for the following Ph.D. Final Exam: Speaker:       Caroline Bang (https://math.iastate.edu/directory/caroline-bang/) Title:              Embedded graph 3-coloring and flows on orientable surfaces Date:              Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 Time:             2:15 PM – 4:15 PM Location:       Carver Hall 160 or virtual via Zoom Advisor:         Bernard Lidický; Jonathan D.H. Smith

April 12, 2023, 2:15-4:15pm | Carver 160 or Zoom