Spring 2005 Undergraduate Math Seminar

January

• Jan. 27: Organization and Elections



February

• Feb. 1: "A Brief Introduction to Decompression Modeling"
  Joe Crepeau The University of Montana, College of Technology
  Reading List
• Feb. 8: “What do a Spring/Mass system and a Vibrating Beam have in common?: A nice little parameter estimation problem.”
  John Bardsely The University of Montana
• Feb. 15: Ask and Alum
  Isaac Grenfell US Contractor, Systems for Environmental Management
• Feb. 22: Venn Diagrams and Lewis Carroll's Logic Game
  George McRae, The University of Montana



March

• Mar. 1: Careers in Math: Video Presentation and Discussion
  Jenny McNulty, The University of Montana
  Web Career References
• Mar. 8: Stochastic Calculus: A Mathematical Walk through Wall Street
  Bill Koures, UM Alum & Mathematical Financial Analyst
• Mar. 14: Pi Day
• Mar. 15: International Week- Math of Other Cultures Celebration
  Panel Discussion on "How do high school math courses in other countries differ from the US?"
  Panelists: Young-A Choi (Korea), Aaron Luttman (Czech Republic), Williamson Prudhomme (Haiti), Qian Qian Zhu (China)
• Mar. 22: Spring Break - no meeting
• Mar. 29:Planning Meeting



April

• Apr. 6: Book Discussion "Cogwheels of the MIND: The Story of Venn Diagrams by A.W.F. Edwards"
• Apr. 12: Film Screening: NUMB3RS
• Apr. 19: MATH FILM FESTIVAL - Mathematics and the Cosmos Schedule
• Apr. 26: Student Presentations



May

• May 3: Party