MATH & COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT HAPPENINGS
Mathematical Musings and Munchings (MM&M's) are generally held each month (during the fall and spring semesters) in Hitch Science Building from 10:00-10:50 AM. Different topics related to mathematics and computer science are presented. Convocation credit is given and refreshments served.
- October 2, 2009 HSB 209 Summer Opportunities in Computer Science
- November 18, 2009 Speaker: Dr. Stephen Campbell
The Student Advisory Council of the School of Sciences is hosting
the 3rd Annual School of Sciences Cook-Out for Science majors
October 12, 2009
Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Where: Amphitheater
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE SEMINARS
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October 13, 2009 |
Beaman A&B |
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. |
Dr. Rob Knop from the Meta-Institute of Computational Astronomy will present "Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe". Refreshments at 3:30 |
| October 28, 2009 | Beaman A&B | 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Dr. Claus Ernst from the Dept. of Mathematics, Western Kentucky University, will present "Physical Knot Theory". Refreshments at 3:30 |
Science Undergraduate Research Symposium (SURS)
December 3, 2009
4:00 p.m. Beaman A&B
Keynote speaker: Dr. John Wikswo, Professor of Physics at Vanderbilt University, will present The Challenges of Controlling Living Cells
Following the keynote, there will be a student poster session from 5:00 - 6:00 and student presentations will begin at 6:15
MEXICAN FIESTA!
FOR MATH, COMPUTER SCIENCE AND STATISTICS MAJORS AND MINORS
Friday, September 18, 2009
11:45 - 1:30
Ampitheater Patio in front of the Bell Tower
Free SATCO for lunch!
MAACM GAME DAY! Friday, November 20, 2009 4:00 p.m.
2nd Floor Hitch Science Building
Munchies and drinks will be provided
All kinds of games: Board, Card, Electronic
FUN! FUN! FUN! Bring all your friends!
The Belmont University Math & Computer Science Department hosted the
2009 Mathematical Association of America -
Southeastern Section Annual Meeting
March 12-14, 2009
Under the leadership of mathematics faculty members Dr. Andy Miller and Dr. Sarah Ann Stewart, Belmont's Department of Mathematics and Computer Science hosted nearly 400 mathematics faculty members, graduate students and undergraduate students on Belmont's campus for the 88th Annual Meeting of the MAA-SE, March 12-14, 2009. The MAA-SE section covers Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina; almost 100 colleges and universities were represented at this year's meeting. Drs. Miller and Stewart had worked for two years to make all the necessary preparations, including working with Belmont staff to set up events, overseeing Belmont students and faculty volunteer efforts, and communicating with MAA officials to organize the program of talks and other activities.
In addition to invited keynote presentations by Dr. Ron Gould from Emory University and Dr. Chris Rodger from Auburn University, the president of the national MAA, Dr. David Bressoud from Macalester College in Minnesota, gave the opening keynote presentation of the meeting. There were over 90 contributed paper presentations on a wide variety of topics, including presentations by Belmont faculty members Dr. Danny Biles and Dr. Mike Pinter.
Activities for undergraduate students included sessions for presentations of undergraduate research, a Poster Session with nearly 25 posters presented, a Treasure Hunt, and Math Jeopardy. Belmont mathematics majors Amy Valentine and Cat Simpson received the Walt and Susan Patterson Award for their paper presentation entitled "Ugly Curves and the Loewner Equation," which was the result of their work supervised by Belmont faculty member Dr. Joan Lind. Both of Belmont's Math Jeopardy teams tied or won their preliminary round of the competition; the team with members Cat Simpson, Amy Valentine, Hank Carter and Neil Kowalewski came in 2nd place overall during the Final Round. Overall about a dozen Belmont students returned early from spring break to assist with hosting the conference.
For more information, please go to http://campus.belmont.edu/maa-se/
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
- ACM Programming Contest: A fun and serious way to learn programming through an intense contest. Practice sessions beginning soon.
- Mathematical Modeling Contest: A contest for those interested in mathematical modeling. Practice sessions are available for those interested.
