Mathematics & Statistics

Colloquium Schedule Fall 2004 – Summer 2005

Wednesday, Aug 25, 2004
9:00am, 421 Neville
Suzhong Tian, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maine
Statistical Inference for the Risk Ratio in 2 X 2 Binomial Trials with Structural Zero
Wednesday, Nov 3, 2004
2:30pm, 100 Neville Hall
Dr. Ram C. Tripathi, Dept. of Management Science and Statistics, University of Texas at San Antonio
Weighted Least-squares and Mximum Likelihood Estimation for Longitudinal Data with Truncated Observations: An Application in Pharmacokinetic Studies of Environmental Contaminants
Thursday, Nov 4, 2004
2:30pm, 100 Neville Hall
Dr. Arthur Benjamin, Dept. of Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College
Proofs That Really Count
Thursday, Nov 4, 2004
7:00pm, 100 Donald P. Corbett Hall
Dr. Arthur Benjamin, Dept. of Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College
What do you get when you cross a mathematician with a magician? Mathemagician!
Thursday, Nov 11, 2004
3:10pm, 100 Neville Hall
Dan Look, Dept. of Mathematics, Boston University
An Escape Trichotomy for Singularly Perturbed Complex Polynomials
Thursday, Dec 9, 2004
2:00pm, 421 Neville Hall
Katherine Merrill, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maine
Ramanujan’s Entry 20
Wednesday, Feb 2, 2005
3:00pm, 421 NV
Amanda Criner, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maine
Internet Epidemiology
Monday, Feb 7, 2005
3:00pm, 105 DPC
Dr. Richard Jordan, Dynamics Technology, Inc.
Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of Spatial Epidemics
Thursday, Feb 10, 2005
1:10pm, 131 Barrows
Katherine Merrill, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maine
Ramanujan’s Formula for the Riemann Zeta Function Extended to L-Functions
Thursday, Feb 10, 2005
3:00pm, 105 DPC
Dr. Anita Layton, Mathematics Dept., Duke University
Mathematical Modeling of Renal Physiology
Thursday, Feb 24, 2005
2:10pm, 421 Neville
Prof. Fernando Gouvea, Dept. of Mathematics, Colby College
On p-adic numbers and their history
Thursday, March 17, 2005
3:00pm, 105 DPC
Dr. Neil Portnoy, Stony Brook University (SUNY)
How do preservice teachers’ understandings of function develop while engaging in a curriculum module in knot theory?
Thursday, March 24, 2005
11:00am, 421 Neville Hall
Hui Tao, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maine
An Investigation of False Discovery Rates in Multiple Testing Under Dependence
Monday, March 28, 2005
3:00pm, 105 DPC
Dr. Andre Khalil, Jackson Laboratory
Wavelets and Fractals: From Astrophysics to Bio-Medical Image Analysis
Thursday, March 31, 2005
3:00pm, 421 Neville
Dr. Charles Li, Dept of Mathematics, UCLA
A new proof of the Petersson Trace Formula
Thursday, April 14, 2005
11:00am, 421 Neville Hall
Hui Tao, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maine
An Investigation of False Discovery Rates in Multiple Testing Under Dependence
Monday, April 18, 2005
3:10pm, 107 DPC
Richard Haynes, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Chicago
From the Exotic to the Mundane in Topology
Friday, April 22, 2005
3:10pm, 202 Shibles
Nancy Austin, University of Southern Maine
The Implications of Middle School Teacher Research Data for Teacher Certification
Thursday, May 12, 2005
2:00pm, 210 Neville
Hui Tao, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maine
An Investigation of False Discovery Rates in Multiple Testing Under Dependence
Friday, July 15, 2005
2:00pm, 419 Neville
Brooke Feigon, Dept of Mathematics, UCLA
From Classical Automorphic Forms to Base Change and a Relative Trace Formula in the Local Field Setting