University of Idaho
Department of Mathematics Colloquia

All colloquia begin at 3:30 p.m. Refreshments are served at 3:00 in Brink 330.

Fall Semester 2008

Date Speaker Title of talk Abstract Room
October 16 (Thursday) Andrew Shallue
University of Calgary
Prime or composite?
Years of computer time for a one-bit answer
click here TLC 028
November 4 (Tuesday) Enrico Carlini
Department of Mathematics
Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Algebraic geometry and some
of its applications: an overview
click here TLC 029
November 6 (Thursday) Randall Ross, ACAS, MAAA
The Inside Scoop on Actuarial Sciences click here TLC 028
November 20 (Thursday) Matthew Hudelson
Washington State University
Two Vertex Descriptors Based on
Hosoya's Matching Descriptor Z(G)
click here TLC 028
December 4 (Thursday) Tran Dinh Luong
Zero-sum Problems click here TLC 028

Also of interest:
Selected talks from the Biocomplexity Seminar (BCB 501) -- Fridays, 12:30-1:20, TLC 032

Date Speaker Title of talk Abstract Room
September 12 (Friday) Sally Otto
Models of assortative mating:
When can sympatric speciation evolve?
BCB seminar -- click here TLC 032
October 24 (Friday) Ben Kerr
Exploring a `tragedy of the commons'
in host-pathogen metapopulations
BCB seminar -- click here TLC 032
December 5 (Friday) Marc Suchard
TBA BCB seminar -- click here TLC 032


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