Mathematics Graduate Minicourse Series

The Graduate Minicourse Series is a collection of multi-lecture minicourses intended to introduce beginning graduate students to the research opportunities available in our programs and to present important professional topics. Each Minicourse will usually consist of three consecutive one-hour lectures, either in the 4:00 pm Monday time slot or the parallel 4:00 pm Wednesday time slot. Everyone is welcome to attend and students may register for the one-credit courses AMSC 688, MATH 688 or STAT 688 to receive credit for their participation. To receive credit a student must attend at least four minicourses during the year and write a brief one or two page report on each to be submitted to the minicourse coordinators. Students wishing to sign up for credit should speak with one of the minicourse coordinators as to the expectations for their successful participation. The coordinators are Prof. C. Berenstein (carlos@isr.umd.edu), and Prof. D. Rudolph (djr@math.umd.edu)

Schedule of Minicourses, Fall Semester 2002
Monday, 4:00 pm, MATH3206
Date
Speaker
Title
Sept 9
 John Benedetto
 Harmonic Analysis and Applications I - notes
Sept 16
 Math 695 TA seminar meeting
Sept 23
 Dennis Healy/John Benedetto
 Harmonic Analysis and Applications II
Sept 30
 Dennis Healy/John Benedetto
 Harmonic Analysis and Applications III
Oct 7
 Math 695 TA seminar meeting
Oct 14
 Melanie Becker (Physics)
 Mathematics and String Theory I: From String Theory and Mathematics to the Standard Model of Elementary Particles - abstract
Oct 21
 S. James Gates (Physics)
 Mathematics and String Theory II: Space-Time Supersymmetry and the Clifford Algebra
Oct 28
3pm
 Paul Green (Mathematics)
 Mathematics and String Theory III: Some mathematics relating to conformal field theory
Nov 4
 Math 695 TA seminar meeting
Nov 11
 Art Popper (Biology) and Bob Dooling (Psychology)
 Mentoring Best Practices I
Nov 18
 Popper and Dooling
 Mentoring Best Practices II
Nov 25
 Popper and Dooling
 Mentoring Best Practices III
Dec 2
 Math 695 TA seminar meeting
Dec 9
 T.Y. Lee
 Markov Processes and Applications II
Wednesday, 4:00pm, MATH3206
Sept 18 3pm
 Jeffrey Adams
 Computer Calculations in Representation Theory I: Finite groups and SL(2) - notes
Sept 25
 Jeffrey Adams
 Computer Calculations in Representation Theory II: Root Systems and Weyl Groups
Oct 2
 Jeffrey Adams
 Computer Calculations in Representation Theory III: Unitary Representations of Real Lie Groups
Oct 9
 Faculty Meetings, no class
Oct 16
Oct 23
Oct 30
Nov 6
 Eric Slud
 Statistics of Survival Data: Survival Times, Death Hazards & Competing Risks
Nov 13
 Eric Slud
 Population Cohorts and Martingales
Nov 20
 Eric Slud
 Survival-data likelihoods with Infinite-Dimensional Parameters
Nov 27
 Thanksgiving, no class
Dec 4
 T.Y. Lee
 Markov Processes and Applications I (notes)
Dec 11
 T.Y. Lee
 Markov Processes and Applications III




Schedule of Minicourses, Spring Semester 2003
Monday, 4pm Math 3206
Feb 3
 No Class
Feb 10
 S. Gabriel
 Optimization I: General overview and Continuous optimization modeling - notes
Feb 17
 Rescheduled to Apr. 2 due to snow
Feb 24
 D. O'Leary
 Optimization III: Algorithms for solving optimization problems
Mar 3
 R. Schwartz
 Dynamics and Projective Geometry I
Mar 10
 R. Schwartz
 Dynamics and Projective Geometry II
Mar 17
 R. Schwartz
 Dynamics and Projective Geometry III
Mar 24
 Spring Break - No Class
Mar 31
 Computational Neuroscience I
Apr 7
 Computational Neuroscience II
Apr 14
 Computational Neuroscience III
Apr 21
 Prof. V. Katz
 The Transmission of Mathematical Ideas from India and Islam to the West I, abstract and references
Apr 28
 Prof. V. Katz
 The Transmission of Mathematical Ideas from India and Islam to the West II
May 5
May 12
Wednesday, 4pm Math 3206
Jan 29
 No Class
Feb 5
 VIGRE Site Visit - No Class
Feb 12
 Prof. J. Auslander
 Minimal Flows I
Feb 19
 Rescheduled due to snow
Feb 26
 Prof. J. Auslander
 Minimal Flows II
Mar 5
 Prof. J. Auslander
 Minimal Flows III
Mar 12
 Prof. D. Rudolph
 What in the World is Ergodic Theory? I
Mar 19
 Prof. D. Rudolph
 What in the World is Ergodic Theory? II
Mar 26 Spring Break
 No Class
Apr 2
 S. Raghavan
 Optimization II: Discrete optimization modeling
Apr 9
 Prof. D. Rudolph
 What in the World is Ergodic Theory? III
Apr 16
 Prof. Pego
 Large-Scale Behaviors that Emerge from Dynamics on Lattices II
Apr 23
 Prof. Levermore
 Large-Scale Behaviors that Emerge from Dynamics on Lattices III
Apr 30
 Large-Scale Behaviors that Emerge from Dynamics on Lattices I
May 7
May 14