2011 Student Math Conference
Posted by dougensley on April 13, 2011
April 14, 2011 at Shippensburg University
3:30 – 4:20 Keynote Address in DHC151
Should You Trust the Computer to do Your Math Homework?
Dr. Dick Forrester, Dickinson College
Abstract: In this talk we discuss the issues associated with using a computer to solve problems from continuous mathematics. Specifically, we introduce the main concepts of numerical analysis, which is the branch of mathematics that is concerned with the design and analysis of algorithms for solving mathematical problems. We will discuss how many of the solution techniques learned in calculus and linear algebra are not as straightforward and reliable as they seem.
There will be refreshments in the Mathematics Department lobby following Professor Forrester’s lecture.
4:45 – 5:45 Undergraduate Student Presentations
MCT 258
- 4:45 Josh Ide - An Extension of the Google PageRank Algorithm to College Football Rankings
- 5:00 Thanh To (Dickinson College) - Mathematical Techniques for Assigning First-Year Seminars
- 5:15 James Hickman - Finite Difference Methods for Solving a set of Coupled Non-Linear Euler Bernoulli Beam Equations, with applications to modeling the wing of a Micro Air Vehicle
- 5:30 John Hocker - PA/18 = ?
MCT 262
- 4:45 Ryan Long - The Exciting Decomposition of the Platonic Solids!
- 5:00 Dan White - Sierpinski’s Problem Extended to the Gaussian Integers
- 5:15 Stephanie Yingling - Learning vs Teaching- The Deepening of Mathematical Understanding
- 5:30 A.J. Smith - Student Learning – an Analysis Involving ISP and ESL Students
