Graduate Student Colloquia

Fibonacci, Tribonaci, ... , Gibonacci Mr. Mark Carthon III University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MS Graduate Student – Teaching Assistant “Everyone knows what the Fibonacci sequence is, but have you heard of the Tribonacci sequence? It turns out that the concept of... Read More

Foster-Lyapunov Type Criterion for Non-Explosive Markov Processes Mr. Khwanchai Kunwai University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student  “Given a continuous-time Markov process, we will define the infinitesimal generator of the process. This generator determines the behavior of the process itself. To... Read More

Drawing Category Theory (For Those Who Know Nothing About It) Mr. Ashani Dasgupta University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student - Teaching Assistant “We will draw easy pictures to understand fancy words such as “direct limit”, “inverse limit”, “Hom functor”. We... Read More

Discrete Dynamical Systems Mr. John Jurkiewicz University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student – Teaching Assistant “We will discuss discrete-time dynamical systems, giving definitions and some examples. We will culminate by stating without proof Sarkovsky’s Theorem on the periodicity of points... Read More

Visualizing the Gromov Boundary Mr. Daniel Gulbrandsen University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student – Teaching Assistant “We will begin with some background of geometric group theory, including notions of quasi-isometry and delta-hyperbolicity. Then, we will define the Gromov boundary and... Read More

Estimating Distortion Risk Measures under Truncated and Censored Data Mr. Sahadeb Upretee University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student – Dissertator “We will discuss examples of distortion risk measures and model uncertainty.”

Erdos–Rényi Model of Random Graphs Mr. Prayagdeep Parija University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student – Teaching Assistant “We introduce the Erdos–Rényi model of random graphs and discuss the phase transition that occurs in it.”

Epsilon-local Rigidity and Numerical Algebraic Geometry Mr. Andrew Frohmader University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MS Graduate Student – Teaching Assistant “We will discuss graph rigidity and numerical algebraic geometry. This is a joint work with Alexander Heaton.”