Gini Shortfall: A Coherent Risk Measure Dr. Ricardas Zitikis Western University Professor of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences “For quite some time, the value-at-risk (VaR) was an appealing risk measure, and even an industry and regulatory standard for calculating risk capital... Read More
Residual Finiteness of Certain Three Generator Artin Groups Dr. Kasia Jankiewicz University of Chicago L.E. Dickson Instructor “Despite the simple looking presentation much is unknown about Artin groups. However, some questions can be answered in suitable classes of Artin groups.... Read More
Translation-like Actions of Nilpotent Groups Dr. Mark Pengitore Ohio State University Zassenhaus Assistant Professor “Whyte introduced translation-like actions of groups which as a geometric generalization of subgroup containment. He then proved a geometric reformulation of the von Neumann conjecture by... Read More
How Do Calculators Calculate? Dr. Bruce Haven Edwards University of Florida Professor of Mathematics “What happens when you press the sine key on your calculator? How does the calculator quickly produce the values of trigonometric functions? You might be surprised... Read More
More Examples of Pseudo-Collars on High-Dimensional Manifolds Dr. Jeffrey Rolland Milwaukee School of Engineering Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics “Whyte introduced translation-like actions of groups which as a geometric generalization of subgroup containment. He then proved a geometric reformulation of the... Read More
Data Science at FedEx Ms. Angela Kao University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Data Scientist for FedEx Ground “This talk will be about transitioning from academic preparation in the atmospheric sciences to professional work in data science.”
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the University has instruction to cancel all in-person events through the Spring semester to adhere to city and state orders limiting public gatherings. Events still running must now take place Online— listed events will include... Read More
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the University has instruction to cancel all in-person events through the Summer semester to adhere to city and state orders limiting public gatherings. Events still running must now take place Online— listed events will include... Read More
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the University has instruction to cancel all in-person events through the Summer semester to adhere to city and state orders limiting public gatherings. Events still running must now take place Online— listed events will include... Read More
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the University has instruction to cancel all in-person events through the Summer semester to adhere to city and state orders limiting public gatherings. Events still running must now take place Online— listed events will include... Read More
