Some Electromagnetic Wave Propagation Models for Complex Media: An Operator Theoretical Perspective Dr. Rainer Picard TU Dresden Senior Professor of Analysis “The study of Maxwell’s equations in complex media (metamaterials) has come to a considerable attention within the last fifteen... Read More
Chinese Remainder Theorem: Historical Account and Modern Significance Guangwu Xu University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Associate Professor of Computer Science “An early formulation of the Chinese Remainder Theorem (CRT) appeared in Sunzi Suanjing in the third century. It finds its culminating point... Read More
Effects of Atmospheric Pollution on Morbidity in the Metropolitan Areas of Monterrey and Guadalajara Rosa & Julia Céron University of Carmen, Mexico Professors of Chemical Engineering “The objective of this work was to estimate the association between atmospheric pollution and... Read More
Birthday Paradox Prayagdeep Parija University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student “We revisit the celebrated birthday paradox(in a group of more than 23 people, there is at least a 50% chance that 2 people share the same birthday) and look at... Read More
Stochastic Representations for Nonlocal Bellman Equations Dr. Ruoting Gong Illinois Institute of Technology Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics “Stochastic representation formulas establish natural connections between the study of stochastic processes and partial differential equations or integro-partial differential equations (integro-PDEs). In... Read More
The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) presents: AMC 8 Mathematics Competition AMC 8 is a 25 question, 40 minute multiple choice exam in middle school mathematics. Students develop positive attitudes towards analytical thinking & mathematics that can assist in... Read More
Golden Cantor Set Mr. Mark Carthon III University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MS Graduate Student “What is it that makes the Golden Ratio so interesting? For mathematics, the Golden Ratio gets its interest from its amazing collection of self-reproducing properties. We will... Read More
Dynamic Pricing with Variable Order Sizes Nyles Breecher University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student - Dissertator “Dynamic Pricing is the practice of adjusting prices based on market conditions in order to maximize profit. One example is airline pricing, where prices... Read More
Multidecadal Variability in Climate Models and Observations Mr. Alex Oser University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MS Graduate Student “Climate change attribution and prediction using state-of-the-art models continue to garner an ever-growing focus amongst both the scientific community and public alike. Recent analyses... Read More
The Strong Law of Large Numbers for U-Statistics Under Semi-parametric Random Censorship Mr. Jan Höft University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student “We introduce a semi-parametric U-Statistics estimator for randomly right censored data. We will study the strong law of large... Read More