How you think on a function defined on 0,1,…,N-1? Prof. Shamgar Gurevich Professor of Mathematics University of Wisconsin-Madison Between thousand to million times per day, your cellphone calculates the Fourier Transform (FT) of certain functions defined on 0,1,…,N-1, with N …
Some Things We Do and Don't Know About Knots Dr. Jason DeBlois Associate Professor University of Pittsburgh In this talk, “knot” will mean a circle embedded in three-dimensional space. These have been formally studied since the late 19th century. More …
Community of Practice: Let's Talk About OER (Open Educational Resources*) We will chat about the state of OER (Open Educational Resources*) within the Community and within the department. We'll discuss its pros and cons as well as opportunities and barriers. …
Embeddings: The Language of AI Mr. Mike Clutterbuck Lead Data Scientist Wantable Inc. Embeddings are a core concept in machine learning that help AI understand and organize complex data. They take things like words, images, or user behavior and turn …
Community of Practice: Supporting Students in Math (SupportU) Have you interacted with a student that you were especially concerned about, but you didn’t quite know what to say, who to tell, or what to do? Perhaps the student confided in …
The Impact of Ephaptic Coupling and Ionic Electrodiffusion on Arrhythmogenesis in the Heart Ning Wei Assistant Professor Purdue University Cardiac myocytes synchronize through electrical signaling to contract heart muscles, facilitated by gap junctions (GJs) in the intercalated disc (ID). GJs …
Community of Practice: Introduction to Transparency in Learning and Teaching What is the core purpose of the assignments, tasks, and learning opportunities in our courses? Better yet, what do our students think is the primary purpose? In this workshop we …
Graduate Student Colloquium: Soft Open This is our first Math Graduate Student Colloquium. We will be hanging out, eating snacks, and getting back into the swing of semester life. Please, join us and get a feel of what to expect …
Studying Successful Doctoral Students from Underrepresented Groups Dr. Sarah Sword Principal Research Scientist Education Development Center, Inc. In this talk, we will share early findings from an NSF study of 75 doctoral students and recent PhDs in mathematics from underrepresented …
Graduate Student Colloquium: Math Graduate Student Panel This is our last Math Graduate Student Colloquium of the semester. We will have a panel of senior graduate students happy to discuss our experiences here in UWM's math department and answer any …