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Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium

Applied Mathematics Seminar

Algebra Seminar

AGANT@UTA Seminar
(Algebraic Geometry, Algebra and Number Theory Seminar)

GAGA@UTA Seminar
(Geometry And Geometric Analysis Seminar)

Mathematics Education Seminar

Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium

Date/Time*

Topic/Speaker

Room

2/3/2006
Friday

2:00 pm

"Computing solutions of inverse scattering problems"
Dr. Paul Sacks, Professor
Department of Mathematics, Iowa State University
(Local host: Tuncay Aktosun)

304 PKH

2/10/2006
Friday

2:00 pm

"Geometry, Algebra, and Topology of Hyperplane Arrangements"
Dr. Hal Schenck, Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University
(Local host: D. Jorgensen)

304 PKH

2/17/2006
Friday

2:30 pm

"The proximal point algorithm and an augmented lagrangean method for optimization"
Dr. Dan Butnariu, Professor
Department of Mathematics, University of Haifa, Israel
(Local host: Irinel Dragan)

304 PKH

3/3/2006
Friday

2:30 pm

"Real Groups and Hecke Algebras"
Dr. David Ben-Zvi, Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin
(Local host: D. Jorgensen)

304 PKH

3/24/2006
Friday

2:30 pm

"Multiple positive solutions for classes of elliptic systems with combined nonlinear effects"
Dr. Ratnasingham Shivaji, W. L. Giles Distinguished Professor
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Mississippi State University
(Local host: Jianping Zhu)

304 PKH

3/31/2006
Friday

2:30 pm

"The Forced Non-Linear Schrödinger Equation"
Dr. Ricardo Weder, Professor
Institute of Applied Mathematics and Systems, UNAM, Mexico
(Local host: Tuncay Aktosun)

304 PKH

4/7/2006
Friday

2:30 pm

"Dynamic Points: When Geometry Meets Physics"
Dr. Hong Qin, Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science, State University of New York at Stony Brook
(Local host: Guojun Liao)

304 PKH

4/14/2006
Friday

2:30 pm

"Dynamic Competitive Analysis in the Automotive Industry"
Dr. Alexander V. Prasolov , Professor and Head
Department of Economical Systems Modeling
Faculty of Applied Mathematics - Control Processes , Saint-Petersburg State University
(Local host: Merlynd Nestell)

304 PKH

4/21/2006
Friday

2:30 pm

"The Mathematical Education of Teachers: A National and Local View"
Dr. Jim Lewis, Professor
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
(Local hosts: Christopher Kribs-Zaleta and James Epperson)

304 PKH

4/28/2006
Friday

2:30 pm

"On the Structure of Quantum Maps"
Dr. Adam Majewski, Professor of Physics
Dean of Science
University of Gdansk, Poland
(Joint colloquium with Department of Physics, UT Arlington)

103 Science Hall

*Refreshments are served shortly after each presentation. Colloquia talks are 50 minutes long, followed by an open-forum discussion with faculty and graduate students.

Applied Mathematics Seminar

Date/Time*

Topic/Speaker

Room

2/3/2006
Friday

1:00 pm

"Simulations of Plasma Dynamics using a Grid Free Technique"
Dr. Andrew J. Christlieb, Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan

304 PKH

2/10/2006
Friday

1:00 pm

"Structural Preserving Numerical Methods for Model Reduction And Eigenvalue Problems"
Dr. Ren-Cang Li, Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics, University of Kentucky

304 PKH

2/16/2006
Thursday

2:00 pm

"Why does influenza come back every winter?"
Dr. Junling Ma, Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Mathematics & Statistics, McMaster University

304 PKH

3/22/2006
Wednesday

1:00 pm

"Paper Football, Vending Machines, and Chicken McNuggets"
Dr. Vadim Ponomarenko, Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics, Trinity University, Texas

304 PKH

4/11/2006
Wednesday

1:00 pm

"Spherical Radon transforms and mathematical problems of thermoacoustic tomography"
Gaik Ambartsoumian,
Department of Mathematics, Texas A & M University

304 PKH

4/28/2006
Friday

4:00 pm

"Optimal Design for Geometry of Blade and Boundary Shape Control of Navier-Stokes Equations"
Dr. Aixiang Huang, Professor
Department of Mathematics, Xian Jiaotong University, China

304 PKH

*Refreshments are served 30 min. prior to a presentation.

Algebra Seminar

Date/Time*

Topic/Speaker

Room

3/31/06
Friday

4:00 pm