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The Sinai-Ruelle-Bowen Measure and Its Entropy
The Sinai-Ruelle-Bowen Measure and Its Entropy Miaohua Jiang, Wake Forest University March 4, 2021 Thursday at 11 am Abstract: A dynamical system possessing a uniformly hyperbolic attractor is the standard model for a chaotic dynamical system. The Sinai-Ruelle-Bowen (SRB) measure describes the asymptotic statistical behavior of such a system and its…
What is Algorithmic Harm?
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY Department of Mathematics & Statistics presents Dr. Cathy O’Neil Author of MAA’s 2019 Euler Book Prize winner Thursday, November 19, 2020 11am – 12pm Virtual Lecture “What is Algorithmic Harm?” Dr. Cathy O’Neil will discuss predictive algorithms, what can go wrong and why, and how to address…
Thinking of declaring a major or minor in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics?
We would love to talk with you about our seven majors and two minors! For more information on how to declare, please go to https://registrar.wfu.edu/program-change-student/ NOTE: The department is currently in the midst of advising and pre-registration. We will not be accepting new major or minor declarations until the pre-registration…
What’s My Place in the Math World?
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY Department of Mathematics & Statistics presents Dr. Chris Jones Bill Guthridge Distinguished Professor of Mathematics Domain Scientist for Mathematics at the Renaissance Computing Institute University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Thursday, October 22, 2020 11am – 12pm; Virtual Lecture “What’s My Place in the Math World?” We all…
On Sufficient Graphical Models
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSIT Department of Mathematics & Statistics presents Kyongwon Kim Wake Forest University Thursday, October 15, 2020 11am – 12pm,Virtual Lecture “On Sufficient Graphical Models” We introduce a Sufficient Graphical Model by applying the recently developed nonlinear sufficient dimension reduction techniques to the evaluation of conditional independence. The graphical…
A Mathematical Model of Gender Bias and Homophily in Professional Hierarchies
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY Department of Mathematics & Statistics presents Kaitlin Hill, Wake Forest University Thursday, October 8, 2020 11am – 12pm, Virtual Lecture “A Mathematical Model of Gender Bias and Homophily in Professional Hierarchies” Gender representation has been improving toward parity in the past several decades for many professions, such as…
Uniqueness Results for Infinite Semipositone Problems
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSIT Department of Mathematics & Statistics presents Ratnasingham Shivaji University of North Carolina at Greensboro Thursday, October 1, 2020 11am – 12pm Virtual Lecture “Uniqueness Results for Infinite Semipositone Problems” Uniqueness of positive solutions will be discussed for a class of singular steady state reaction diffusion equations with…
Spatio-temporal Trends in Opioid Overdose Deaths by Race for Counties in Ohio
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY Department of Mathematics & Statistics presents Staci Hepler Wake Forest University Thursday, September 24, 2020 11am – 12pm Virtual Lecture “Spatio-temporal Trends in Opioid Overdose Deaths by Race for Counties in Ohio” The opioid epidemic continues to be an ongoing public health crisis in the United States. …
“A Bridge Between Monomial Ideals and Graphs”
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY Department of Mathematics & Statistics presents Guillermo Alesandroni Wake Forest University Thursday, September 17, 2020 11am – 12pm Virtual Lecture “A Bridge Between Monomial Ideals and Graphs” Bridges between two branches of math are always to be desired, as they allow an exchange of information. In this…