Dec 6 | 2023 Long Lecture Department Colloquium
Speaker: Stephen Kirkland |
Dec 5 | The 2023 Long Lecture in Mathematics![]()
Please join us for the 2023 Calvin and Jean Long Distinguished Lecture in Mathematics. Professor Stephen Kirkland from the University of Manitoba Mathematics Department will give a lecture titled, "Spite, Snakes and Socialites: An Improbably Prelude to Markov Chains," followed by refreshments in the Neill Hall Hacker Lounge.
Date: Dec. 5 - Lecture |
Nov 29 | Statistics Seminar
Speaker: Mengqi Yin |
Nov 28 | Math Biology Seminar![]()
Speaker: Scott Mckinley |
Nov 27 | Theory and Applications of
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Nov 17 | Luz Rocio Sotomayor - Featured Faculty![]() WSU Vancouver Program Leader and Chair of CEDI, Luz Rocio Sotomayor, was recognized as a Provost Featured Faculty Member for her outstanding contributions to WSU, during the November 17th football game at Pullman's Martin Stadium. To read the full write up click here. |
Nov 15 | Statistics Seminar
Speaker: Wolfgang Polonik |
Nov 15 | ASA to Sponsor Department 3MT Thesis Contest![]() Can you present your thesis and its significance in just 3 minutes using one slide? The American Statistical Association (ASA) WSU Graduate Student Chapter, is organizing the department's 3MT Thesis Contest. First-place winner will receive a $100 gift card, second-place winner $50, and all other participants will each receive a $10 dollar gift card. Top two winners will go on to compete in the CAS 3-Minute-Thesis Competition. If you are interested, complete this form. Find rules here: https://3mt.wsu.edu/rules/i. Time: 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.Location: Animal Disease and Biotechnology Facility Building, Rm 1002. Contact: ASA Officers (mathstat.asa@wsu.edu) for more information. |
Nov 15 |
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The ASA Club will host STATSGIVING - a time for socialization and refreshments. Pizza from Pizza Perfection, along with donuts and drinks, will be provided.
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Nov 14 | Math Biology Seminar![]()
Speaker: Xinyue Zhao |
Nov 13 | Theory and Applications of
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Nov 13 | AWM Math Jeopardy-CANCELLED![]()
Join fellow mathematicians to play a slightly competitive game of math-themed Jeopardy. Sandwiches from Jimmy Johns, chips, and a beverage will be provided. Feel free to come and go. Information about potential AWM merchandise and spring plans will also be discussed.
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Nov 9 | Joshua Schiffer
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Nov 8 | Statistics Seminar
Speaker: Yingzi Li |
Nov 7 | Math Biology Seminar
Speaker: Stacey R. Smith? |
Nov 6 | Theory and Applications of
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Nov 3 |
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American Math Society Chapter (AMS) is hosting a Math Trivia event! See how much math trivia you know and earn bragging rights!
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Nov 1 | Statistics Seminar![]()
Speaker: Andris Bibelnieks |
Nov 1, 8 | R (and R Studio) Workshop
The Center for Interdisciplinary Statistical Education and Research (CISER) will host an R Workshop. This two part workshop will be split into a data manipulation session (Nov 1) and an analysis session (Nov 8) for an hour and a half each. The workshop will give people comfortability with writing functions and manipulating data within R. Download R and R Studio prior to the workshop. Sign up here. |
Oct 31 | Math Biology Seminar![]()
Speaker: Sean Lawley |
Oct 30 | Theory and Applications of
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Oct 26 | AWM October Pumpkin-Painting!![]()
Join club members to paint pumpkins as well as enjoy some snacks. Mini-pumpkins and paint will be provided as a celebration of Halloween. You don't have to identify as a woman to attend - all are welcome!
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Oct 25 | Statistics Seminar![]()
Speaker: Debasmita (Deb) Das |
Oct 24 | Math Biology Seminar
Speaker: Rachidi Salako |
Oct 23 | Theory and Applications of
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Oct 21 |
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CANCELLED - American Math Society Chapter (AMS) Star Viewing Party!
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Oct 19 | Enrique Alvarado
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Oct 18 | Statistics Seminar
Speaker: Zhiwu Zhang |
Oct 17 | Math Biology Seminar![]()
Speaker: Hayriye Gulbudak |
Oct 13 | Vancouver Math Seminar![]()
Speaker: Xiongzhi Chen |
Oct 13 |
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What's math without a sweet reward? The American Math Society Student Chapter is hosting "Integrals and Ice Cream!" an event for individuals of all levels of mathematical ability. Ferdinand's Ice Cream will cater the event so that as you conquer integrals, you'll also be treated to some of the finest ice cream flavors around. |
Oct 10 | Math Biology Seminar
Speaker: Salihu Sabiu Musa |
Oct 9 | Theory and Applications of
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Oct 6 | ASA Statistics Social!
The ASA will hold a social hour with Jimmy John sandwiches and other treats. Everyone is welcome!
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
Oct 4 | Statistics Seminar
Speaker: Vasilis Pavlopoulos |
Oct 3 | Math Biology Seminar
Speaker: Collin Parker |
Oct 2 | Theory and Applications of
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Sept 29 | CISER Tea
The Center for Interdisciplinary Statistical Education and Research (CISER) will host a CISER Tea to give WSU researchers an opportunity to discuss their research with other researchers on campus, meet the CISER team and statistics faculty, and possibly forge research collaborations. For questions, please contact Dean Johnson (dean_johnson@wsu.edu) or Trey DeJong (trey.dejong@wsu.edu). |
Sept 28 | Colloquium - all are Welcome!![]()
Speaker: Daryl DeFord |
Sept 27 | Statistics Seminar![]()
Speaker: Serena Peterson |
Sept 26 | Math Biology Seminar![]()
Speaker: Esteban Hernandez-Vargas |
Sept 25 | Theory and Applications of
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Sept 20 | Statistics Seminar![]()
Speaker: Chencheng Cai |
Sept 20 | AWM September Meeting![]()
Meet the new Association for Women in Mathematics officers, enjoy some food, play some games and hear about upcoming events. All are welcome!
Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Sept 20 | Math Education Seminar
Title: Article discussion by Blake. |
Sept 19 | Math Biology Seminar![]()
Speaker: Indunil Hewage |
Sept 18 | Theory and Applications of
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Sept 13 | Statistics Seminar![]()
Speaker: Professor Victor Patranganeru |
Sept 12 | Math Biology Seminar![]()
Speaker: Angela Tower |
Sept 11 | Theory and Applications of
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Sept 10 | Does the first serve in pickleball
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Sept 8 | AMS Tea - Bring Your Own Mug!![]()
Join the AMS Graduate Student Chapter Club this Friday for tea and snacks! Bring your fanciest mug, but if you don't have one, there will be plenty of extras!
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
Sept 5 | Math Biology Seminar![]()
Speaker: Star Oje |
Sept 6 | First Fall ASA Statistics Social!
The ASA Grad Club will hold its first monthly "ASA Statistics Social" for the fall semester! You are cordially invited to attend. Come socialize with new graduate students and enjoy sandwiches from Jimmy John's! |
Sept 1 | Christy Jacobs to join the Provost's
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Aug 29 | Math Biology Seminar![]()
Speaker: Xueying (Snow) Wang |
Aug 28 | Theory and Applications of
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Aug 22 | Math Biology Seminar
Title: Organizational Meeting |
Aug 21 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra
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Aug 21 | Sergey Lapin appointed
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July 17 | Nairanjana Dasgupta has been
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June 28 | Mathematics, statistics,
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June 5 | Julie Lutz has left $1 million
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June 1 | Daryl DeFord Discusses
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May 20 | Faculty Co-Author Book
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May 19 | 2023 Spring Picnic Photos![]() Click here to see photos from the 2023 end of year spring picnic. |
May 19 | Valliappa Lakshmanan
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May 12 | Data Literacy Playshops![]() Read this WSU Insider article about data playshops. Nairanjana "Jan" Dasgupta has conceived and created data playshops to increase children's comfort and understanding about data. |
May 6 | 2023 Spring Commencement
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May 6 | Madison Neyland
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May 1 | Former Faculty Member
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May 1 | Faculty Revise Foundational
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May 1 | AWM - Grab-and-Go Treats
Please join the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) Student Chapter at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, May 1st, for some donuts, Starbucks coffee, and flavored Lotus energy drinks. Come back later in the day at 4:00pm for some Panda Express! All are welcome!
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Apr 30 | Hong-Ming Yin
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Apr 30 | Mike Jacroux
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Apr 30 | Student Spotlight![]() Graduating senior, Elliott Kimsey, is the subject of a recent Student Spotlights Data Analytics news article. Read about his experience! His research advisor and project mentor is Daryl DeFord. |
Apr 30 | Travel Award
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Apr 27 | Judi McDonald Nominated
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Apr 27 | International Linear Algebra Society
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Apr 27 | Thomas Hillen - Post-Ostrom Colloquium
Please join us for a post-Ostrom department colloquium with Thomas Hillen, University of Alberta. Professor Hillen, is the invited guest speaker
for the 40th Annual Ostrom Lecture. Please join us for an informative and interesting lecture. All are welcome!
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Apr 26 | Thomas Hillen - Ostrom Lecture![]()
Thomas Hillen, University of Alberta, is the invited guest lecturer for the 40th Annual Ostrom Lecture. Please join us for an informative and interesting lecture. All are welcome!
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Apr 25 | Alumna Valerie Cheathon has
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Apr 25 | Mathematica Workshop
Speakers: Judi McDonald and Alex Dimitrov |
Apr 25 | Math Ed Seminar
Speaker: Allison Roberson |
Apr 23-25 | Daryl DeFord and the
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Apr 21 | ASA Ice Cream Social
The ASA graduate chapter is hosting an ice cream social from noon to 1:00 p.m. in the Hacker Lounge.
This well be Ferdinand's ice cream with different toppings! |
Apr 21 | Sergey Lapin Receives
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Apr 19 | Statistics Seminar
Speaker: Lizhen Lin |
Apr 17 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra
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Apr 17 | Statistics Seminar
Speaker: Emily Casleton |
Apr 14 | Hasan Mahedi
Receives GPSA Award
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Apr 14 | Porous Media Seminar![]()
Speaker: Malgorzata Peszynska
(Oregon State University) |
Apr 12 | D4: Discuss, Discourse, Disseminate
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Apr 11 | Scholarship & Awards Ceremony
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Apr 11 | Faculty Receive GrantEmily Sablan and Christy Jacobs have received a Samuel H. and Patricia W. Smith Teaching and Learning Grant from the Vice Provost for Academic Engagement and Student Achievement for their proposal "Improving STEM Pathways -- Math 100". |
Apr 11 | Nairanjana (Jan) Dasgupta Receives
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Apr 10 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra
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Apr 7 | ASA Statistics Social Tea!![]()
Faculty and grad students are invited to an ASA Statistics Social! Jimmy John sandwiches will be served!
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Apr 7 | Porous Media Seminar![]()
Speaker: Guang Lin
(Purdue University. Director, Data Science Consulting Service) |
Apr 6 | Claudia Pacioni![]() Teaching Assistant Professor Claudia Pacioni, passed away peacefully this morning with her two children by her side. Claudia was a dedicated teacher who had served the students of WSU since 1999. She was a wonderful colleague and will be greatly missed. |
Apr 6 | Department Colloquium![]()
Speaker: Tony Chiang |
Apr 5 | Statistics Seminar
Speaker: Tony Chiang |
Apr 3 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra
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Apr 3 | Math Major Eric Simpson Received
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Apr 1 | Zach Fendler to give talk
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Apr 1 | Eric Simpson to give talk
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Mar 31 | Scholarship and Awards CeremonyThe department's annual Scholarship and Awards Ceremony will be held on Friday, March 31st, in Todd Hall 230 at 2:30pm. Refreshments will be served. |
Mar 31 | WSU SHOWCASEThe 2023 WSU Showcase was a celebration of events the week of March 27 - 31. Graduate students Paula Kimmerling (with Judi McDonald) and Molly Sutter (with Will Hall) both presented research posters that may be found in the Showcase program. Paula's information is on page 86. Molly's information is on page 60. |
Mar 30 | Four Department Members
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Mar 30 | AMS Colloquium
Speaker: Professor Kimihiro Noguchi |
Mar 29 | Elizabeth Thompson-takes Second Place
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Mar 28 | 2023 SURCA - Undergraduate Awards![]() ![]() Two undergraduate students, mentored by Daryl DeFord, have received awards for their poster presentations in the "Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, and Information Sciences" category. Read more here. |
Mar 28 | Congratulations to Tariq Alsmadi!![]() Tariq Alsmadi and his wife have a new baby girl! Julia Tariq arrived on Wednesday, March 15th. She was 7.5lbs, and 19" long. |
Mar 28 | Congratulations to Trey DeJong!![]() Trey DeJong and his wife have a new baby girl! Juniper Rue arrived at 5:34am on Sunday, March 26th. She was 8.12lbs, and 20.75" long. |
Mar 28 | Math Ed Seminar
Speaker: Serena Peterson |
Mar 27 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra
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Mar 22 | Statistics Seminar
Speaker: Xiongzhi Chen |
Mar 21 | MathBiology Seminar
Speaker: Demetrios Gatziolis |
Mar 20 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra
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Mar 17-18 | Matt Gaddis to present at
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Mar 8 | Dean Johnson Co-editor![]() Scholarly Professor Dean Johnson is co-editor of a new special edition of Stat titled, Statistical Consulting and Collaboration. |
Mar 6 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra
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Mar 3 | ASA Social!
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Mar 3 | Porous Media Seminar![]()
Speaker: Tim Ginn
(WSU Civil and Environmental Engineering) |
Mar 1-2 | Valorie Cheathon ('18 MS Math) - Workshop![]()
The Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committeee is pleased to announce a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) workshop featuring mathematics alumna, Valorie Cheathon. After completing her master's degree, Valerie founded a company called I AM STEM ABLE, which partners with families and K-12 institutions to make STEM more accessible to traditionally marginalized students in Sacramento, CA. Registration for the workshop is required, by email. Watch Valerie's quick introductory video: https://youtu.be/vabjx5r6GFc. |
Mar 1 | Matt Gaddis Receives Pharr Fellowship![]() Ph.D. candidate Matt Gaddis has received a $10,000 Pharr Fellowship for spring 2023. The Pharr Fellowship is awarded to a graduate student pursuing a M.S. or Ph.D. in mathematics or statistics. Matt's research involves modeling the spread of Covid, and he will defend his dissertation the end of spring semester. His advisor is Professor V.S. Manoranjan. |
Mar 1 | V.S. Manoranjan Receives AwardProfessor V.S. "Mano" Manoranjan received the Honors College Faculty Award at the Honors College Banquet on December 9, 2022. |
Mar 1 | V.S. Manoranjan to Edit a Special
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Feb 28 | Math Ed Seminar
Speaker: Kristin Lesseig |
Feb 23 | AMS Tea! You don't want to miss it!![]()
Students, faculty, and friends are invited to the AMS Graduate Student Chapter Tea! The theme is Derivatives and Donuts! The chapter will provide some fun derivative problems while you snack on treats, drinks, and socialize. All are welcome! |
Feb 21 | MathBiology Seminar
Speaker: R. Alex Thompson |
Feb 16 | Department Colloquium![]()
Please join us for a colloquium with Panos Stinis who leads the Computational Mathematics group at PNNL and specializes in scientific computing with application interests in model reduction of complex systems, multiscale modeling, uncertainty quantification, and machine learning. |
Feb 14 | Math Ed Seminar
Speaker: Molly Sutter |
Feb 13 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra
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Feb 10 | Porous Media Seminar
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Feb 10 | Faculty Author a New Book ChapterFaculty members' Alex Dimitrov, Will Hall, Sergey Lapin, and graduate student, Jacob Pennington, have authored a chapter in the book Mathematics Research for the Beginning Student, Vol 1 . The chapter title is "Modeling of Biological systems: From Algebra to Calculus and Computer Simulations," pp 173-226. |
Feb 8 | Game Tournament![]()
Please join the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) Student Chapter for a Game Tournament! This will be an evening filled with fun games and great food! Club plans and future events will be discussed. All are welcome! |
Feb 6 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra
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Feb 2 | ASA Social!
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Jan 31 | Math Ed Seminar
Speaker: Discussion |
Jan 30 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra
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Jan 13 | Analysis Seminar
Speaker: Organizational meeting. |
Jan 9 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra
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2022 - News
Math Ed Seminar
Speaker: Discussion
Time: 4:10 pm
Location: Ricos - Pullman
Contact: Contact Judi McDonald (jmcdonald1@wsu.edu) for more information, or if you have questions.
Seminar webpage
AMS Tea Party!

All are welcome to the AMS Graduate Student Chapter Tea! Students, faculty, and friends are invited to tea with free snacks and refreshments. Feel free to stop by!
Time: 1:30 - 2:30 pm
Location: Hacker Lounge, Neill 216
AWM Colloquium
Speaker: Professor Sepideh Stewart
(University of Oklahoma)
Title: Reflecting on teaching mathematics at the university level: Collaborative work with mathematicians.
There will be a reception with refreshments prior to the colloquium in Neill 216 from 3:30-4:00pm. A lunch will also be held that day from noon until 1:00 p.m. in Neill 216.
Time: 4:10 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
(NOTE: reception and refreshments from 3:30-4:00 p.m. in Neill 216.)
Location: Spark 327
Contact: Contact Serena Peterson (serena.peterson@wsu.edu) if you have questions or are off campus and would like to join by Zoom.
Giving Tuesday
November 29thWe at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics are proud of the generous donors who help our students learn, grow, and emerge as leaders. In honor of #Giving Tuesday, will you support our students today? Please see how at give.wsu.edu or I Want to Give.
Three Minute Thesis Competition
for the Department!

The American Statistical Association (ASA)- Graduate Student Chapter at WSU is organizing the “Three Minute Thesis Competition” on November 29 (Tuesday) from 4:10 pm – 5:30 pm in Spark 212. We invite you to present your research and its significance in three minutes, using a single slide!
For registration: https://forms.gle/ccHV6uyHShqJ98RM8
$100 scholarship award for the top participant, and eligibility to participate in the CAS 3-Minute Thesis Contest.
$50 scholarship award to the next two best participants, plus a $10 gift card for every participant.
Registration deadline: 11/21/22 at midnight
Contact: Mahedi Hasan (mdmahedi.hasan@wsu.edu)
Porous Media Seminar
Spark 212 and Zoom

Speaker: Pratap Sahay
(Department of Seismology,
Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE),
Ensenada, Mexico)
Title: Pore-fabric-induced Seismic Anisotropy.
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: SPARK 212 and Zoom
Contact: Lynn Schreyer at lynn.schreyer@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, abstract, or if you have questions.
Daryl DeFord Interviewed by
AAAS SciLine about
Redistricting & Gerrymandering
Daryl DeFord was one of three experts interviewed by AAAS SciLine about redistricting analysis and gerrymandering. SciLine is a free service for journalists and scientists that is editorially independent, non-partisan, and its mission is "to enrich U.S. journalism with scientific evidence." Listen and read the full interview here.
POTENTIAL INTERNSHIP!
Join the WSU & PNNL
Graduate Student Showcase
Time: 12:10 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Graduate students - sign up to give a 10 minute presentation on your reseach. PNNL scientists will be looking for potential interns, so sign up if you're interested. There will be 10 students chosen to participate. If there is enough interest, another round may occur. Don't miss this internship possibility!
- 5+2 minutes: speaker will delineate a problem
- 3 minutes for questions
- Total time: 10 minutes
- Sign up: by opening this flyer and clicking the
Google link in the bottom right corner. - Graduate students - don't miss out!
Math Ed Seminar
Speaker: Discussion
Time: 4:10 pm
Location: One World Cafe - Moscow
Contact: Contact Judi McDonald (jmcdonald1@wsu.edu) for more information, or if you have questions.
Seminar webpage
Combinatorics, Linear Algebra
and Number Theory Seminar
Speaker: Nathan Ng
(University of Lethbridge)
Title: Moments of the Riemann Zeta function.
This will be a colloquium-style talk where we will learn about some stories of the Riemann zeta function and random matrices. All are welcome!
Time: 4:10 pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Contact Sheng-Chi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu), if you have questions.
Seminar webpage
Porous Media Seminar
Spark 212 and Zoom

Speaker: Melanie M. Derby
(Kansas State University)
Title: Multi-phase Problems in the Food, Energy, and Water Nexus: Impacts of Wettability on Evaporation from Porous Columns.
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: SPARK 212 and Zoom
Contact: Lynn Schreyer at lynn.schreyer@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, abstract, or if you have questions.
D4: Discuss, Discourse,
Disseminate with Data: 2022-2023
(WSU-PNNL Joint Seminar Series)
Kick-Off Presentation!
Time: 12:10-1:00 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Join this D4: Discuss, Discourse, Disseminate with Data kick-off presentation on Zoom with a welcome presentation from 12:10-12:20, followed by WSU's Mike Wolcott from 12:20 - 12:40, and then Andrew Puryear of PNNL from 12:40 - 1:00 p.m. See this flyer for more information and how to join by Zoom.
Math Biology Seminar
WSU Vancouver
Speaker: Jacob Pennington
(WSU Vancouver)
Time: 4:10 pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Contact Jacob Pennington (jacob.pennington@wsu.edu) or Nick Strigul (nick.strigul@wsu.edu) for the abstract, Zoom meeting ID, or if you have questions.
Math Ed Seminar
Speaker: Discussion
Time: 4:10 pm
Location: Neill's Coffee and Ice Cream
Contact: Contact Judi McDonald (jmcdonald1@wsu.edu) for more information, or if you have questions.
Seminar webpage
Judi McDonald First-ever Faculty Member
Appointed to the WSU Board of Regents

Mathematics Professor Judi McDonald has been appointed as the first-ever faculty regent on the WSU Board of Regents. Read more in this WSU Insider article.
Combinatorics, Linear Algebra
and Number Theory Seminar
Speaker: Bingrong Huang
(Shandong University)
Title: Arithmetic Quantum Chaos and L-functions.
Time: 4:10 pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Contact Sheng-Chi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu), if you have questions.
Seminar webpage
Combinatorics, Linear Algebra
and Number Theory Seminar
Speaker: Jessica Dickson
Title: Riordan Arrays: From infinite A-sequences to finite Templates.
Time: 4:10 pm
Location: WEBS 11
Contact: Contact Sheng-Chi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu), if you have questions.
Seminar webpage
Department Colloquium
Speaker: Stephen Young, PNNL
Title: Submodular Random Walks.
Please join us for refreshments followed by a colloquium with Stephen Young from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).
Time: 12:00 p.m.
(NOTE: refreshments at 11:30 a.m.)
Location: CUE 409
Contact: Contact Diane Gilchrist (gilchrist@wsu.edu) if you are off campus and would like to join by Zoom.
Combinatorics, Linear Algebra
and Number Theory Seminar
Speaker: Rachel Perrier
Title: On Sums, Derivatives, and Flips of Riordan Arrays.
Time: 4:10 pm
Location: WEBS 11
Contact: Contact Sheng-Chi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu), if you have questions.
Seminar webpage
Data Literacy:
A K-16 Initiative

Speaker: Nairanjana (Jan) Dasgupta
Title: Data Literacy: A K-16 Initiative.
Professor Dasgupta will be a speaker in the Science in Our Valley series, hosted by the Apple Stem Network, in Wenatchee, WA.
Time: 4:00-5:00 pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Contact Nairanjana (Jan) Dasgupta for more information, the Zoom information, or if you have questions.
Combinatorics, Linear Algebra
and Number Theory Seminar
Speaker: Samir Mondal
Title: On Strongly Infinitely Divisible Matrices.
Time: 4:10 pm
Location: WEBS 11
Contact: Contact Sheng-Chi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu), if you have questions.
Seminar webpage
AMS Tea Party!

All are welcome to the AMS Graduate Student Chapter Tea! Students, faculty, and friends are invited to tea with free snacks and refreshments. Feel free to stop by!
Time: 11:30 - 1:00 pm
Location: Hacker Lounge, Neill 216
Data Camps - Increasing Data Literacy

Professor Nairanjana (Jan) Dasgupta conducted two data camps this spring to increase data literacy amoung young students and their families. One was held in Cashmere, WA and the other in the Tri-Cities. Read more.
Math Ed Seminar
Speaker: Rob Ely
Title: There will be a discussion on a short RUME paper that talks about hypothetical learning trajectories and the teaching experiment methodology.
Time: 4:10 pm
Location: Neill's Coffee and Ice Cream
Contact: Contact Judi McDonald (jmcdonald1@wsu.edu) for more information, or if you have questions.
Seminar webpage
Combinatorics, Linear Algebra
and Number Theory Seminar
Speaker: Ping Xi (Xi'an Jiaotong University)
Title: Bounds for bilinear forms with Kloosterman sums.
Time: 4:10 pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Contact Sheng-Chi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu) for the abstract, Zoom information, or if you have questions.
Seminar webpage
Porous Media Seminar
Spark 212 and Zoom

Speaker: Lynn Schreyer
(WSU)
Title: Where do Navier-Stokes equations and Hooke’s law come from? Introduction to Continuum Mechanics with Thermodynamics.
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: SPARK 212 and Zoom
Contact: Lynn Schreyer at lynn.schreyer@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, abstract, or if you have questions.
CISER-Assessing Small Businesses
and the Impact of COVID
On Friday, October 7, 2022, CISER Assistant Director, Trey DeJong, and Research Assistant, Swarnita Chakraborty, gave a presentation titled "SBDC Needs Assessment" to the Washington Small Business Development Center Conference in Spokane, Washington. The presentation discussed the results of their statistical analysis assessing small business needs and the impact of COVID on small businesses in the State of Washington.
Contact: Trey DeJong at trey.dejong@wsu.edu for more information.
Department Colloquium
Please join the department colloquium! All are welcome!
Speaker: Dr. Daryl DeFord, WSU Mathematics and Statistics Department.
Title: Political Geographies: Graphs, Geometry, and Gerrymandering.
Time: 4:10 pm
Location: SPARK 212
Contact: Diane Gilchrist for video-conference information on branch campuses.
Meet and Greet: Please join the colloquium tea in Neill 216 (Hacker Lounge) from 3:30-4:00 pm, prior to the colloquium.
Abstract: click here
WSU Vancouver
Math Biology Seminar
Speaker: Alex Dimitrov
Title: Neuromorphic computing systems: what do we do, what can we do, and how to do it?
Time: 4:10 pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Contact Nick Strigul (nick.strigul@wsu.edu) for more information, or if you have questions.
Math Ed Seminar
Title: There will be a discussion on The DNR system as a Conceptual Framework for Curriculum Development and Instruction
Time: 4:10 pm
Location: One World Café - Moscow
Contact: Contact Judi McDonald (jmcdonald1@wsu.edu) for more information, or if you have questions.
Seminar webpage
Combinatorics, Linear Algebra
and Number Theory Seminar
Speaker: Paula Kimmerling
Title: Continuous-Time Quantum Walks on Dutch Windmill Graphs.
Time: 4:10 pm
Location: WEBS 11
Contact: Contact Sheng-Chi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu) for the abstract, or if you have questions.
Seminar webpage
Math Ed Seminar
Speaker: Rob Ely
Title: Rob will lead a discusssion on The Transition to Formal Thinking in Mathematics
Time: 4:10 pm
Location: Neill's Coffee House-Pullman
Contact: Contact Judi McDonald (jmcdonald1@wsu.edu) for more information, or if you have questions.
Seminar webpage
Porous Media Seminar

Speaker: Ryan Whitehead
Title: Modeling Pressure in Montmorillonite-Bearing Clayey Soils
Time: 4:10 pm
Location: SPARK 212 (and Zoom)
Contact: Lynn Schreyer (lynn.schreyer@wsu.edu) for abstract, questions, or Zoom information.
Combinatorics, Linear Algebra
and Number Theory Seminar
Speaker: Michael Tsatsomeros
Title: Continuous-Time Markov Chains.
Time: 4:10 pm
Location: WEBS 11
Contact: Contact Sheng-Chi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu) for the abstract, or if you have questions.
Seminar webpage
AMS Stat News
An Interview with Jan Dasgupta

Read the AMS Stat News, September 2022, issue that features an interview with Professor Nairanjana (Jan) Dasgupta, Boeing Distinguished Professor and fellow of the American Statistical Society, titled "A Date with Data: Stepping Toward Data Literacy."
Math Ed Seminar
Speaker: Judi McDonald
Title: Proofs in Linear Algebra
Time: 4:10 pm
Location: Zoe Coffee & Kitchen-Pullman
Contact: Contact Judi McDonald (jmcdonald1@wsu.edu) for more information, or if you have questions.
Seminar webpage
Combinatorics, Linear Algebra
and Number Theory Seminar
Speaker: Benjamin Clark
Title: Polynomials that preserve nonnegative matrices.
Time: 4:10 pm
Location: WEBS 11
Contact: Contact Sheng-Chi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu) for the abstract, or if you have questions.
Seminar webpage
Math Ed Seminar
Speaker: Blake Nelson
Title: Accessibility
Time: 4:10 pm
Location: Ricos in Pullman
Contact: Contact Judi McDonald (jmcdonald1@wsu.edu) for more information, or if you have questions.
Seminar webpage
Combinatorics, Linear Algebra
and Number Theory Seminar
Speaker: Sheng-Chi Liu
Title: Equidistribution of integral points on ellipsoids.
Time: 4:10 pm
Location: WEBS 11
Contact: Contact Sheng-Chi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu) for the abstract, or if you have questions.
Seminar webpage
WSU: Data Day
Join Jan Dasgupta, Xiongzhi Chen, Daryl DeFord, Yuan Wang, Swarnita Chakraborty, Rhonda Crate, and others, to celebrate collaboration around DATA.
Time: 9:30am - 5:00pm
Location: Elson Floyd Cultural Center
Contact: Jan Dasgupta (dasgupta@wsu.edu) for more information.
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Porous Media Seminar

Speaker: Ryan Whitehead
Title: Deformation and Pressure and Terzaghi’s Stress Principle in Porous Media
Time: 4:10 pm
Location: SPARK 212 (and Zoom)
Contact: Lynn Schreyer (lynn.schreyer@wsu.edu) for abstract, questions, or Zoom information.
AMS TEA!

All are welcome to the first AMS Tea of the fall semester! Feel free to drop by and grab some snacks and drinks. Chat with graduate students and have a great time!
Time: 12:30 - 2:00 pm
Location: Hacker Lounge
Xueying Wang receives grant
Associate Professor Xueying (Snow) Wang has been awarded a $42,000 Simons Foundation grant. A payment of $8,400 will be disbursed annually from 9/1/22 - 8/31/27 for scientific travel, graduate and Ph.D. students, and will provide support for department colloquia and seminars, as well as other departmental activities.
Department Colloquium
Please join the department colloquium! All are welcome!
Speaker: Dr. Gayrat Urazboev, Urgench State University, Uzbekistan, and Dr. Abdykarim Baimankulov, A. Baitursynov Kostanay Regional Univeristy, Kostanay, Kazakhstan.
Title: Integration of nonlinear evolution equations with self-consistent source via inverse scattering method
Time: 4:10 pm
Location: SPARK 212
Contact: Emily Lewis or Diane Gilchrist for video-conference information on branch campuses.
Meet and Greet: Please join the colloquium tea in Neill 216 (Hacker Lounge) from 3:30-4:00 pm, prior to the colloquium.
Math Club - first meeting
The Math Club will hold its first meeting on 9/7 in Neill Hall 5W. Any students interested in joining, are encouraged to attend. There will be pizza, puzzles, games, and fun! The club will meet every other Wednesday.
Faculty contact: Daryl DeFord at daryl.deford@wsu.edu
Mathematical Biology Seminar
Title: Towards realistic cyberforest: connecting individual-based forest models with remote sensing data.
Speaker: Nick Strigul, WSUV
Time: 4:10 pm (Zoom)
Location: Hacker Lounge
Contact: Nick Strigul (nick.strigul@wsu.edu) for Zoom information, the abstract, and if you have questions.
Combinatorics, Linear Algebra
and Number Theory Seminar
Title: Enumeration Problems on Matched Product Graphs.
Speaker: Daryl DeFord
Time: 4:10 pm
Location: WEBS 11
Contact: Contact Sheng-Chi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu)for the abstract, or if you have questions.
Seminar webpage
Combinatorics, Linear Algebra
and Number Theory Seminar
Title: Organizational meeting
Speaker: Sheng-Chi Liu
Time: 4:10 pm
Location: WEBS 11
Contact: Contact Sheng-Chi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu) if you have questions.

Associate Professor Tom Asaki and former graduate student Heather Moon, with Marie A. Snipes, have published a new book titled Application-Inspired Linear Algebra published by Springer.
Annie Lu receives Fulbright Award

National Merit Scholar and graduating senior in applied mathematics, Annie Lu has received a distinguished Fulbright award to study and conduct research in Hungary, at Budapest's Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics, the research institute in mathematics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences with faculty mentor Istvan Mikos.
Read more in this WSU Insider article.
Read about Annie's other accomplishments.
Nairanjana (Jan) Dasgupta has received the
WSU 2022 Woman of the Year Award

Professor and Director of Data Analytics, Nairanjana Dasgupta has received the WSU 2022 Woman of the Year Award.
Read about the award here.
Dean Johnson has received the 2022
Outstanding Service Award for the
American
Statistical Association (ASA)

Scholarly Associate Professor Dean Johnson has received the 2022 Outstanding Service Award for the American Statistical Association (ASA) In their decision, the committee noted "Dr. Dean Johnson is the 2022 recipient of the Outstanding Service Award. He has provided many years of excellent formal service to the Section, serving on the Executive Committee, contributing to the Section’s JSM program, co-leading an initiative to develop a journal for collaborative statisticians, and encouraging collaborative statisticians to participate and join the Section.”
Faculty nominated for Global
Excellence in Online Teaching Award


Professor Judi McDonald and Teaching Associate Professor Eric Remaley have both been nominated to receive a 2022 Global Excellence in Online Teaching Award. Read what students are saying about them.
Bala Krishnamoorthy Receives Award
Professor Bala Krishnamoorthy has been awarded the Yang Liu Excellence in Teaching Award by International Programs.
SIAM PNW - WSU Vancouver
Registration is now open for the 3rd Biennial SIAM Pacific Northwest (PNW) Section meeting at WSU Vancouver, May 20-22. See conference website. Meetings will be face-to-face and virtual.
DEADLINES
April 6: Proposals due
April 18: Submit talks & posters
April 18: Student travel support requests
May 13: Registration closes
Questions: lynn.schreyer@wsu.edu, or kbala@wsu.edu
End-of-Year Ice Cream Social

The department held an end of the year Ice Cream Social on the afternoon of May 6th to celebrate the finish of the semester and the academic year. You may see photos from the event here. Congratulations to all graduating students!
AMS Finals Week BBQ!
The AMS Club is hosting a barbecue for the department today from 3-6pm in the gazebo at Reaney Park! Lots of food and lawn games!
Statistics Seminar
Speaker: Edgar Dobriban(University of Pennsylvania)
Title: T-Cal: An optimal test for the calibration of predictive models
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: CUE 114 and Zoom
Contact: Xiongzhi Chen (xiongzhi.chen@wsu.edu) for the abstract, Zoom meeting ID, or if you have questions.
Mathematical Biology Seminar

Speaker: Pilar Fernandez - CANCELLED
(WSU)
Title: Exploring the socio-ecological interactions of tick-borne diseases using agent-based models.
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Elissa Schwartz (ejs@wsu.edu) for the Zoom meeting ID, or if you have questions.
Seminar Website: see abstract
Math Ed Seminar
Please join the joint WSU/UI Math Education Seminar today. Annelise Nielsen will present aspects of her on-going Ph.D. dissertation research project and ask for feedback. See the Seminar website below for more information.
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Will Hall at w.hall@wsu.edu for information, the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions.
Seminar website - for more information.
Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
Speaker: Liyang Yang(Princeton University)
Title: Non-vanishing of twists of GL(4) L-functions
Location: Zoom
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Contact: Shengchi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu) for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions.
Seminar Website
Porous Media Seminar
Spark 212 and Zoom

Speaker: Tom Asaki
(WSU)
Title: Nondestructive Density Reconstructions of 3D Porous Media.
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: SPARK 212 and Zoom
Contact: Lynn Schreyer at lynn.schreyer@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, abstract, or if you have questions.
Eric Remaley Receives 2022
WSU President's Award for Leadership

Eric Remaley ('02 PhD Math.) is one of four WSU faculty members to receive a 2022 President's Award for Leadership. Eric has taught in the department for twenty years. Read this WSU Insider article about the award. Read more about Eric here.
Statistics Seminar
Speaker: Yen-Chi Chen(University of Washington)
Title: When Geometry and Statistics meet Cosmology: the challenge of detecting cosmic webs.
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: CUE 114 and Zoom
Contact: Xiongzhi Chen (xiongzhi.chen@wsu.edu) for the abstract, Zoom meeting ID, or if you have questions.
Algorithmic Bias and Modern Inequalities
Join Will Hall and Daryl DeFord as part of this year's Common Reading series. They will use case studies from recent events to explore the issue of algorithmic bias and data security from a mathematical perspective, and how these apparently neutral computational methods can create and deepen inequality in our society. Click here for more information and Zoom link.
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Where: CUE 202
Math Ed Seminar
Please join the joint WSU/UI Math Education Seminar today. See the Seminar website below for more information.
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Will Hall at w.hall@wsu.edu for information, the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions.
Seminar website - for more information.
Mathematical Biology Seminar

Speaker: Chris Kang
(WSU)
Title: Emergent criticality in coupled Boolean networks.
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Elissa Schwartz (ejs@wsu.edu) for the Zoom meeting ID, or if you have questions.
Seminar Website: see abstract
Association for Women in Mathematics
There are 4 officer positions open for the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) Club for the 2022-2023 academic year. If you are interested in serving as president, vice president, secretary or treasurer, or would like to nominate someone, please send information to Allison Fisher at allison.fisher@wsu.edu by 5:00 p.m., on Wednesday, April 20th.
Contact: Allison Fisher at allison.fisher@wu.edu
Deadline: 5pm on April 20, 2022
Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
Speaker: Paula Kimmerling(WSU)
Title: Fun Topics in Algebraic Graph Theory
Location: Zoom
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Contact: Shengchi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu) for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions.
Seminar Website
Porous Media Seminar
Spark 212 and Zoom

Speaker: Lynn Schreyer
(WSU)
Title: The Changing Focus of Mathematical Research – a Birds-Eye View.
From 1850-present.
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: SPARK 212 and Zoom
Contact: Lynn Schreyer at lynn.schreyer@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, abstract, or if you have questions.
AMS Tea Party - Last One!

The AMS Graduate Student Chapter is hosting its last afternoon tea of the semester for the department. All are warmly welcomed to join for tea and snacks!
Time: 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Location: Neill Hacker Lounge
Statistics Seminar
Speaker: Wiriyaporn Laaied(WSU)
Title: Gomory’s Cutting Plane Algorithm for Solving Integer Programming Problems
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: CUE 114 and Zoom
Contact: Xiongzhi Chen (xiongzhi.chen@wsu.edu) for the abstract, Zoom meeting ID, or if you have questions.
Math Ed Seminar
Please join the joint WSU/UI Math Education Seminar today. The discussion will be led by Blake Nelson and Collin Parker.
Topic: Exploring underprepared undergraduate students' mathematical problem posing.
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Will Hall at w.hall@wsu.edu for information, the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions.
Seminar website - for more information.
Mathematical Biology Seminar

Speaker: Louis J. Gross
(University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
Title: A Rational Basis for Hope: Human Behavior Modeling and Climate Change
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Elissa Schwartz (ejs@wsu.edu) for the Zoom meeting ID, or if you have questions.
Seminar Website: see abstract
Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
Speaker: Derek Garton(Portland State University)
Title: Periodic points of polynomials over finite fields
Location: Zoom
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Contact: Shengchi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu) for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions.
Seminar Website
2022 Scholarship and Awards
Ceremony Photos

The Scholarship and Awards Ceremony was held on April 1,2022. See photos of happy students, family, and friends.
Sergey Lapin - STEM Collaboration
WSU Daily Evergreen Article

Sergey Lapin's work to strengthen the STEM curriculum of some Central Asian universities was featured in a recent WSU Daily Evergreen article, dated March 24, 2022. Read about Sergey's work.
2022 Pacific Inland Mathematics
Undergraduate Conference - April 9

Proposals due: March 25, 2022
All undergraduate students in and around the Pacific Inland region are invited to present their research at the 2022 Pacific Inland Mathematics Undergraduate Conference (PiMUC) on April 9th. Proposals from a wide spectrum of mathematical topics are welcome and as well as projects from programs/majors that utilize mathematics in deep and interesting ways.
See the attached flyer and the PiMUC website for more information and to register: sites.google.com/view/pimuc/home
Conference Contact: pimuc18@gmail.com
Milliman Consulting Visit - Opportunity!
Learn about a career in actuarial science and network with WSU alumni who work with Milliman Consulting in Seattle, as they share information about their careers, and actuarial science. Don't miss this opportunity to learn and network!
When: Friday, 4/8, from 4-5pm, SPARK 223
Contact: mark.lesperance@wsu.edu for Zoom information if you're unable to join in person.
Statistics Seminar
Speaker: Abhishek Kaul(WSU)
Title: Segmentation of high dimensional means over multi-dimensional change points and connections to regression trees
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: CUE 114 and Zoom
Contact: Xiongzhi Chen (xiongzhi.chen@wsu.edu) for the abstract, Zoom meeting ID, or if you have questions.
R for Beginners

R for Beginners is a workshop for students interested in learning R and will be held on April 5th and April 7th. Workshops are sponsored by the American Statistical Association (ASA) graduate student chapter. Everyone is welcome to attend to learn R!
Date & Time: 4/5 & 4/7 (11am-12:30pm)
Location: CUE 114 and Zoom
Registration & Info: register here
Registration Deadline: 4/3 at midnight
Contact: mdmahedi.hasan@wsu.edu or priyanka.rao@wsu.edu
Math Ed Seminar
Please join the joint WSU/UI Math Education Seminar today. The topic will be discussing a lesson for novice calculus instructors in learning to engage students in thinking about definite integrals and integration more broadly, led by Will Hall.
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Will Hall at w.hall@wsu.edu for information, the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions.
Seminar website - for more information.
Mathematical Biology Seminar

Speaker: Hayriye Gulbudak
(York University)
Title: Heterogeneous viral strategies promote coexistence in virus-microbe systems
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Elissa Schwartz (ejs@wsu.edu) for the Zoom meeting ID, or if you have questions.
Seminar Website: see abstract
Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
Speaker: Shabnam Akhtari(University of Oregon)
Title: Orders in cubic and quartic number fields and classical diophantine equations
Location: Zoom
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Contact: Shengchi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu) for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions.
Seminar Website
Scholarship and Awards
Annual Ceremony
All are warmly welcome! Refreshments will be served.
Time: 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Location: Todd 216
Contact: Contact the main office if you have questions.
Porous Media Seminar
Spark 212 and Zoom

Speaker: Sandra Un Jan Contreras
(WSU)
Title: The Environmental Fate and Effects of Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Small Interference RNAs From Genetically Modified Crops.
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: SPARK 212 and Zoom
Contact: Lynn Schreyer at lynn.schreyer@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, abstract, or if you have questions.
Statistics Seminar
Speaker: Gal Mishne(UCSD)
Title:
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: CUE 114 and Zoom
Contact: Xiongzhi Chen (xiongzhi.chen@wsu.edu) for the abstract, Zoom meeting ID, or if you have questions.
Priyanka Rao wins GPSA Research
Exposition-Physical and Social
Sciences Category

Graduate student Priyanka Rao has taken first place in the physical and social sciences category of the GPA Research Exposition 2022. Read about her research along with Matt Gaddis' research.
Math Club
Speaker: Daniel Reiss(MLC Director)
Title: An Intro to Binary Quadratic Forms
This will introduce the theory of binary quadratic forms and interesting problems related to them. If you have an interest in linear algebra and/or number theory you won't want to miss this!
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: Neill Hall 216 (Hacker Lounge)
Contact: Daniel Reiss (daniel.reiss@wsu.edu) if you have questions.
Mathematical Biology Seminar

Speaker: Jane Heffernan
(York University)
Title: Modeling Immunity: Application to COVID-19
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Elissa Schwartz (ejs@wsu.edu) for the Zoom meeting ID, or if you have questions.
Seminar Website: see abstract
Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
Speaker: Jessica Dickson(WSU)
Title: The Overlays of Riordan Arrays
Location: Zoom
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Contact: Shengchi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu) for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions.
Seminar Website
Math Ed Seminar
Please join the joint WSU/UI Math Education Seminar today.
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Rob Ely (ely@uidaho.edu) for information, the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions.
Seminar website - for more information.
Mathematical Biology Seminar

Speaker: David Gerberry
(Xavier University)
Title: Perspectives on modeling interventions for infectious disease
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Elissa Schwartz (ejs@wsu.edu) for the Zoom meeting ID, or if you have questions.
Seminar Website: see abstract
Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
Speaker: Rachel Perrier(WSU)
Title: Third Degree Analogs to Continued Fractions
Location: Zoom
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Contact: Shengchi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu) for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions.
Seminar Website
Faculty Receive 2022 CAS Awards

Krishna Jandhyala
has received the College of Arts and Sciences 2022 Outstanding Achievement in International Activities Award
Nikos Voulgarakis
has received the College of Arts and Sciences 2022 Interdisciplinary Catalyst Award
HAPPY PI DAY!
YouTube - Charles Moore explores the
mysterious and troublesome concept of Pi

"Any way you slice it, Pi is indeed a very interesting number." In this YouTube video Department Chair Charles Moore explores the troublesome and mysterious concept of Pi.
Mathematics Ph.D. candidate Jessica Dickson
has won the College of Arts and Sciences Three Minute
Thesis Competition!


Mathematics Ph.D. candidate Jessica Dickson has won the college's 3 Minute Thesis Competition! She will receive a $1,000 award and will advance to the WSU 3MT Competition on March 24th. Jessica is from Tenino, Washington, near Olympia, and she loves the Pacific Northwest. She also loves teaching and would like to teach at a university or pursue a position in industry when finished with her doctoral degree.
Presentation Title: The Overlays of Riordan Arrays
Advisor: Matt Hudelson
You will find Jessica's abstract on the CAS Three Minute Thesis page.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court relies on
Daryl DeFord's Research for Redistricting

Daryl DeFord provided expert testimony for the redistricting of Pennsylvania State. Read about the Pennyslvania case.
Debbie Brudie Retires from WSU
Retirement Photos

Debbie Brudie's retirement party was held on February 25th. The photos from her retirement party have been posted to the website and may be found here.
Statistics Seminar
Speaker: Alice Zhou(Amazon)
Title:
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: CUE 114 and Zoom
Contact: Xiongzhi Chen (xiongzhi.chen@wsu.edu) for the abstract, Zoom meeting ID, or if you have questions.
Math Ed Seminar
Please join the joint WSU/UI Math Education Seminar that will be led by Judi McDonald and guest Sepideh Stewart from the University of Oklahoma.
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Rob Ely (ely@uidaho.edu) for information, the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions.
Seminar website - for more information.
Mathematical Biology Seminar

Speaker: Carmen Molina-Paris
(Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Title: A stochastic story of the naive T cell population: size, diversity and cross-reactivity
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Elissa Schwartz (ejs@wsu.edu) for the Zoom meeting ID, or if you have questions.
Seminar Website: see abstract
Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
Speaker: Jennifer Johnson-Leung(University of Idaho)
Title: Klingen Vectors and Siegel Paramodular Forms
Location: Zoom
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Contact: Shengchi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu) for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions.
Seminar Website
Department Colloquium
Speaker: Bogdan Suceavă
The AMS Student Chapter will host a colloquium with Professor Bogan Suceavă
from California State University, by Zoom. All are welcome! If you would like company, some of the AMS officers will be in CUE 114 watching the talk together and you are welcome to join them. Please contact one of the AMS officers for the Zoom information.
Title:Energy-efficient flocking in active particle systems
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: Zoom
Abstract
Statistics Seminar
Speaker: Sanat K. Sarkar(Temple University)
Title:
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: CUE 114 and Zoom
Contact: Xiongzhi Chen (xiongzhi.chen@wsu.edu) for the abstract, Zoom meeting ID, or if you have questions.
Math Ed Seminar
Please join the joint WSU/UI Math Education Seminar.
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Rob Ely (ely@uidaho.edu) for information, the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions.
Seminar website - for more information.
Mathematical Biology Seminar

Speaker: Ilya Shmulevich
(Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle)
Title: Cancer Patient Digital Twin (CPDT)
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Elissa Schwartz (ejs@wsu.edu) for the Zoom meeting ID, or if you have questions.
Seminar Website: see abstract
Math Club
Speaker: Daryl DeFord(WSU)
Title: Mathematical Problem-Solving Session
Daryl DeFord will be running a problem-solving session. We will explore problem solving strategies by working with example problems from a wide variety of sources. Bring a pen/pencil and be ready to experiment!
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: Neill Hall 216 (Hacker Lounge)
Contact: Daniel Reiss (daniel.reiss@wsu.edu) if you have questions.
Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
Speaker: Sahar Nesaei & Sepideh Nesaei(WSU)
Location: Zoom
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Contact: Shengchi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu) for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions.
Seminar Website
Debbie Brudie Retirement

Debbie Brudie is retiring after 38 years of service to WSU. Please join us for a retirement reception to thank and honor Debbie. Refreshments will be served.
Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Location: Neill Hall 5W
Photos
AMS Tea Party

The AMS Graduate Student Chapter is hosting an afternoon tea for the department. All are welcome to join for tea and snacks.
Time: 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Location: Neill Hacker Lounge
Department Seminar
Speaker: Alex Panchenko
Title:Energy-efficient flocking in active particle systems
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: Neill 5W
Abstract
Statistics Seminar
Speaker: Lin Chen(University of Chicago)
Title:Cross-integration of multi-omics association statistics from multiple contexts for elucidating the genetic mechanisms
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: CUE 114 and Zoom
Contact: Xiongzhi Chen (xiongzhi.chen@wsu.edu) for the abstract, Zoom meeting ID, or if you have questions.
Mathematical Biology Seminar

Speaker: Alan Hastings
(UC Davis)
Title: Transient dynamics: the key to ecological understanding
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Elissa Schwartz (ejs@wsu.edu) for the Zoom meeting ID, or if you have questions.
Seminar Website: see abstract
Mathematical Biology Seminar

Speaker: Hana Dobrovolny
(Texas Christian University)
Title: Insights into viral coinfections from mathematical models
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Elissa Schwartz (ejs@wsu.edu) for the Zoom meeting ID, or if you have questions.
Seminar Website: see abstract
Math Ed Seminar
Please join the joint WSU/UI Math Education Seminar.
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Rob Ely (ely@uidaho.edu) for information, the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions.
Seminar website - for more information.
Math Ed Seminar
Please join the joint WSU/UI Math Education Seminar.
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Will Hall (whall@wsu.edu) for the reading material, Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions.
Seminar website - for more information.
Mathematical Biology Seminar

Speaker: Matt Gaddis
(Ph.D. candidate, WSU)
Title: Modeling the Spread of COVID-19 in Enclosed Spaces
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Elissa Schwartz (ejs@wsu.edu) for the Zoom meeting ID, or if you have questions.
Seminar Website: see abstract
Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
Speaker: Brian Becsi(Ph.D. candidate, WSU)
Title: Rootfinding Algorithms with Matrix Valued Orthogonal Polynomials
Location: Zoom
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Contact: Shengchi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu) for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions.
Seminar Website
Math Ed Seminar
Please join the joint WSU/UI Math Education Seminar.
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Robert Ely (ely@uidaho.edu) for the reading material, Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions.
Seminar website
Math Club
Speaker: Daniel Reiss(WSU)
Title: There will be a brief introduction to modular forms. They are analytic functions on the complex upper half-plane which satisfy a special transformational formula with respect to a certain collection of matrices. In this talk, I will introduce modular forms and discuss some classical results concerning their number theoretic properties. All are welcome!
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: SPARK 227
Contact: Daniel Reiss (daniel.reiss@wsu.edu) if you have questions.
Statistics Seminar
Speaker: Yuan Wang(WSU)
Title: Spatial Counting Model for Rio de Janeiro Gun Violence
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: CUE 114 and Zoom
Contact: Xiongzhi Chen (xiongzhi.chen@wsu.edu) for the abstract, Zoom meeting ID, or if you have questions.
Mathematical Biology Seminar

Speaker: Holly Gaff
(Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA)
Title: Assessing integrated tick management plans with LYMESIM 2.0
Seminar Website: See abstract
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Elissa Schwartz (ejs@wsu.edu) for the Zoom meeting ID, or if you have questions.
SIAM Pacific Northwest Meeting
The Third Biennial SIAM Pacific Northwest Meeting will be held April 8-10 on the WSU Vancouver campus. Lynn Schreyer will co-chair the organizing committee with Grady Wright of Boise State University. Bala Krishnamoorthy will chair the local organizing committee. Registration will open roughly from February 1 to April 1, 2022, and abstracts will be accepted until March 8. More information will be posted in the future.
Length of Service Award

Susan Harrington reached her 5 year milestone with WSU on January 5, 2022. Congratulations!
David C. Barnes
(1938 - 2021)

With great sadness we announce the passing of Emeritus Professor David C. Barnes. He passed away on December 21, 2021 in Pullman, WA. A department obituary may be found here.
Sergey Lapin collaborates with
Urgench State University, Uzbekistan

Professor Sergey Lapin is working with Urgench State Univeristy in Uzbekistan to enhance STEM research and provide help with its STEM curriculum. He has met with faculty and administrators to discusss teaching math and statistics, and has introduced STEM disciplines offered at WSU. Read more.
Graduate Student's Team
Takes Second Place in Hackathon

Swarnita Chakraborty participated in the Johnson & Johnson HealthTek Hackathon, and her team took second place. The team utilized artificial intelligence, machine learning, and time series forecasting. Read more.
Statistics Seminar
Speaker: Yang Ning(Cornell University)
Title: Optimal and Safe Estimation for High-Dimensional Semi-Supervised Learning
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: CUE 114 and Zoom
Contact: Xiongzhi Chen (xiongzhi.chen@wsu.edu) for the abstract, Zoom meeting ID, or if you have questions.
Department - 3-Minute Thesis Winner


On November 15, 2021, the American Statistical Association (ASA) chapter at WSU hosted the Department of Mathematics & Statistics 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. 3MT is a university-based competition for graduate students to present their research to a lay audience with the help of only a single static slide in three minutes. Several graduate students competed in this departmental competition to challenge themselves to present an elevator pitch of their research. The panel of departmental judges assigned first place to Rachel Perrier and second place to Jessica Dickson with Blake Nelson and Ryan Whitehead each tying for third place. On March 11, 2022, Rachel will present on “Third-degree Analogs to Continued Fractions” and Jessica will present on “The Overlays of Riordan Arrays” at the College of Arts and Sciences level 3MT over Zoom.
Mathematical Biology Seminar

Speaker: Ruy Ribeiro
(Los Alamos National Lab, New Mexico)
Staff Scientist Dr. Ruy M. Ribeiro's main research interests are the pathogenesis of infection and the development of quantitative modeling tools to gain insight into viral and immune system dynamics, and multiple scales from within the cell to the spread in populations. He works closely with experimental scientists to develop statistical and dynamic models to analyse experimental data. He has over 120 peer-reviewed papers in the area of modeling infectious diseases.
Title: Modeling the dynamics of HIV-1 during therapy
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Elissa Schwartz (ejs@wsu.edu) for the abstract, the Zoom meeting ID, or if you have a question.
Adebowale (Adebo) Sijuwade
(Ph.D. '21, Mathematics and M.S. '21, Statistics)
Adebo Sijuwade has completed a doctoral degree in mathematics and a master's degree in statistics. He has accepted a position as temporary assistant professor of statistics in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics at Montclair State University starting January 18, 2022. He will teach three statistics courses during spring 2022 semester. His dissertation title is "Fractional Integral Operators" which serves as an extension of classical harmonic analysis and Calderon-Zygmund theory. He was advised by Professor and Department Chairman Charles Moore for his Ph.D., and Professor Nairanjana (Jan) Dasgupta for his master's degree.
Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar - Zoom
This will be an organizational meeting. The seminar will meet every Monday at 4:10pm and is an opportunity for faculty and students to present research or other information. Students are especially encouraged to give talks as this is important for future career development. Please contact Shengchi Liu if you would like to give a talk on a specific date or you would like more information.
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Contact: Shengchi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu) for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions.
Statistics Seminar

Speaker: Xiongzhi Chen
(WSU)
Title: Frechet Means on 2-Sphere
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: CUE 114
Contact: Xiongzhi Chen (xiongzhi.chen@wsu.edu) for the abstract, or if you have questions.
Joint Math Bio and Math Ed Seminar

Speaker: John R. Jungck
(University of Delaware)
Please join a Math Biology and Math Education joint seminar via Zoom with Professor and Associate Director of the Institute for Transforming University Education, John R. Jungck.
Title: A BioGraphy of Life: Modeling Biology with Dots and Lines
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Location: Zoom
Contact: Elissa Schwartz (ejs@wsu.edu) for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions.
Mathematical Biology Seminar
This will be a brief introductory meeting. The seminar will meet via Zoom every Tuesday from 4:10-5:00pm. We look forward to seeing you.
Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm
Contact: Elissa Schwartz (ejs@wsu.edu) for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions.
Students - get paid to be a Peer Mentor!
Students can earn $1,500 over spring semester by being a peer mentor! Prep for and lead weekly small group tutorials, support your peers in mathematics, and build a community of learning assistants. For more information click here.
Dec 15 | Department Holiday Potluck and Party![]()
Department Holiday Potluck and Party |
Dec 11 | Fall Commencement - 2021![]()
Fall Commencement - 2021 |
Dec 10 | It's a Holiday Party!![]()
AMS, ASA and AWM invite you to
a Holiday Party at Dr. Moore's home. Please join for an end-of-semester holiday party, with activities, games and socialization. Bring some food to share, dress for the ugly sweater contest, and practice your memorization and recitation of the digits of pi! If you have questions, please contact the AMS, ASA or AWM officers.
All are welcome!
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Dec 8 | Discuss, Discourse, Disseminate with
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Dec 8 | Statistics Seminar - Zoom
Speaker: Yanan Tang |
Dec 8 | Analysis Seminar - Zoom
Speaker: Daryl DeFord |
Dec 7 | AWM End-of-Semester Study Party!![]()
Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
Join the AWM for coffee and pastries on Tuesday morning! It's the end of the semester! All are welcome!
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Dec 7 | Math Biology Seminar - Zoom![]() Speaker: Priscilla E. (Cindy) Greenwood (University of British Columbia) Title: Building stochastic dynamical neural circuits for cortical control. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Xueying (Snow) Wang at xueying.wang@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Dec 7 | Math Education Seminar - ZoomParadise Creek Brewery An end-of-semester wrap-up will start at 4:30pm at Paradise Creek Brewery in downtown Pullman to sit and chat about ideas for the seminar next semester and reflect on this past semester. All are welcome! Time: 4:30pm Contact: Will Hall at w.hall@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Dec 3 | Porous Media Seminar
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Dec 2 | AMS Colloquium
(University of Idaho) |
Dec 1 | Statistics Seminar - Zoom
Speaker: Fabiana Ferracina |
Dec 1 | Analysis Seminar - Zoom
Speaker: Daryl DeFord |
Nov 30 | Math Education Seminar - Zoom
Discussion Leader: Saul Ramos
Saul Ramos will lead a discussion on the paper, "Tell me about": a logbook of teachers' changes from face-to-face to distance mathematics education - Educational Studies in Mathematics. |
Nov 30 | Math Biology Seminar - Zoom![]() Speaker: Patrick De Leenheer (Oregon State University) Title: The mathematics behind the basic reproduction number R0. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Xueying (Snow) Wang at xueying.wang@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Nov 29 | Alumni Panel Discussion
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Nov 29 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar - Zoom
Speaker: Liubomir Chiriac |
Nov 17 | Statistics Seminar - Zoom
Speaker: Justice Nii-Ayitey |
Nov 17 | Math Club Meeting
Join Math Club! Daniel Reiss will be leading an activity on the fold and cut theorem.
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. |
Nov 16 | Math Biology Seminar - Zoom![]() Speaker: Mark Lewis (University of Alberta) Title: Mathematical models for the neutral genetics of changing populations. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Xueying (Snow) Wang at xueying.wang@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Nov 16 | Math Education Seminar - Zoom
Discussion Leader: Adefisayo Ojo
Adefisayo Ojo will lead a discussion on the paper, "Flipped Calculus: A Study of Student Performance and Perceptions." |
Nov 16 | David Wollkind publishes book![]() Emeritus Professor David Wollkind is the author of a new book Pulling Rabbits Out of Hats with Gonzaga University Associate Professor and WSU alumna, Bonni Dichone. Read a preview of the book by publisher Taylor & Francis CRC Press. |
Nov 15 | Daryl DeFord to give the WSU
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Nov 15 | 3MT Thesis Contest-2021
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Nov 10 | Statistics Seminar - Zoom
Speaker: Dipesh Baral |
Nov 10 | Analysis SeminarSpeaker: Tariq Alsmadi Title: The generalization of Fatou's theorem and its converse. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Location: Spark 233 or Zoom Contact: Jakob Streipel at jakob.streipel@wsu.edu if you have questions, or would like the Zoom meeting ID. |
Nov 9 | Math Education Seminar - Zoom
Discussion Leader: Serena Peterson
Serena Peterson will discuss her project, "Interplay of Motivation and Metacognition in Undergraduate Mathematics." |
Nov 9 | Math Biology Seminar - Zoom![]() Speaker: Mason Porter (UCLA) Title: Topological Data Analysis of Spatial Complex Systems. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Xueying (Snow) Wang at xueying.wang@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Nov 8 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar - Zoom![]()
Speaker: Rachel Perrier |
Nov 5 | Porous Media Seminar
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Nov 4 | Data and Voting Speaker for
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Nov 4 | AWM Colloquium with
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Nov 3 | Analysis SeminarSpeaker: Matthew Gaddis Title: An interesting intuitive proof of Buffon's needle problem. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Location: Spark 233 or Zoom Contact: Jakob Streipel at jakob.streipel@wsu.edu if you have questions, or would like the Zoom meeting ID. |
Nov 3 | Statistics Seminar - Zoom
Speaker: Lynna Chu |
Nov 3 | Math Club Meeting
Why not join the Math Club today to learn more about two forms of game theory from Daryl DeFord?
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. |
Nov 2 | Math Biology Seminar - Zoom![]() Speaker: Naveen Vaidya (San Diego State University) Title: Data-driven Modeling of COVID-19 from Within-Host Infection to Between-Host Transmission. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Xueying (Snow) Wang at xueying.wang@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Nov 2 | Math Education Seminar - Zoom
Discussion Leader: Rob Ely
Two Challenge Tasks from the Palouse Science Discovery Center will be discussed, along with a video of Annelise Nielsen solving them. For more information on the tasks contact Rob Ely at ely@uidaho.edu. |
Nov 1 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar - ZoomSpeaker: Adrian Barquero-Sanchez (Universidad of Costa Rica) Title: Theta series and totally real number fields. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Shengchi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu) for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Oct 29 | Porous Media Seminar
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Oct 28 | Department Colloquium
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Oct 27 | Statistics Seminar - Zoom
Speaker: Akansha S. Kashikar |
Oct 26 | Math Education Seminar - ZoomDiscussion Leader: Will Hall Article: Hodges & Hodge (2017) Unpacking personal identities for teaching mathematics within the context of prospective teacher education Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Will Hall at w.hall@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Oct 26 | Math Biology Seminar - Zoom![]() Speaker: Cengiz Pehlevan (Harvard University) Title: The inductive bias of neural networks. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Xueying (Snow) Wang at xueying.wang@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Oct 25 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar - Zoom![]() Speaker: Jessica Dickson (WSU) Title: The Transformation of Sequences via Riordan Arrays. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Shengchi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu) for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Oct 22 | Register for the Putnam Competition!
It's time to sign up for the annual Putnam Competition! |
Oct 22 | Porous Media Seminar
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Oct 22 | Dean Johnson to co-edit a
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Oct 20 | Math Club
Join Math Club to talk about some spooky mathematical/statistical paradoxes, right before Halloween. Don't be scared! |
Oct 20 | Analysis SeminarSpeaker: Jakob Streipel Title: But why can't we find nice antiderivatives of some functions? Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Location: Spark 233 or Zoom Contact: Jakob Streipel at jakob.streipel@wsu.edu if you have questions, or would like the Zoom meeting ID. |
Oct 20 | Statistics Seminar - Zoom![]()
Speaker: Shinjini Nandi |
Oct 19 | Math Biology Seminar - Zoom![]() Speaker: Yixiang Wu (Middle Tenessee State University) Title: Global dynamics of a Lotka-Volterra competition patch model. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Xueying (Snow) Wang at xueying.wang@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Oct 18 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar - ZoomSpeaker: Jakob Streipel (WSU) Title: Low-lying zeros of L-functions. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Shengchi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu) for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Oct 13 | Analysis Seminar![]() Speaker: Ryan Whitehead Title: A different perspective on moving averages. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Location: Spark 233 or Zoom Contact: Jakob Streipel at jakob.streipel@wsu.edu if you have questions, or would like the Zoom meeting ID. |
Oct 13 | Statistics Seminar - Zoom![]()
Speaker: Kimihiro Noguchi |
Oct 12 | Math Education Seminar - ZoomDiscussion Leader: Indunil Hewayalage Article: Indunil Hewayalage will lead a discussion on the paper "The Importance of Symbolic Literacy in Mastering the Language of Mathematics." Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Will Hall at w.hall@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Oct 12 | Math Biology Seminar - Zoom![]() Speaker: Joseph H. Tien (Ohio State University) Title: From prisons to universities to misinformation: some experiences modeling SARS-CoV-2 dynamics. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Xueying (Snow) Wang at xueying.wang@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Oct 11 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar - Zoom![]() Speaker: Jack Buttcane (University of Maine) Title: Automorphic forms and exponential sums on GL(3) (and beyond). Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Shengchi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu) for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Oct 10 | Colorado Redistricting Done With Math![]() (Credit: Jeanne Clelland) An independent, bipartisan commission has voted to approve a new map for Colorado’s congressional districts, which would divide the state into eight territories with roughly equal populations. The commisssion relied on the results of Daryl DeFord's computational redistricting tool, the GerryChain, to provide a fair outcome. Read more about this in the University of Colorado Boulder Today article, "Can math make redistricting more fair?" The commission used these analysis reports to reach their decision. |
Oct 8 | Porous Media Seminar - Spark 212 and Zoom![]() Speaker: Mohammed Aghababaei (WSU) Title: Temporal moments in river corridor transport: results for memory function and residence time-dependent model. Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Lynn Schreyer at lynn.schreyer@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, abstract, or if you have questions. |
Oct 7 | AWM Panel Discussion - Spark 327![]()
Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
Hear from a panel of faculty and industry professionals about what it means to be a woman in mathematics. See the event page here. All are welcome, regardless of gender identity. Pizza will be provided! |
Oct 6 | MATH CLUB
Be cool! Come to Math Club!
Daryl DeFord will discuss Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling, one of the main mathemtatical tools used for evaluating political districting plans and describe how these tools are changing the new way lines are being drawn in the current census cycle. Bring a laptop or a pencil! |
Oct 6 | Emeritus Professor Cal Long has passed away![]() We are deeply saddened to learn that former department Chairman Professor Cal Long passed away on March 25, 2021. He joined the department in 1956 and retired after 36 years, in 1992. He served as department chair from 1970 to 1978. The annual Long Lecture was established in his honor. Read more about Professor Cal Long. |
Oct 6 | Statistics Seminar - Zoom
Speaker: Weining Shen |
Oct 4-6 | 5th Workshop on Virus Dynamics![]() Registration is now open for the 5th Workshop on Virus Dynamics, October 4-6, 2021. This workshop will bring together virologists and immunologists with mathematical modelers and systems biologists to discuss approaches and challenges in modeling and analyzing different aspects of virus dynamics. The workshop is partnering with Fred Hutch, WSU, and the Society for Mathematical Biology. Associate Professor Elissa Schwartz is a symposium chair. NOTE: The trainee registration fee for all trainees (graduate students, medical students, postdocs, residents and fellows) is being waived. Contact: Elissa Schwartz at ejs@wsu.edu for more information. |
Oct 5 | Math Education Seminar - ZoomDiscussion Leader: Robert Ely, U of I Article: Robert Ely will lead a discussion on a case, or two, in undergraduate mathematics classrooms. There is no article to read ahead of time. Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Will Hall at w.hall@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Oct 5 | Math Biology Seminar - Zoom![]() Speaker: Veronica Ciocanel (Duke University) Title: Modeling and data analysis for filament organization in cell biology. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Xueying (Snow) Wang at xueying.wang@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Sept 29 | Analysis Seminar![]() Speaker: Katrina Sabochick Title: A New Proof of a Classical Formula: Integration Tricks and Properties of π²/6. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Location: Spark 233 or Zoom Contact: Jakob Streipel at jakob.streipel@wsu.edu if you have questions, or would like the Zoom meeting ID. |
Sept 29 | Statistics Seminar - Spark 212Speaker: Hongjin Zhang (WSU) Title: Inference on the Single Change Point in High Dimensional Linear Regression Models. Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Yuan Wang at yuan.wang@wsu.edu if you have questions. |
Sept 28 | Math Biology Seminar - Zoom![]() Speaker: Stacey R. Smith (University of Ottawa) Title: Modelling the daily risk of Ebola in the presence and absence of a potential vaccine. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Xueying (Snow) Wang at xueying.wang@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Sept 27 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar - Zoom![]() Speaker: Daryl DeFord (WSU) Title: The Discharging Method for Graph Colorings. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Shengchi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu) for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Sept 24 | Porous Media Seminar - Spark 212 and Zoom![]() Speaker: Ryan Whitehead (WSU) Title: Modeling Swelling Pressure in Mixed-Clay Soils. Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Lynn Schreyer at lynn.schreyer@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, abstract, or if you have questions. |
Sept 22 | Analysis SeminarSpeaker: Brian Becsi Title: Applications of Squeeze Theorem to Limiting Processes Involving Riemann Integration. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Location: Spark 233 Contact: Jakob Streipel at jakob.streipel@wsu.edu if you have questions. |
Sept 22 | Statistics Seminar - Spark 212![]() Speaker: Xiongzhi Chen (WSU) Title: Differential geometry, harmonic analysis, and statistical analysis of non-Euclidean data. Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Yuan Wang at yuan.wang@wsu.edu if you have questions. |
Sept 21 | Sprinkle in some stats!![]() Read the Daily Evergreen article called, "Sprinkle in some stats" where Jan Dasupta, Clark Kogan, Ziyi Chen and Tim Nueumann discuss the WSU's Center for Interdisciplinary Statistics Education and Research (CISER). CISER is available to help all WSU faculty with research statistics. |
Sept 21 | Math Education Seminar - ZoomDiscussion Leader: Ryan Peffer Article: Attitudes to the Use of Alternative Assessment Methods in Mathematics: A Study with Secondary Mathematics Teachers in Sydney, Australia. Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Will Hall at w.hall@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Sept 21 | Math Biology Seminar - Zoom![]() Speaker: Eric Shea-Brown (University of Washington) Title: Dimensionality in Neural Networks. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Xueying (Snow) Wang at xueying.wang@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Sept 20 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar - ZoomSpeaker: Paula Kimmerling (WSU) Title: Dutch Windmills: Recursion and Interlacing. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Shengchi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu) for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Sept 15 | Analysis SeminarSpeaker: Tariq Alsmadi Title:Dirichlet problem for the ball. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Location: Spark 233 Contact: Jakob Streipel at jakob.streipel@wsu.edu if you have questions. |
Sept 15 | Statistics Seminar - ZoomSpeaker: Guilherme Ludwig (University of Campinas) Title: Scalable modeling of nonstationary covariance functions with non-folding B-spline deformations. Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Yuan Wang at yuan.wang@wsu.edu for the Zoom information, abstract, or if you have questions. |
Sept 14 | Math Education Seminar - ZoomDiscussion Leader: Blake Nelson Article: Mathematics Motivation, Anxiety, and Performance in Female Deaf/Hard-of- Hearing and Hearing Students. Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Will Hall at w.hall@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Sept 14 | Math Biology Seminar - Zoom![]() Speaker: Dan Wilson (University of Tennessee) Title: Model Order Reduction of Limit Cycle Oscillators Far Beyond the Weakly Perturbed Limit. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Xueying (Snow) Wang at xueying.wang@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Sept 13 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar - ZoomSpeaker: Jakob Streipel (WSU) Title: Diophantine approximation and counting points on curves. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Shengchi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu) for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Sept 10 | Porous Media Seminar - Spark 212 and Zoom![]() Speaker: Lynn Schreyer (WSU) Title: Modeling Vapor Transport Through Partially Saturated Porous Media. Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Lynn Schreyer at lynn.schreyer@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Sept 8 | Analysis SeminarSpeaker: Charles Moore Title: Differentiation of functions of Bounded Variation. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Location: Spark 233 Contact: Jakob Streipel at jakob.streipel@wsu.edu if you have questions. |
Sept 8 | Statistics Seminar - ZoomSpeaker: Zhenliang Zhang (Senior staff engineer from XMotors) Title: Deep Learning in Recommender System and Autonomous Driving. Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Yuan Wang at yuan.wang@wsu.edu for the Zoom information, abstract, or if you have questions. |
Sept 7 | Math Education Seminar - Spark 233Discussion Leader: Rob Ely (University of Idaho) Article: Join us for an in-person meeting with Rob Ely to work through some intriguing mathematics problems! Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Will Hall at w.hall@wsu.edu if you have questions. |
Sept 7 | Math Biology Seminar - Zoom![]() Speaker: Glenn F. Webb (Vanderbilt University) Title: Modelling the Aqueous Transport of an Infectious Pathogen in Regional Communities. Application to the Cholera Outbreak in Haiti in 2010. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Xueying (Snow) Wang at xueying.wang@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Sept 1 | Statistics Seminar - ZoomWe will discuss the schedule and topics for the semester. Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Yuan Wang at yuan.wang@wsu.edu for the Zoom information, abstract, or if you have questions. |
Sept 1 | ![]() Professor Alex Khapalov is the author of a new book Bio-Mimetic Swimmers in Incompressible Fluids: Modeling, Well-Posedness, and Controllability. |
Sept 1 | ![]() Associate Professor Jave Pascual is an author of the book Statistical Methods for Reliability Data, published by Wiley. Co-authors are Wiliam Q. Meeker and Luis A. Escobar. |
Aug 31 | Math Education Seminar - ZoomThe Math Education Seminar will have an informational meeting to discuss the schedule and topics for the semester. All are welcome even if you are not signed up to take the seminar for credit. Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: William Hall at w.hall@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Aug 31 | Math Biology Seminar - Zoom![]() Speaker: Audrey Fu (University of Idaho) Title: Types of cis- and trans-gene regulation of expression quantitative trait loci across human tissues. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Xueying (Snow) Wang at xueying.wang@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Aug 30 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar - ZoomSpeaker: Vorrapan Chandee (Kansas State University) Title: The sixth moment of Dirichlet L-functions without average in the t-aspect. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Shengchi Liu (shengchi.liu@wsu.edu) for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Aug 24 | Math Biology Seminar - Zoom![]() Speaker: Daihai He (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) Title: Combining COVID-19 death data and serological survey results to estimate COVID-19 attack rate. Abstract: click here Time: 4:10pm - 5:00pm Contact: Xueying (Snow) Wang at xueying.wang@wsu.edu for the Zoom ID and password, or if you have questions. |
Aug 10 |
$1.12 million dollar NSF Grant![]() Assistant Professor Will Hall has received an NSF grant with colleagues from the College of Education. The four-year $1.12 million dollar grant will help WSU recruit and retain mathematics teachers. Read more in this WSU News article. |
Aug 13 |
Daryl DeFord's Summer Research Team will release findingsDaryl DeFord's 2021 summer research team funded through the UW Data Science for Social Good Program, has released information about their work creating a resource guide to help nonpartisan groups evaluate the fairness of proposed redistricting maps using the GerryChain, a computational redistricting tool. Read about their work and find out how you can join the August 18, 2021 live presentations. |
Jul 6 |
![]() Silvia Madrid has completed her Ph.D. in mathematics and has accepted a visiting professor position with Carroll College in Helena, Montana. |
June 28 |
New babies!![]() Elliott Anne Oliver joined Teaching Assistant Professor Lydia Oliver's family on June 6th. Elliott Anne weighed 7 lbs. 5 oz. Eliot Hall joined Assistant Professor William Hall's family on June 12th. Eliot weighed 7 lbs and was 19 inches long. |
June 17 | PhD graduate Deb Das
has accepted a position with Baptist
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June 8 | Jan Dasgupta is featured in a new
Data is Interdisciplinary series
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May 10 | Research on Washington State Districting
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May 4 | Math Ed Seminar
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Apr 27 | Diving into Data + Debunking Data Myths![]() Join this FREE WORKSHOP! The North Central Washington (NCW) Tech Alliance and the WSU American Statistical Students Chapter have partnered together to host an engaging one-hour DATA 101 workshop called "Diving into Data + Debunking Data Myths." You will learn how to analyze Twitter data in a variety of ways. This will be an interactive workshop for members only and you can join today at www.gwata.org! For more information on how to register download this flyer. Meeting Time: 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. |
Apr 27 | ![]() Join the AMS Ice Cream Social at Ferdinands! Everyone is invited! The AMS Club invites you to attend an Ice Cream Social from 12:15-1:45pm! Meet outside Ferdinand's for instructions on acquiring ice cream and then rendevous outside to socialize at a safe distance! Those who attend will receive a FREE mask! Meeting Time: 12:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. |
Apr 27 | Math Biology Seminar with Richard Gomulkiewicz![]() Richard Gomulkiewicz from the WSU School of Biological Sciences will give a talk titled, "Resistance-proofing Gene Drives for Population Control." Everyone is welcome. Contact Dr. Bob Dillon (rhdillon@wsu.edu) for the Zoom Meeting ID and password, or if you have questions. Time: 4:10pm |
Apr 27 | Math Ed Seminar
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Apr 23 | Porous Media Seminar with Professor Joseph D. Seymour (Montana State University)![]() Professor Joseph D. Seymour, Chemical and Biological Enineering, Center for Biofilm Engineering, and Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, of Montana State University - will discuss how he and Professor Sarah Codd used MRI methods to characterize pore fluid dynamics and microbial growth. Title: MRI of Mass and Energy Transport: Oxygen Transport in Microbially Impacted Porous Media and Energy Transport by Forced and Natural Convection in Packed Beds. For an abstract and a Zoom Meeting ID, please contact Dr. Lynn Schreyer at lynn.schreyer@wsu.edu. Time: 4:10pm |
Apr 21 | Seminar in Statistical Sciences
The Seminar in Statistical Sciences will meet via Zoom with Dr. Snow (Xueying) Wang who is the guest speaker. For an abstract and the Zoom Meeting ID and password, please contact Dr. Xiongzhi Chen at xiongzhi.chen@wsu.edu. Everyone is welcome!
Title: Stochastic models of infectious diseases in a periodic environment with application to cholera epidemics.
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Apr 21 | April Trivia Night!
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Apr 20 | Math Ed Seminar
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Apr 19 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Apr 16 | --RESCHEDULED FOR FALL 2021--
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Apr 15 | Colloquim with Dr. Will Hall
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Apr 14 | ![]() Don't forget the Weekly AMS TEA! Every Wednesday! Everyone is invited! The AMS Club hosts a weekly virtual tea for faculty, students, family and friends every Wednesday from 2:30 - 3:30pm! Join using Zoom and bring your favorite scrumptious beverage or snack! Feel free to join for the entire time or only part of the time. If you have questions, please send an email to amsgsc.rso@wsu.edu. Hope to see you each Wednesday afternoon! Zoom Time: 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. |
Apr 14 | Seminar in Statistical Sciences
The Seminar in Statistical Sciences will meet via Zoom with Dr. Daryl R. DeFord who is the guest speaker. For an abstract and the Zoom Meeting ID and password, please contact Dr. Xiongzhi Chen at xiongzhi.chen@wsu.edu. Everyone is welcome!
Title: Ensemble analysis for the 2020 redistricting cycle.
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Apr 12 | Explainer: What is statistics?
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Apr 12 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Apr 12 | AMS Presents Jackbox Game Night!![]() Come join the AMS Club for a night of virtual Jackbox game night! No experience or purchase is necessary, they will explain the rules and provide you with a link to play! Hope to see you there! All are welcome! This fun-filled evening event will take place over Zoom. Please email amsgsc.rso@wsu.edu if you have questions. Zoom Time: 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. |
Apr 7 | AMS - Canvas Workshop![]() Join the AMS Club as they host a workshop to prepare for the changeover from Blackboard to Canvas. They will look at the process of transitioning material from Blackboard to Canvas and go over general Canvas logistics. Graduate students and faculty are invited! This will take place over Zoom. Please email amsgsc.rso@wsu.edu if you have questions. Zoom Time: 4:10 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
Apr 7 | Dean Johnson - to receive an award![]() Scholarly Associate Professor Dean Johnson will receive an award during the August 7-12, 2021 American Statistical Association (ASA) Joint Statistical Meetings conference for a conference session he has organized. Read about the award here. |
Apr 6 | Math Ed Seminar
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Apr 5 | ![]() Dr. Michael Tsatsomeros has published the book, "Matrix Positivity" Dr. Michael Tsatsomeros is an author of the new book Matrix Positivity, published by Cambridge University Press. Co-authors are Charles R. Johnson, College of William and Mary, Virginia, and and Ronald L. Smith, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga. |
Apr 5 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Apr 2 | Porous Media Seminar with
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Mar 30 | Math Biology Seminar with Dr. Jin Wang, University of Tennessee at ChatanoogaDr. Jin Wang from the Department of Mathematics at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, will give a talk titled, "A few topics in cholera modeling." Everyone is welcome. Contact Dr. Bob Dillon (rhdillon@wsu.edu) for the Zoom Meeting ID and password, or if you have questions. Time: 4:10pm |
Mar 29 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Mar 24 | Seminar in Statistical Sciences
The Seminar in Statistical Sciences will meet via Zoom with speaker Dr. Benjamin Eltzner from University of Goettingen. For an abstract and the Zoom Meeting ID and password, please contact Dr. Xiongzhi Chen at xiongzhi.chen@wsu.edu. Everyone is welcome!
Title: Geometrical and Cut Locus Smeariness
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Mar 23 | Math Ed Seminar
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Mar 23 | Math Biology Seminar with Jordan CulpWSU graduate student Jordan Culp will give a talk titled, "Phase Models and Weakly Coupled Oscillators." Everyone is welcome. Contact Dr. Bob Dillon (rhdillon@wsu.edu) for the Zoom Meeting ID and password, or if you have questions. Time: 4:10pm |
Mar 22 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Mar 19 | Porous Media Seminar with
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Mar 16 | AMS Presents Pictionary Game Night!![]() Come join the AMS Club for a night of virtual Pictionary! No experience or purchase is necessary, they will explain the rules and provide you with a link to play! Hope to see you there! All are welcome! This fun-filled evening event will take place over Zoom. Please email amsgsc.rso@wsu.edu if you have questions. Zoom Time: 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. |
Mar 15 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Mar 10 | Seminar in Statistical Sciences
The Seminar in Statistical Sciences will meet via Zoom with speaker Dr. Alex Ochoa from Duke University. For an abstract and the Zoom Meeting ID and password, please contact Dr. Xiongzhi Chen at xiongzhi.chen@wsu.edu. Everyone is welcome!
Title: Statistical models and methods for human genetic data.
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Mar 9 | Math Biology Seminar with Ivana Bozic, UWIvan Bozic from the University of Washington will give a talk titled, "Mathematical model of colorectal cancer initiation." Everyone is welcome. Contact Dr. Bob Dillon (rhdillon@wsu.edu) for the Zoom Meeting ID and password, or if you have questions. Time: 4:10pm |
Mar 8 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Mar 4 | Colloquium with Natash MorrisonThe AMS Chapter is hosting a department colloquium! Dr. Natasha Morrison from the University of Victoria will discuss "The Typical Structure of Sets with Small Sumset." Everyone is welcome. Contact AMS secretary Jessica Dickson if you have a question. Download this flyer for the Zoom Meeting ID and password. Time: 4:10pm |
Mar 3 | Seminar in Statistical Sciences
The Seminar in Statistical Sciences will meet via Zoom with speaker Dr. Wen-Xin Zhou from the Department of Mathematics, University of California at San Diego. For an abstract and the Zoom Meeting ID and password, please contact Dr. Xiongzhi Chen at xiongzhi.chen@wsu.edu. Everyone is welcome!
Title: Conquer: Convolution Smoothed Quantile Regression.
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Mar 3 | Math Ed Seminar
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Mar 1 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Mar 1 | Sergey Lapin - more than just numbers!![]() Dr. Sergey Lapin collaborates with engineers, scientists, medical experts, and mathematicians from around the globe to solve interesting problems. Read the WSU College of Arts and Sciences "More than just numbers" article about Sergey's most recent endeavors and successes. Learn more about Dr. Lapin and the impetus behind his mathematical career in this Daily Evergreen article, "WSU Professor integrates Russion history, mathematics into lessons." |
Feb 26 | Porous Media Seminar with
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Feb 24 | Seminar in Statistical Sciences![]()
The Seminar in Statistical Sciences will meet via Zoom with speaker Dr. Eric Chi from the Department of Statistics at North Carolina State University. For an abstract and the Zoom Meeting ID and password, please contact Dr. Xiongzhi Chen at xiongzhi.chen@wsu.edu. Everyone is welcome!
Title: Getting your arrays in order with convex optimization.
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Feb 24 | AMS Presents CODENAMES Game Night!![]() Come join the AMS Club for a night of virtual Codenames! The rules will be explained at the beginning of the night and you will be given a link to play! All are welcome! This fun-filled evening event will take place over Zoom. Please email amsgsc.rso@wsu.edu if you have questions. Zoom Time: 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. |
Feb 22 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Feb 19 | Porous Media Seminar
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Feb 18 | Mastering Matlab![]() Learn how to master Matlab! The AMS club officers will walk you through nifty tips, tricks, and techniques for working in MATLAB! The event will take place over Zoom. Please email amsgsc.rso@wsu.edu if you have questions. Don't miss this opportunity! Zoom Time: 4:10 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
Feb 16 | Math Biology Seminar with Dr. Linda J.S. Allen![]() Dr. Allen is a Paul Whitfield Horn Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at the Texas Tech University. She is internationally recognized for her works in stochastic and deterministic modeling of populations and disease transmission, their applications and education in applied mathematics. She will talk about stochastic multi-patch epidemic models, and the title of her talk is Disease Emergence in Multi-Patch Stochastic Epidemic Models with Demographic and Seasonal Variability. Everyone is welcome. Contact Dr. Xueying Wang (xueying.wang@wsu.edu) for the Zoom Meeting ID and password, or if you have questions. Time: 4:10pm |
Feb 16 | Math Ed Seminar
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Feb 10 | Math Modeling CompetitionTwo teams of WSU students competed in the 100-hour International Math Modeling Competition February 4 - 8, 2021. One team finished in the top 9%. Read about the competition. |
Feb 10 | Seminar in Statistical Sciences![]()
The Seminar in Statistical Sciences will meet via Zoom with speaker Dr. Yuan Wang. For an abstract and the Zoom Meeting ID and password, please contact Dr. Xiongzhi Chen at xiongzhi.chen@wsu.edu. Everyone is welcome!
Title: Bayesian Spatial Regression with Counting Response
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Feb 9 | Math Ed Seminar
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Feb 8 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Feb 5 | IT'S A BOY!!!![]() Instructor Emily Sablan is pleased to announce the arrival of her new son, Pierce Lachlan Plummer. Pierce was born on January 25th, 2021 at Pullman Regional Hospital. Both mother and baby are doing well! |
Feb 5 | Porous Media Seminar
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Feb 2 | Math Biology Seminar with Dr. Omar Saucedo![]() Omar Saucedo from Virginia Tech will give a talk titled, Computing Human to Human Avian Influenza R0 via Transmission Chains and Parameter Estimation. Everyone is welcome. Contact Dr. Bob Dillon (rhdillon@wsu.edu) for the Zoom Meeting ID and password, or if you have questions. Time: 4:10pm |
Feb 2 | Math Ed Seminar
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Feb 1 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Jan 27 | ![]() It's back - the Weekly AMS TEA! Everyone is invited! The AMS Club will host its weekly virtual tea for faculty, students, family and friends every Wednesday from 2:30 - 3:30pm! Join using Zoom and bring your favorite scrumptious beverage or snack! Feel free to join for the entire time or only part of the time. If you have questions, please send an email to amsgsc.rso@wsu.edu. Hope to see you on Wednesday afternoons! Zoom Time: 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. |
Jan 26 | Math Ed Seminar
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Jan 25 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Jan 19 | Math Biology Seminar - ZoomThis will be a short organizational meeting. Everyone is welcome. Contact Dr. Bob Dillon (rhdillon@wsu.edu) for the Zoom Meeting ID and password, or if you have questions. Time: 4:10pm |
Jan 13 | Dr. Sergey Lapin to Model Heart Function![]() Scholarly Professor Sergey Lapin has received a grant to collaborate with applied mathematicians, engineers, and cardiovascular physiologits to mathematically model heart function. Read more. |
Jan 12 | ![]() Dr. Judi McDonald's 6th edition of "Linear Algebra and Its Applications" has been published The 6th edition of Professor Judi McDonald's book Linear Algebra and Its Appplications, 6th Edition has been published by Pearson. Co-authors are David C. Lay, University of Maryland, and Steven R. Lay, from Lee University. |
Dec 10 | ![]() Department Holiday Party! Everyone is invited! The AMS, ASA and AWM club members will host a HOLIDAY PARTY over Zoom! Family and friends are welcome to join for games, activities, and socialization! Wear your ugliest sweater for the Ugly Sweater Contest, and bring a typed holiday recipe to participate in a recipe exchange! Don't miss a very special story time when Dr. Moore will read, "The Night Before Christmas!" at the end of the evening! This is a once-in-a-lifetime party! Note: please update Zoom beforehand to take advantage of new features and move at-will between breakout rooms! If you can't make it and still want to have some fun, feel free to email your recipe to Allison Fisher who will compile and share recipes later in the month! Download the flyer. Zoom Time: 6:00 p.m. |
Dec 7 | Dr. Elissa Schwartz hosted a recent international
workshop to increase the
success of women going into STEM careers
![]() On November 17, 2020, Dr. Elissa Schwartz hosted "The Leaky Pipeline Workshop," an international forum attended by registrants from over 10 countries. The keynote address was presented by Seema Nanda, a mathematician and founder of the nonprofit Leora Trust, which promotes the empowerment of women in India through education. Read more about the workshop here, or scroll down this page to a Nov 17 entry, for more information. |
Dec 7 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Dec 3 | ![]() The American Statistical Association (ASA) graduate student chapter will host a competition for graduate students in mathematics or statistics to present their research in a 3 minute slide! The top participant will receive a $100 scholarship award with the opportunity to participate in the College of Arts and Sciences 3-minute competition! The two next best presentations will each receive a $50 scholarship award. A $10 gift card will be given to every participant. NOTE: You must sign up by November 27th. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/nAaZGXKGXLXrZQpz6. For the Zoom meeting ID and password, or if you have questions, please contact one of these ASA officers: Swarnita Chakraborty, Elizabeth Amona, Justice Nii-Ayitey, or Mahedi Hasan. Competition Date and Time: Dec. 3rd from 3-5 p.m. |
Dec 1 | Math Biology Seminar - ZoomSpeaker: Adnan Morshed Title: Characterization of Sub-Micron Vesicles and Virus Mimics Contact Dr. Bob Dillon (rhdillon@wsu.edu) for the Zoom Meeting ID and password, or if you have questions. Time: 4:10pm |
Nov 30 | How one professor has connected data
analytic students with
core classes and industry professionals
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Nov 30 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Nov 19 | AND IT'S GAME NIGHT!!!
![]() LETS ALL PLAY Among Us! Everyone is invited! Join the AMS Club on November 19th at from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. for an evening of the hit game Among Us! This is a multiplayer social deduction game where players attempt to identify who are the real “crewmates” and who are the “imposters”. This game can be downloaded for free on your cell phone (and please download it ahead of the event). Don't miss this opportunity to attend (via Zoom)! Download the flyer. Zoom Time: 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
Nov 19 | UI Colloquium Invitation
You are invited to join a University of Idaho (UI) colloquim titled "Feedback control of falling liquid films using a hierarchical model approach. Please contact Melissa Gottschalk for the Zoom meeting ID and password, or if you have questions. Zoom Time: 11:00 a.m. - Noon (PST) |
Nov 17 | Workshop - Remedying the
‘Leaky Pipeline’ for Women in STEM
Join us for an evening of collective mentoring! Together we will uncover and begin to break down the most prevalent barriers to progress along STEM careers. This forum will provide discussion, brainstorming, strategizing, mentoring and support of underrepresented individuals in order to facilitate professional development and network building in STEM. Keynote speaker is Dr. Seema Nanda, a mathematician and founder of the non-profit Leora Trust, a foundation to help advance and promote the empowerment of women in India through education. She will be presenting a talk on her career journey and overcoming hurdles to become a mathematician. Don't miss out! Activities will include: * Breakout room discussions on barriers to progressing along the STEM path for women and other underserved groups, with strategic brainstorming. * Group discussion for networking and setting up the next steps to mend the leaky pipeline. Register here Zoom Time: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (PST) |
Nov 16 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Nov 10 | Math Biology Seminar - Zoom![]() Speaker: Jordan Culp Title: Deterministic and Stochastic Models for the Epidemic Dynamics of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China Jordan will present deterministic and stochastic models proposed to study the transmission dynamics of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China. These results are from a paper (submitted) by Damilola Olabode, Allison Fisher, Angela Tower,Dylan Hull-Nye, Xueying Wang, and Jordan Culp. Contact Dr. Bob Dillon (rhdillon@wsu.edu) for the Zoom Meeting ID and password, or if you have questions. Time: 4:10pm |
Nov 9 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Nov 3 | Vancouver Math Biology Seminar - Zoom![]() Speaker: Nathan Kutz Title: Data-driven model discover and physics-informed learning Nathan Kutz of the University of Washington Applied Mathematics will be the guest speaker. Contact Dr. Alex Dimitrov (alex.dimitrov@wsu.edu) for the Zoom Meeting ID and password, or if you have questions. Time: 4:10 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Nov 2 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Oct 29 | ![]() LET's LEARN \LaTeX! Part 2! Everyone is invited! Join the AMS Club on October 29th at 4:10pm for Part 2 of the AMS LaTeX Workshop! Part 2 will focus on how to make figures in this document markup language. All experience levels are welcome to come and learn from graduate student Jakob Streipel. Great news! You do not need to have attended part 1 to participate. Don't miss this opportunity to attend (via Zoom)! Download the flyer. Zoom Time: 4:10 p.m.-5:00 p.m. |
Oct 28 | ![]() Math Grad Student Writes Poetry Mathematics graduate student James Asare enjoys writing poetry and has written over 300 poems. A story about his love of poetry, "When math and poetry intersect," has been written by Eliza Callis of the Daily Evergreen. |
Oct 27 | Colloquium
![]() Bats and Stats: Improving our Understanding of North American Bats through Listening in the Dark Join the ASA Club on October 27th at 3:10pm for a "meet and greet" pre-colloquium sesssion with Dr. Katherine Banner of Montana State University. Afterward, please join the 4:10 colloquium when Dr. Banner will talk about "Bats and Stats: Improving our Understanding of North American Bats through Listening in the Dark." For the Zoom meeting ID and password, download this flyer. If you have questions please contact Swarnita Chakraborty. This event is sponored by the American Statistical Association (ASA) Club at WSU. Zoom Times: 3:10pm - Meet and Greet 4:10pm-5:10pm - Colloquium |
Oct 26 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Oct 20 | Math Biology Seminar - Zoom![]() Speaker: Kasuo Yamazaki Title: Remarks on PDE models of infectious disease. Former post-doc research associate faculty member Kazuo Yamazaki, now an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Texas Tech University, will be the guest speaker. Contact Dr. Bob Dillon (rhdillon@wsu.edu) for the Zoom Meeting ID and password, or if you have questions. Time: 4:10pm |
Oct 19 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Oct 13 | Math Biology Seminar - Zoom![]() Speaker: Tomas Gedeon Title: How to describe, analyze and interrogate dynamics of gene regulatory networks. Tomas Gedeon is from the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana. Contact Dr. Bob Dillon (rhdillon@wsu.edu) for the Zoom Meeting ID and password, or if you have questions. Time: 4:10pm |
Oct 12 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Oct 6 | Math Biology Seminar - Zoom![]() Speaker: Olga Rumyantseva Title: Time Series Analysis of Forest Dynamics at the Ecoregion Level. Contact Dr. Bob Dillon (rhdillon@wsu.edu) for the Zoom Meeting ID and password, or if you have questions. Time: 4:10pm |
Oct 5 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Oct 1 |
The AMS Graduate Student Chapter will host colloquium speaker Chris Godsil from the University of Waterloo. Title: Continuous Quantum Walks on Graphs Join this Zoom colloquium for an informative talk. Download the flyer for more information. Zoom Time: 4:10pm-5:00pm |
Sept 29 | Math Biology Seminar - Zoom![]() Speaker: Dr. Xiongzhi Chen Title: Consistently estimating the signal proportion for multiple testing composite nulls via integral equations. Contact Dr. Bob Dillon (rhdillon@wsu.edu) for the Zoom Meeting ID and password, or if you have questions. Time: 4:10pm |
Sept 28 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Sept 24 | ![]() LET's LEARN \LaTeX! Everyone is invited! Join the AMS Club on September 24th when graduate student Jakob Streipel will give a workshop focused on the basics of LaTeX - a document markup language! Don't miss this opportunity to attend via Zoom! Download the flyer. Zoom Time: 4:10pm-5:00pm |
Sept 21 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Sept 17 | AMS Pictionary Night!![]() Let's play Pictionary! Everyone is invited! Join the AMS Club for a fun night of Pictionary on September 17th! Download the flyer. Zoom Time: 7:00pm-8:00pm |
Sept 16 | Math Biology Seminar - ZoomSpeaker: Dr. Moonill Kim in Vienna, Austria Title: The quantitative understanding of species-dependent dynamics under climate change in East Asian temperate forests. Contact Dr. Bob Dillon (rhdillon@wsu.edu) for the Zoom Meeting ID and password, or if you have questions. Time: 8:00am |
Sept 14 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Sept 8 | Math Biology Seminar - ZoomSpeaker: Damilola Olabode Contact Dr. Bob Dillon (rhdillon@wsu.edu) for the Zoom Meeting ID and password, or if you have questions. Time: 4:10pm-5:00pm |
Aug 31 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Aug 24 | Weekly AMS Graduate Student Virtual Tea! IT'S BACK!![]() Join the AMS Club weekly virtual TEA! Back by popular demand, the weekly AMS tea hosted by our graduate student chapter of AMS, returns this fall. These will occur every Wednesday from 2:30 to 3:30 pm via Zoom. Feel free to join for part, or all, of the hour block. Grab your favorite beverage and/or snack and chat with other members of our amazing department! Email amsgsc.rso@wsu.edu for the Zoom Meeting ID and password, or if you have questions. Zoom Time:2:30pm-3:30pm |
Aug 25 | Math Ed Seminar
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Aug 24 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Aug 13 | CISER bi-monthly statistical forumMark your calendar for the August 13th CISER bi-monthly WSU Statistical Forum. The Center for Interdisciplinary Statistical Education and Research (CISER) will host a University-wide problem-solving open forum for WSU researchers struggling with applied statistical problems in research. Read more. |
Aug 10 | Annie Lu has been selected as a Carson Fellow![]() Math major Annie Lu has been selected as a Carson Fellow based on her academic qualifications, statement of research, and Nikolaos Voulgarakis recommendation. She will receive a $2,000 scholarship to help her pursue research. The award is made possible by the Scott and Linda Carson Undergraduate Research Endowed Excellence Fund and is the first university-wide undergraduate research fund that gives preference to recipients who are upper-division students (juniors and seniors). |
July 16 | Sergey Lapin to enhance STEM collaboration with Urgench State University![]() Professor Sergey Lapin has received a Faculty Small Grant from the Central Asia University Partnership Program (UniCEN) to strengthen STEM research and curricula between WSU and Urgench State University, Uzbekistan. Read more. |
July 14 | Nairanjana Dasgupta - 2021 president of the Caucus for Women in Statistics![]() Statistics Professor Nairanjana Dasgupta has been elected to serve as the 2021 president of the Caucus for Women in Statistics. Read more. |
June 30 | Mostafa Rezapour has received the Craft Family Scholarship from the College of Arts and Sciences![]() Mostafa Rezapour has been selected to receive the Craft Family Scholarship. The scholarship was established by Arnold M. and Atsuko (Onda) Craft to support hard-working students financially and help them become thoughtful and well-informed citizens who pass enlightenment on to others. |
June 23 | Clark Kogan and Jave Pascual, CO-PIs on $98,770 Oregon Sweet Cherry Commission Grant![]() ![]() Clark Kogan and Jave Pascual of CISER, are Co-PIs on a new $98,770 grant from the Oregon Sweet Cherry Commission. Grant to support processing and management of PNW region data on cherry phenology and cold hardiness, construction of statistical models for sweet cherry bud phenology, prediction of lethal temperatures, and model validation based on weekly field data-collection campaign in the fall 2020 and spring 2021. Read more. |
June 16 | Benjamin Hellwig-Outstanding Senior 2020![]() Benjamin Hellwig is the Mathematics and Statistics Outstanding Senior for 2020. Read more about Benjamin here. |
June 9 | Associate Professor Elissa Schwartz receives $42,000 Simons Foundation grant![]() Associate Professor Elissa Schwartz has received a $42,000 grant from the Simons Foundation. The grant will support research in epidemiology, which will combine mechanistic modeling and mathematical analysis to understand dynamical processes arising in infectious disease epidemiology, virology, and immunology. By uncovering key factors leading a virus to spread across a population or outsmart a host’s immune system, effective control strategies including long-lasting therapies and vaccines can be developed to counteract these effects. The development of effective strategies will allow prediction, management and ultimately prevent future disease outbreaks. |
June 9 | Assistant Professor Yuan Wang receives $42,000 Simons Foundation grant![]() Assistant Professor Yuan Wang has received a $42,000 grant from the Simons Foundation. The grant will support research in the development of data analysis techniques for the biomedical sciences. Structured data objects such as trees, curves, and shapes often contain rich topological and geometrical information. Novel statistical methods will be developed for the effective and robust learning of the structure information, which can then be used to address challenging problems in biomedical research including cancer detection and neuron connectivity learning. |
May 21 | Associate Professor Nikolaos Voulgarakis receives $275,000 NSF grant![]() Associate Professor Nikolaos Voulgarakis has received a $275,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop mathematical models to explain how proteins are able to accurately and efficiently read the the genetic code stored in DNA molecules. This fundamental research will lead to an understanding of the functions of DNA, help scientists investigate the causes of certain diseases, and advance drug discovery. Read more about Dr. Voulgarakis' grant here. |
May 5 | Assistant Professor Will Hall receives WSU New Faculty Seed Grant![]() Assistant Professor Will Hall has received a WSU New Faculty Seed Grant for proposed research in mathematics education. The aim of Professor Hall's project is to improve preservice secondary mathematics teachers’ professional identity by (1) connecting them with education professionals via a regional mathematics education conference and (2) having them explicitly investigate their developing professional identity by conducting an autoethnography on what it means to be a mathematics teacher. |
May 1 | Graduate student Rui Huang - headed to Georgia![]() Graduate student Rachel (Rui) Huang has completed her Ph.D. in applied mathematics after completing an M.S. in computational finance (2015). She is employed by GreenSky, a financial technology company based in Atlanta, Georgia, as a data scientist. GreenSky provides technology to banks and merchants to make loans to consumers for home improvements, solar heat and other purposes. She plans to stay in the data scientist field and study for the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exam. She would like to remain in the finance industry performing credit strategy related work at the management level. Her advisor is Dr. Haijun Li. |
Apr 29 | Five department members receive 2020 College of Arts and Sciences awards
This academic year, our department received more awards than any other department in the College of Arts and Sciences. Our members represent excellence among professors, staff, and students. Read more about each member and their award.
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Apr 29 | WSU Vancouver senior instructor receives Chancellor's Award For Advancing Equity![]() WSU Vancouver senior instructor Rocio Sotomayor has received the WSU Vancouver Chancellor's Award For Advancing Equity. This award honors a faculty or staff member for helping to infuse equity-mindedness throughout the campus and/or helping to build and maintain a safe, welcoming campus environment. |
Apr 29 | Greetings from former graduate student, Mohammed Kaabar![]() Hello and Go Cougs! from Mohammed Kaabar (M.S. '16, Mathematics). He would like to share this article he recently wrote to help teachers and professors overcome the challenges of online teaching and learning during COVID-19. Mohammed lives in Dubai, after international trips to Canada, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia to gain diverse teaching and research experiences. To read more about Mohammed, search for his name on the News About Our Graduates page. |
Apr 29 | Graduate student Matthew Jobrack - headed to New Jersey![]() Graduate student Matthew Jobrack has accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position in mathematics at Ramapo College of New Jersey in Mahwah, New Jersey, starting September 2020. In this position he will be teaching and developing undergraduate courses in mathematics and statistics, as well as undergraduate and graduate courses in data science. He will also continue to pursue his research interests in both number theory and statistics, and will supervise undergraduate and master's research projects in these and other areas. Matthew's graduate advisor is Dr. Sheng-Chi Liu. He also completed a master's degree in statistics and his statistics advisor was Marc Evans. |
Apr 29 | Professor receives funding from
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Apr 28 | Two faculty selected as members
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Apr 29 | Math Ed Seminar
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Apr 28 | Graduate student Syed Badruddoza - headed to Texas![]() Graduate student Syed Badruddoza has accepted an assistant research professor position in agricultural economics at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, starting September 2020. His current research looks into the classification of sparse and irregular samples, and retail market analysis with big data. He concurrently completed a master's degree in statistics and a Ph.D. in economics at WSU. Syed’s graduate advisers are Dr. Yuan Wang and Dr. Jan Dasgupta. |
Apr 28 | Math Biology Seminar
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Apr 27 | Graduate student Yueqiao (Faith) Zhang - headed to Massachusetts![]() Graduate student Yueqiao (Faith) Zhang has completed her doctoral degree in mathematics and has accepted a 3-year visiting assistant professor position with the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Faith's advisor is Dr. Michael Tsatsomeros. While completing her Ph.D. in mathematics, she concurrently completed her master's degree in statistics. The advisor for her master's degree was Dr. Xiongzhi Chen. |
Apr 27 | Graduate student Konstantinos Tsampourakis - headed to Scotland![]() Graduate student Konstantinos (Kostas) Tsampourakis has completed his master's degree in mathematics and has been accepted into the PhD Program in Statistics at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, where he will be doing research in algorithms for statistical analysis. The University of Edinburgh is ranked 20th in the world by the 2020 QS World University Rankings. It is ranked as the 6th best university in Europe by the U.S. News' Best Global Universities Ranking, and 7th best in Europe by the Times Higher Education Ranking. Kostas' advisor is Dr. Abhishek Kaul. |
Apr 27 | Graduate student Modhurima Amin - headed to Texas![]() Graduate student Modhurima Amin has completed her master's degree in statistics and her PhD in economics. She has accepted a tenure-track assistant professor of applied econometrics, statistics and data science position in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. Her research interests are centered on change points detection in high dimensional models, applied econometrics, and machine learning with a focus on agriculture. Her graduate advisors are Dr. Abhishek Kaul and Dr. Nairanjana Dasgupta in our department, and Dr. Jill J. McCluskey in economics. |
Apr 27 | Graduate student Saleh Aseeri - returning to Pullman![]() Graduate student Saleh Aseeri has completed his master's degree in mathematics at WSU. He has returned to his country of origin for a short time and will be returning to WSU in the fall. He has been accepted into the department's doctoral program in mathematics. Saleh's advisor is Dr. Tom Asaki. |
Apr 27 | Graduate student Jeffrey Preston - headed to Washington D.C.![]() Graduate student Jeffrey Preston has received his master's degree in statistics. He will be moving to Washington D.C. where he has accepted a job working for the federal government. Jeffrey's advisor is Dr. Jave Pascual. |
Apr 27 | Graduate student Mostafa Rezapour
- headed to North Carolina
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Apr 27 | Graduate student Megan Wendler - headed to Colorado![]() Graduate student Megan Wendler has accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position in mathematics at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colorado, starting August 2020. She will be teaching courses (the majority of which will be applied mathematics courses) and supervising undergraduate research projects. Megan's graduate advisor is Dr. Michael Tsatsomeros. |
Apr 27 | Graduate student Ralph Chikhany
- headed to New York
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Apr 22 | Math Ed Seminar
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Apr 15 | Math Ed Seminar
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Apr 14 | Math Biology Seminar
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Apr 13 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Apr 9 | Porous Media Seminar
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Apr 8 | Math Ed Seminar
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Apr 7 | Math Biology Seminar
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Apr 1 | Math Ed Seminar
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Apr 1 | Undergraduate Research Grant $2,000 - Apply Now!An award of up to $2,000 will be granted to qualifying undergraduate students to continue or initiate a research or creative project, under the guidance of a regular faculty member within the College of Arts and Sciences during summer 2020 or fall 2020. Application deadline: April 1, 2020 Click here for information. |
Mar 31 | Math Biology Seminar
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Mar 30 | AMS Graduate Student Chapter
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Mar 25 | Math Ed Seminar
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Mar 24 | CANCELLED
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Mar 24 | Math Biology Seminar
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Mar 23 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Mar 23 | CANCELLED
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Mar 6 | Porous Media Seminar
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Mar 5 | AWM Invited Guest Speaker - Anna (Amy) JohnstonInterested in speaking with a WSU alumna who works in cryptology? On Marth 5th, AWM is hosting guest speaker Amy Johnston from Juniper Networks. She will give a talk in Spark 335 from 4:30 to 5:30pm, and will also have open time during the day to meet with interested parties. If you would like to meet with Dr. Johnston, either by yourself or with others, please email AWM secretary, Jessica Dickson, at jmdickson@wsu.edu with your preferred times. |
Mar 4 | Math Ed Seminar
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Mar 3 | Math Biology Seminar
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Mar 3 | Busting Myths of Big Data - Part 1![]()
Please join Dr. Nairanjana (Jan) Dasgupta for Part 1 of a two-part workshop series on Data Literacy: "Busting Myths of Big Data" as part of the Professional Development Initiative, from 1-3pm in the CUB 210 Junior Ballroom East. Lunch will be provided. |
Mar 2 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Feb 29 - Mar 1 | DATA SCIENCE AND IMAGE ANALYSIS CONFERENCE of the Pacific Northwest![]() February 29 - March 1 The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Washington State University, in cooperation with the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), will host the Data Science and Image Analysis Conference of the Pacific Northwest on the WSU campus in Pullman, Washington, February 29th and March 1st, 2020. Please contact the organizers at datascienceconference@gmail.com with any questions. |
Feb 28 | Teaching Mathematics in the 21st Century
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Feb 24 | Combinatorics, Linear Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
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Feb 24 | AMS Graduate Student Chapter - Tea!![]() The AMS Graduate Student Chapter will be holding a monthly tea on the last Monday of every month from 2:30-3:30pm in the Hacker Lounge. Come join us on Monday, February 24th! You are cordially invited to attend! |
Feb 21 | Porous Media Seminar
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Feb 21 | Household composition and the infant fecal microbiome: The INSPIRE studyCourtney Meehan, assistant professor, Edward Hagen, professor, and Katherine Flores, doctoral candidate, anthropology, and Abhishek Kaul, assistant professor, mathematics and statistics, coauthored with colleagues “Household composition and the infant fecal microbiome: The INSPIRE study” in American Journal of Physical Anthropology. |
Feb 20 | AMS Graduate Student Chapter - Colloquium![]() Associate Professor Rob Ely from the University of Idaho will present a colloquium, "Reasoning with Infinite Paradoxes." Abstract: Join me in exploring some paradoxical results that arise when people imagine infinite processes, including Ross Urns and Aristotle’s Wheel. We will analyze the mental acts we perform as we seek to resolve these paradoxes, and what this tells us about ways that important mathematical distinctions can emerge. Location: CUE 114 Time: 4:10pm Please join us for refreshments at 3:30pm in the Hacker Lounge (Neill 216). |
Feb 19 | Math Ed Seminar
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Feb 18 | Math Biology Seminar
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Feb 17 | Dr. Jave Pascual - Director of CISER![]() Associate Professor Jave Pascual is the new director of The Consortium for Interdisciplinary Statistical Education and Research (CISER). Dr. Pascual replaces Nairanjana (Jan) Dasgupta who recently became director of Data Analytics. "I always believe that the development of statistical methodology should be motivated by questions on how to properly collect data, analyze it, and derive conclusions from it. CISER is a perfect venue for researchers across WSU campuses to discuss such issues. I am excited by the opportunity to be of assistance to WSU researchers and actively participate in such collaborative activities." Dr. Pascual received his doctorate in statistics from Iowa State University under the guidance of Prof. Bill Meeker, and his research has been mainly in reliability/survival analysis and process monitoring. He looks forward to broadening and expanding CISER's visibility and engagement within the WSU community. |
Feb 12 | Math Ed Seminar
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Feb 7 | Porous Media Seminar
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Feb 6 | Leslie New has coauthored an article![]() Leslie New, assistant professor, mathematics and statistics, WSU Vancouver, has coauthored “Close encounters of the dolphin kind: Contrasting tourist support for feeding based interactions with concern for dolphin welfare” in ScienceDirect. |
Feb 5 | Math Ed Seminar - CANCELLED
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Feb 4 | Math Biology Seminar
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Jan 30 | Colloquium: Dr. Fang Han
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Jan 29 | Math Ed Seminar
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Jan 28 | Math Biology Seminar
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Jan 27 | AMS Graduate Student Chapter - Tea!![]() The AMS Graduate Student Chapter will be holding a monthly tea on the last Monday of every month from 2:30-3:30pm in the Hacker Lounge. The first tea will be Monday, January 27th! You are cordially invited to attend! |
Jan 24 | Porous Media Seminar
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Jan 22 | Math Ed Seminar
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Jan 22 | WSU Analysis Seminar
There will be an analysis seminar organizational meeting today. Everyone is welcome!
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Jan 21 | Math Bio Seminar
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Jan 14 | Dr. Bala Krishnamoorthy
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Jan 1 | Dr. Nairanjana (Jan) Dasgupta
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