2024-25 Department of Mathematics and Statistics Events |
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September, 2024 |
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Wednesday |
Math Club Join your friends and other math enthusiasts at FAU's Math Club events! The purpose of our Club is to improve academic ability, spread awareness of mathematics’ importance, and share a passion for all fields of mathematics! The club is open to all majors and all math backgrounds. Activities at the club will include:
Snacks are always available! See you there! |
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Thursday |
Crypto Café Speaker: Dr. Edoardo Persichetti, Associate Professor, Florida Atlantic University FLYER Title: A Brief Introduction to Code-Based Cryptography Abstract: Code-based cryptographic primitives are among the main solutions for Post-Quantum Cryptography, the area of study in charge of protecting our information and communication in the presence of quantum adversaries. In this talk, I will briefly walk through the history of this field, highlighting the main constructions, modern approaches, and recent developments. Everyone welcome! |
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Thursday |
Analysis and Applications Speaker: Professor Markus Schmidmeier, Florida Atlantic University Title: Invariant Subspaces of Nilpotent Operators Abstract: Related to the invariant subspace problem in functional analysis, but heading in a more algebraic direction, this talk concerns the linear algebra problem of classifying invariant subspaces of linear operators acting on finite dimensional vector spaces, (with no conditions on the underlying basefield or on the topology of the space). Dependent on certain dimensions, the subspaces may either be sparse (and we can describe them) or plentiful (in the sense that there are parametrized families of pairwise non-equivalent subspace embeddings). Joint work with Claus Michael Ringelfrom Bielefeld, Germany. |
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Saturday |
Welcome to Math Circle! The main purpose of the circle is to have fun with mathematics while learning something in the process. We will be discussing and solving problems, having friendly competitions, playing mathematical games. The purpose of this circle is to amplify the mathematical knowledge of students who like math, and do it in a fun way, we will also look at some AMC problems, and see how what was seen in the circle applies. We will be meeting every other Saturday, beginning Saturday, September 7, 2024. It is important to emphasize what these circle meetings are NOT. They are not classes or lectures. Students are free to walk about and talk. Source of the Problems: The majority of problems will come from very diverse sources, old AMC competitions, the Moscow Math Circle Problem book, historical sources (for example Fibonacci's Liber Abaci), etc. A few will be made up by us. Sources will not usually be credited but credits will be revealed upon request, if we know the source. Registration is FREE! Register Here for Fall, 2024 Math Circles |
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Thursday |
Crypto Reading Seminar Join the faculty and students of Cryptography for a biweekly reading seminar on fully homomorphic encryption. |
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Wednesday |
Math Club Join your friends and other math enthusiasts at FAU's Math Club events! The purpose of our Club is to improve academic ability, spread awareness of mathematics’ importance, and share a passion for all fields of mathematics! The club is open to all majors and all math backgrounds. Activities at the club will include:
Snacks are always available! See you there! |
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Thursday |
Speaker: Dr. Shi Bai, Associate Professor, Florida Atlantic University FLYER Title: Lattice-based Cryptography: Construction and Analysis Abstract: Lattice-based Cryptography holds a great promise for post-quantum cryptography. It enjoys strong security based on the so-called worst-case to average-case redution; relatively efficient implementations, as well as algorithmic simplicity. In this talk, we will discuss a post-quantum scheme based on lattice; and several algorithms for evaluating the security of average-case/worst-case problems in lattice-based cryptography. |
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Saturday |
Welcome to Math Circle! The main purpose of the circle is to have fun with mathematics while learning something in the process. We will be discussing and solving problems, having friendly competitions, playing mathematical games. The purpose of this circle is to amplify the mathematical knowledge of students who like math, and do it in a fun way, we will also look at some AMC problems, and see how what was seen in the circle applies. We will be meeting every other Saturday, beginning Saturday, September 7, 2024. It is important to emphasize what these circle meetings are NOT. They are not classes or lectures. Students are free to walk about and talk. Source of the Problems: The majority of problems will come from very diverse sources, old AMC competitions, the Moscow Math Circle Problem book, historical sources (for example Fibonacci's Liber Abaci), etc. A few will be made up by us. Sources will not usually be credited but credits will be revealed upon request, if we know the source. Registration is FREE! Register Here for Fall, 2024 Math Circles |
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Thursday Sept. 26 10:00 am SE 215 |
Crypto Reading Seminar Join the faculty and students of Cryptography for a biweekly reading seminar on fully homomorphic encryption. |
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Friday Sept. 27 4:00 pm SE 215 |
Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) FAU's Student Chapter FAU's Student Chapter of the AWM presents "An Afternoon Tea Time!" (flyer) Please join us for a cup of tea, cookies, and conversation about mathematics. All are cordially invited! |
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October, 2024 |
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Wednesday |
Math Club Join your friends and other math enthusiasts at FAU's Math Club events! The purpose of our Club is to improve academic ability, spread awareness of mathematics’ importance, and share a passion for all fields of mathematics! The club is open to all majors and all math backgrounds. Activities at the club will include:
Snacks are always available! See you there! |
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Thursday |
Crypto Café Speaker: Dr. Veronika Kuchta, Assistant Professor, Florida Atlantic University FLYER Title: Proximity gaps for Reed-Solomon Codes and their Application in Interactive Oracle Proofs of Proximity and ZK-SNARKs Abstract: Reed-Solomon codes have long been a fundamental tool of error correction and data integrity, but their applications extend far beyond traditional coding theory. In this talk, I will explore the concept of proximity gaps within Reed-Solomon codes—specific measures of how far a received word is from the closest codeword—and their critical role in the design and analysis of advanced cryptographic protocols, such as Zero-Knowledge Succinct Non-Interactive Arguments of Knowledge (ZK-SNARKs) and Interactive Oracle Proofs of Proximity (IOPPs). Join by +Zoom (click here) |
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Thursday |
Analysis and Applications Speaker: Professor Tomas Schonbek, Florida Atlantic University Title: The Helmholtz decomposition Mini-abstract: I will discuss the Helmholtz decomposition of a vector field into a gradient and a divergence free vector field, a fundamental tool in fluid dynamics, and give my take on the proof. |
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Friday |
Math Colloqium Speaker: Sri Namachchivaya, Professor, University of Waterloo Title: Random and Data Driven Dynamical Systems Abstract: I will present a general overview of several engineered and natural systems with uncertain mathematical models, the multidisciplinary methods required for their analysis, and relevant results. The collection of new mathematical techniques that I will describe lies at the confluence of three important areas: dynamical systems; control and estimation (data assimilation); and information theory. The first part of the talk focuses on the challenges in data assimilation that arise from the interactions between uncertainties, nonlinearities, and observations. I will present rigorous reduced-order data assimilation techniques for high dimensional multi-scale problems. In particular, I will outline how scaling interacts with filtering via stochastic averaging. Optimal sensor placement based on information theoretic concepts will also be discussed. The second part of the talk deals with the almost-sure stability of a noisy nonlinear autoparametric system. This work brings together two interesting themes in dynamical systems — resonances and Lyapunov exponents. The subtleties of their interactions are explored in a canonical way by combining the ideas from dynamical systems and the Oseledets multiplicative ergodic theory. — Joint work with Peter H. Baxendale (USC), Ryne Beeson (Princeton) and Nicolas Perkowski (Free University of Berlin). This talk is dedicated to the memory of the late Professor Yukweng Michael Lin, formerly Charles E. Schmidt Eminent Scholar Chair in Engineering and the Founding Director of FAU Center for Applied Stochastics Research, who was for more than 50 years a leading figure in stochastic and engineering mechanics. |
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Saturday |
Welcome to Math Circle! The main purpose of the circle is to have fun with mathematics while learning something in the process. We will be discussing and solving problems, having friendly competitions, playing mathematical games. The purpose of this circle is to amplify the mathematical knowledge of students who like math, and do it in a fun way, we will also look at some AMC problems, and see how what was seen in the circle applies. We will be meeting every other Saturday, beginning Saturday, September 7, 2024. It is important to emphasize what these circle meetings are NOT. They are not classes or lectures. Students are free to walk about and talk. Source of the Problems: The majority of problems will come from very diverse sources, old AMC competitions, the Moscow Math Circle Problem book, historical sources (for example Fibonacci's Liber Abaci), etc. A few will be made up by us. Sources will not usually be credited but credits will be revealed upon request, if we know the source. Registration is FREE! Register Here for Fall, 2024 Math Circles |
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Thursday |
Crypto Reading Seminar Join the faculty and students of Cryptography for a biweekly reading seminar on fully homomorphic encryption. |
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Wednesday |
Math Club Join your friends and other math enthusiasts at FAU's Math Club events! The purpose of our Club is to improve academic ability, spread awareness of mathematics’ importance, and share a passion for all fields of mathematics! The club is open to all majors and all math backgrounds. Activities at the club will include:
Snacks are always available! See you there! |
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Thursday |
Crypto Café Speaker: Ruslan Ospanov, Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan FLYER Title: TBA Abstract: TBA Join by +Zoom (click here) |
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Saturday |
Welcome to Math Circle! The main purpose of the circle is to have fun with mathematics while learning something in the process. We will be discussing and solving problems, having friendly competitions, playing mathematical games. The purpose of this circle is to amplify the mathematical knowledge of students who like math, and do it in a fun way, we will also look at some AMC problems, and see how what was seen in the circle applies. We will be meeting every other Saturday, beginning Saturday, September 7, 2024. It is important to emphasize what these circle meetings are NOT. They are not classes or lectures. Students are free to walk about and talk. Source of the Problems: The majority of problems will come from very diverse sources, old AMC competitions, the Moscow Math Circle Problem book, historical sources (for example Fibonacci's Liber Abaci), etc. A few will be made up by us. Sources will not usually be credited but credits will be revealed upon request, if we know the source. Registration is FREE! Register Here for Fall, 2024 Math Circles |
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Thursday |
Crypto Reading Seminar Join the faculty and students of Cryptography for a biweekly reading seminar on fully homomorphic encryption. |
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Wednesday |
Math Club Join your friends and other math enthusiasts at FAU's Math Club events! The purpose of our Club is to improve academic ability, spread awareness of mathematics’ importance, and share a passion for all fields of mathematics! The club is open to all majors and all math backgrounds. Activities at the club will include:
Snacks are always available! See you there! |
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Thursday |
Crypto Café Speaker: TBA FLYER Title: TBA Abstract: TBA Join by +Zoom (click here) |
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November, 2024 |
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Saturday |
Welcome to Math Circle! The main purpose of the circle is to have fun with mathematics while learning something in the process. We will be discussing and solving problems, having friendly competitions, playing mathematical games. The purpose of this circle is to amplify the mathematical knowledge of students who like math, and do it in a fun way, we will also look at some AMC problems, and see how what was seen in the circle applies. We will be meeting every other Saturday, beginning Saturday, September 7, 2024. It is important to emphasize what these circle meetings are NOT. They are not classes or lectures. Students are free to walk about and talk. Source of the Problems: The majority of problems will come from very diverse sources, old AMC competitions, the Moscow Math Circle Problem book, historical sources (for example Fibonacci's Liber Abaci), etc. A few will be made up by us. Sources will not usually be credited but credits will be revealed upon request, if we know the source. Registration is FREE! Register Here for Fall, 2024 Math Circles |
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Wednesday |
AMC-10/12 A A contest for High School Students Registration is now open. Please visit: https://math.fau.edu/amc-contests/am-math-comp.php |
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Thursday |
Crypto Reading Seminar Join the faculty and students of Cryptography for a biweekly reading seminar on fully homomorphic encryption. |
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Tuesday |
AMC-10/12 B A contest for High School Students Registration is now open. Please visit: https://math.fau.edu/amc-contests/am-math-comp.php |
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Wednesday |
Math Club Join your friends and other math enthusiasts at FAU's Math Club events! The purpose of our Club is to improve academic ability, spread awareness of mathematics’ importance, and share a passion for all fields of mathematics! The club is open to all majors and all math backgrounds. Activities at the club will include:
Snacks are always available! See you there! |
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Thursday |
Crypto Café Speaker: TBA FLYER Title: TBA Abstract: TBA Join by +Zoom (click here) |
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Saturday |
Welcome to Math Circle! The main purpose of the circle is to have fun with mathematics while learning something in the process. We will be discussing and solving problems, having friendly competitions, playing mathematical games. The purpose of this circle is to amplify the mathematical knowledge of students who like math, and do it in a fun way, we will also look at some AMC problems, and see how what was seen in the circle applies. We will be meeting every other Saturday, beginning Saturday, September 7, 2024. It is important to emphasize what these circle meetings are NOT. They are not classes or lectures. Students are free to walk about and talk. Source of the Problems: The majority of problems will come from very diverse sources, old AMC competitions, the Moscow Math Circle Problem book, historical sources (for example Fibonacci's Liber Abaci), etc. A few will be made up by us. Sources will not usually be credited but credits will be revealed upon request, if we know the source. Registration is FREE! Register Here for Fall, 2024 Math Circles |
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Thursday |
Crypto Reading Seminar Join the faculty and students of Cryptography for a biweekly reading seminar on fully homomorphic encryption. |
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Wednesday |
Math Club Join your friends and other math enthusiasts at FAU's Math Club events! The purpose of our Club is to improve academic ability, spread awareness of mathematics’ importance, and share a passion for all fields of mathematics! The club is open to all majors and all math backgrounds. Activities at the club will include:
Snacks are always available! See you there! |
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Saturday |
Welcome to Math Circle! The main purpose of the circle is to have fun with mathematics while learning something in the process. We will be discussing and solving problems, having friendly competitions, playing mathematical games. The purpose of this circle is to amplify the mathematical knowledge of students who like math, and do it in a fun way, we will also look at some AMC problems, and see how what was seen in the circle applies. We will be meeting every other Saturday, beginning Saturday, September 7, 2024. It is important to emphasize what these circle meetings are NOT. They are not classes or lectures. Students are free to walk about and talk. Source of the Problems: The majority of problems will come from very diverse sources, old AMC competitions, the Moscow Math Circle Problem book, historical sources (for example Fibonacci's Liber Abaci), etc. A few will be made up by us. Sources will not usually be credited but credits will be revealed upon request, if we know the source. Registration is FREE! Register Here for Fall, 2024 Math Circles |
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December, 2024 |
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Thursday |
Crypto Reading Seminar Join the faculty and students of Cryptography for a biweekly reading seminar on fully homomorphic encryption. |
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Monday |
Math Club Join your friends and other math enthusiasts at FAU's Math Club events! The purpose of our Club is to improve academic ability, spread awareness of mathematics’ importance, and share a passion for all fields of mathematics! The club is open to all majors and all math backgrounds. Activities at the club will include:
Snacks are always available! See you there! |
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Saturday |
Welcome to Math Circle! The main purpose of the circle is to have fun with mathematics while learning something in the process. We will be discussing and solving problems, having friendly competitions, playing mathematical games. The purpose of this circle is to amplify the mathematical knowledge of students who like math, and do it in a fun way, we will also look at some AMC problems, and see how what was seen in the circle applies. We will be meeting every other Saturday, beginning Saturday, September 7, 2024. It is important to emphasize what these circle meetings are NOT. They are not classes or lectures. Students are free to walk about and talk. Source of the Problems: The majority of problems will come from very diverse sources, old AMC competitions, the Moscow Math Circle Problem book, historical sources (for example Fibonacci's Liber Abaci), etc. A few will be made up by us. Sources will not usually be credited but credits will be revealed upon request, if we know the source. Registration is FREE! Register Here for Fall, 2024 Math Circles |
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January, 2025 |
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Saturday |
AMC8 Middle School Math Day Registration is now open! Please visit: https://math.fau.edu/amc-contests/amc8.php |
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February, 2025 |
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February 8 |
High School Math Day |
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Feb. 24 |
Florida GeoGebra Conference Registration link: https://fau.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0cguWFiDo2UO2pg Description: Florida GeoGebra Conference February 24, 2025 Join us for an interactive workshop designed for STEM educators seeking to enhance their teaching of mathematics through the innovative use of GeoGebra. GeoGebra is a dynamic mathematics software that integrates geometry, algebra, spreadsheets, graphing, statistics, and calculus. In this workshop, we will explore how to leverage GeoGebra to create engaging and effective learning experiences in your STEM classroom. Workshop Highlights:
Who Should Attend:
Coffee and lunch will be provided! For more information, please contact: Dr. Katarzyna Winkowska-Nowak, Director of MST |
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March, 2025 |
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March 3-7 |
56th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing Celebrating its 56th year, the Conference brings together mathematicians and others interested in combinatorics, graph theory, and computing, and their interactions. The Conference lectures and contributed papers, as well as the opportunities for informal conversations, have proven to be of great interest to other scientists and analysts employing these mathematical sciences in their professional work in business, industry, and government. The Conference continues to promote a better understanding of the roles of modern applied mathematics, combinatorics, and computer science to acquaint the investigator in each of these areas with the various techniques and algorithms, which are available to assist in his or her research. Each discipline has contributed greatly to the others, and the purpose of the Conference is to decrease even further the gaps between the fields. |
