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FALL 2018
Fun with matheamtics and voting: how should we decide how to decide? - Dr. Jan Cameron (Vassar College)
Mathematica 11 in Education and Research - Paul Winterbotham (Wolfram)
SPRING 2017
The Frobenius Problem - Dr. Xiao Xiao (Utica College)
Algebraic groups of solutions of two Diophantine equations a^2+mb^2=c^2 and x^2-my^2=1 - Dr. Nikolai Krylov and Elena Covill (Siena College)
FALL 2016
Math magic - Katelynn Kochalski (University of Virginia)
Three flavors of billiards - Dr. Diana Davis (Williams College)
Treatment and recovery in differential equation models of disease spread - Dr. Scott Greenhalgh (Queen's University)
A look at the landscape - Dr. Natalie Cartwright (SUNY New Paltz)
Will an insect outbreak occur? - Kiah Wah Ong (Indiana University)
Graphical Model for 3-Way Kidney Transplant Donor Exchanges - Csilla Szabo (Skidmore College)
Dimension Reduction with PCA - Daniel Smitas (Siena College)
Combinatorics? - William Adamczak (Siena College)
SPRING 2016
A panel discussion on Research Experience for Undergraduates - Catherine Sullivan and Elena Covill (Siena College)
Wolfram Technologies in Education and Research - Paul Winterbotham (Wolfram Research)
Modern Math in medieval Islamic Architecture - Peter J. Lu (Harvard University)
Connes' Embedding Conjecture - Eli Bashwinger (Siena College)
Topological Tools in Image Analysis - Dr. Ellen Gasparovic (Union College)
Irrationality of Pi - Dr. Dan Smitas (Siena College)
FALL 2015
Contributions of Polish Émigrés to Mathematics in the United States in the Pre-World War II Period - Dr. Emelie Kenney (Siena College)
Analyzing SNPs Interaction using Computational Algebraic Geometry - Catherine Sullivan (Siena College)
Words Within Words: A Recursive Approach to Catalan Numbers and Fine Numbers - Dr. David Vella (Skidmore College)
SPRING 2015
Beyond Complex: the Quaternions - Dr. Jeff Jauregui (Union College)
The Axiom of Choice - Dr. Jon Bannon (Siena College)
Nonexistence in Mathematics - Dr. Mohammad Javaheri (Siena College)
Paths, Symmetries, and Conservation Laws - Dr. Rajan Mehta (Smith College)
Symmetric groups and roller-coaster permutations - Dr. William Adamczak (Siena College)
FALL 2014
Imagining the universe - Dr. Brad Henry, Siena College
What happened when we tried to find the half-derivative of a polynomial - Nikolai Krylov and Zhangyuan Li (Siena College)
Neuronal Network Models of Sensory Processes - Dr. Pamela Fuller (RPI)
The Tree of Pythagorean Triples - Dr. Charles Scheim (Hartwick College)
SPRING 2014
Fighting the Tuberculosis Pandemic using Mathematics - Dr. Kristin Bennett (RPI)
Proof without words - Dr. Mohammad Javaheri (Siena)
Cashing in on Cryptography - Daniel DiTursi (SUNY Albany/Siena College)
When lines and circles are all the same - Dr. Pedram Safari (Harvard University)
Resolving open problems in the study of Mathematical knots - Emily Casey (Siena 2014)
FALL 2013
A Game of Commuting Matrices - Dr. Leila Khatami (Union College)
Using the Ammann-Beenker Tiling to Model Quasicrystals - Francesca Romano (Siena 2014)
Matrix Field Theory for RNA molecules - Dr. Graziano Vernizzi (Siena)
Routes to Infinity: Asymptotic Behavior in the Lamplighter Group - Dr. Keith Jones (SUNY Oneonta)
Optimal Pentagonal Tilings - Dr. Frank Morgan (Williams College)
SPRING 2013
Population Models with Mutualism - Dr. Len Putnick (Siena)
Paul Erdos, the traveling mathematician - Dr. Mohammad Javaheri (Siena)
Consensus-Type Stochastic Approximation Algorithms - Dr. Yu Sun (Siena)
More Explicit Formulas for Euler and Bernoulli Numbers - Francesca Romano (Siena 2014)
Event Chains and Inverse Problems with Applications to Neuroscience - Dr. Drew Warner (RPI)
Japanese Temple Geometry: A Tale of Math, Art, Religion, and History - Dr. David Clark (Randolph-Macon College)
FALL 2012
Math is a super power! Share it! Marketing "Extreme Problem Solving” to the Broader Community - Dr. Mary O'Keeffe Founding advisor of Albany Area Math Circle, co-organizer of the Math Prize for Girls@MIT, and public policy economist at Union College
Operator Algebras and Quantum Entanglement - Jon Bannon (Siena)
Structure in Numbers - Zachary Kudlak (Mount Saint Mary College)
Bachet's equation: From Diophantus to modern times - Nikolai Krylov (Siena)
Mathematica 8 in Education and Research - Andy Dorsett (Wolfram Research)
Link theory and general relativity - Vladimir Chernov (Dartmouth College)
SPRING 2012
On Making Honesty the Best Policy (Mathematically) - Alan Taylor (Union College)
Across the Great Divide: Generating Fun and Bridging the Gap between Two Competing Perspectives on Mathematics - David Vella (Skidmore College)
A Panoply of Pigeonhole Principle Pranks, with a Practical Application - Jon Bannon (Siena)
The Infinitude of the Primes: The beauty of many proofs - M. Brad Henry (Siena)
SPRING 2011
Queueing Theory - Mathematical Applications in Our Traffic System - Lauren Peloso (Siena)
Robot Motions and Collisions - Satyan Devadoss (Williams College)
Minimal Surfaces, Soap Films and Flat Chains - Marie Snipes (Kenyon College)
A Roller Coaster Ride Through Knot Theory - M. Brad Henry (The University of Texas at Austin)
The Euler Characteristic - Keir Lockridge (Wake Forest University)
Communication Complexity and Linear Algebra - Louis Deaett (University of Victoria)
Dynamics of Linear Fractional Transformations - Mohammad Javaheri (Trinity College)
FALL 2010
Knots, Surfaces and k-Polygrams - Joseph D’Avanzo (Siena)
Noncommutative polynomials and Finite von Neumann algebras - Joseph D’Avanzo (Siena)
Algebraic Number Theory & Fermat's Last Theorem - Allison Pacelli (Williams College)
A Mathematical Model of Network Communication - James Gatewood (Siena)
Derivative vs. Integral: The Final Slapdown - Colin Adams and Thomas Garrity (Williams College)
SPRING 2010
A needle in a haystack - Gary Nan Tie (The Travelers Companies)
Hypergraphs: what they are, why we study them, and why they are really cool - Leona Sparaco (Smith College)
Where have all the lefties gone? - Darren Lim (Siena)
Mathematics in Pre-modern India - Kim Plofker (Union College)
Preserving a Nation: Mathematics Education in Poland - Emelie Kenney (Siena)
FALL 2009
Mathematics, Finance, and Paying Off Your Student Loans! An actuaries’ perspective geared towards the undergraduate - Lauren Cassidy and Brittany Parahus (Siena)
Undergraduate Chaos - Edwin Rogers (Siena)
Topological equivalence of matrices plus very nice stipends for graduate school - Mark Steinberger (SUNY Albany)
What Can Mathematics Teach Us About Dating? - Scott Diehl (Siena)
Zeta[3] via hyperbolic functions - Joseph D’Avanzo (Siena)
Convergence of solutions and existence of multiple periodic solutions of a Non-Autonomous Rational Difference Equation - Michael Radin (Rochester Institute of Technology)
SPRING 2009
Monkeys, Mods, and Remainders! Oh My - Brian McCourt, Allison Fazio, and Erin Ward (Siena)
A Prime Example - Brian McCourt, Allison Fazio, and Erin Ward (Siena)
The Genus of Regular Polyhedral Toroids - Eric Heller (Siena)
Testing very large numbers for primality - Darren Lim (Siena)
Factoring Techniques - Ryan Bakes (Hudson Valley Community College)
Unfolding Polyhedra - Robin Flatland (Siena)
Dynamics of simple folds in a plane - Nikolai Krylov and Edwin Rogers (Siena)
FALL 2008
Voting with Rubber Bands and Pulleys - Davide Cervone and William Zwicker (Union College)
Be careful what you vote for - Jonathan Brown (Dartmouth College)
Putting different colored balls into boxes - Erik Mulvaney (Siena)
The Cantor set and space-filling curves - Don Hadwin (The University of New Hampshire)
Career Advice For CS/IT/Math Types from a CS/IT/Math Type Problem Solver - Brad Lowry (School of Dentistry University of Southern California)
The Strategies and Tactics of Set and Setgame - Darren Lim (Siena)
SPRING 2008
Knots Undressed - Jessica Hackett, Kellianne Kiely, Emery McDonald, Andrew Warner (Siena)
Do some biological enzymes understand topology? Examining the "link" between DNA supercoiling and knot theory - Bianca Pier (Siena)
Linking Invariants of Fronts and Causality - Vladimir Chernov (Dartmouth College)
Ramanujan-Like Congruence Properties of the restricted partition function p(n,m) - Brandt Kronholm (SUNY Albany)
Topologically Voronoi Nets - Nicole Greaney (RPI)
Do the Ends Justify the Lengths? - Csilla Szabo (RPI)
Babylonian Triples and Pairs of Equations: Origins of Algebra in Antiquity - Emelie Kenney (Siena)
Coincidence, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz - Edward Burger (Williams College)
Searching for Missing Links: the Evolution of Some Undergraduate Research Projects - Brenda Johnson (Union College)
FALL 2007
Avoiding the Identity - Jacqueline Busching, Daryl Doty, Kelly Lawrence (Siena)
Groups as Unions of Their Proper Subgroups - Jennifer Roberts and Celeste Sisson (Siena)
Isomorphism, Equality, Apples and Trees - Jeffrey Dujardin, Amy Gadziala, Erin Guldenstern, Nicholas Orlando (Siena)
Encryption, Asymmetry, and Prime Numbers - Gove Effinger (Skidmore College)
Visibility Graphs: A story of faculty and student collaboration over 10+ years - Alice Dean (Skidmore College)
Rational, Irrational, Algebraic and Transcendental Numbers - Junsheng Fang (University of New Hampshire)
Color my world: some open questions in graph coloring theory - Emelie Kenney (Siena)
Sudoku Variants and Other Logic Puzzles - Kristin Farwell (Siena)
SPRING 2007
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Which Knot is Fairest of Them All? - Meghan Davey, Madeline Gialanella, and Jaclyn Iraci (Siena)
Geometry meets Algebra Vector Space and Field Properties of the Regular Polygon - Sue Hurley (Siena)
To Be or Not To Be? Let us Try and Answer the Question - Alexander J. LaPoint (Siena)
The General Burnside Problem in Exponent 3 - Alexander J. LaPoint (Siena)
An ocean front is not the beach - Thomas Rousseau (Siena)
Mathematical models in daily life - Mingchu Gao (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Cracking the case of the twenty cases problem - Jim Matthews (Siena)
The Educational Value of Boardgames - Darren Lim (Siena)
FALL 2006
Constructing Numbers with Straightedge and Compass - Alan Wiggins (Texas A&M University)
The three B’s in fixed point theory - Peter N. Wong (Bates College)
The Higher Chain Rule and Composite Generating Functions - David Vella (Skidmore College)
Sonar and Radon Transforms - David V. Feldman (University of New Hampshire)
Computing with Continued Fractions - David V. Feldman (University of New Hampshire)
An Introduction to Quantum Cryptography - Mark Rosenberry (Siena)
SPRING 2006
Games on the Torus and Klein Bottle - Jeffrey Avila, Linda Braham, Christine Kawczak, and Kristin Prochilo (Siena)
On the Cantor Set and Various Dimensions - Kerry McKnight, Daniel Lomanto, Matthew Sayles, and David Smith (Siena)
On Newton’s method for root finding and chaos, and how to really find roots of complex polynomials - Dierk Schleicher (International University Bremen, Germany)
Symmetry, Group Actions, & Euclidean Geometry - David Vella (Skidmore College)
Mysteries of Black Holes - Sergey Solodukhin (International University Bremen, Germany)
Uniqueness and the Doubling Operator - Ryan Decker (Siena)
A Taste of Dynamical Systems - Ryan Decker (Siena)
Finding the closed path of minimal length within a regular tetrahedron - Kristin Farwell (Siena)
What is a real number? - Nikolai A. Krylov (Siena)