The math department is offering weekly talks on oombinatorics, and invited CSE majors to attend. Option to register for one credit!
Combinatorics is one of the most active and growing areas of research in mathematics today. It has application in fields as diverse as computing science, optimization, biology, physics, probability, algebra, and geometry. This spring quarter we are again offering a pre-seminar in combinatorics for undergraduates. (Non-undergrads are also welcome to attend.)
Our regular combinatorics seminar (not the pre-seminar) time is at 4:00pm on Wednesdays. The regular talk aims at an audience of math faculty and graduate students, although anyone is welcome to attend. Prior to this, at 2:30pm, there will be pre-seminar talk, which is usually given by the same speaker who gives the regular talk that day. This pre-seminar talk is aimed at those who do NOT have extensive background in combinatorics, and is intended to provide background information, key ideas, and/or examples related to the regular talk. The pre-seminar lasts about 50 minutes, and is intended to be less formal and more interactive than the regular talk. You are strongly encouraged to ask questions of the speaker.
Undergraduates may optionally sign up for one unit of credit for attending the pre-seminar talks during the quarter. It is not required that you attend the regular 4pm talk in order to get the one unit. (For those interested in taking the credit, the course designation is Math 498. Add code is available at the Math Department Student Services office in Padelford C-036.)
Those interested can contact me, Kurt Luoto <kwluoto@math.washington.edu> for more information. The above info is also available at the web page
http://www.math.washington.edu/~combinat/preseminar.html.
A complete list of speakers for the quarter can be found on the main web page at
http://www.math.washington.edu/~combinat/
The first pre-seminar talk for the spring quarter will take place at 2:30pm on Wednesday, April 15th in Padelford C-036 (next to the Student Services office). Our speaker will be Jeffrey Doker of UC Berkeley. Come to the pre-seminar, enjoy some snacks, and rub shoulders with cutting-edge researchers in the field.
I hope to see you all there!
Kurt Luoto
Mathematics Department