Math Club Spring 2009 Activities Schedule
Please join us for these activities

We have a very active Math Club with over fifty members. The Math Club sponsors activities such as Pi Day (on 3/14, of course) and Euler's Birthday Party. We also have a regular colloquium series, primarily featuring student speakers, in which we serve pizza. All are welcome to join: please contact Richard Torres, Club President or Patti Frazer
Lock, Department Chair.

Friday - February 6th - 1:00 - 1:30 pm - Richard Torres will speak on "Math Anxiety"
Valentine 205-6 - Pizza and light refreshments served

Friday - February 20th - 1:00 - 1:30 pm - Ivan Ramler will speak on "Findng Groups in Data: An Introduction to Cluster Analysis". 
Valentine 205-6 - Pizza and light refreshments served

Friday - March 6th - 1:00 - 1:30 pm - Jim Keller will speak
Title: An Introduction to Three Propositions in the Philosophy of Mathematics
Abstract: This talk will discuss three propositions in the Philosophy of Mathematics: Platonism, Intuitionism, and Formalism. A general overview of each will be given first. Secondly the problems with each will be addressed.  Lastly, if time is left we will discuss my fellowship titled An Investigation of the Worth of Mathematics in Light of Three Philosophical Propositions and it's conclusions will be given.
Valentine 205-6 - Pizza and light refreshments served

Monday, March 9th - 4:15 - 8:00 pm - " Math Writing Workshop"
Held at Clarkson University - Open to all majors and minors

Wedneday - March 11 - 3:30 - 5:30 pm - Clarkson University - Approximately Pi-Day
Various Pi Day activities for middle and high school students.
Please contact Richard Torres for more information and volunteering to help

Friday - March 27th - 1:00 - 1:30 pm - Ralph Oberste-Vorth will speak
Valentine 205-6 - Pizza and light refreshments served

Friday - April 3rd - 1:00 - 1:30 pm - SLU Student Danile Downs will present on his summer research
Title:   "Infrared Image Processing and Classifying Using Feature Selection."
Abstract: Feature selection is a method of removing extraneous features from a set of data (in our case, an image) so that only the relevant festures will be used. In our project, we utilized two different algorithms to perform feature selection, Relief and Simba, over a set of training data representing a video involving a target and non-targets, as well as a UCI data set involving rocks and mines. After performing feature selection, we were to classify the data in order to see how well each algorithm worked, and test it to see whether or not one outperformed the other.
Valentine 205-6 - Pizza and light refreshments served

Friday - April 10th - 4:00 pm - ?? - Student Center Atrium-Applied Probability Casino Night  Learn to play your favoirite casino games!
Akwesasne Mohawk Casino - Vans will pick up students at 5:30 pm
Official Akwesasne Mohawk Casino web site

Saturday - April 18th - Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference (HRUMC)
Union College - Conference is open to all majors and minors.
For more information contact Patti Frazer Lock, Department Chair.
Official HRUMC web site

Friday - April 24th - 4:00 - 6:00 pm -  Festival of Science (FOS)
Student Oral and Poster presentations - Eben-Holden

Friday - May 1st - 1:00 - 1:30 pm - Speaker to be determined
Valentine 205-6 - Pizza and light refreshments served

Link to: Math Club Activities Schedule for Fall 2008

Link to:  Pi Day Fundraiser - Spring 2006