Math Club - Spring 2017 Events
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Establishing Your Career as an Actuary: M.S. in Actuarial Science at St. John's University
Speaker: Paul Mucciarone, Assistant Director of Enrollment, St. John's University
12:30–2 p.m.
1141 Ingersoll Hall
The actuarial profession is consistently ranked as a top career path. Mucciarone's talk explored why people with strong quantitative skills should consider pursing this lucrative and rewarding career. He defined the job functions of an actuary and the various skill sets needed to be successful in the field. He concluded the talk with details about the M.S. in Actuarial Science, including the curriculum, internship opportunities, career coaching, and scholarships.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Random Fractals
Speaker: Christian Benes, Department of Mathematics
12:30–1:45 p.m.
1141 Ingersoll Hall
One of the hottest topics of research in probability of the past few decades is a random fractal called the Schramm-Loewner Evolution (SLE). In recent years, two mathematicians were awarded Fields Medals for showing that SLE is related to well-known random processes such as loop-erased random walk and percolation. In this talk, Benes explained what fractals are and how random fractals appear naturally in a number of physical phenomena.
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Pi Day
12:15–2 p.m.
1141 Ingersoll Hall
We had a belated Pi Day event on March 21, as the snowstorm that occurred on March 14 resulted in the closure of the college on that day. In honor of Pi Day (3/14), we watched the movie Pi.
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Fun With Number Theory
Speaker: Marty Lewinter, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, Purchase College and Dean of Mathematics, Learn America
12:30–1:30 p.m.
1141 Ingersoll Hall
Lewinter examined classes of numbers including squares, triangular numbers, primes, Fibonacci numbers, and more. Various beautiful properties and identities were presented. The only prerequisite was high school algebra.
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
PageRank
Speaker: Sandra Kingan, Department of Mathematics
12:30–1:30 p.m.
1141 Ingersoll Hall
PageRank is Sergey Brin and Larry Page's algorithm that launched Google, Inc. It is based on concepts from Linear Algebra and Graph Theory covered in undergraduate courses. This algorithm along with the background required to understand it were discussed at this event.
Executive Board Members
President : Jonathan Hanon
Vice President: Tova Baharlias
Treasurer: Hindy Drillick
Secretary: Chezky Steiner
Club Connector: Eugene Dorokhin
