Past Events

This talk identifies thirty of the great algorithms of numerical analysis, from Gaussian elimination to automatic differentiation, and asks in each case: Who were the main inventors? Were they mathematicians or engineers, academics or industrialists...

This two week intensive learning experience is designed to give graduate students in the Mathematical Sciences an opportunity to learn industrial mathematical modelling techniques under the guidance of renowned industrial researchers. Graduate...

This talk presents joint work with Kee Lam of UBC and Nancy Cardim, Maria Herminia de Mello, and Mario Olivero da Silva in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Given the total space of any orthogonal sphere bundle over a sphere, we determine its stable span and...

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The ties between combinatorics and probability run so deep that for many deep and interesting problems, it is nonsensical to try to assign one category or the other. The subject of this workshop is these sorts of problems, many of which in fact come...

The Pacific Northwest Geometry Seminar (PNGS) is a regional meeting for geometers of all kinds. It is held every fall and spring, and every other winter, rotating among the following participating institutions: * Oregon State University * Portland...