Recruitment Workshop 1999

Workshop Program

• Research Topics I
  • Mathematics and Chaotic Beetles. Jim Cushing (Faculty, Department of Mathematics).
  • Fractal Dimension of a Chaotic Attractor. Jeff Edmunds (Graduate Student, Department of Mathematics).
  • Algorithms for Matrix Groups. Robert Beals (Faculty, Department of Mathematics).
  • A New Method for Solving the Stochastic Nonlinear Unsaturated Flow Problem. Orna Amir (Graduate Student, Interdisciplinary Program in Applied Mathematics).
• Research Topics II
  • Percolation Theory - From Coffee Pots to Galaxies. Jan Wehr (Faculty, Department of Mathematics).
  • The Mathematics Education Program at the U of A. Jennifer Christian-Smith (Graduate Student, Department of Mathematics).
  • When Do Symmetric Problems Have Symmetric Solutions?. Nick Ercolani (Faculty, Department of Mathematics).
  • Dynamical Systems and Climbing Plants. Alain Goriely (Faculty, Department of Mathematics).
• Research Topics III
  • Arithmetic Algebraic Geometry. Susan Marshall (Graduate Student, Department of Mathematics).
  • Opportunities for Training in Biomathematics. Leslie Tolbert (Faculty, Neurobiology and Interdisciplinary Program in Applied Mathematics).
  • Is There a Tumor There? - An Introduction to Statistical Decision Theory. Angel Pineda (Graduate Student, Interdisciplinary Program in Applied Mathematics).
  • Abstract Spaces and Rings of Functions. Doug Ulmer (Faculty, Department of Mathematics).

Mathematics Participants

• Michelle Baier, Pittsburg State University
• Benton Duncan, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
• Katrina Jimenez, UC Santa Barbara
• Frederick Leitner, University of North Carolina
• Linh Lieu, University of the Pacific
• Julio Melendez-Morales, University of Puerto Rico
• Derek Newland, UC Davis
• Kurt Overhiser, Brigham Young University
• Steven Scott, University of Arizona
• Patrick Shipman, University of Arizona
• Lisa Vossler, Humboldt State University