SJSU Math/Stats Colloquium, Fall 2022-2023 Department of Mathematics and Statistics San José State University

The colloquium is back in person!

Or at least sometimes: Some colloquia will be held in person, and some by Zoom.

• All colloquia are 3:00-4:00pm on Wed.
• For in-person colloquia, we will meet around 2:30pm outside MacQuarrie Hall, on the Sweeney Hall (east, non-construction) side, for snacks (weather permitting), and then head inside to MacQuarrie Hall 320 just before 3:00pm
• For online colloquia, please email tim.hsu@sjsu.edu for Zoom link (different every week). The Zoom meeting will start about 5-10 min before 3:00pm, depending on host schedule(s).

Date	Speaker	Title (click links for abstracts)	Location
Wed Aug 24	Judith Garcia, SJSU Career Center	An introduction to the SJSU Career Center	MH320
Wed Aug 31	SPECIAL EVENT	Welcome to the major in math/stats at SJSU	MH320
Wed Sep 07	SPECIAL EVENT	Graduate school workshop	MH320
Wed Sep 14	Edgar Bering, SJSU	The Algebra and Geometry of Symmetries	MH320
Wed Sep 21
Wed Sep 28	Shane Mayor, Chico State	Measuring the vector wind field near the surface of the earth	Zoom
Wed Oct 05	Mike Hartglass, Santa Clara Univ.	An introduction to free probability	MH320
Wed Oct 12	Ornella Mattei, SFSU	The mathematics of rainbows	MH320
Wed Oct 19	Emily Clader, SFSU	Why Twelve Tones? The Mathematics of Musical Tuning	Zoom
Wed Oct 26	Dongwook Lee, UC Santa Cruz	Enhancing numerical methods and their applications for predictive sciences	MH320
Wed Nov 02	Kasia Jankiewicz, UC Santa Cruz	Reflections and Coxeter groups	MH320
Wed Nov 09	Richard M. Low, SJSU	Constructing Zn-magic Graphs via the Combinatorial Nullstellensatz	MH320
Wed Nov 16	CANCELLED	CANCELLED
Wed Nov 23	THANKSGIVING BREAK	NO COLLOQUIUM
Wed Nov 30	Zehang Richard Li, UC Santa Cruz	Measuring the hidden burden of disease: cause of death assignment using verbal autopsy	MH320

See here for more about the SJSU Math/Stats Colloquium.

Useful links:

• Directions to SJSU. For transit directions, use the Google maps link there, or contact the colloquium organizer. (BART to Berryessa and the 500 VTA bus is highly recommended if you're coming from anywhere near BART.)
• SJSU campus map. Math/Stats Dept is in MacQuarrie Hall (MQH), SW quadrant of campus. Recommended parking garage is 7th St @ San Salvador.
• Guide to parking at SJSU
• SJSU Math/Stats Colloquium Spring 2021-2022
• SJSU Math/Stats Colloquium Spring 2022-2023
• SJSU Math/Stats