MSCS Department Tea is every Tuesday 2:45-3:15 pm, Olin-Rice 254. All are welcome for treats, conversation, and games.

FALL SEMESTER 2011

Sept 15: Capstone Lunch (mandatory for seniors)

Sept 16: Beyond Mac, 4 pm
               Vivek Sablani, Mac '06, AIR worldwide

Sept 17: Scavenger Hunt and Picnic

Sept. 20: Maverick Consulting - recruiting session, lunch, OLRI 241, noon-1pm

Sept 20: Seminar: Andrew Beveridge, Macalester, 3:30pm, OLRI 250

Sept 27: Seminar: Danny Kaplan, Macalester, 3:30pm, OLRI 250

Oct 11:  Math & Society Lecture: David Kung, St. Mary's College of Maryland
              4:45pm, John B. Davis Lecture Hall, Campus Center

Oct 18: Seminar: Rick Mabry, Louisiana State University at Shreveport, 3:30pm, OLRI 250

Oct 31: Dinner and Info Session: AIT Budapest Program, 6:00pm, OLRI 243

Nov 2:  Beyond Mac: Survival Analysis in the Insurance Industry. John Renze ('99) and Nathan Hubbell from Travelers Insurance will speak. 4:30-5:30, OLRI 241

Nov 8:  Seminar: Dave Musicant, Carleton College, 3:30pm, OLRI 250

Nov. 12: MAA-NCS Programming Contest
              9am - 12noon
              Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN

Nov 15: Seminar: Frank Farris, Santa Clara University, 3:30pm, OLRI 250

Nov 29:  Seminar: Stan Wagon, Macalester, 3:30pm, OLRI 250

Dec. 3:   Putnam Mathematics Competition

Dec. 8:  Beyond Mac: Prof Luke Olson, "What to Look for in Grad Schools," 4:30, OLRI 241

SPRING SEMESTER 2012

Jan 23:    First day of class

Feb. 14:    Seminar: Yu Zhang, Macalester, OLRI 250, 3:30pm

Feb. 21:    Seminar: John Zobitz, Augsburg College, OLRI 250, 3:30pm
"Bailing out from the data deluge in environmental science with mathematics"

Feb. 28:    Seminar: Karen Saxe, Macalester, OLRI 250, 3:30pm
"A Mathematical Adventure through the Census, Reapportionment, and Redistricting"

Feb. 25:    The Konhauser Problemfest, hosted by Macalester

Mar. 10-18:    Spring break

Mar 20:     Paolo Codenotti, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota
"Combinatorics and Group Theory in Isomorphism Testing"

Mar 27:     Seminar: Jim Walker, UW-Eau Claire/Macalester, OLRI 250, 3:30pm
"On the Connection between Mathematics and Music"

April 10:    Seminar: Jim Walker, UW-Eau Claire/Macalester, OLRI 250, 3:30pm
"Image Compression and Objective Image Quality"

April 18 : Capstone Day!
Olin-Rice Science Center 205, 241, 243, 245

April 19 :  Seminar:  Brad Carlin, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota,
OLRI 250, 4:30pm, Hierarchical Models for Spatio-Temporally Correlated Public Health Data
Senior Banquet - Smail Gallery, 5:45