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Upcoming Events
Our Department Tea is every Tuesday from 2:45 to 3:15, at the 'Right Angle'. Please stop by for treats and good conversation.
Please check the calendar of events for our upcoming planned events and past events.
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April 21, 2010
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Capstone Day! Please come to see our seniors present their projects- check out the schedule of presentations and the abstract book |
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April 22, 2010 4:30pm OLRI 250 6:00pm Smail Gallery |
Gilad Lerman, Mathematics Department, University of Minnesota, will speak on Mathematics in the Age of High-Throughput Data Abstract Senior Banquet
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Apply Now for Mac IT Scholarships
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We are now accepting applications for scholarships to be awarded by the Mac IT Scholars Program. Due May 15, 2010 |
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Summer Research
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Do you want to do research this summer? There are opportunities around the country, in a variety of MSCS related fields. The best place to find out about these is at: http://www.ams.org/employment/reu.html which is part of the more general and useful page http://www.ams.org/employment/undergrad.html Deadlines vary, and many are very soon. One thing to look out for is that many of these are only open to US citizens. Talk to an MSCS professor if interested. |
Latest News
| April 23, 2010 | Seen at the Senior Banquet
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| April 21, 2010 |
Professor Chad Topaz received the Jack and Marty Rossmann Excellence in Teaching Award! Provost Kathy Murray read the citation at the annual Faculty Convocation. Congratulations, Chad! Chad joins other faculty in the Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science Department who have won this teaching award: L-R Karen Saxe, Danny Kaplan, Provost Kathy Murray, Chad Topaz
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| April 2010 |
Senior Award Recipients: Konhauser Achievement Award in Mathematics - Amelia McNamara Konhauser Achievement Award in Computer Science - Ernesto Queiros Nunes Ezra J. Camp Endowed Prize in Computer Science - David Klock and Kayton Parekh Ezra J. Camp Endowed Prize in Mathematics - Hao Zou Competition Prize - Saad Anjum Capstone Prize in Math - Nisha Singh and Munadir Ahmed Capstone Prize in Computer Science - Robin Weiss |
| April 13, 2010 | Frank Schilder, Research Scientist at Thomson Reuters, discussed research being done to use Natural Language Processing techniques and machine learning to produce automated text summarizations. |
| April 10 -11, 2010 | Macalester hosted the spring section meeting of the AMS. Professors Karen Saxe and Tom Halverson were the local organizers. Information may be found here:http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2166_other.html |
| April, 2010 | Jeanmarie Youngblood, '12 math major, won the Math Horizons Photo Essay Contest. She wrote the winning essay on what mathematical principles are on display in an aerial photograph of a Maryland parking facility. Math Horizons is a publication of the Mathematical Association of America. |
| February 27, 2010 | Mike Kapernaros was Macalester's top scorer with 20 points on this year's Putnam Mathematical Competition (the 70th Annual), earning him the 707th place out of 4036 contestants from the US and Canada. Also representing Macalester were Jorge Banuelos, Cecylia Bocovich, Matthew Kusner, Wanyi Li, Mo Liu, and Jeanmarie Youngblood. |
| February 27, 2010 | The 18th Annual Konhauser Problemfest was held at University of Thomas. The Konhauser Problemfest is an annual problem competition for three-person teams from Macalester, Carleton, St. Olaf, University of St. Thomas, Augsburg, and Bethel. It was started in 1993 in honor of the late Joe Konhauser, a long-time professor at Macalester who was a very active problemist. In this competition, teams of 3 students work on 10 problems over the course of 3 hours. The Macalester team of Saad Anjum, Chen Gu, and Wanyi Li placed 3rd with 61 points (out of 100). A team from St. Olaf won this year's event with 85 points. Also competing for Macalester were Mike Kapernaros, Jeanmarie Youngblood, James Leonard, Ryan Marshall, Owen Burbank, Carl Corcoran, Mo Liu, Matthew Kusner, and Jorge Banuelos. |
| November 17, 2009 | Jessica Striker, Visiting Assistant Professor, spoke about: A Unifying Perspective on Alternating Sign Matrices and Other Combinatorial Objects (or How to Get Your PhD Using Magnetix toys) |
| October 31, 2009 | Students from around the region, including Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa gathered to compete in the Associated Computing Machinery's Annual Regional Programming Contest on October 31. Macalester hosted one of many contest sites in the North Central Region, which includes teams from several other states and Canada. |
| Summer 2009 | Munadir Aziz Ahmed Dhaka, ('10, Bangladesh) is a math and physics major who did summer research with Professor James Doyle. Read more about his summer experience. |
| March 17, 2009 | Douglas Mapondera, '11, was awarded a Davis Foundation "100 Projects for Peace" grant to purchase and install water pumps in a village in Zimbabwe, enabling them to irrigate the farm land and improve access to clean water for drinking. |
| March 1, 2009 | Professors Susan Fox and Libby Shoop were awarded a $586,500 grant from the National Science Foundation to support students majoring in Computer Science or minoring in Computer Science and majoring in another science field who demonstrate financial need. The grant will also support activities for the Macalester Information Technology Scholars (Mac IT Scholars) Program. Find out more information about the scholarships available and how to apply. |
Check the news archive for past events.
Why Math, Stats, and Computer Science?
- A recent analysis of 200 professions rates 'Mathematician' as the best job! Apparently, you will be very satisfied with your work if you major in any one of the areas represented in our department, since the top 6 ranked professions are: (1) Mathematician; (2) Actuary; (3) Statistician; (4) Biologist; (5) Software Engineer; (6) Computer Systems Analyst. We knew it! Read The Best & Worst Jobs from The Wall Street Journal, January 6, 2009.
- According the IEEE Computer Society, demand is up for several Information Technology jobs.
What are our graduates doing? Check out the Student/Alumni News.
Also see our Career Planning Information for ideas about what you might do with your Math, Applied Math and Stats, Computer Science, or Statistics degree.