Applied Mathematics News
Applied mathematics is a dynamic group within the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Nevada, Reno.[12-Apr-12] Mathematics Colloquium
Please join us Thursday, April 12, 2012, 2:30-3:45pm in DMS 102 for a talk by Dr. Andrzej Pownuk titled Automated Solution of Equations with Uncertain Parameters.[05-Apr-12] Mathematics Colloquium
Please join us Thursday, April 05, 2012, 2:30-3:45pm in DMS 102 for a talk by Dr. Valery Pilipchuk titled Localized Modes and Energy Trapping Phenomena in Coupled Nonlinear Oscillators.[01-Apr-12] Summer Textbook Requisitions
Summer course material requisitions are due on April 1, 2012. Fall course material requisitions are due on April 15, 2012. Please send your requests directly to the bookstore.[15-Mar-12] My Math Lab
The My Math Lab speaker/workshop will be held this afternoon at 2:30pm in DMS 102.[23-Feb-12] Mathematics Colloquium
Please join us Thursday, February 23, 2012, 2:30-3:45pm in DMS 102 for a talk by Dr. Jichun Li titled Recent advanced in Time-domain Simulation of Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in Metamaterials.[11-Jan-12] Fall Grader Requests
Grader request forms are now in your mailboxes. Please return the forms to Aleksey.[12-Dec-11] Finals Schedule
In some cases there is a discrepancy between the official finals schedule and what has appeared in MyNevada. Please verify the meeting times you have agreed upon with your students. If they are different than the official schedule, contact Heather Turk Fiecoat at 682-8081, Chelsey Brokman at 682-8075, Desi Ebner at 682-6902 or Melisa Choroszy at 682-5907 to verify the availability of your final class meeting space.[28-Nov-11] College of Science Poster Competition
The 2011 College of Science Poster Competition will be held on Monday November 28th in the Joe Crowley Student Union Ballrooms A and B. Please encourage all of undergraduate and graduate students to participate in this student competition. There are cash prizes for the winners in both the Undergraduate and Graduate categories. We had a record number of undergraduate and graduate submissions last year and we are hoping for another successful showcase of our students work![20-Nov-11] Software and Hardware Requests
The computing committee soliciting your requests for computer hardware, software and other technology related items you would need for your teaching or research duties. We hope to get your request by November 20, 2011.[22-Oct-11] Intermountain Math Competition
This Saturday 10/22 between 9:00-noon we will participate at the Intermountain Math Competition. Please announce to any of your students who might be interested. Contact Birant for more information.[29-Sep-11] Putnam Pizza Party
Thursday September 29 we will hold our annual shindig in
the conference room 315 at 5:30 PM. Please
announce to all whom you think might be interested and ask
them to let me know by Wednesday if they want pizza.
Feel free to come yourself if you want an opportunity to schmooze
with some of our top students.
[22-Sep-11]
Mathematics Colloquium
Please join us Thursday, September 22, 2012, 2:30-3:45pm in DMS 102
for a talk by
Leonid I. Manevitch
titled
Energy exchange, localization, and transfer in finite oscillatory chains:
Weak coupling approximation.
[15-Sep-11]
Mathematics Colloquium
Please join us Thursday, September 22, 2012, 2:30-3:45pm in DMS 102
for a talk by
Vrushali Bokil
titled
High-Order Staggered Finite Difference Methods for Maxwell's
Equations in Dispersive Media.
[29-Aug-11] Fall Grader Requests Due
Grader request forms are now in your mailboxes.
Please return the forms to Aleksey at the very
latest by Monday the first week of instruction.
[18-Jul-11] Thesis Defense
Please join the UNR Mathematics and Statistics Department today at
10am in DMS 104 for Andrew Hicks Master Thesis Defense
on clustering in multidimensional spaces with applications to
statistical analysis of earthquake clustering.
[09-May-11] FEMTEC 2011
The third international conference on
Finite Element Methods in Engineering and Science,
FEMTEC 2011,
will be held at Harvey's Casino and Resort
South Lake Tahoe on May 9 - 13, 2011.
[04-Apr-11] Department Meeting
The Provost has scheduled a meeting with the entire department
for 3:00 in DMS 315 to discuss details of the budget reduction plan that will
be announced April 5. All faculty are encouraged to come.
[28-Mar-11] Putnam Results
This year the UNR Putnam team came in 100 out of 450 competing teams
with two of our team members scoring in the top 12 and 15 percent.
Congratulations to Sall, Gaffney, Machen, Campo and Marshall.
[11-Mar-11] Thesis Defense
Please join the Mathematics and Statistics Department for Quan Zou's
thesis defense, "The
Role of Spatiotemporal Correlations
in the Encoding and Retrieval of Synaptic Patterns by STDP
in Recurrent Spiking Networks," March 11 at 9am in DMS 102.
[02-Mar-11] Save UNR Our Public University
March 2 is the National Day of Action in Support of Public Education.
Join the
Nevada Faculty Alliance (NFA), the Associated Students of
the University of Nevada (ASUN) and the Staff Employees Council (SEC)
on the UNR quad at 5pm as we show our support for public education.
Help us show the state and the world that we are united in our belief
that education is good for Nevada.
Contact 775/784-6742 or 775/225-4597.
[24-Feb-11]
Mathematics Colloquium
Dr Sascha Schnepp from the Computational Electromagnetics Group
at Technical University Darmstadt will be speaking on the
Discontinuous Galerkin Method and its Application to the
Maxwell Time Domain Problem from 2:30-4pm in DMS 103.
[23-Feb-11] Faculty Forum on Budget
A discussion on what is looming for funding for the NSHE
and what faculty can do will be held at 11:45 in JCSU Ballroom A.
Speakers include Senator William Raggio, Professor Jim Richardson
and Professor Eric Herzik. Please RSVP by Feb 21 to the UNR Faculty Senate
Office lindak@unr.edu.
[24-Jan-11] Annual Reviews Due
Even though there is no merit money,
annual reviews are required. The use of digital measures is important
for calculating the productivity of the department and
individual members by central administration.
Please include your 2010 role statement
percentages with your self evaluation.
The chair needs all annual reviews by January 24.
[18-Jan-11] Spring Grader Requests Due
Copies of the grader request forms are in your mailboxes.
Please return the forms to Aleksey Telyakovskiy at the very
latest by Tuesday Jan 18 during the first week of classes.
[11-Dec-10] Department Christmas Party
Don Pfaff has invited the department to a Christmas party on
December 11 starting 5pm at his home.
Please RSVP by before December 8 if you can come.
Don will provide his famous spaghetti and meatballs and
various snacks. If you can, please bring something to share.
[15-Nov-10] Software and Hardware Requests
The Computing Committee is charged to solicit your request for software
and hardware. Please send us your request by email by November 15.
Please provide a short justification, price and vendor for the proposed
items. Put in the subject area of your email 'CC request' which would
let us to better track your emails.
[07-Oct-10] Letter from the Board of Regents
Chairman James Dean Leavitt and Vice Chairman Jason Geddes have written
a letter addressed to all students,
staff, faculty and administration, expressing the gratitude of the Board
of Regents and the Chancellor to students, staff, faculty and
administration for their contributions to the Nevada System of Higher
Education.
[30-Sep-10] Putnam Pizza Party
The annual Putnam Pizza Party will be held next Thursday, Sept. 30, at
5:30 PM in the conference room 315DMS. Please announce this in all
classes where there is a chance of some student being interested and
encourage all good students to come to the party and hear words that
encourage them to take the exam..
[17-Sep-10] College of Science Faculty Meeting
Please join the dean for the fall 2010 College of Science Faculty
and Staff meeting to
be held on Friday, September 17th, 1:30 pm in the Davidson Mathematics
and Science Center auditorium, room 110.
[23-Aug-10] Advanced Computer Modeling Course
Dr Solin will teach a special
course on advanced computer modeling Fall 2010.
[02-Aug-10] Thesis Defense
Please join the Mathematics and Statistics Department for
Julia Petereit's thesis defense August 2 at 3pm in AB 635.
[10-Aug-10] Open House
You are invited to an open house celebrating the Davidson
Mathematics and Science Center Tuesday, August 10 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
This 105,000 square foot innovative learning facility will
become a hub for student education, provide a significant
enhancement of the university's undergraduate research
capabilities, as well as become a centralized location for the
College of Science.
[14-Jun-10] New Building
We cannot get into the new building prior to June 14th and the last day
we will have access to our old offices is July 1st.
If you don't want to take your chair, there will be one available for you
in your new office. In addition there will be two additional chairs in
your office for visiting students.
Each office desk has three lateral file drawers and two smaller drawers.
Overhead there will be two bins for binders and books. Additionally, each
office has two bookshelves, 26"H x 36"W, with two shelves and the top.
Each office has a white board mounted on the wall opposite the desk.
[05-May-10] Department Potluck
Please join us to celebrate the end of the semester, wish our graduating
grads well, and cheer on some award winners. We'll be having a potluck
on May 5th from 11am-1pm in the conference room, AB 638. The theme is
Cinco de Mayo and we have a sign-up sheet for food in the break room on
the bulletin board next to microwave. See you there!
[26-Apr-10] Thesis Defense
Please join the Mathematics and Statistics Department for
John Garner's thesis defense
Tuesday, April 26 at 12:30 to 2pm in FA 219.
[15-Apr-10] Fall Textbook Orders
Fall 2010 textbook orders are due by the 15th of April.
The requests may be made with the electronic form
or using the new online interface.
Please send a copy of your request to Lisa if you need
a desk copy ordered.
[08-Apr-10] Westfall Scholar Mentor
Jennifer Bautista has been chosen as a Westfall
scholar from the Department of Mathematics & Statistics and
Ilya Zaliapin has been selected by Ms Bautista as her Mentor.
Congratulations to both Jennifer and Ilya!
[08-Apr-10] Davidson Building Tour
A tour of the new offices has been scheduled for April 8th
at 3:30. Meet on the east side of the building by the loading dock.
[01-Mar-10] Curricular Review
The Provost submitted a
Curricular Review Proposal to reduce spending.
[29-Jan-10] Self Evaluations
Dr Herzik is requesting that the
self evaluations
be ready for review and handed
in to Beverly or to him by Friday, January 29.
[08-Jan-10] Online Math Resource for Students and Faculty
A new online numerical methods laboratory that is freely accessible to
students, teachers and the public will make it easier for everyone to
learn and use modern techniques of scientific computing without having
to purchase expensive software or computer.
Congratulations to Pavel for the recent coverage in
Nevada News.
[23-Dec-09] Letter from Governor Gibbons
Governor Gibbons has written a letter to all state employees requesting
suggestions on how to deal with current budget shortfalls. The
deadline for response is Monday, January 4, 2010.
Last month, the Governor spoke very appreciatively of state employees
and agreed the best money-saving ideas come from the people who actually
do the state's work.
[07-Dec-09] Campus Closed
Today the University announced an emergency closing of campus operations
due to heavy snowfall. Tomorrow, Tuesday December 8, the campus will be
open unless there is a very unusual turn in the weather.
Monday classes will meet on Wednesday at their regular times.
[09-Nov-09] Westfall Scholar Mentor
Ruslana Dalinina was selected as one of only three Westfall Scholars
from the College of Science this semester. Professor Eric Olson was
named by Ruslana Dalinina as her Westfall Scholar Mentor.
Congratulations Eric and Ruslana!
[23-Oct-09] Department Workshop
We will meet in the Basque Studies Conference Room in the Knowledge Center
from 1pm to 5pm.
Enter the Knowledge Center from the north JCSU side. You can enter at
the third floor level and go straight into Basque Studies or enter at the
main floor and go up the stairs or use the elevator at the far north
end of the KC to get to Basque Studies, room 305.
[22-Sep-09] Department Workshop
There will be a department workshop September 22 from 2:30 to 4:30
location to be announced.
[17-Aug-09] Department Workshop
There will be a department workshop August 17 from 1pm to 5pm
in the Crowley Student Union Room 423.
[31-Mar-09] Continuing Department Workshops
Date Start End Room Status
---------------------------------------------------------------
3/31/2009 2:30 PM 4:30 PM CSU Room #324 Confirmed
4/2/2009 2:30 PM 4:30 PM CSU Room #324 Confirmed
4/7/2009 2:30 PM 4:30 PM CSU Room #324 Confirmed
4/10/2009 3:00 PM 5:00 PM CSU Room #324 Confirmed
4/17/2009 1:00 PM 5:00 PM CSU Room #320 Confirmed
4/21/2009 2:30 PM 4:30 PM CSU Room #422 Confirmed
5/01/2009 2:30 PM 4:30 PM TBA
5/05/2009 2:30 PM 4:30 PM TBA
[22-Apr-09] Thesis Defense
Please join the Mathematics and Statistics Department for
Chris Wingard's thesis defense Tuesday, April 22 at 11am in AB 638.
[26-Feb-09] 2nd Department Retreat
A reminder and update about tomorrow's departmental workshop.
We will meet in WRB 2023.
The workshop begins at 1:00 and will finish at 5:00. Ileana will be
distributing an agenda.
[30-Jan-09] 1st Department Retreat
We are scheduling an 8 hour session for the Math
and Statistics Department in collaboration with
Creating Effective
Organizations.
The workshop begins at noon at the
Redfield campus.
Dinner will be provided at 5:00.
This will be a catered buffet which includes a vegetarian dish.
We plan to end by 8:00.
[07-Jan-09] Merit Evaluations/Digital Measures
Part I of the Annual
Review is supposed to be
submitted on or before January 7.
Please try to hit the date as
closely as possible.
These can be turned in to Jennifer in the main
office this week.
If she is not in you can put them in Dr Herzik's mailbox.
[05-Jan-09] FEMTEC 2009
The second international conference on
Finite Element Methods in Engineering and Science,
FEMTEC 2009,
will be held at
the Granlibakken conference center at Lake Tahoe on January 5 - 9, 2009.
[01-Jan-09] New Faculty
Dr Pavel Solin
will join us starting in January 2009.
[15-Nov-08] Desktop Replacement Program
Information Technology still has machines for
the PC replacement program this year.
The future is unknown due to the budget situation.
Please submit a request if your office desktop is at least 4-years old.
If you wish to be considered send Mark Pinsky the number
on the service tag on your current desktop, the
serial number and your office phone number.
[22-Oct-08] Applied Mathematics and Statistics Party
Pavel Solin and his post-doctoral assistant David Andrs will be in Reno on
Wednesday and Thursday.
Swatee Naik has arranged a get together for the applied
and statistics groups at her place on Wednesday,
October 22, from 6pm to 9pm.
There will be pizza and drinks.
Children and pets are welcome.
Please RSVP if you are coming in order to have a
count for the pizza by email or phone 747-1205.
The address is 3210 Fairlands Court. This may be reached from UNR as follows: Take North Virginia to North McCarran; turn left to go west. Pass the traffic light at King's Row. Turn right at Las Brisas. Take the next right at Twin Creeks Drive. When Twin Creeks ends turn left on Fairlands Drive. Take the second right at Fairlands Court.
[20-Sep-08] Fall Welcome Picnic
Mark your calendar for Saturday, September 20th for the Department of Mathematics and Statistics Fall Welcome Picnic. We will welcome, greet and celebrate the start of our wonderful new school year. All of our faculty, staff, LOA, undergraduate and graduate students and their friends and families are welcome. The party is at Terrace Shelter in Idlewild Park 1805 Idlewild Drive on 9/20 Saturday from 11am - 3pm. Food will be served starting 12pm. Bring any kind of dish, dessert or drink to share and warm, happy hearts.[17-Jun-08] Davidson Mathematics and Science Center
Groundbreaking for the Davidson Mathematics and Science Center is scheduled for Tuesday, June 17 at 11:00am.
The Davidson Mathematics and Science Center will be the University of Nevada, Reno's principal facility for math and science instruction and will serve approximately 80% of the student population. The Davidson Center, scheduled to open in 2009, will be a 90,000 square-foot state of the art facility with mathematics and science wings, modern teaching laboratories, lecture halls, a specialized computational classroom, food service facility and extensive office space for faculty, staff and students. The Davidson Center will help attract the best mathematics and science students locally, nationally and globally as well as prominent researchers and scholars.
[07-May-08] Retirement Party
Please mark May 7, 4:30-6:30 on your calendars for Chaitan and Harvey's retirement party. It will be held in the JCSU Great Room on the 4th floor of the building.[26-Apr-08] Department Cluster
PDEwulf was upgraded with 5 new dual processor nodes each with 4GB of main memory over Spring Break 2008. Contact Eric for more information.[19-Apr-08] New Faculty
Our search for a senior level researcher in applied mathematics has ended with success. Dr Pavel Solin will join us starting in January 2009.[17-Mar-08] Putnam Results
Our four top people got 12, 12, 10 and 9 on the Putnam. This places our team in the top 20% nationally. So, if you run across Taylor, Gallaspy, Lang or Dussaq congratulate them and say well done![12-Mar-08] Thesis Defense
Please join the Mathematics and Statistics Department for Sayaka Olsen's thesis defense- Friday, March 14 at 1pm in WRB 2008.
Title: On the Ramsey Number of Sparse 3-Graphs
Abstract: Given a graph H, the Ramsey number of H, denoted R(H, H), is the smallest integer n such that any 2-coloring of the complete graph on n vertices admits a monochromatic copy of H. We consider a hypergraph generalization of a conjecture of Burr and Erdos concerning the Ramsey number of graphs with bounded maximum degree. It was shown by Chvatal, Rodl, Trotter, and Szemeredi in 1983 that the Ramsey number R(H, H) of a graph H of bounded maximum degree is linear in |V(H)|. We derived the analogous result for 3-uniform hypergraphs (or 3-graphs for short). In this presentation, we discuss some seminal results in Ramsey theory, present the proof of the graph embedding lemma, a key element in the proof of the graph result, and highlight some of the technicalities involved in the proof of the 3-graph result.
[19-Feb-08] Interview Talks
There are many excellent applicants for the senior level hire in Applied Mathematics. Telephone interviews have been completed and interview talks are scheduled. The schedule is- Wednesday, February 20 at 4pm in AB634,
- Friday, February 22 at 1pm in AB201,
- Monday, February 25 at 4pm in AB202,
- Tuesday, February 26 at 2:30pm in WRB2007,
- Thursday, February 28 at 2:30 in MSS216.
[29-Jan-08] Ph.D. Program
On January 29th the department chair met with the vice president of research and graduate school to discuss our Ph.D. proposal. Her feedback was very positive. She said that the proposal looked beautiful and that we have done an excellent job of addressing all issues. The comments received have been addressed and the proposal updated.[15-Dec-07] Senior Level Hire
The Department of Mathematics & Statistics at the University of Nevada, Reno invites applications in Applied Mathematics for a tenure-track position at a senior level. We are seeking a dynamic individual with outstanding credentials in research and teaching, who will develop interdisciplinary research collaborations, attract external funding, and play an active role in our graduate programs. The contract will begin July 1, 2008 with a physical start date prior to August 18, 2008.Last Updated: Thu Apr 5 16:09:41 PDT 2012