Northern California Undergraduate Mathematics
Conference
April 21, 2007
Schedule (tentative)
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Time 8:00 |
Registration – Darwin Hall Lobby |
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9:15 |
Welcome – Darwin Hall 103 |
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Darwin Hall 102 |
Darwin Hall 103
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9:30 |
Dynamics of Simple Epidemiology Models Andrew Carter, Southern Oregon University |
Variations on ConwayÕs Game of Life Josh Abbott, Humboldt
State University |
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Darwin Hall 102 |
Darwin Hall 103
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9:50 |
Khipu: the Code of the String Kristen Roland, Sonoma State University |
New Graphs From Star Graphs Allen Stewart, Humboldt State University |
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Darwin Hall 102 |
Darwin Hall 103
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10:10 |
Free Groups and Generators and
Relations Martini Machado, Southern Oregon University |
So, what is Turing Computability? Jason Smith, CSU Sacramento |
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10:25 |
10 Minute Break |
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Darwin Hall 102 |
Darwin Hall 103
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10:35 |
Improved Linear Algebra Techniques for Photometric
Redshift Calculation Miranda Braselton, San Jose State University |
Poker Over the Telephone Abe Goldman, Sonoma State University |
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Darwin Hall 102 |
Darwin Hall 103
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10:55 |
The Shape of Water Droplets in the
3-Dimensional Case Esteban Adam Navas, University of California, Riverside |
Algorithms for Generating P(n), the Sequence of
Partition Numbers Sean MacRae, Sonoma State University |
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11:10 |
10 Minute Break
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11:20 |
Career Panel
Discussion Darwin Hall 103 |
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12:05 |
Lunch – Darwin Hall Lobby |
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Darwin Hall 102 |
Darwin Hall 103
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1:00 |
Quivers É What are They? Aaron Donahue, Sonoma State University |
Movement of Lattice Knots and DNA Nicholas Normandin, Andrew Herrmann, San Francisco State University |
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Darwin Hall 102 |
Darwin Hall 103
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1:20 |
Use of the Gradient Vector in the Construction of a
Solar Electric Array Chad Griffith, Santa Rosa Junior College |
A Model for DNA Unknotting Juliet Portillo, San Francisco State University |
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Darwin Hall 102 |
Darwin Hall 103
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1:40 |
Barycenters, Cevians and the
Pythagorean Theorem Nick Dowdall, Sonoma State University |
Intrinsic Knotting of Partite Graphs Ryan Hake, CSU Chico |
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1:55 |
10 minute break |
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Darwin Hall 102 |
Darwin Hall 103
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2:05 |
Drink Up Kathleen Mingoia, Kevin Dowdey, Sarah West, Sonoma State University |
Uncovering Nuclear Geometry Through
Ionizing Radiation Signatures Daniel DeWoskin, University of California, Berkeley |
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Darwin Hall 102 |
Darwin Hall 103
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2:25 |
Optimizing Healing in ÒWorld of WarcraftÓ Using Linear
Programming Michael Casolary, University of the Pacific |
Tic-Tac-Toe and Its Related Games in Higher Dimensional Spaces Tri Nguyen, Evergreen Valley College |
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Darwin Hall 102 |
Darwin Hall 103
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2:45 |
What if you Build a Machine to Predict Hit Movies? Paul Craciunoiu,
San Jose State University |
Duplicating the Cube HannaH Fournier, Sonoma State University |
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3:15 |
Darwin Hall 103 – Keynote Talk
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CONFERENCE SUPPORT: The Northern California Undergraduate Mathematics Conference is partially funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation and is administered through the Mathematical Association of America (through DMS-0241090) and by the Associated Students Inc. of Sonoma State University.