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Tag Archives: Laura McLay
Take Me Out To The Stats Game!
Recently, I was hanging out watching the Pirates crumble under the pressure of a wild card game and someone asked me a really good question. Supposing you were busy taking selfies and missed a few plays, but you noticed that … Continue reading
Posted in Applied Math, Data Science, Math Education
Tagged Baseball, Laura McLay, Sharon Jones, Sports Analytics, Tim Chartier
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How To Optimize Summer Travel And Not Get Blown Up
Every year I promise myself that I’ll just stay in one place for the summer, and every year that simply doesn’t happen. Today I’m posting from CIRM in Marseille, France. Next week I’m headed to Hong Kong to visit with … Continue reading
Posted in Recreational Mathematics
Tagged Laura McLay, Michael Trick, Operations Research, Patricia Randall, Tallys Yunes, Traffic, Transportation, Travel
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Making Conferences Easier for Families
Most mathematicians want to make mathematics, and especially mathematical academia, more hospitable to women. One way to do that is to help them participate as fully as possible in conferences, even when they have young children. Due to a sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in people in math, women in math
Tagged conferences, joint mathematics meetings, Jordan Ellenberg, Laura McLay, mathematics and parenthood, Matilde Lalin, terry tao
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