University Beamer Themes

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Tyler Clark

Monogram G 874I gave a talk this morning for our departments Algebra and Discrete Math Seminar. Last night as I was finalizing my Beamer presentation, I came across a template for my university (UCF) online. Ryan Patrick, a PhD student in the computer science department has listed some Beamer themes for various universities on his website http://www.eecs.ucf.edu/~rpatrick/code.html.  I found the UCF theme to be very well designed. He also has themes for The College of New Jersey and Wright State University. Do you know of any other sites that have themes for various universities?

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Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons and the First-Sale Doctrine

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Derek Smith

wiley-wordmark-headerAs I write this post, a well-worn copy of Rudin’s Real and Complex Analysis lies on my desk. The red cover identifies the book as a McGraw-Hill international edition, a gift from my mom who was most likely unaware of the distinction. Over the past few weeks, I have seen headlines referencing an upcoming Supreme Court case about the first-sale doctrine. It surprised me to find the case has its origins in the academic publishing world, specifically international editions of mathematics textbooks.

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AMS 2013 Sectional Meetings Funding

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Tyler Clark

ams-logo-twitterThe AMS has funding for grad students to attend sectional meetings around the US.

Upcoming Sectional Meetings:

 

  • March 1-3, 2013, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
  • April 6-7, 2013, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
  • April 13-14, 2013, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO
  • April 27-28, 2013, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Applications for any one of these four sectional meetings will be accepted and considered as a group The AMS welcomes applications for these meetings. The submission deadline is November 8, 2012, 11:39 pm Eastern time. Please visit https://www.mathprograms.org/db/programs/139 to submit your application.

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How Did Your Choice of Major Prepare You For Grad School?

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Maya Sharma

What did you study when you were an undergrad? Just math? Math and physics, perhaps, or math and computer science? Maybe you combined seemingly unrelated but potentially complementary fields, like math and biology, in the hopes of getting into one of the up-and-coming interdisciplinary fields like biostatistics. No matter what you studied, you probably found both that you had a few gaps in your education you hadn’t anticipated, and that your secondary field helped prepare you in ways you couldn’t have expected.

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Data Scientists & Math Grad Students

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Tyler Clark

data scientist trendLately, I have been having conversations with students about uneasiness in doing graduate work in mathematics. They are not necessarily anxious about the math; however, it is what they will do after. As a graduate student in mathematics, it seems teaching is the only direction you can take (this is my direction of choice). There are other options though. One such option is data scientist.

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