All talks begin at 4PM unless otherwise noted. To carpool to Platteville from Loras, meet outside Hennessy 210 by 3:15 on the afternoon of the talk.
If you would like to give a talk at Loras or have questions regarding the colloquium, contact Angela Kohlhaas. To see abstracts, click on the title of the talk. Titles and abstracts from previous semesters can be viewed here.
| Date | Location | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday September 6 |
Loras College Hennessy 250 |
Jacob Heidenreich Loras |
What Games Teach Us About Teaching Math |
| Thursday September 12 |
UW-Platteville Ottensman 122 |
Sheryl Wills UWP |
Dynamical Systems and the Logistic Map |
| Thursday September 26 |
UW-Platteville Ottensman 204A |
Clem Jeske UWP |
On Circumcircles, Incircles, and other Tangent Things |
| Thursday October 10 |
UW-Platteville Ottensman 122 |
Michael Black UWP |
An Introduction to the History and Development of Group or Pooled Testing |
| Wednesday October 16 |
Loras College Hennessy 250 |
Matt Rissler Loras |
Why Benford's Law? |
| Tuesday October 22 |
UW-Platteville Ottensman 122 |
Jon Rogness Univ. of Minnesota |
Spherical Cats and Ham Sandwiches: An Introduction to Topology |
| Wednesday October 30 |
Loras College Hennessy 250 |
Nicole Feldhaus Loras |
Algebraic Patterns of Sudoku |
| Friday November 1 |
Loras College Hennessy 250 |
Pete Strader Loras |
Cellular Automata and Game Design |
| Friday November 8 |
Loras College Hennessy 250 |
Eric Eager UW - La Crosse |
Modeling and Analysis of Wild Sunflower Populations |
| Thursday November 14 |
UW-Platteville Ottensman 122 |
Fernando Miranda-Mendoza UWP |
The Pricing of Options and the Black-Scholes Model |
| Wednesday December 4 |
Loras College Hennessy 250 |
Dan Willis Loras |
Iterative Solutions of Nonlinear Equations |