Academic Year 2005 - 2006


Thursday, May 4, 2006 at 3 pm in Bell Hall 143

Colloquium

Larry Lesser
Department of Math. Sciences, UTEP

Insight into Motivation of Introductory Statistics Students via Double-Blind Experiment

Abstract


Friday, April 28, 2006 at 2 pm in Bell Hall 130A

Colloquium

Hamide Dogan
Department of Math. Sciences, UTEP

Assimilation and Accommodation of Newly Acquired Mathematical Information

Abstract

Friday, April 28, 2006 at 3 pm in Bell Hall 143

Mei-Ling Ting Lee
Ohio State University

Generalized Rank Tests for Replicated Microarray Data

Abstract


Friday, April 21, 2006 at 3 pm in Bell Hall 143

Colloquium

Sergey Korotov
Helsinki University of Technology

New Computational Technologies for Reliable Computer Simulations

Abstract


Monday, April 17 -- Thursday, April 20, 2006 at 6 pm in Bell Hall 125

Lecture Series

Sergey Korotov
Helsinki University of Technology

Error Control in Scientific Computations

Abstract


Friday, April 7, 2006 at 3 pm in Bell Hall 143

Colloquium

Tunna Baruah
Department of Physics, UTEP

Application of Density Functional Theory to Light-Harvesting Molecular System

Abstract


Friday, March 24, 2006 at 3 pm in Bell Hall 143

Colloquium

Jakub Cerveny
Department of Math. Sciences, Utep

On Automatic Adaptivity for Finite Element Methods

Abstract


Thursday, March 9, 2006 at 3 pm in Bell Hall 143

Colloquium

Ira Papick
University of Missouri-Columbia

Mathematics Courses for Middle School Teachers

Abstract


Tuesday, March 7, 2006 at 3 pm in Bell Hall 143

Colloquium

Andrzej Pownuk
Silesian University of Technology

Modelling of Uncertainty in Computational Mechanics

Abstract


Friday, March 3, 2006 at 3 pm in Bell Hall 143

Colloquium

Gustaaf Jacobs
Brown University

Simulation of Mixed Continuum-Discrete Physics with High-Order Methods

Abstract


Friday, February 24, 2006 at 3 pm in Bell Hall 143

Colloquium

Gayle Millsaps
Ohio State University

Teachers' Personal Content Knowledge and Their Students' Emergent Content Knowledge: Illustration of a Theory

Abstract


Tuesday, February 21, 2006 at 1:30 pm in BUSN 312

Colloquium

Yunkai Zhou
University of Minnesota

Accelerating Self-Consistent-Field Calculations Using Chebyshev-Filtered Subspace Iteration

Abstract


Tuesday, February 14, 2006 at 3 pm in Bell Hall 143

Colloquium

Vrushali Avinash Bokil
North Carolina State University

A Computational and Statistical Framework for Multidimensional Domain Acoustooptic Material Interrogation

Abstract


Friday, February 10, 2006 at 3 and 4 pm in Bell Hall 143

Colloquium

Ming-Ying Leung
University of Texas at El Paso

Poisson Process Approximation for Palindrome Occurrences in Random DNA sequences

Abstract

Kien Lim
University of California at San Diego

Students' Mental Act of Anticipating in Solving Problems Involving Algebraic Inequalities and Equations

Abstract


Friday, February 3, 2006, at 3 pm in Bell Hall 143

Colloquium

Petr Svacek
Department of Math. Sciences, UTEP

Mathematical Modeling of Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems

Abstract


Friday, January 27, 2006, at 3 pm in Bell Hall 143

Colloquium

Calin Agut
Department of Math. Sciences, UTEP

Submanifolds of Contact Metric Manifolds With a Nullity Condition

Abstract


Friday, January 20, 2006, at 3 pm in Bell Hall 143

Colloquium

Pavel Solin
Department of Math. Sciences, UTEP

New Discrete Maximum Principle for hp-FEM

Abstract


Friday, December 2, 2005 at 3 and 4 pm in Bell Hall 143

Colloquium

Raul Cruz-Cano
Department of Math. Sciences, UTEP

Neural Networks for the Prediction of Replication Origins in Herpesviruses

Abstract

Enrique Trevino
Department of Math. Sciences, UTEP

On the Generalization of the Frobenius Problem

Abstract


Friday, November 18, 2005 at 3 pm in Bell Hall 143

Colloquium

Jan Lang
Ohio State University

Special Trigonometric Functions and Some Nonlinear Problems

Abstract


Friday, November 11, 2005 at 3 pm. in Bell Hall 143

Colloquium

John McClure
Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, UTEP

Friction Stir Welding as an Example of Why Material Discontinuities Should Be Modeled

Abstract


Friday, November 4, 2005 at 4 pm. in Bell Hall 143

Colloquium

Petr Mayer
Czech Technical University, Prague

Computing Mean First Passage Times Matrices in Markov Chains

Abstract


Friday, October 28, 2005 at 3 and 4 pm. in Bell Hall 143

Colloquium

Hugh B. Nicholas Jr.
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

Mathematical Methods used to Identify the Sequence Features that Determine Biochemical Specificity of Proteins and Nucleic Acids.

Abstract

Alexander J. Ropelewski
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

Adapting Dynamic Programming for Biological Problems on Diverse High Performing Computer Architectures

Abstract


Friday, October 21, 2005 at 3 pm. in Bell Hall 143

Colloquium

Piotr Wojciechowski
Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP

Multiplicative Bases in Matrix Algebras

Abstract


Friday, October 14, 2005 at 3 pm. in Bell Hall 143

Colloquium

Art Duval
Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP

Steiner complexes (or: Why can you walk from Mexico to Canada, or swim from the Pacific to the Atlantic, but not both?)

Abstract


Friday, October 7, 2005 at 3 pm. in Bell Hall 143

Colloquium

Liviu Popescu
Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP

On Exponential Dichotomy for Linear Differential Equations in Banach Spaces

Abstract


Friday, September 30, 2005 at 3 pm. in Bell Hall 143

Colloquium

Behzad Djafari Rouhani
Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP

Some Topics in Nonlinear Ergodic Theory with Applications

Abstract

Friday, September 30, 2005 at 4 pm. in Bell Hall 143

Colloquium

Peter Olofsson
Tulane University

Multitype Branching Processes: What They Are and How to Make Them Useful

Abstract


Friday, September 23, 2005 at 3 pm. in Bell Hall 143

Colloquium

Jack Chessa
Department of Mechanical Engineering, UTEP

X-FEM for Fluid Structure Interaction

Abstract


Friday, September 9, 2005 at 3 pm. in Bell Hall 143

Colloquium

Martin Zitka
Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP

On the Role of Orthonormality in hp-FEM

Abstract


Friday, August 26, 2005 at 3 pm. in Bell Hall 143

Colloquium

Petr Svacek
Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP

On Numerical Simulation of Aeroelastic Problems

Abstract