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Past Activities

Fall 2007

  • Wednesday, November 28, 4:10pm. Pushing pawns: How to do binary arithmetic on a standard chess board, Nehemiah Dacres (SLU CS undergraduate).

  • Wednesday, November 14, 4:10pm. Retro gaming by Atari, Juan Jover (SLU CS undergraduate). Congratulations to Asteroids champion Ryan Soklaski!

  • Wednesday, October 31, 4:10pm. Tricks for Treats: Getting the biggest pile of candy without losing friends, Professor David Letscher (SLU Math/CS). (Pictures)

  • Wednesday, October 24, 4:10pm. SLU Alumnus Matthew Porter of Contegix will share his experiences since leaving SLU and entering the computer science industry.

  • Wednesday, October 17, 4:10pm. Computational approaches to biological problems, Professor Gerardo Camilo, Department of Biology, St. Louis University. The talk will quickly follow the tea at around 4:15pm. (Pictures)

  • Wednesday, September 26, 4:10pm. Fall Barbecue. Come to the Ritter Hall Lobby to enjoy grilled food items and other delights while engaging in conversations with faculty and students. Click here for details. (Pictures)

  • T-Shirt Contest. Submit your design for the Mathematics and Computer Science Club's t-shirt. The deadline for submissions is Monday, September 24. Click here for details.

  • Wednesday, September 12, 4:10pm. Detection of Image Manipulation, Brandon Dybala (joint work with Brian Jennings and David Letscher). The talk will follow the tea at around 4:30 and will last until 4:50pm.
More F'07 Math/CS Club photos (taken by Juan Jover).

Spring 2007

  • Wednesday, April 25, 4pm. Math and Computer Science Department Award Ceremony. A Most Mathematical Artist: M.C. Escher. Dr. Doris Schattschneider, Moravian College.
  • Wednesday, March 28, 4:10pm. Actuarial Careers. Lisa Chapman and Matt Sondag from Midwest Employers Casualty Company.
  • Wednesday, March 21, 4:10pm. Quantum Cryptography. Come learn how to use quantum physics to ensure security. And we have a laser.
  • Wednesday, February 21, 4:10pm. Combinatorial Games. Learn to play some paper and pencil games, then learn to play them well. Dr. Bryan Clair, SLU.
  • Wednesday, February 14, 4:30pm. We will be showing the movie "Proof" in RH 142 at 4:30pm.

Fall 2006

  • The annual Math & CS department BBQ. Tuesday Sep. 26 at 3:30pm. Meet in RH 134.
  • Wed. Oct. 18, 4:10pm, RH 200: Wormholes, Time Machines, and What Happens If I Shoot Grandma. Dr. Steve Harris, SLU.
  • Wed. Nov. 22, 4:10pm, RH 200: Who's #1? College Football Rating Systems. Dr. David Letscher, SLU.

Spring 2006

  • April 28. Math & Computer Science Department Award Ceremony. Beyond 2001: The Linguistic Spatial Odyssey. Dr. James M. Keller, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Missouri-Columbia.
  • Wed. Apr. 19, 4:10-7:00pm. The Physics of Bowling: Why Good Bowlers Don't Keep to the Straight and Narrow. Dr. Brody Johhnson, Saint Louis University. Meet in RH 316 for the talk, then walk to Moolah Lanes for the bowling!
  • Wed. Feb. 8, 4:10pm, RH 316: The Surface of Mars. Darren Pais, Saint Louis University (undergrad!).
  • Wed. Mar. 1, 4:10pm, RH 316: Investigating Realism in Computer Graphics. Dr. Ann McNamara, SLU.

Fall 2005

  • Wed. Nov. 16, 4:10pm, RH 223: Geometry of Soap Bubbles. Dr. Adam Coffman, Indiana-Purdue Ft. Wayne.
  • Wed. Nov. 2, 4:10pm, RH 316: Computer processors and video benchmarks. Dr. Jason Fritts, Saint Louis University.
  • Oct. 3. Movie Monday! Proof at Plaza Frontenac. 6:15pm behind Gries.

Spring 2005

  • April 22. Math & Computer Science Department Award Ceremony. Salvador Dali and the 4th Dimension. Dr. Thomas Banchoff. Brown University Mathematics Dept.
  • Mar. 30, 4:10pm, RH 211: Careers in Actuarial Science. Melanie Carlton, Midwest Employers Casualty Company.
  • Mar. 16, 4:10pm, RH 211: Rolling a Sphere to Non-Holonomy. Dr. Brody Johnson, SLU Math/CS.
  • Jan. 26, 4:10pm, RH 211: Movie Night: Sneakers

Fall 2004

  • Sep. 8, 4pm, RH 232: Math and CS Club Annual BBQ (pictures).
  • Sep. 21, 3:45pm, RH 237: How to win a football pool. Dr. Bryan Clair, SLU Math/CS.
  • Oct. 5, 3:45pm, RH 237: Are cardiac arrhythmias chaotic? Pencil and ruler games with iterated maps. Dr. Mari A. Watanabe, SLU Dept. of Pharmacology and Physiology.
  • Oct. 8, 4:00pm, RH 237: SLU Computer Science Alumni in the Workplace
  • Nov. 16, 3:45, RH 237: Pattern Recognition in Artificial Intelligence. Dr. Ventzeslav Valev, SLU Math/CS.

Spring 2004

  • Jan. 28, 4:30pm, RH 237: Symmetry in Chemistry and Biology. Dr. Anneke Bart, SLU Math/CS.
  • Feb. , 4:30pm, RH 237: The Hat Problem Dr. Brody Johnson, SLU Math/CS
  • Mar. 24, 4:30pm, RH 200: Applied Biostatistics. Brian Waterman, MPH with David R. Adams, PhD of Waterman Research Solutions.
  • Apr. 23, 4:00pm, Kelly LH 1: Undergraduate Awards Ceremony. Programming video games. Dogan Koszlu, Treyarch Corp.

Fall 2003

  • Oct. 1, 4:10pm, RH 316: Computer Graphics. Dr. Kim Druschel, SLU Math/CS.
  • Nov. 5, 4:00pm, RH 200: Mathematical Magic, Dr. Raymond Freese, SLU Math/CS.

Spring 2003

  • Feb. 5, 4:10pm, RH 237: Ready, Aim, Fire!!! (Parallel Processing and the Firing Squad Synchronization Problem). Dr. David Letscher, SLU Math/CS
  • Mar. 19, 4:00pm, RH 237: Math, College Students, and Opera. Dr. T. Christine Stevens, SLU Math/CS
  • Apr. 25, 4:00pm, Kelly LH 1: Undergraduate Awards Ceremony. Three Renaissance puzzles with a cryptographic flavor. James Reeds, IDA/CCR Princeton.

Fall 2002

  • Sep. 25, 3:30pm, Ritter Hall: Math and CS Club Annual BBQ
  • Oct. 10, 3:45pm, RH 200: Artificial Intelligence, Learning and Wisdom, Fr. Pat Viegas, SJ, SLU/Math CS.
  • Oct. 30, 4:00pm, RH 2nd floor: Fun with tiles. Dr. Bryan Clair, SLU Math/CS
  • Nov 20, 4:00pm, RH 200: Some Multi-Dimensional Games. Dr. Greg Marks, SLU Math/CS

Spring 2002

  • Feb. 5, 4:10pm, RH 237: Monstrous Moonshine, Dr. Charles Ford, SLU Math/CS.
  • Mar. 4, 3:30pm, RH 222: Polyominoes and Tilings, Dr. Darrin Speegle, SLU Math/CS.
  • Saturday Mar. 23, 10:30am, Ritter Hall: SLU Chess Tournament
  • Mar 25, 3:30pm, RH 222: Folding, Dr. Bryan Clair, SLU Math/CS.
  • April 8, 3:30pm, RH 222: Global Software, Dr. Kevin Scannell, SLU Math/CS
  • April 26, 3:10pm, Kelley LH 1: Undergraduate Awards Ceremony. Mel Slugbate, Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space: Investment Opportunities for the New Millenium (sponsored by his brother-in-law, Colin Adams, Williams College).

Fall 2001

  • Nov. 8, 2:15, RH 202: Web Services: Evolving Web Applications. Andrew Hoog, Tripos Corp.
  • Dec. 5, 4:00pm, RH 200: The Biggest Numbers in the Universe. Dr. Bryan Clair, SLU Math/CS.

Spring 2001

  • April 30, 2:30pm, RH 320: Undergraduate Awards Ceremony. The Fourth Dimension. Dr. Michael Starbird, UT Austin.