http://www.math.gatech.edu/vigre/ en-us 2004-11-04T09:45:46-05:00 http://www.math.gatech.edu/vigre/archives/000167.html The NSF has an annual program entitled East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students . The Program, aimed at US citizens, gives students the opportunity to work with researchers in countries ranging from Japan and Korea to... Grad lacey 2004-11-04T09:45:46-05:00 http://www.math.gatech.edu/vigre/archives/000166.html The big "> AMS Meeting is in Atlanta this coming January. Mason Porter is encouraging undergrads to participate in the undergrad poster session. He writes: To participate in the poster session, you need to submit material ASAP because space is... Undergrad lacey 2004-11-04T09:38:40-05:00 http://www.math.gatech.edu/vigre/archives/000165.html A new web site by the American Mathematical Society collects recent article in the Media with a mathematical flavor. A current article at the web site concerns a mysterious ad campaign by Google. It asks what is the first 10... SoM lacey 2004-11-04T09:35:10-05:00 http://www.math.gatech.edu/vigre/archives/000164.html More advanced undergraduates are hired to do one of two jobs for the School of Mathematics. The more advanced and challenging position is being a Teaching Assistant for a Calculus class. There are also a number of grader positions. Detailed... Undergrad lacey 2004-09-24T10:55:48-05:00 http://www.math.gatech.edu/vigre/archives/000163.html Availible to graduate students who have completed one year of study. Must be nominated by a faculty member. IBM is pleased to announce the Ph.D. Fellowship Program for the 2005-2006 academic year. We have received many outstanding and exceptional candidates... Grad lacey 2004-09-23T14:24:54-05:00 http://www.math.gatech.edu/vigre/archives/000162.html A special seminar on Applying to Grad School, Tuesday 28 September Skiles 269 The audience is Undergrads, who are interested in applying to Graduate School, in Math, Physics, CS, or whatever. While the speaker (me, Michael Lacey) has most experience... Undergrad lacey 2004-09-23T14:16:57-05:00 http://www.math.gatech.edu/vigre/archives/000161.html Steve Strogatz, very well known for his work on Network Theory, will be giving a public lecture on "The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order" in College of Computing 16 Wednesday 9/29 at 4pm. This will be followed by a Q... lacey 2004-09-22T08:09:51-05:00 http://www.math.gatech.edu/vigre/archives/000160.html The comprehensive Exams are written exams are in the subjects of Analysis and Algebra. The most recent exams were taken just recently, and the results of the exam are out. Six students have now passed both exams: Ian Palmer, Guido... SoM lacey 2004-09-20T13:59:08-05:00 http://www.math.gatech.edu/vigre/archives/000159.html The National Science Foundation will send a team to assess the impact of the first two years of the VIGRE grant at Georgia Tech. The date of their visit is Wednesday November 10. They will meet with most people associated... SoM lacey 2004-09-14T08:43:57-05:00 http://www.math.gatech.edu/vigre/archives/000158.html Pi Mu Epsilon invites you to join us for the annual "Meet the Math Majors" luncheon. The luncheon will be held in the Skiles lounge on Thursday, September 23 from 11am to 1pm. If you're new to the department... SoM lacey 2004-09-08T09:17:02-05:00 http://www.math.gatech.edu/vigre/archives/000157.html Rodrigo Banuelos, of Purdue University, has been awarded the 2004 Blackwll-Tapia prize. Rodrigo is a good friend of many of us here. The honor given to him is well deserved. A message from IPAM, at UCLA. We are pleased... SoM lacey 2004-09-02T14:10:29-05:00 http://www.math.gatech.edu/vigre/archives/000156.html "A Loving Rendition of the Marcus-Tardos Amazing Proof of the Furedi-Hajnal Conjecture" is the title of a recent posting to Doron Zeilberger's personal journal. This refers to work of GT graduate student Adam Marcus, who with Gabor Tardos, solved... lacey 2004-09-01T11:11:37-05:00 http://www.math.gatech.edu/vigre/archives/000155.html Sigma Xi is a national society with a strong focus on encouraging undergraduate research across a range of scientific disciplines. Last year, Ryan Hynd participated in the Annual Meeting in Los Angeles. This year the conference is in Montreal, in... Undergrad lacey 2004-09-01T09:31:08-05:00 http://www.math.gatech.edu/vigre/archives/000154.html The NSA's Summer 2005 program has a very early deadline since participants have to pass a security clearance. There are Undergraduate and Graduate Programs. Stephen Young particpated in the Grad program this past summer. The undergrad announcement is below, and... SoM lacey 2004-09-01T09:28:07-05:00 http://www.math.gatech.edu/vigre/archives/000153.html Professor Liang Peng has just received a Humboldt Fellowship, which will support a 6 month's stay in Germany within the next year. The von Humboldt Foundation sponsors a large number of scholarhips and fellowships in a full range of academic... SoM lacey 2004-08-29T18:04:43-05:00