Professor of Mathematics
Apr 16 2013:
This week in the course: a presentation on the topic of why "A PhD is Not Enough!". In the AIM Seminar: Martin Strauss, University of Michigan.
My notes from class on Feb 8 including your plans for exploring partner disciplines can be downloaded below.
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| Date | In the AIM Student Seminar (1084 East Hall, 11:10 AM) |
In the AIM Research Seminar (1084 East Hall, 3:10 PM) |
Notes |
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| January 11 | Focus I: Library Resources at the University of Michigan JoAnn Sears |
Bogdan Vioreanu University of Michigan |
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| January 18 | Focus II: Tools for mathematical writing. Using LaTeX. Peter Miller |
Jean M.-S. Lubuma University of Pretoria, South Africa |
Donald Knuth's original paper on TeX. An archive of the pdf of today's presentation and the files used to generate it. Note: to make movies work in beamer, you should use Adobe Reader to display your talk. An archive of the files for the HelloWorld sample LaTeX document. An example of a paper written in the "traditional" format. A preprint from arxiv.org as an example of the "newspaper article" format. From John Hawley: a web-based LaTeX editor that runs under Google Docs, and a wikibook guide to LaTeX. |
| January 25 | AIM Faculty Portraits I: Prof. Silas Alben | Charlie Doering University of Michigan |
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| February 1 | Focus III: Summer programs for AIM students. Peter Miller (and special guests) |
Shravan Veerapaneni University of Michigan |
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| February 8 | Focus IV: Exploring partner disciplines. Peter Miller |
Pej Rohani Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan |
My notes (including your plans for exploratory visits) from today's discussion. |
| February 15 | Warm-up talk: "Using mathematics to simulate washing machine physics" Deniz Akcabay |
Deniz Akcabay Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, University of Michigan |
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| February 22 (AWAY) | AIM Faculty Portraits II: Prof. Jun Zhang (Psychology). | Jun Zhang Psychology, University of Michigan |
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| March 1 | Focus V: Journals and the preprint archive. Peter Miller (and special guests) |
John Boyd Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, University of Michigan |
LaTeX Assignment Due (Hard copy in class). A link to the preprint archive. A link to the library page from which you can connect to MathSciNet to check if your preprint has already been reviewed. |
| March 8 | SPRING BREAK | SPRING BREAK | |
| March 15 (Recruitment) | Focus VI: Working on an interdisciplinary project. Peter Miller (and special guests) |
Andrew Wynn Imperial College, UK |
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| March 22 | AIM Faculty Portraits III: Prof Indika Rajapakse (Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics). | Aaron King Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan |
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| March 29 | Warm-up talk: "A brief overview of tidal theory" Alfredo Wetzel |
Brian Arbic Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan Alfredo Wetzel AIM Program |
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| April 5 | Focus VII: Exploring partner disciplines, part II. First-year AIM Students |
Denis Zorin Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University |
Today is the deadline for completing your reconnaissance missions to other departments. We're reporting on them in class today. |
| April 12 | AIM Faculty Portraits IV: Prof Simon. | Yuan Young New Jersey Institute of Technology |
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| April 19 | Focus VIII: "A Ph. D. is NOT enough!" Peter Miller |
Martin Strauss University of Michigan |
Mock Referee Report Due (Hard copy in class). PDF file of today's presentation. Freeman Dyson's article on Birds and Frogs. |