SMMG - January 2010

Saturday January 30, 2010, 10 AM - 12 PM Location: RLM 4.102 (On the UT campus) Group Leader: Dr. M. Shel Swenson, University of Texas Topic: Math and Dance Title:The Mathematics of Dance: Understanding symmetry, permutation, and chaos with dance Click here for the poster. For a video of Dr. Swensons's talk, click here. For links to the youTube Clips used in Dr. Swenson's talk click here.

UT and ME - February 2010

We are very happy to be a part of the UT and ME program that is taking place before the UT Women's basketball game on February 7th. Before the game from 11am-1pm, there will be a fair with exhibits and tables letting middle and high school girls about all kinds of diifferent opporunities for them. Plus, the first 1,000 girls will be getting a free backpack.


If you are interested in coming you can get discounted tickets for $5 each to the game here. . Just use the promo code "UTandME". Be sure to stop by our booth and say hello.

Math Circle - February 2010

Sunday Februrary 14, 2010, 1 PM-3PM Location: RLM 4.102 (On the UT campus) Group Leader: Neil Hoffman, University of Texas Topic: Knots and Tangles Title: Fun with Knots and Tangles For a video of Neil Hoffman's talk, click here.

SMMG - February 2010

Saturday February 27, 2010, 10 AM - 12 PM Location: RLM 4.102 (On the UT campus) Group Leader: Dr. Philip B. Yasskin, Texas A&M University Topic: Geometry and Number Sequences Title:  Polygon Differencing Games Some fun problems for the Yasskin talk Click here for the poster. Click here for the problems from Dr. Yasskin's talk. Click here for the solutions. For a video of Dr. Yasskin's talk, click here.

Math Circle - March 2010

Sunday March 7, 2010, 1 PM - 3 PM Group Leader: Ruth Wunderlich, University of Texas Topic: Statistics Title: What to do when there is Too Much Information - Least Squares and Regression Towards the Mean Location: RLM 4.102 (On the UT campus) For a video of Ruth Wunderlich's talk, click here.

RTG Public Lecture in Topology - March 2010

Thursday March 25, 2010, 7pm Speaker: Dr. Colin Adams , Williams College Topic: Topology and Knot Theory Title: Why Knot? Date: Thursday March 25, 2010 Location: TCC 1.110 (On the UT campus)

The RTG Public Lecture Series tries to bring in speakers from outside of UT-Austin to talk about interesting problems in topology. This talk is free and open to the public.

SMMG - March 2010

Saturday March 27, 2010, 10 AM - 12 PM Location: CPE 2.208 (On the UT campus) Group Leader: Dr. Gerard Brunick , UT-Austin Topic: Financial Mathematics Title: Arbitrage: How a little math can make serious money For a video of Dr. Brunick's talk, click here. For a slides of Dr. Brunick's talk, click here.

Math Circle - April 2010

Sunday April 11, 2010, 1 PM - 3 PM Group Leader: Andrew Gillette, University of Texas Topic: Computational Biology and Mathematics Title: Voronoi Diagrams: Fencing Out Your Neighbors Location: RLM 4.102 (On the UT campus) For a video of Andrew Gillette's talk, click here. Here is the link to the game at the end of the talk, Voronoi Game.

SMMG - April 2010

Date: Saturday April 17, 2010, 10 AM Location: CPE 2.208 (On the UT campus) Group Leader: Dr. Jason Mireles-James, University of Texas and Rutgers University Topic: Dynamical Systems Title: Dynamics: Wild Behavior in Simple Models of the World For a video of Dr. Mireles-James's talk, click here.