Schedule for Spring 2008



  Jan 28  Juan Tolosa (Stockton MATH faculty)
          Problem Solving Session

          Further reading:
          Problem Set
          http://www.bourbaki.net/seminar/ProbSet10.pdf

          Solutions to the Problem Set
          http://www.bourbaki.net/seminar/ProbSEm10WithSols.pdf


  Feb  4  Yujin Shen (Stockton MATH faculty)
          Euler's Theorem and Its Application to RSA Cryptography
          Part I

          Further reading:
          Crypto FAQ (RSA Labs)
          http://www.rsa.com/rsalabs/node.asp?id=2152



  Feb 11  Yujin Shen (Stockton MATH faculty)
          Euler's Theorem and Its Application to RSA Cryptography
          Part II

  Feb 18  Juan Tolosa (Stockton MATH faculty)
          Flatland

  Feb 25  Robert Kachur	(Stockton BSNS faculty)
          When is $1 not equal to $1???
          —the math of finance, 
          or affectionately the
          Time Value of Money (TMV)


  Mar  3  Wesley Cross (Stockton MATH faculty)
          Curve Tracing

          Further reading:
          William Johnson, Curve Tracing in Cartesian Coordinates
          http://books.google.com/
          (Go to this site and search for the title. 
           The entire book is available as a free download.)
       
  Mar 10  Janet Wagner (Stockton Dean of the School of Business)
          Can You Do "Real Math" Using Spreadsheets? 

          Further reading:
          All files from Dean Wagner's presentation are available at
          http://www.bourbaki.net/seminar/RealMathWithSpreadsheets/

  Mar 17  Spring Recess - no seminar

  Mar 24  Judy Vogel (Stockton MATH faculty)
          The Computer, the Inchworm, and the Mathematician

  Mar 31  Pete Caggiano (Stockton graduate and
          Special Agent for Computer Forensics, 
          United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission)

          Computer Security & Forensics: Graduate Studies and Careers 

          Further reading:
          Pete Caggiano's PowerPoint presentation:
          http://www.bourbaki.net/seminar/ComputerForensics.ppt

          Nuclear Regulatory Homepage
          http://www.nrc.gov

          Federal Cyber Service Scholarships
          https://www.sfs.opm.gov/

          George Washington University
          Information Assurance Scholarship Program
          http://www.seas.gwu.edu/shared/scholarships_iasp.php



  Apr  7  Jinchang Wang (Stockton BSNS faculty)
          Logical Inference and Integer Programming

          Further reading:
          Professor Wang's PowerPoint presentation:
          http://loki.stockton.edu/~wangji/Math%20Seminar/Math-Simenar-Inference-IP.ppt


  Apr 14  Megan O’Reilly (Stockton student)
          The Langlands Conjecture

          Further reading:
          Megan O'Reilly's PowerPoint presentation:
          http://www.bourbaki.net/seminar/LanglandsPresentation.ppt
          
  Apr 21  Ashley Meyers, Brit Milner, Nichole Cavallaro (Stockton students)
          How to Paint a Highway

          Further reading:
          Ashley, Brit and Nichole's PowerPoint presentation:
          http://www.bourbaki.net/seminar/RoadColoring.ppt


  Apr 28  Lee Collins (Stockton student)
          The Mandelbrot Set

          Further reading:
          Experiment with the Mandelbrot set and other fractals using
          MANPWIN, free software available at
          http://www.deleeuw.com.au/

          MANPWIN is easy to install and to use.
          1) Start the program. By default the Mandelbrot set
             will appear.
          2) Use the mouse to select an interesting section of the
             image to zoom in. Repeat as needed.
 

  May  5  Last Week of Classes - no seminar