‘department news’ Category
Dobler Receives Faculty Service Award
Gustavus President Jack Ohle presented Professor Carolyn Dobler, Chair of the Mathematics and Computer Science Department, with the Faculty Service Award at today’s Founders Day ceremony in chapel.
A Survey of Discrete Calculus Plus Gronwall’s Lemma
MCS Seminar by Prof. John Holte Wednesday, 21 October 2009 11:30AM Olin 321 I have long been interested in the parallels between “continuous” calculus and discrete calculus. Finite difference formulas look a lot like familiar derivative formulas–with the right tweaking and summation formulas likewise resemble familiar integration formulas. Furthermore, Newton’s interpolating formula based on higher differences can be [...]
Three-Dimensional Surface Reconstruction and Measurement of Placentas
MCS Seminar presented by ChenYu Yang, Gustavus mathematics major Tuesday, Sept. 15 at 3:30PM Olin 321 Cookies will be served. The goal of the project is to reconstruct three-dimensional shape of placentas, and provide shape characterization for exploring the relation between placental shapes and fetal growth. We investigate two types of surface reconstruction methods: implicit and explicit methods. Our [...]
Three Honors Theses Presented
Three students in Gustavus’s Department of Mathematics and Computer Science presented their honors thesis research recently. The photo shows Josh Knutson at the college-wide Celebration of Creative Inquiry presenting his work on the use of subdivision surfaces for three-dimensional graphics. Knutson also presented the work to the department, earning honors in both mathematics [...]
Trip to Federated Insurance to Learn About Math/CS Careers
Attention students: We have an excellent opportunity to tour a company that employs many mathematics and computer science majors and talk with Gustavus alumni working there about their careers.
Rosoff Donates Time, Talent to Dancing With the Profs
This weekend was Gustavus’s third annual “Dancing With the Profs” show, benefiting the St. Peter United Way. Five teams coupling a student with a member of the faculty or staff showed their stuff; the MCS Department was represented by Professor Jeff Rosoff, shown here with partner Alicia Cameron.
Milt Brostrom Entering Hall of Fame
Today’s St. Peter Herald has a nice article reporting that Milt Brostrom (class of 1949), Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Computer Science, will enter the Gustavus Athletics Hall of Fame this Saturday, October 25th. Although the article mentions Brostrom’s earlier work in determining athletic eligibility, the focus is on his 40 years as the timekeeper [...]
Examples of Integrating the China Theme
This year, Gustavus will be starting a new campus-wide program, Gustavus Global Insight, in which we try to focus on a particular international theme each year and integrate that theme as broadly as possible in our curriculum and co-curricular activities. This first year (2008-2009) will be focused on China. I thought it would be interesting [...]
Winning Poems
At Francis Su’s lecture this evening the three finalists in the Fibonacci poetry contest read their poems. Below is the winning poem, followed by the two other finalists.
Poetry Finalists Announced; Learn Who Wins $50
The first MCS Department poetry contest brought out the best from our students. Three of them have been selected as finalists, with the help of expert judges from the Gustavus English Department. Congratulations to Erik Alquist, Katie O’Bryan, and Bethany Ringdal! These three have now been invited to read their poems at the start of Francis Su’s lecture, [...]