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  • Nienow Hired as Instructor, Tech Coordinator

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    Gustavus’s Department of Matheamtics and Computer Science is pleased to have hired Aaron Nienow as Instructor of Statistics and Departmental Technology Coordinator. Nienow started work in January, having received an initial one-semester contract through an expedited hiring process necessitated by a resignation. Now the department has completed a national search, resulting in the extension of…

  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics Sought

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    [Update: this position has now been filled.] Gustavus Adolphus College invites nominations and applications for a one-year position as Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics for 2007-2008.

  • Students’ Statistics Project Wins National Recognition

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    Gustavus senior math majors Dan Johnson and Tyler Kramer spent their January Term using statistical techniques to examine the impact of steroid use on statistics for home-run hitters. Now their project, supervised by Professor Carolyn Dobler, has won them both national recognition and prize money through the Undergraduate Statistics Project Competition (USPROC) sponsored by the…

  • Visit with Alumni at Thomson West

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    On Wednesday, March 21st, I will be taking a dozen or more students to visit with seven alumni at Thomson West in Eagan. We will be receiving a tour of the datacenter from Robb Gamm, class of 1984, and hearing about a variety of software development topics from Matt Pettis, class of 1994, Zach Park,…

  • Catalog Changes for MCS Courses

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    The 2007-2008 catalog will show several changes in the MCS Department’s courses. To help students plan, I’ll provide a preview of the changes I anticipate. If you have any concerns about these changes, I would urge you to talk them over with your advisor or with me. We certainly are not trying to cause problems.

  • Differential Geometry to be Taught in Fall

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    In Fall of 2007, Mike Hvidsten will teach the “Special Topics” course MCS-344 on the subject of Differential Geometry. Differential Geometry is the study of properties of surfaces such as distance and curvature. It is the underlying mathematical language of the Theory of Relativity and String Theory. Topics in this course will include curves and…

  • Wolfe Publishes Lessons in Play

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    Professor David Wolfe is among the co-authors of a newly released textbook, Lessons in Play: An Introduction to the Combinatorial Theory of Games. Publisher A K Peters describes the book as a “formal, yet playful, introduction to the subject.” The other co-authors are Michael Albert of the University of Otago in New Zealand and Richard…

  • Instructor and Technology Coordinator Position

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    Gustavus Adolphus College invites nominations and applications for a renewable, non-tenure-track position of Instructor of Statistics (or Math) and Departmental Technology Coordinator for the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science to begin in the summer of 2007.

  • J-Term Uncertainty Eliminated

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    Some students had been concerned about the future of two courses that are offered in alternate January Terms: MCS-233 (Discrete Math for Elementary Education) and MCS-358 (Mathematical Model Building). Thanks to actions by the College’s Curriculum Committee at its November 29th and December 6th meetings, those two courses will continue to be offered as in…

  • Computer Science Alumni, Students Discuss Careers

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    Nine recent alumni got together for informal conversation with ten current computer science students over pizza on November 20th. Pictured left to right in the upper photo are alumni Phillip Knoll and Josh Hill; students Justin Stevens, Tim Fontana, Josh Pioske, Tony Lapakko, and Karl Selander; alumnus Ben Hardy; students Ben Hays, Braden Rogness, and…