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MCS Seminar
Speaker: Ananya Das, Lake Forest College Candidate for MCS faculty position Talk: Efficient Data Encoding In computer science we often encode and store data files…
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Calculated Clustering–An Application to Childhood Growth Trajectories
When: Thursday, November 29, 2012 @ 3:30PM Where: Olin Hall Room 321 Presenter: Brianna Heggeseth, University of California, Berkeley Through the integration of technology into practically…
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Urn Problems and the Election
Anyone who has studied discrete probability has run into urns containing balls of varying colors, which are withdrawn according to seemingly arbitrary rules, always ending…
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Sequential Designs for Non-Stationary Problems
When: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 @ 3:30PM Where: Olin Hall Room 321 Presenter: Marian Frazier, The Ohio State University NASA is designing a new reusable rocket…
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MCS Club T-shirt for Sale
It’s been years since the MCS Club has been represented in shirt form on the Gustavus campus. This year’s officers of the laid-back, fun-loving and…
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MCS Students Attend ACM Programming Contest
Six MCS students went to Macalester College today to participate in the annual ACM Programming Contest. The contest originally started at Texas A & M in 1970.…
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An Introduction to Surface Tension (Or Why Raindrops are Spherical)
When: Thursday, October 11, 2012 @ 3:30pm Where: Olin Hall 320 Presenter: Andrew Bernoff, Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College A common misconception is that…
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MCS Students Blog from Abroad
Four students majoring in Math and Computer Science are studying abroad this semester and at least two of them are blogging about the experience. Math…
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Analyzing Electronic Poll Books
I used my 2010-2011 sabbatical to delve into the application of computer technology to election administration, specifically what are known as “electronic poll book” systems.…
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On the Virtues of Monte Carlo Simulation – even for mathematicians (and actuaries)
When: Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 11:30am-12:20pm Where: Olin Hall 318 Presenter: Gary A Hatfield, PhD FSA CFA CERA MAAA Investment Actuary, Corporate Actuarial, Securian Financial…
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