[ugrads] Fwd: [Sem-coll] Monday's Applied Math Colloquium

[Michael J. Pelsmajer]

As a few people pointed out, I neglected to mention a crucial bit of
information:

Tomorrow's talk is at 4:30pm in E1 122.

You can see the title & abstract here
(http://math.iit.edu/events/RogerNelsen_abs.html), but bear in mind that
the audience is not expected to know the specific topic beforehand.  The
speaker should introduce the topic, assuming only general background
knowledge - in this case, some probability/statistics.

All the Applied Math seminars & colloquia are posted here:
http://math.iit.edu/academics/sem_coll.html


Michael Pelsmajer

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael J. Pelsmajer" <pelsmajer at iit.edu>
Date: Friday, April 7, 2006 12:36 pm
Subject: Fwd: [Sem-coll] Monday's  Applied Math Colloquium

> We don't get many speakers that I can recommend for undergraduates, so
> you all should seriously consider coming to this talk!  The speaker is
> the featured Friday morning speaker at the ISMAA conference, and we're
> lucky to be able to hear him as well because he knows (& I think works
> with) Professor Frank. 
> 
> This will be more of a research talk than a popular math talk, and 
> thereare some things that you should know about research talks in 
> mathematics:
> Don't expect to understand everything.  For an _average_ 50 minute 
> talk,I'd estimate: Everyone understands the first 10 minutes.  
> People with
> the recommended background understand the first half hour.  Experts in
> the area understand 45 minutes.  Only the speaker understands the 
> last 5
> minutes.  
> 
> Now this particular speaker is not average in any sense - it will be
> much better, and that's why I'm recommending it.  But still, it's a 
> mathtalk.  For example, you might want to bring something to do, 
> discreetly,in case you get completely lost with no hope of 
> recovery.  (I often do
> this.)  
> 
> That being said, I'm confident that this talk will be really good, and
> you should consider attending.  
> 
> Michael Pelsmajer
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