Mathematics Community Lunch
Math Lunch
During the semester, every other Thursday during common hour (11:30 am – 12:30pm), the mathematics program gets together for an informal lunch gathering for those who are excited about math. Our primary goal for these lunches is to provide an opportunity for students and faculty to get to know one another better. We do this while also discussing some interesting, accessible math ideas that you are not necessarily going to see in the usual math curriculum.
We know all of you might not be able to join us for the entire lunch time, but please feel free to swing by for as long as you can.
Please see the dates and location below:
| Date | Location | Topic | Presenter |
| 09/13 | Combs Warehouse | Pizza and Board Games | NA |
| 09/27 | Nicols Dining Room |
Is it possible to flip a fair and balanced coin in such a way that it will act like an unfair coin?
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Dr. Lamar |
Summer Alumni Lunch Series:
Each week this summer we will gather with math major alumni on zoom and hear how they are using mathematics and how their Centre experience impacted what they are doing today. Each speaker will talk for approximately 20 minutes and then we will have time for some questions. We will meet at 12pm EST on Wednesdays.
You are welcome to eat lunch with us! We will meet via zoom, Meeting ID 921 9034 4896 .
Below you will find information on upcoming presentations, as well as the recorded presentations for those who are not able to make it to the lunch. Please click on the title of the talk for the video.
Looking forward to seeing you all on Wednesdays !!
| Date | Presenter | Job Title | Topic |
| 06/03 | Adrienne Kinney ’17 | PhD student in Applied Math at University of Arizona | Modeling Vector Populations with 1D Convolutional Neural Networks |
| 06/10 | Monica Rowland ’15 | Associate Curriculum Designer at IXL Learning | Math Curriculum Design |
| 06/17 | Cara Monical ’13 | R&D Computer Science at Sandia National Laboratories | The Hough Transform: Why Picking the Right Space Matters |
| 06/24 | Lauren Foley ’13 | Quantitative Analyst at NextEra Energy | Renewable Energy: A Clean, Green, Money Machine |
| 07/01 | Jordan Turley ’19 | MS Student in Data Science at Harvard/Analytics Intern at Activision | How Math and Computer Science Go Hand in Hand |
| 07/08 | Dannyielle Blanchard ’11 | Technical Solutions Engineer – Epic | Using Math Even When You’re Not Doing Math: Applying the skills you learn at Centre in the real world |
| 07/15 | YaYa Zhou ’13 | Data Analytics at Uber | TBD |
| 07/22 | Bryce Rowland ’17 | PhD Student in Biostatistics at UNC Chapel Hill | Polygenic Risk Scores and COVID-19 |
| 07/29 | Alex Cope ’15 | Post-Doctoral Fellow at Rutgers University | Analyzing codon usage patterns with population genetics-based models |
For information on the mathematics community lunch, contact Prayat Poudel prayat.poudel@centre.edu. We’d be happy to add your name to our “Math Enthusiasts” email list.