Latinx in the Mathematical Sciences Conference 2018

March 8 - 10, 2018

Schedule


Thursday, March 8, 2018
11:30 - 12:00
Beverly Yanuaria (University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA))

Ins & Outs of Applying to Graduate School (Location: Bruin Reception Room)

1:30 - 2:30
Ivelisse Rubio (University of Puerto Rico)

Exploring, generalizing and applying the covering method

 
3:00 - 4:00
Ryan Hynd (University of Pennsylvania)

Adhesion dynamics and the sticky particle system

 

Friday, March 9, 2018
8:45 - 9:45
Rodrigo Bañuelos (Purdue University)

Looking for randomness in all the wrong places

 
10:00 - 11:00
11:15 - 12:30
Panel Discussion

Latinx in STEM Disciplines and Higher Education, featuring Carlos Castillo-Chavez (Arizona State University), Dagan Karp (Harvey Mudd College), and Talitha Washington (Howard University). Moderator: Jorge Balbás

 
2:00 - 5:00
2:00 - 5:00
2:00 - 5:00
Topics in Contemporary Discrete Mathematics

Session Information (Location: Bruin Reception Room)

2:00 - 5:00
Topology: New Trends Applications and Theory

Session Information (Location: Grand Ballroom)


Saturday, March 10, 2018
9:00 - 10:00
Lily Khadjavi (Loyola Marymount University)

Policing in Los Angeles and the issue of racial profiling

 
10:15 - 11:15
Jesús De Loera (University of California, Davis (UC Davis))

Variations of Carathéodory theorem for Integer Optimization

 
11:30 - 12:30
Rochelle Gutiérrez (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Rehumanizing Mathematics: A Vision for the Future