So you would like to work as my PhD student?
I am reposting this for Fall 2016. Enjoy, and feel free to contact me! We are excited to offer a PhD in Mathematical Modelling and Methods in the Mathematics Department at Ryerson University starting in September 2016! It was long struggle to mount the program, owing to the backlog for new graduate programs in Ontario….
Graph theory on the Atlantic
ECCC and GRASCan I am travelling once again this week so my post is on the short side. I am a plenary speaker at the East Coast Combinatorics Conference (or ECCC) at Mount Saint Vincent University. After that, I am co-chairing and speaking at the Graph Searching in Canada (or GRASCan) workshop at Dalhousie University. Where my…
The shapes of stories: from Vonnegut to big data
The most famous rejected Masters thesis Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) was a brilliant American author best known for his novel Slaughterhouse Five. Before his literary fame, he entered in to the University of Chicago’s anthropology Master’s program but never finished. Vonnegut submitted two Master’s theses that were both, unfortunately, rejected. In one thesis, he presented the idea that stories…
Mathspeak 101
The language of mathematics People use the word “math” in a variety of ways in popular culture. They say things like: “delegate math,” “the math doesn’t add up”, or my personal favorite: “do the math.” But what do people really know about the subject? It is OK to be honest. There is no shame in not knowing…