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Colloquium Series
The purpose of the Math Department Colloquium Series is to bring our entire department together as a community to enjoy a lecture on mathematics. Everyone interested in mathematics is welcome to attend.
The organizers for the 2024/2025 academic year are Dr. Katrina Honigs, Dr. Jessica Stockdale, and Dr. Paul Tupper.
Upcoming Colloquium Talks
Dr. Jim Davis (University of Richmond)
The search for difference sets in groups of order 256
September 24, 2024
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Big Data Hub – Presentation Studio (ASB 10900)
Difference sets have played an important role in theoretical and practical problems for almost a century. I will give a gentle introduction to difference sets, and I will give several examples why you ought to care about them. I will then describe a decades long search for difference sets in the 56,092 nonisomorphic groups of order 256. I will also describe the next size up, groups of order 1024, which will require us to search 49,487,367,289 nonisomoprhic groups. I will provide a possible road map for working on this case.
Dr. Ailene MacPherson (Simon Fraser University)
Title: TBA
October 29, 2024
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Big Data Hub – Presentation Studio (ASB 10900)
Abstract: TBA
Dr. David Muraki (Simon Fraser University)
Title: TBA
February 04, 2025
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Big Data Hub – Presentation Studio (ASB 10900)
Abstract: TBA
Dr. Tom Archibald (Simon Fraser University)
Title: TBA
March 18, 2025
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Big Data Hub – Presentation Studio (ASB 10900)
Abstract: TBA
