March 7, 2018
The AWM (Association for Women in Mathematics) Student Chapter is pleased to announce that Dr. Nicole Joseph of Vanderbilt University will be coming to give a talk on inclusivity. Information on this talk can be found below. Title – I DO (NOT) Belong: Experiences of Black Women and Girls in Mathematics Education Speaker – Nicole […]
December 21, 2017
One of the most fun presentations I made this term involved speaking about careers in math sciences to a group of high school students from Charleston, whose visit was arranged by Robert Lund. My slides included pictures of flames, a duck, a mouse, and a frozen airplane fuselage. No, I didn’t talk about a bizarre […]
August 25, 2017
Clemson’s NSF-funded Research Training Group (RTG) in Coding Theory, Cryptography, and Number Theory hosted three programs in Summer 2017: pREU (preliminary Research Experience for Undergraduates) , REU, and PaRR (Path to Research Readiness). The pREU focused on coding for distributed storage. A team of five undergraduates, Lia Bozzone (Vassar College), Sam Ditkovsky (Haverford College), Emma […]
June 27, 2017
This year a number of faculty members in the department welcomed new additions to their families. Meredith and Michael Burr were happy to introduce Joshua Kevin Burr, born October 23, 2016. Mishko Mitkovski and Svetlana Poznanovikj were pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Stella Mila Mitkovski, who was born on February 9, 2017. […]
June 27, 2017
Dr. Heister is a hard working, dedicated teacher who routinely goes out of his way to help students. As expected for a winner of this award, Dr. Heister’s teaching evaluations have been excellent, despite his teaching of primarily programming-heavy service courses. He has been a great asset to many graduate students over the past few […]
June 27, 2017
This year, Clemson has been distinguished by the participation of four Mathematical Sciences majors in the prestigious Budapest Semesters in Mathematics. Alex Stoll participated in Fall 2016, while Daniel Christensen, Sloan Nietert, and Garrick Stott did so in Spring 2017. According to the BSM website, students in the program take “standard upper-level courses with courses […]
June 27, 2017
Clemson Mathematical Sciences hosted several conferences and workshops recently, including Operations Research Week, the 31st Clemson Mini-Conference on Discrete Mathematics and Algorithms, the Shannon Centennial, and the joint Clemson/UGA seminar. Clemson University’s Operations Research Week was held from April 5–7, 2017 in Martin Hall and Freeman Hall. It was jointly organized by Akshay Gupte from […]
June 27, 2017
We profile two of the research projects recently funded in Mathematical Sciences: Warren Adams’ work in operations research that was funded by the Office of Naval Research, and Mishko Mitkovski’s analysis research that was funded by the National Science Foundation. Warren Adams New RLT Theory for Solving Continuous Nonlinear and Mixed-Discrete Optimization Problems The US […]
June 27, 2017
Meet the members of Clemson’s Mathematical Sciences family who came on board during the past year. Sharon Evans and her husband moved from Georgia to Seneca, SC a year ago to enjoy life on Lake Keowee. Their five grown children live in CA, NC, NY and GA so they do a bit of traveling. In […]
June 27, 2017
Members of our department at all levels – students, faculty (current and emeritus), and staff – have recently received awards and other forms of recognition that are signs of the outstanding work that happens here every day. Patrick Dynes (graduating with degrees in Mathematical Sciences and Computer Engineering) won the Outstanding Senior Award in the […]
