Worldwide Lecture Seminar Series: Pablo Soberón

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The Worldwide Lecture Seminar Series Presents

Pablo Soberón - Northeastern University

Friday, March 16, 2017
Coffee, tea, cookies: 3:30pm
Talk: 4-5pm

Worldwide Center of Mathematics -- Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract: During this talk we will discuss some robust variations of Tverberg’s theorem. The aim is to seek partitions of a finite set of points in R^d such that the convex hulls of the parts intersect, even if our set of points is going to be modified later on. Surprisingly, random partitions give sharp results. These are variations of Tverberg’s theorem which behave like weak epsilon-nets for convex sets.

 

#centerofmath Events - Reimagining Calculus Education

 

The First Annual Conference: Reimagining Calculus Education

stevens.edu/calculus-reimagined 

 

Friday, October 28, 2016
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, New Jersey

 

Stevens Institute of Technology will host the First Annual Conference on Reimagining Calculus Education. The objective of this conference is to improve the success rate of calculus students through innovative teaching and learning strategies.

 

Attending this conference, you will learn to:

    Teach using math educational technology
    Deliver personalized education
    Keep students engaged
    Leverage student online literacies
    Create new options for delivering quality math content
    Pinpoint specific areas of mastery, strength and weakness for each student
    Provide data-grounded evidence of academic growth for each student

Registration information will be available in the coming months. Any questions can be e-mailed to
calculus-reimagined@stevens.edu.

Sponsor:

The Worldwide Lecture Seminar Series Presents: Mihai Fulger

The Worldwide Center of Mathematics invites you to join us on Friday, November 20, 2015 for a talk by Mihai Fulger of Princeton University on local volumes. You can register to attend this event for FREE at http://centerofmath.eventbrite.com

The Worldwide Lecture Series is presented and hosted by the Worldwide Center of Mathematics in our studio lecture room in Cambridge. We record these lectures in full and make them available on our YouTube channel for the global mathematics community. You can view our past lectures here, or watch them below, including this lecture once it's taken place.

Our lecture room and recording equipment/services are available for hire. If you would like to give a lecture, record it and distribute it online, we offer the ideal solution. For more information, contact us at info@centerofmath.org.

YouTube Subscriber Challenge: #challengethecenter

The Center of Math is excited to announce a brand new event! Do you enjoy watching people do crazy things? Things that make you laugh? Things that make you thankful it's not you? If you do, you'll love our newest promotion, which is all about embarrassing our staff and entertaining our fans. So check out this video and keep reading to learn more!

The Worldwide Lecture Seminar Series Presents: Graham Denham

Join us this coming Friday for a talk by Graham Denham, of the University of Western Ontario, on Milnor fibres of hyperplane arrangements, presented by the Worldwide Lecture Seminar Series. You can register to attend this event for free at http://centerofmath.eventbrite.com.

Once the presentation has happened, we'll post and make freely available the full event footage on our YouTube channel. For more Worldwide Lecture Seminar Series coverage, click here, or watch past talks we've hosted below:

The Center and the Community

Zach from the Center of Math helps Juan from Boston Latin Academy load the books. 

Today, April 7^th 2015, the Worldwide Center of Mathematics completed a good deed, and helped over 170 students all over Boston get the tools they need to be the best students they can be. With some help from Esther Kan, a librarian at the Campbell Resource Center in Dorchester (a division of the Boston Public School system), employees at the Center helped give textbooks to high school students who needed them.

Because we’re so excited about this whole experience, we’re going to break down the specifics a bit more. The Center of Math had 25 copies of Introduction to Statistics, 36 copies of Worldwide Pre-Calculus, and nearly 125 (!) copies of AP Calculus to donate to various schools.

Boston Latin Academy received 80 copies of AP Calculus, Madison Park High School and East Boston High School split the 25 copies of Intro to Stats, English High School received 21 copies of AP Calc, and Brighton High received the last 25 copies of AP Calc. All of the schools will split the Pre-Calc books amongst themselves.

The lack of textbooks perfectly represents the inequality that is too prevalent in America’s public school systems, and is one of the main reasons that the education and income gap continue to grow in the U.S. One of the beliefs that motivates the employees at the Center of Math is the idea that education should be available to anyone who wants to learn. This idea is why our textbooks are so affordably priced, and this is why our YouTube channel is stocked with informative videos and lectures – if you want to learn, we are here to help.

We are thrilled to have played such an integral role in making so many students’ education easier, as well as lightening the stress-load that these teachers had been dealing with. We know that these students will use the books in good health and with good intentions. The idea that we may have sparked one student’s passion for mathematics is enough for us, but knowing that these kids now have the textbooks they need, well it is a great feeling and it has motivated us to try our hardest and do more good in the education world. 

Upcoming Events

     In the upcoming weeks, there are a number of interesting edtech, mathematical, and STEM conferences and events taking place. We have put together a list so that you can keep up with the events and see the latest happenings in the math and education world!

NISOD 2014

NISOD’s International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence attracts educators from around the world and is the definitive gathering of community and technical college faculty, administrators, and staff seeking to engage in deep conversations about best and promising practices designed to improve student achievement.

     NISOD 2014, which takes place in Austin, Texas this year, is the place to be for community and technical college faculty who wish to promote practices to improve academic success for students. The conference will feature an exhibit hall with a variety of exhibits, as well as daily sessions and lectures given by motivating national speakers. Want to keep up with the event on twitter? The official hashtag is: #NISOD2014, @NISOD.

Conference Website

Canadian Mathematical Society 2014 Summer Meeting

The Canadian Mathematical Society promotes the advancement, discovery, learning and application of mathematics in Canada.

     The Canadian Mathematical Society is hosting their annual summer meeting in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The conference will have sessions on a variety of mathematical subjects hosted by faculty from Canadian and U.S universities. Students will be able to attend a variety of workshops and events specifically for students. Finally, there will be an exhibit hall featuring companies and textbook publishers. The official twitter handle for the CMS is: @canmathsociety.

Conference Website

State of the Union EdTech

Thursday May 29th, 2014. Cambridge, MA

     LearnLaunch is hosting a conference right in our backyard, Cambridge, MA. A panel of education innovators will lead a discussion on how technology is being integrated into education, what those products are, and any problems that prevent them from furthering student academic achievement. The official hashtag is: #StateOfEd14.

Event Webpage

Bridging the Workforce Gap: In-Demand STEM Occupations in the Metro North Region

Friday May 30th, 2014. Cambridge, MA

     The Metro North Regional Employment Board (REB) is hosting an event in Cambridge to outline career paths in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). The focus will be on five career paths: Information Technology, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Advanced Manufacturing, and Engineering. The event is designed around people who wish to encourage youths to pursue STEM careers in the future.

Event Webpage

NEMATYC 2014 Conference: On the Road with Math

NEMATYC 2014 Conference:  On the Road with Math
April 4th and 5th, 2014
Middlesex Community College, Lowell, MA

The Center of Math travels to the annual New England Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges

I had the privilege of traveling with the Worldwide Center of Mathematics to attend the annual NEMATYC conference hosted in Lowell, MA. Short for the New England Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges, NEMATYC this year was located roughly a 45 minute drive from our location in Cambridge. We had a booth close to where the main meeting rooms were located, and we got to peddle our books to professors between lectures.

The conference was a fraction in size of the JMM conference I attended in Baltimore at the beginning of the year, but the traffic at our booth was surprisingly comparable. Nearly everyone I spoke to took a genuine interest in our company, and I was encouraged by how enthusiastic all the educators at NEMATYC seemed to be about teaching. We got plenty of requests for desk copies, and even spoke with a few people about their ideas for new textbooks.

As a student at a five-year university, I’m a little removed from the idea of a two-year college. Most of my thoughts on community college come from the show “Community”, about a group of aimless failures and drop-outs, so I was rather impressed by how practical and career-oriented everything appeared. In fact, I got a far stronger feeling that these schools were preparing students for a successful future, I would say, than most four-year universities offering degrees in basket-weaving and eighteenth-century French literature.

All this is to say I am encouraged by the opportunities two-year colleges open up for students, and I was pleased to see the way the people at NEMATYC were working to build such a strong mathematical foundation in their classrooms.  Because of my confidence in the quality of the Center of Math’s textbooks and math resources, I’m personally hoping we see more two-year colleges adopt our books in the near future.

If you'd like more information on the Worldwide Center of Mathematics or NEMATYC, please email me.

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