MATHEMATICS ADVANCED STUDY SEMESTER
SIXTH ANNUAL
MASS FEST CONFERENCE
AUGUST 11-12, 2004
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA
The Research Experiences for Undergraduates at Penn State (REU) announces the MASS FEST Conference for the summer 2004. It will be a small informal conference for MASS and Summer REU program alumni. REU 2004 students will present final research project results. MASS and REU alumni are invited to share their research activities. There will also be guest mathematics lecturers. We hope you plan to attend so you may share both knowledge and MASS and REU memories.
MASS FEST SPEAKER SCHEDULE
Registration 9:30-10:00 a.m. - Lobby of Pond Bldg.
All talks will be held in 122 Pond Bldg.
| Wednesday, August 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Time | Speaker | Title |
| 10:00-10:50 a.m. | Chris Bierman Stanislav Sheynkop |
Benford's Law |
| 11:10-12:00 p.m. | Rob King Haijian Lin Sarah Mall Greg McNulty |
DNA Inequality |
| 2:00-2:30 p.m. | Mohammad Ghomi | |
| 2:40-3:30 p.m. | Casey Bush Toan Phan |
Applications of the Bending Fields |
| Thursday, August 12 | ||
| Time | Speaker | Title |
| 10:10-10:50 a.m. | Svetlana Katok | |
| 11:10-12:00 p.m. | Chris Culter Jeremy Heffner |
Dual Billiards for polygons always have periodic orbits |
| 12:10-1:00 p.m. | Van Cyr Dmitry Vaintrob |
Bicycle Curves |