AY 15-16
Datafest
ASA Datafest Loyola Chicago
ASA Datafest was at Loyola! This weekend-long data competition is held at top Universities across the nation and provides an opportunity for students, professors, and industry professionals to collaborate and analyze a surprise dataset. Check out pictures from the event, as well as our amazing winners!
Undergraduate Colloquium: Envy Free Division
Have you ever been jealous of another person's portion of cake, of rent, of income? Something that was supposed to be evenly divided? The Undergraduate Colloquium on Monday, October 26th revealed how to solve these problems with envy-free division.
Careers
Applied Statistics Career Night
On November 4th, the Math/Stats Department hosted a career night for Applied Statistics! Check out pictures from the event and our new Career Page!
Math Contest
Dr. Jordan and Dr. Tingley are sponsoring a math contest, and offering fame and fortune to the winner!
AMS Fall Central Section Meeting Overview
The AMS hosted their Fall Sectional Meeting on Loyola's Lakeshore Campus, from Friday, October 2nd to Sunday, October 4th. There were hundreds of talks on a wide variety of mathematical topics and fields presented in 38 special sessions in Cuneo Hall, IES, and Mundelein.
Event
Undergraduate Research in Mathematics and Statistics
Come hear professors in Loyola’s Mathematics and Statistics Departments talk about their research, as well as about how undergraduates can get involved!
Undergraduate Colloquium: From CDs to Deep Space
Why can you still play a CD even after it is scratched? How does NASA get perfect pictures from Saturn? Join us to examine how error-correcting codes are used in CD/DVD/Blu-ray recording and deep space communications. Cuneo 311: Monday, September 21st at 4:30 PM.
Math Club Tutoring
Tutoring for fall 2015 will be on Mondays and Tuesdays from 7–8:30 p.m. in Flanner 007.
Welcome new faculty!
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics has grown a lot in the last few years and continues to grow. This year, we welcome three new full-time faculty to the department. Join us in welcoming them to the department, next time you see them!
First Year Research Experience Success
Congratulations to all of the students who have participated in the FYRE (First Year Research Experience) program! These students were taught how to perform complex statistical analysis, worked hard to gather and input data and created a professional-quality poster to present in a public symposium.
Math/Stat Tea welcomes new MS students
The first Math/Stat Tea of the semester is Tuesday. Greet the new MS students who will be on hand, fresh from a grueling orientation session with Graduate Directors Rafal Goebel and Tim O'Brien.
Mathematics/Statistics careers rank 1, 2 & 4 in latest Best Jobs List
For the second year in a row the Department of Mathematics and Statistics wins the Best Jobs sweepstakes.
Students Present Research
This past weekend the Math & Stat Department had many of our students participating in the Graduate and Undergraduate Research Symposiums. After a year of hard work to prepare, the students all did a wonderful job presenting their research.
Congratulations to Professors Marian Bocea and Peter Tingley
Dr. Bocea and Dr. Tingley have started a Chicago Math Teachers' Circle and recently received a grant from the American Institute of Mathematics to support their first year of meetings.
Professor Gregory J. Matthews Wins Kaggle Competition
Our own Gregory J. Matthews, along with Michael Lopez of Skidmore College, was the winner of a competition led by Kaggle to make the most accurate predictions for March Madness. They recently published their paper in the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports. (New York Times)
Loyola Mini-Datafest Results
Congratulations to the winners of the Loyola Datafest, Hunyong Cho and Byunghwe Ahn. Participants predicted how many people would use a city bike share program at any given moment, using 2 years worth of ridership data. Thank you to everyone who participated!
National Science Foundation awards major grant to Math & Stats faculty
The Department of Mathematics & Statistics recently announced significant funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the amount of $370,000 for Drs. Emmanuel Barron, Marian Bocea, and Robert Jensen.
Peters Awarded NSF Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Emily Peters who has been awarded a three-year NSF research grant titled "Subfactors, Planar Algebras, Knots, and Graphs"!
Mathematics/Statistics careers rank 1, 2 & 4 in latest best jobs list
For the second year in a row the Department of Mathematics and Statistics wins the Best Jobs sweepstakes.
Baseball MVPs, Colloquiums and Statistics
Dr. Matthew's work on OpenWAR, which he presented at a Colloquium last year, has been used and featured on the New York Times' Statistical blog, Five-Thirty-Eight in determining this year's MVP. Take a look!
Colloquium
Undergraduate Colloquium: "A Proposal for Climate Stability"
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics is hosting the Undergraduate Colloquium, "A Proposal for Climate Stability on Hydrogen Greenhouse Planets" presented by University of Chicago's Dr. Abbot. This Colloquium will explore stabilizing climate feedback on planets and mathematical modeling to predict habitability. The talk takes place March 15th at 4:30 PM in Cuneo 312, with refreshments available at 4:00 PM!
Opportunities
What are you doing this summer?
Need something to do this summer? Take a look at the NSF's Research Opportunities for Undergraduates program database for a plethora of opportunities in Math, Statistics and Science!
Polls
Election Polling
With the Presidential Primaries and Election approaching, polls are in full swing with new poll results being released weekly. How do these polls work? Who is asked to weigh in? How accurate are these polls? Take a look at the Pew Research Center, one of the leading poll groups, to find out!
Colloquium
Undergraduate Colloquium: "Building Really Tiny Machines: The Role of Mathematics"
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics is hosting the Undergraduate Colloquium, "Building Really Tiny Machines: The Role of Mathematics" presented by our own Dr. Bocea. This Colloquium will explore the intersection of mathematics and the interdisciplinary materials science in building microelectromechanical systems for a myriad of uses, including biological systems. The talk takes place February 23rd at 4:30 PM in Cuneo 312, with refreshments available at 4:00 PM!