9:00 - 10:00   9-323(Kule Theatre) Plenary Talk: Vladimir G. Troitsky  Convergence structures

10:30 - 12:30   9-211 Mathematical Curiosities (Moderator: Thomas Hillen)

    10:30 - 10:55  Chris Ramsey      The relative position of binary words

      10:55 - 11:20  Rouslan Krechetnikov      Physics of a granular pile

      11:20 - 11:45  Peter Zizler  Gini indices and the human lifespan inequality

      11:45 - 12:10  Adam Kashlak    From Dixieland to the Savoy: a Markovian stomp through jazz music and dance

      12:10 - 12:30  Gustavo Carrero A Mathematical Model of Trust in Collaborative Projects

9-316 Stochastic Differential and Partial Differential Systems I (Moderator: Yaozhong Hu)

    10:30 - 11:10  Xingwei Hu      Two novel domain-preserving schemes for a class of stochastic differential equations defined in a domain

      11:10 - 11:50  Chengbo Su      Density convergence of Gaussian fluctuations of nonlinear stochastic heat equations in d>=3

      11:50 - 12:30  Yongkang Li  Exact Variations for Nonlinear Stochastic Heat Equations with Piecewise Constant Coefficients Driven by 

   Space-Time White Noise

11-450 Challenges and Opportunities in Statistics and Data Science Education (Moderator: Wanhua Su)

    10:30 - 11:00  Rosana Fok      My Experience in Coordinating and Teaching Jumbo-Sized Introductory Statistics Classes 

      11:00 - 11:30  William Ruth      Should we still be teaching T-tests in 2026? 

    11:30 - 12:00  Wanhua Su      Teaching Statistical Labs: Tools, Challenges, and Best Practices 

      12:00 - 12:30  Thuntida Ngamkham and Placida Dassanayake  Assessing Learning in the Age of AI (Part II): Computational Assessment Challenges in Data Science Courses 

11-451 Recent Advances in Statistical Methodology (Moderator: Brian Franczak)

    10:30 - 10:50  Inesh Munaweera      Bayesian Hierarchical Integration of Telemetry and Sparse Catch Data for Predicting Spatial Fishing 

   Pressure

      10:50 - 11:10  Yafei Wang      Statistical Inference for the Noisy Linear Quadratic Reinforcement Learning over a Finite Horizon

      11:10 - 11:30  Pankaj Bhagwat  Beyond Simple Shrinkage: Optimal Estimation in Multi-Target Settings

      11:30 - 11:50  Andrew McCormack The Nondecreasing Rank

     11:50 - 12:10  Pouria Ramazi Updating Bayesian Networks Without Starting Over: An Extendable Approach to Structure Learning

11-452 Initiatives for Women and Girls in Mathematics (Moderators: Elaine Beltaos-Kerr and Angela Beltaos)

    10:30 - 10:50  Ryan Morrill      Upcoming outreach initiative: The GAMMA camp

      10:50 - 11:10  Shauna Zenteno      Promoting Accessibility and Awareness to Opportunities in Science and Mathematics

      11:10 - 11:30  Jennifer Gemmell  Party with a Purpose: Building Events That Bring Women and Girls into STEM

      11:30 - 12:30  Workshop - Ideating and Creating Initiatives

11-457 Science 201 - Undergraduate Student Research Projects (Moderators: Matt Chalifour and John Fedoruk)

    10:30 - 10:35  Greg Wagner      Intro

      10:35 - 10:50  Tegan Warwaruk      Associations Between Childhood Reading and Adult Education

      10:50 - 11:05   Moina Bhatia The Smile Effect: The Likeliness of Returned Smiles

      11:05 - 11:20  Morgan Brophy An observational study on the accuracy of the Dexcom G7 continuous glucose monitor

     11:20 - 11:35  Sydney Benoit A Study on Primary Macronutrients in Soil and the Role of Eisenia fetida in Differing Dietary 

        Treatments

   11:35 - 12:50  Noah Wilson   Determination of the Wavelength of the Sodium Doublet Using a Michelson Interferometer

   12:50 - 12:05  Owen Paltzat   Qualitative Analysis of People’s Attitudes and Views on Sharks

   12:05 - 12:20  Cesar Amador   State Influenza Vaccination Coverage vs. Influenza & Pneumonia Mortality Among Adults Aged 65+ 

   in the United States, 2010-2023: A State-Level Ecological Analysis