2021 October Math Symposium at UNC Charlotte
Hosted by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics
and sponsored by the School of Data Science
This 2-day symposium is an annual meeting focusing on Math research and education. The goal of this event is to strengthen communication & collaboration of mathematical researchers, and to provide a networking opportunity for students and faculty with our alumni. We hope you join us!
ABSTRACTS of talks can be found at here.
DAY 1: Friday October 15, 4 pm - 7 pm in Fretwell 113 (in-person)
Dr Robert J Thomas: Principal Research Physicist and the Technical Advisor for the Bioeffects Division within the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL): AFRL opportunities for students and faculty at 4 pm
Alumni Panel Discussion on Math Degrees and Careers Opportunities at 5:45 pm - 7:00 pm
Breana Williams: Reinsurance Analyst with CRL and Senior Underwriter at County Reinsurance
Grayson Dill: Senior Vice President at Bank of America
Safi Nasereldeen: Finance & Insurance at Sonic Automotive
Diego Caceres: Actuarial Assistant at Resolution Life
Networking and Dinner at 5:30 pm
DAY 2: Saturday October 16, 9 am - 5 pm via zoom (East time zone)
Opening speaker (9:10- 9:40 am)
Mr Jack Chenglong Qiao, Senior Manager of Data Science at Lowe’s, (https://uncc.zoom.us/j/92854044878)
Keynote speakers (9:45-10:30 am and 1:15-2:00 pm)
Dr Ludovic Tangpi, Princeton University, 9:45-10:30 am,(https://uncc.zoom.us/j/92854044878) Financial Math
Dr Grace Yi, University of Western Ontario,1:15 -2:00 pm, (https://uncc.zoom.us/j/92854044878) Statistics
Poster competition (12:00- 1:00 pm) (https://uncc.zoom.us/j/92854044878)
Each participant has 5 minute to introduce themselves and their posters.
The names of participants and titles of posters for the poster session can be here .
STEM alumni and career outreach (3:40-4:50 pm) (organized by Dr Wafaa Shaban, Dr Helen Li)
(zoom: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/92854044878)
Speakers can be found at alumni speakers page.
Morning Parallel Sessions (10:40-11:55 am)
Data Science in Finance (organized by Dr Aziz Issaka and Dr Adriana Ocejo Monge)
(zoom: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/94710126731 )
Recent advances in dimension reduction and graphical models (organized by Dr Eliana Christou)
(zoom: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/94503010349 )
Student Research (organized by Dr Qinging Zhou, Dr Helen Li)
(zoom: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/92854044878)
Afternoon Parallel Sessions (2:15 -3:30 pm)
Applied Dynamic System (organized by Dr Aziz Issaka and Dr Helen Li)
(zoom: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/92854044878)
Statistics and its applications (organized by Dr Yinghao Pan, Dr Qingning Zhou)
(zoom: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/97176124774)
Poster Winner and Ending remarks of this one day workshop (4:45 pm-5:00 pm)
(zoom: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/92854044878)
Organizers: Department of mathematics and statistics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Taufiquar Khan taufiquar.khan@uncc.edu (Department chair)
Wafaa Shaban washaban@uncc.edu, Sarah Hornbeck srhornbe@uncc.edu
William Brian wbrian@uncc.edu, Duan Chen Duan.Chen@uncc.edu,
Eliana Christou echris15@uncc.edu, Michael Grabchak, mgrabcha@uncc.edu,
Aziz Issaka aissaka@uncc.edu, Shaoyu Li Shaoyu.Li@uncc.edu,
Xingjie Helen Li xli47@uncc.edu, Kevin McGoff kmcgoff1@uncc.edu,
Adriana Ocejo Monge adriana.ocejo@uncc.edu, Loc Nguyen, loc.nguyen@uncc.edu,
Yinghao Pan ypan8@uncc.edu, Arindam Roy Arindam.Roy@uncc.edu,
Qingning Zhou qzhou8@uncc.edu,