In his talk Donald Sheehy will discuss a classic result of Tutte from 1963 that shows an elegant connection between graph theory, physics, geometry, and linear algebra. Tutte addressed the problem of how to draw a planar graph (a collection of vertices and edges that can be drawn without crossing edges in the plane) so that every edge is a straight line and the resulting faces are all convex polygons.

With the advantage of hindsight, he will also show how this result has influenced many modern ideas in graph theory and graph drawing. Despite covering a lot of ground, the talk should be widely accessible.

2019 MATHCOUNTS Eastern Chapter competition at the University of Connecticut, February 9, 2019 is sponsored by the Department of Mathematics, University of Connecticut.
The event is hosted by the University of Connecticut’s AMS Student Chapter, AWM Student Chapter and SIAM Student Chapter.

In this S.I.G.M.A. seminar talk Ko-Shin Chen will share her experience in transferring fields and working in a multidisciplinary team. The motivation, problems faced, and online sources of skill preparation/job search/interview practice will be presented. She will also talk about the general procedure of interviews at Google/Amazon/Uber and some differences between academia and industry observed during these interviews. Questions are welcome.
This Friday, April 6, 2018 1:25 pm, in MONT 214.

Our SIAM chapter at UCONN was approved. Thank you to everyone for your efforts to make our new chapter.