Friday, July 17
MS69
Frank and Brennie Morgan AMS-MAA-SIAM Prize for Outstanding Research in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Student
10:30 AM-11:45 AM
Room: Sidney Smith 2117
The prize is to be awarded to an undergraduate student (or students having submitted joint work) for outstanding research in mathematics. Any student who is an undergraduate in a college or university in Canada, Mexico, or the U.S. or its possessions is eligible to be considered for the prize. The recipients of the prize are selected by a standing committee of the AMS, MAA, and SIAM. The 1997 winner is Jade P. Vinson, Princeton University. The honorable mention is Vikaas S. Sohal, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom and Stanford University School of Medicine.
Chair: Kelly Black
University of New Hampshire
- 10:30 Introduction and Presentation of Awards
- Kelly Black, University of New Hampshire
- 10:45 The Wave Equation on the Sierpinski Gasket
- Kyallee Dalrymple, University of Colorado, Boulder; Robert S. Strichartz, Cornell University; and Jade P. Vinson, Princeton University
- 11:15 Navigating from Point A to Point B: A Model for How the Brain Processes Sequential Information
- Vikaas S. Sohal, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom and Stanford University School of Medicine; and Michael E. Hasselmo, Harvard University
LMH Created: 3/19/98; MMD Updated: 5/13/98