# Welcome

### Upcoming Events

#### Number Theory Seminar

MONDAY Feb. 19, 02:30 PM Gen. Myers Hall 210

Title: Truncated Squares and Pell Equations
Joshua Stucky Kansas State University

#### Mini-course

MONDAY Feb. 19, 06:20 PM CW 131

Title: Introduction to Lie Superalgebras III
Dimitar Grantcharov (UTA) Natasha Rozhkovskaya (K-State)

#### Analysis Seminar

TUESDAY Feb. 20, 03:30 PM CW 131

Title: Dynamics of complex Henon mappings

#### M-Seminar

TUESDAY Feb. 20, 03:30 PM CW 120

Title: Spherical twists and projective twists in Fukaya categories
Weiwei Wu University of Georgia

#### Mini-course

TUESDAY Feb. 20, 06:20 PM CW 131

Title: Introduction to Lie Superalgebras IV
Dimitar Grantcharov (UTA) Natasha Rozhkovskaya (K-State)

### Recent News

#### Nethali Fernando finalist in the Three Minute Thesis competition

February 2018

On February 13, the Graduate School held preliminary competitions (heats) for the annual KState Three Minute Thesis competition. Mathematics graduate student Nethali Fernando was one of 8 presenters (out of 36) that were chosen to compete in the final event. The final competition is free and open to the public, and will take place on February 27 at 5:30pm in the Alumni Center Ballroom. Congratulations are in order!

Nethali Fernando, originally from Sri Lanka, is pursuing a Ph.D. in mathematics. She is a member of the NODE interdisciplinary group on campus lead by Professors Albin and Poggi-Corradini in Mathematics and Professor Scoglio in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Nethali is studying novel metrics on networks that arise from the concept of modulus, which is a new way to measure families of objects on graphs, originally invented in the field of Mathematical Analysis, specifically Complex Analysis.

#### Five math alumni gave lectures at K-State

January 2018

Five mathematics alumni, a business representative, two of our faculty, a professor emeritus in mathematics from KU, and a staff member were the highlights of the 2017 Undergraduate Lecture Series in Mathematics at Kansas State University. The topics discussed illustrate the impact that mathematics has in the real world, from behavioral economics, to big data, cryptography, physics, chemistry, probability and actuarial science. For more information click on the link below, or look under the fold.

#### Jaberi-Douraki and Shi's research featured in KState Today

November 2017

Majid Jaberi-Douraki, who holds a dual appointment in the Department of Mathematics and the Institute of Computational and Comparative Medicine at Kansas State University, was featured in KState Today on November 22, 2017. The article describes cutting-edge research on bio-fuels that Jaberi-Douraki is conducting with his Post Doctoral assistant Tracy Shi and with an international and multi-disciplinary team in China. For more information, see the link to the media release:

#### Tracy Shi New ICCM Postdoc

November 2017

The Department of Mathematics welcomes PostDoc, Tracy Shi. Tracy works in the Institute of Computational Comparative Medicine with Professor Majid Jaberi-Douraki. More specifically, Dr. Shi's research interests focus on modeling complex systems using mathematical and/or computational modeling. "My previous research projects include mathematical and agent-based modeling for simulating cellular interactions during sepsis progression," Tracy says. "The modeling approach is a powerful tool for identifying risk factors for complex systems, and eventually help decision-making for these systems," she adds. Dr. Shi's current research projects aim at understanding the complex mechanism of type 1 diabetes using an agent-based modeling approach.

October 2017