Eight members of the Department of Mathematics presented at the annual Joint Mathematics Meetings in Atlanta in January. The JMM is the largest mathematics conference in the country, with registrations this year exceeding 6,000 participants. Highlights of the meeting include: Randall Helmstutler, chair and associate professor, presented the talk “Generalized dihedral groups in non-commutative cryptographic […]
To begin her three year term as a Council on Undergraduate Research Councilor for the Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Debra Hydorn, professor of Mathematics, attended the recent CUR Annual Business Meeting at the University of Southern Florida. At this meeting, Councilors worked within their disciplinary groups and also within Committees and Task Forces to […]
Debra Hydorn, professor of mathematics, was recently elected to a three-year term as Councilor for the Mathematics & Computer Science division of the Council on Undergraduate Research. Councilors are the governing body of CUR and set policy and develop programs for the organization.
Dr. Venitta McCall, professor of the College of Education, Dr. Debra Hydorn, professor of mathematics and Dr. Courtney Clayton, assistant professor of the College of Education have received a $35,600 grant from the Virginia Department of Education. The purpose of the grant is to train 30 teachers from critical teacher shortage areas in Spotsylvania County, […]
Debra Hydorn, professor of mathematics, participated in a 10-week research project at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. She investigated the use of the R BACCO package to implement the Bayesian Calibration of Computer Code Output. The research was conducted on the Dahlgren base between June 1 and August 7, 2015.
