Past Dinner Meetings

2002 Dinner Meetings

• Bentley College, March 26, 2002
• Rhode Island College, April 8, 2002
• College of the Holy Cross, April 18, 2002
• St. Paul's School, May 8, 2002

Bentley College, Waltham, Massachusetts

Dr. Richard Cleary, Bentley College
"Models For the Qualification Process"

Tuesday, March 26, 2002

Abstract: Do you believe that you are safer riding with someone who passed their driver's test on the first try than on the seventh try? Our society puts a great deal of faith in a variety of qualifying mechanisms (examinations or elections) to establish competence or acknowledge excellence. Examinations include the driver's license example and attorneys seeking certification by passing the bar exam. Election examples include selection to many honorary societies and baseball's Hall of Fame. We consider the mathematical, statistical and societal implications of a few basic models for these processes.

Rhode Island College , Providence, Rhode Island

Dr. Frederick Greenleaf, New York University
"Promoting Quantitative Literacy"

Monday, April 8, 2002

Abstract: Fred Greenleaf, a leader in the field of quantitative literacy education, is the author of the text "Quantitative Reasoning: Understanding the Mathematical Patterns in Nature." He has developed workshop courses in quantitative literacy that are part of the core curriculum at NYU. He will be discussing what QL is, why it is important, and what educators can do to promote it.

College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts

The Ninth Leonard C. Sulski Memorial Lecture

Dennis DeTurck, University of Pennsylvania
"Coiling and writhing in geometry, biology and physics"

Thursday, April 18, 2002

St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire

Dr. Leonard Gillman, University of Texas at Austin
"Comprehensive Solutions"

Wednesday, May 8, 2002

Abstract: This talk presents a counterintuitive solution to the famous 12-coin weighing problem. The method of deriving it is also unexpected.

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