Richard F. Barry Mathematics & Statistics Colloquium
for 2001

• 7 December 2001 - Dr. Wu Li, Old Dominion University
  "Nonlinear Optimization and Applications"
  Abstract

• 30 November 2001 - Dr. William H. Ruckle, Clemson University
  "Mathematical Induction in Game Theory"
  Abstract

• 16 November 2001 - Dr. Richard J Braun, University of Delaware
  "Models for a Vertical Draining Film with an Insoluble Surfactant"
  Abstract

• 9 November 2001 - Dr. Robert Michael Lewis, College of William and Mary
  "A multigrid method for the optimization of systems governed by differential equations"
  Abstract

• 2 November 2001 - Dr. Madhu Nayakkankuppam, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
  "Conic Optimization: Algorithms and Applications"
  Abstract

• 26 October 2001 - Dr. Todd Munson, Argonne National Laboratory
  "Two Algorithms for Support Vector Machines"
  Abstract

• 19 October 2001 - Dr. Michael Trosset, College of William and Mary
  "A Convergence Theory for Direct Search Methods in the Presence of Random Noise"
  Abstract

• 12 October 2001 - Dr. L. Pamela Cook, University of Delaware
  "Polymers: Properties, Flows, and Characterization"
  Abstract

• 10 October 2001 - Dr. Andreas Stathopoulos, College of William and Mary
  "Multigrain parallelism and application-level resource balancing: Improving performance and robustness of iterative methods"
  Abstract

• 5 October 2001 - Dmitry Karpeev, Old Dominion University/Argonne National Laboratory
  "Numerical methods for micro-magnetic dynamics simulation"
  Abstract

• 28 September 2001 - Ms. Natalie Hutchinson, Old Dominion University
  "Discovering Geometry with Geometer's Sketchpad: The 9-Point Circle"
  Abstract

• 21 September 2001 - Dr. Brenton LeMesurier, University of Charleston
  "Regularisation and Control of Self-Focussing in the Nonlinear Schroedinger Equation by Dissipation and Linear Potentials: Nonlinear Optics and Bose-Einstein Condensates"
  Abstract

• 14 September 2001 - Dr. Frank P. Kozusko, Hampton University
  "A Mathematical Model of Invitro Cancer Cell Growth and Antimitotic Drug Treatment"
  Abstract

• 7 September 2001 - Dr. Fang Hu, Old Dominion University
  "On the Construction of Stable Perfectly Matched Layers for the Numerical Solution of Euler Equations"
  Abstract

• 8 June 2001 - Dr. Harri Hakula, Helsinki University of Technology
  "The Chameleon Structure of the Thin Shell"
  Abstract

• 16 May 2001 - Dr. Henry Tufo, University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory
  "Terascale Spectral Element Algorithms and Implementations"
  Abstract

• 15 May 2001 - Dr. Kab-Seok Kang, Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering, NASA Langley Research Center
  "Multigrid and the Covolume method"
  Abstract

• 20 April 2001 - Dr. Gregor Kovacic, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  "Homoclinic trajectories in a model of second-harmonic generation in a passive optical cavity"
  Abstract

• 17 April 2001 - Dr. Paul Staneski, UBS Warburg
  "Understanding Option Values"
  Abstract

• 13 April 2001 - Dr. Anna Calini, University of Charleston, SC
  "Curve Geometry and Soliton Theory"
  Abstract

• 30 March 2001 - Dr. Samuel H. Wieand, University of Pittsburgh
  "QoL Assessment of the NSABP Breast Cancer Prevention Trial in the presence of (possibly informative) missing data"
  Abstract

• 16 March 2001 - Dr. S. I. Hariharan, The University of Akron
  "On Phase-field Methods"
  Abstract

• 2 March 2001 - Dr. Diane Henderson, Pennsylvania State University
  "On the Pinch-off of Drops of Newtonian and non-Newtonian Fluids"
  Abstract

• 23 February 2001 - Dr. David Stephenson, Daniel H. Wagner Associates, Hampton VA.
  "Coalescing and Annihilating Random Walks: Results in the Field of Particle Systems"
  Abstract

• 16 February 2001 - Dr. J.P. Morgan, Old Dominion University & Virginia Tech
  "Optimal Design With Many Blocking Factors"
  Abstract

• 2 February 2001 - Dr. Mihai Anitescu, University of Pittsburgh
  "Solving Degenerate Nonlinear Programs with Unbounded Lagrange Multiplier Sets and Applications to Mathematical Programs with Complementary Constraints"
  Abstract

• 26 January 2001 - Dr. Bobbye Hoffman Bartels, Christopher Newport University
  "Constructing Mathematics Knowledge: Building Roads or Skyscrapers?"
  Abstract