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Math Slam

We are taking inspiration from the Math Slam at Brown University.  Math Slam is a contest in which participants conduct 10-minute presentations to compete for a small monetary prize. Math Slam will be hosted every Spring.

Spring 2024

Speaker's Name
Gillian Carr
Matt Dallas
Nirjal Shrestha
Adam Gregory
Avi Mukhopadhyay
Tuyen Pham
Justin Young

Judges: Dr. Chamila Gamage, Dr. Michael Jury, and Dr. Tracy Stepien

1st Place: Adam Gregory

2nd Place: Matt Dallas

3rd Place: Avi Mukhopadhyay

Spring 2023

  • The speakers with judges Dr. Dana Bartošová and Dr. Michael Jury.

Speaker's NameTitle
Fatima AkinolaOn Hamilton Cycle Decompositions of Complete Multipartite Graphs Which Are Both Cyclic and Symmetric
Himanshu YadavEngineering Innovation: Applying TDA to Document and Topic Embedding to Identify Persistent Gaps in Scientific Literature
Hannah AndersonModel of Glioblastoma-immune Dynamics Incorporating Immunotherapy
Hayden HunterOn Higher Dimensional Milnor Frames
Aritram DharInterplay between the world of P and Q
Palak AroraOptimal Approximation Problems for Commutative and Noncommutative Polynomials
Puja PandeyOn the Equivalence of Statistical Distances for Discrete Log-concave Probability Measures
Xiaochen DuanAnalysis of a Droop-type Chemostat Model with Wall Growth
Joshua ArroyoKraśkiewicz-Hecke insertion

Judges: Dr. Dana Bartošová and Dr. Michael Jury

1st Place: Aritram Dhar

2nd Place: Puja Pandey

3rd Place: Hannah Anderson, Himanshu Yadav (tie)

From left to right: Aritram Dhar, Puja Pandey, Hannah Anderson, Himanshu Yadav