The Mathematics Department's senior thesis presentations in the Spring of 2019 will be from 1:00 pm to 2:45 pm Friday afternoons in the Argue Auditorium, Millikan 1051 and the Emmy Noether Room, Millikan 1021 except for February 8 and April 12 when everyone meets in the Argue Auditorium from 1:00-4:00pm. Each speaking slot is 20 minutes and this includes 2-3 minutes for questions and answers. Speakers should arrive 30 minutes early to make sure that their talk is uploaded and ready to go before the seminar begins. Two important dates to remember are February 15, 2019 (complete draft of the Thesis due), and April 12, 2019 (the final copy of the Thesis due). Feel free to invite friends and family to join us for your senior presentation. We ask the audience not to use or turn on laptops, tablets, phones, or other distracting electronic equipment during the presentations.
February 8
| Speaker | Advisor | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Shivang Mehta | Ami Radunskaya | (Machine) Learning to Target |
| Vedant Vohra | Jo Hardin | Analyzing experiments: Can we determine if a new treatment benefits the many or the few? |
| Harry Bendekgey | Joseph Osborn | Learning Player Strategies in the Board Game Dominion |
| Aurora Zhang | Ghassan Sarkis | Modeling Pedestrian Flow through LAX with Simulated Queues |
| Eric Gofen | Gizem Karaali | (Re)humanizing Math Education |
| Peter Cowal | Vin de Silva/Joti Rockwell | Composing Mathematically |
February 15
| Speaker | Advisor | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Dana Wang | Blerta Shtylla | Convolutional Neural Networks and Their Application in Biological Image Segmentation |
| Jacob Fontana | Gabe Chandler | Coupled Continuous Time Random Walks |
| Siddhartha Aggarwal | Ghassan Sarkis | Modelling foot traffic flow at LAX using Neural Networks |
| Matthew Patterson | Stephan Garcia | Constructing Conjugations by Unitary Extension |
| Frances Hung | Jo Hardin | Optimizing Experimental Design |
| Alex Xiaotong Gui | Jo Hardin | Prediction Confidence in Classification Random Forests |
February 22
| Speaker | Advisor | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew Reale-Hatem | Ami Radunskya | Geostatistical Analysis of Arts Activity in Los Angeles |
| Gbeke Fawehinmi | Edray Goins | Mathematics in Media |
| Eisen Ipac | Kim Ayers | Population Dynamics and Modeling Criminal Activity |
| Tai Le | Mark Huber | The Sample Size Determination Problem: A Comparison of Approaches |
| Sophia Hui | Gizem Karaali | Leveraging Mistakes in the Math Classroom |
| Gianna Wu | Lisette de Pillis | Mathematical Modeling for Type 1 Diabetes |
March 1
| Speaker | Advisor | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Lorenz | Stephan Garcia | Bounding the Power Moments of Gaussian Periods |
| Kutay Nazli | Adolfo Rumbos | Closed-Form Solutions of Non-Linear PDEs: Bäcklund Transforms and Superposition |
| Allison Kirkegaard | Gabe Chandler | Modeling Educational Outcomes over Time |
| Victor Machado | Edray Goins | Finite Fields and the Discrete Log Problem |
| Jack Conner | Blerta Shtylla | Simulating Neuronal Networks for Prediction |
| Hyeong Shin | Ghassan Sarkis | Modeling Pedestrian Flow through LAX with Simulated Queues |
March 8
| Speaker | Advisor | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Ricardo Espinoza | Ami Radunskya | Modeling the Impact of Cultural Vibrancy on Societal Well-Being Factors |
| Oscar Galindo | William Devanny | Analyzing the Minimum Cost Perfect Matching with Delays Problem |
| Jose Munoz-Lopez | Stephan Garcia | Constructions for Avoiding Prime Length Arithmetic Progressions |
| Justin Weltz | Jo Hardin | Over-Policing and Fair Machine Learning |
| Yanai Feldman | Gizem Karaali | Mathematical (Fundamental)ism: Set Theory meets Category Theory |
| Andrew Brown | Gabe Chandler | Directional Data in Baseball |
April 5
| Speaker | Advisor | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Dennie | Stephan Garcia | Rubik's Cubes |
| Muhammad Chaudhry | Edray Goins | Mathematical Games on Symmetric Solids |
| Zihao Xu | Alexandra Papoutsaki | Eye-tracking Using Convolutional Neural Networks |
| Sylvia Nwakanma | Gizem Karaali | Reading with Pictures, Picturing with Words:Probabilistic Topic Modeling of Text and Image |
| Nina Thiebaut | HMC Clinic | Acoustics for Immersive Mixed Reality |
| Israel Teru | Ghassan Sarkis | Modeling Foot Traffic at LAX |
April 12
| Speaker | Advisor | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Lucero Ramirez | Ami Radunskya | Gaming the City: a game theoretic model using cultural vibrancy |
| Neelesh Karody | Adolfo Rumbos | Higher Order Beliefs in Coordination Games |
| Janie Neal | Ami Radunskya | Community Detection in Complex Networks |
| Minh Quan Do | Ghassan Sarkis | Modelling Foot Traffic Flow at LAX Using Artificial Neural Network |
| Bradley Druzinsky | Adolfo Rumbos | The Kelly-Criterion |
| Melissa Hooke | Gabe Chandler | Modeling Spacecraft Safe Mode Events |