Dr. Fredrick Park, Whittier College: In the first part of this talk, I will have a teaching demonstration on a topic from first year calculus. In the second part, I will discuss the role of sparsity in data science by looking at two applications. The first in machine learning, where I focus on neural network sparsification and…
Alessandra Constantini, Oklahoma State University: The journey of a math major through college education usually starts with a calculus course. It is usually harder to predict where it ends, as several factors might affect each student’s trajectory. In this talk, I’ll tell you how my educational journey brought me to a Ph.D.…