Undergraduate
Saint Michael's sends 5 students, 3 professors to participate in 16th annual Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference
Students & faculty present research papers
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Buff Lindau, Public Relations
802.654.2536
blindau@smcvt.edu
Five Saint Michael's College junior and senior mathematics and computer science majors presented research papers at the 16th annual Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference held April 18th at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. They were accompanied at the conference by three Saint Michael's professors who also participated in the conference.
The conference celebrates undergraduate mathematics research with students and faculty from across the Northeast. Some 150 student researchers gave presentations in mathematics, computer science and statistics at the day-long conference.
Participating Saint Michael's professors included Dr. James Hefferon, professor of mathematics, who chaired a session; Dr. Joanna Ellis-Monaghan, associate professor of mathematics who gave a presentation; and Dr. Greta Pangborn, assistant professor of computer science.
Saint Michael's presentations included:
- Brittany Baker, a junior mathematics major from Hinesburg, Vt., presenting "Detecting Forged Signatures Using Wavelet Decomposition," adviser Dr. George Ashline
- Jonathan Kaptcianos, senior mathematics major from Peabody, Mass., presenting "The Golden Ratio and Music," adviser Dr. James Hefferon
- Denis Lemanski, senior mathematics major from Water Mill, N.Y., presenting "Human Fractals," adviser Dr. George Ashline
- Claudette Foisy, senior mathematics and economics double major, from Potsdam, N.Y., presenting "Number Representation," adviser Dr. Lloyd Simons
- Nicholas Rizzo, senior computer science major from Revere, Mass., presenting "Clustering Algorithms," adviser Dr. Great Pangborn
- Professor Joanna Ellis-Monaghan presenting "The Shapes of Sea Shells: Mathematical Beauty in the Natural World"
Saint Michael's College, founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, is identified by the Princeton Review as one of the nation's Best 368 Colleges. A liberal arts, residential, Catholic college, Saint Michael's is located just outside of Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top college towns and less than two hours from Montreal. As one of only 270 institutions nationwide with a prestigious Phi Beta Kappa chapter on campus, Saint Michael's has 2,000 full-time undergraduate students, some 500 graduate students and 200 international students. In recent years Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Guggenheim, Fulbright, National Science Foundation and other grants, and Saint Michael's professors have been named Vermont Professor of the Year in four of the last eight years. The college is currently listed as one of the nation's Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the 2009 U.S. News & World Report rankings.
Photo caption: Saint Michael's students at Hudson River Math Conference, left to right, Dr. Greta Pangborn, Brittany Baker, Jonathan Kaptcianos, Claudette Foisy, Nicholas Rizzo, Denis Lemanski, Dr. Jim Hefferon, and Dr. Joanna Ellis-Monaghan
Buff Lindau, Public Relations
802.654.2536
blindau@smcvt.edu
Five Saint Michael's College junior and senior mathematics and computer science majors presented research papers at the 16th annual Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference held April 18th at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. They were accompanied at the conference by three Saint Michael's professors who also participated in the conference. The conference celebrates undergraduate mathematics research with students and faculty from across the Northeast. Some 150 student researchers gave presentations in mathematics, computer science and statistics at the day-long conference.
Participating Saint Michael's professors included Dr. James Hefferon, professor of mathematics, who chaired a session; Dr. Joanna Ellis-Monaghan, associate professor of mathematics who gave a presentation; and Dr. Greta Pangborn, assistant professor of computer science.
Saint Michael's presentations included:
- Brittany Baker, a junior mathematics major from Hinesburg, Vt., presenting "Detecting Forged Signatures Using Wavelet Decomposition," adviser Dr. George Ashline
- Jonathan Kaptcianos, senior mathematics major from Peabody, Mass., presenting "The Golden Ratio and Music," adviser Dr. James Hefferon
- Denis Lemanski, senior mathematics major from Water Mill, N.Y., presenting "Human Fractals," adviser Dr. George Ashline
- Claudette Foisy, senior mathematics and economics double major, from Potsdam, N.Y., presenting "Number Representation," adviser Dr. Lloyd Simons
- Nicholas Rizzo, senior computer science major from Revere, Mass., presenting "Clustering Algorithms," adviser Dr. Great Pangborn
- Professor Joanna Ellis-Monaghan presenting "The Shapes of Sea Shells: Mathematical Beauty in the Natural World"
Saint Michael's College, founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, is identified by the Princeton Review as one of the nation's Best 368 Colleges. A liberal arts, residential, Catholic college, Saint Michael's is located just outside of Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top college towns and less than two hours from Montreal. As one of only 270 institutions nationwide with a prestigious Phi Beta Kappa chapter on campus, Saint Michael's has 2,000 full-time undergraduate students, some 500 graduate students and 200 international students. In recent years Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Guggenheim, Fulbright, National Science Foundation and other grants, and Saint Michael's professors have been named Vermont Professor of the Year in four of the last eight years. The college is currently listed as one of the nation's Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the 2009 U.S. News & World Report rankings.
Photo caption: Saint Michael's students at Hudson River Math Conference, left to right, Dr. Greta Pangborn, Brittany Baker, Jonathan Kaptcianos, Claudette Foisy, Nicholas Rizzo, Denis Lemanski, Dr. Jim Hefferon, and Dr. Joanna Ellis-Monaghan
