A SIAM Workshop: Graduate Student Focus on Diversity

Invited Speakers
The centerpiece of the workshop are the technical presentations by minority graduate students, post-docs, and recent Ph.D.'s. These talks are attended by the undergraduate participants and their faculty advisors. The talks are listed in the regular meeting program and are open to everyone.
SIAM DD Speakers Photo

SIAM Diversity Day speakers and Co-Chairs. First row: Juan Meza, Co-Chair, Sandia National Laboratories, Marcela Gonzales, UC Berkeley, Anita Mareno, Cornell University, Rachel Vincent, Rice University. Second row: Jon Cline, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Nicolas Crisosto, UC Berkeley, Nancy Glenn, Rice University, Fern Hunt, Co-Chair, NIST, Louis Beaugris, University of Iowa

Morning Session 10:30 - 12:00

Automatic Detection of Binding Sites in Protein Sequences through Singular Value Decomposition
Rachel Vincent, Rice University
A Socially Transmitted Disease: Teacher Qualifications and Dropout Rates
Nicolas Crisosto, University of California, Berkeley
Cyclic Codes and their Primitive Idempotents
Louis Beaugris, University of Iowa

Afternoon Session 3:15 - 5:15

Plastic, Metal and Ceramic High Aspect Ratio Microstructure Fabricated from LIGA Mold Inserts
Marcela Gonzales, University of California, Berkeley
ALFISHES: A Size-Structured and Spatially-Explicit Model for Predicting the Impact of Hydrology on the Resident Fishes of the Everglades Mangrove Zone of Florida Bay
Jon Cline, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Robust Empirical Likelihood Confidence Intervals
Nancy Glenn, Rice University
Global Continuation in Higher Order Elasticity
Anita Mareno, Cornell University