Opportunities

2018: Michelle Yu
2017: Sarah Tymochko; Emily.T. Winn
2016: Tim Arnold
2015: Melissa McGuirl; Gopal Yalla
2014: Molly Lynch
2013: Emma Colbert
2012: Rebecca Moran
2011: M. Zemsky
2010: Jonathan Root
2009: Jonathon D. Madore
2008: Katherine Fitzpatrick
2007: Candida L. Desjardins; Renee A. Laverdiere
2006: Ellen K. Gasparovic
2005: Trevor M. O'Brien
2004: Richard D. Ghiorse; Catherine A. Ballway
2003: Daniel M. Conti; Nora K. Newman
2002: Thomas J. Emmerling; Alison C. McCarthy
2001: Kelly M. Dease; Kevin W. Germino
2000: Melissa A. Boyle
1999: Jennifer R. Paulhus
1998: Lauren M. Estvanik; Aaron M. Qureshi
1997: Michael S. Glode; Rebecca Y. Martel; Gregory L. Cate
1996: Patricia M. Cordeiro; Joseph D. DiRocco
1995: Elimari Sanchez
1994: Meghan A. Gillin
1993: Meredith R. Putnam
1992: Steven P. Levandosky
1991: Maureen A. Cavanaugh
1990: Tamara S. Trombetta
1989: David M. Banach; John G. Birge
1988: Carol A. Markey
1987: Ruth M. Eberle; Peter J. Manyin; Christopher A. Butler
1986: Joseph A. Iaia
1985: Melissa L. McCormack; Michael E. Manyin
1984: Stephen L. Parente
1983: Donald L. Farley
1982: Joseph J. Nicosia
1981: Richard M. Freije
1980: Kathleen M. Shannon; James W. Smith
1979: Sharon A. Oppelt; Veronica G. Falcao
1978: Robert N. Hinckley; Juanita I. Fernandez
1977: Thomas M. DiScipio; Peter H. Fontaine; Michael P. Malanoski
1976: Gary B. Page
1975: Paul Michael Hurley
1974: Henry P. Miranda; Roger J. Seminara
1973: John D. Cutting; Michael P. Lilly; William M. Waters
1972: No Prize Awarded
1971: Frank L. Capobianco; Richard H. Lady
1970: John M. DeCiccio; Kevin J. Leary; Robert J. Stokes
1969: Peter A. Bloniarz; Robert L. Devaney
1968: Richard J. Bonneau
1967: John D. McInerney; Charles F. Peltier
1966: C. Samuel Sinnett; Joseph M. Fitzgerald
1965: Peter J. Kiernan; Michael A. Thoma
1964: Dennis H. O’Brien
1963: Anthony D. Fanning
1962: Raymond J. Cannon
1961: Charles H. Clemens

2023: Eleanor Mengel
2022: Tess Conroy;
            Margaret Haley
2021: Matt Elacqua
2020: Ryan Forger
2019: Chris Roy
2018: Lucca Eloy
2017: Olivia Lau
2016: Joe DiSabito
2015: Sam Silberstein
2014: Stephen Pettinati
2013: Michael Pettinati
2012: No Prize Awarded
2011: Christina D'Ambrogio
2010: Stephen Kondak
2009: John G. "Jack" Singleton
2008: No Prize Awarded
2007: John R. Speer
2006: Robert T. Truxler
2005: Elizabeth M. VomScheidt

• Shelby Wilson, Johns Hopkins University, “Real-Time Mathematical Modeling of the COVID-19 Pandemic” Pi Mu Epsilon (PME) ceremony and colloquium,, 4:00 p.m., (virtual) May 5, 2022.
• Tim Chartier, Davidson College, “Unforgettably Improbable: Recognizing Historic Moments In Sports With Analytics” Leonard C. Sulski Memorial Lecture, 4:30 p.m., (virtual) April 21, 2022.
• Sarah Tymochko HC'17, Michigan State University, “Topological Signal Processing: Quantifying the Shape of Time Series Data” (virtual) February 14, 2022.

• Dr. Farrah Sadre-Marandi, qPharmetra, “Mathematical Modeling for Optimal Drug Development” (virtual) December 8, 2021.
• Tamas Darvas, University of Maryland, “What is Curvature and How to Optimize It?” (virtual) November 17, 2021.
• Anisah Nu'Man, Spellman College, “Construction of Normal Forms for Diestel-Leader Groups” Pi Mu Epsilon (PME) ceremony and colloquium, (virtual) May 6, 2021.
•  Heather Zinn-Brooks, Harvey Mudd College, “Bounded-Confidence Models for Opinion Dynamics on Online Social Networks” (virtual) April 21, 2021.
• Lillian Pierce, Duke University, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Math”
  Leonard C. Sulski Memorial Lecture, 4:30 p.m.,  (virtual) March 11, 2021.
• Chad Topaz, Williams College, “Quantitative Approaches to Social Justice”
  (virtual) February 22, 2021.

•  Zajj Daugherty, City College of New York, The CUNY Graduate Center, “Permutations, partitions, and posets: a taste of combinatorial representation theory” (virtual) December 2, 2020.
•  Beth Malmskog, Colorado College, “Mathematics, Context, and Fair Redistricting: How Mathematics Can Detect and Prevent Gerrymandering in Colorado and Beyond” (virtual) October 21, 2020.
• Cathy O'Neil, O'Neil Risk Consulting & Algorithmic Auditing, “Weapons of Math Destruction”
  Leonard C. Sulski Memorial Lecture, 4:30 p.m., (virtual) April 2, 2020.
• Scott Field, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, “Discovering Black Holes and Gravitational Waves: Simulation and Data Science” February 19, 2020.

• Andrea Arnold, WPI, “Inverse Problems, Parameter Estimation, and Uncertainty Quantification from a Bayesian Perspective” November 7, 2019.
• Luis Sordo Vieira, The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, “Multiscale Modeling of Disease” October 24, 2019.
• Carlos Vasco, National University of Colombia at Bogotá, “Where Galois slipped: The dis-solubility of the insoluble general quintic equation” July 3, 2019.
• Barbara Reynolds, S.D.S., Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, WI, “The Story of an Unintended Sabbatical: Bridging Cultures, Languages, Disciplines ... while Engaging in Some Mathematics, too!” July 3, 2019.
• Thomas Cecil, College of the Holy Cross, “Cyclides of Dupin in 3-space” July 3, 2019.
• Binoy Jacob, S.J., Loyola Research Institute of Peace and International Relations, Kochi, India, “Messaging to Extraterrestrials: An Indian Perspective” July 2, 2019.
• Binoy Jacob, S.J., Loyola Research Institute of Peace and International Relations, Kochi, India, “Update of the Peace Activities of the Institute” July 2, 2019.
• Paul Schweitzer, S.J., PUC, Rio de Janeiro, “The existence of Reeb components determined by a vanishing cycle with invariant doublepoint set, II” July 2, 2019.
• Martin Magid, Wellesley College, “Minimal surfaces in the product of two dimensional space forms with the neutral Kaehler structure” July 2, 2019.
• David Damiano, College of the Holy Cross, “Non-Negative Matrix Factorization: Introduction and Application” July 1, 2019.
• Paul Schweitzer, S.J., PUC, Rio de Janeiro, “The existence of Reeb components determined by a vanishing cycle with invariant doublepoint set, I” July 1, 2019.
•  Andrew Hwang, College of the Holy Cross, “Equareal Surfaces” July 1, 2019.
• Carlos Vasco, National University of Colombia at Bogotá, “Where Gauss slipped: The Detrimental Theorem of Algebra” June 28, 2019.
• Maura Mast, Fordham University, “Developing leadership for Jesuit higher education: the Ignatian Colleagues Program” June 28, 2019.
• Robert Ream, Clark University, “The Adjunction Inequality for Weyl-Minimal Branched Immersions” June 28, 2019.
• Ellen Ryan, McMaster University, and Mary Cronin, Boston College, “Passing on Our Legacy through Stories: Why, What, How” June 27, 2019.

• Thomas Banchoff, Brown University, “Retirement Opportunities: Almost finished papers?” June 27, 2019.
• Oscar Perdomo, Central Connecticut State University, “Spectra of the Laplace and Jacobi operators on rotational CMC hypersurfaces of spheres” June 27, 2019.
• John Little, College of the Holy Cross, “The eclectic sources for the discussion of areas of plane figures in Book IV of Clavius' "Geometria Practica"” June 26, 2019.
•  Cristina Ballantine, College of the Holy Cross, “Almost Partition Identities” June 26, 2019.
• Patrick Ryan, McMaster University, “Ruled CMC hypersurfaces in nonflat complex space forms are minimal, III” June 26, 2019.
• Nelson Velandia, S.J., Javeriana University, “Scattering of uncharged particles in the field of two extremely charged black holes” June 25, 2019.
• Lawrence Conlon, Washington University, “More details on the smooth ability of Gabai's foliations” June 25, 2019.
• Patrick Ryan, McMaster University, “Ruled CMC hypersurfaces in nonflat complex space forms are minimal, II” June 25, 2019.
• Paul Schweitzer, S.J., PUC, Rio de Janeiro, “The current relevance of the thought of Teilhard de Chardin” June 24, 2019.
•  Lawrence Conlon, Washington University, “Gabai's foliations are generally smooth: an overview” June 24, 2019.
• Patrick Ryan, McMaster University, “Ruled CMC hypersurfaces in nonflat complex space forms are minimal, I” June 24, 2019.
• Margaret Beck, Boston University, “ODEs in Infinite Dimensions” Pi Mu Epsilon (PME) ceremony and colloquium, May 1, 2019.
• Melody Chan, Brown University, “What is a Moduli Space?” Leonard C. Sulski Memorial Lecture, 4:30 p.m., April 25, 2019.

• IIesanmi Adeboye, Wesleyan University, “Euler's Equation and the Philosophy of Numbers” March 27, 2019.
• Katie Kinnaird, Smith College, “Comparing Songs without Listening: From Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science to Music and Back Again” February 7, 2019.

• Suzanne Crifo HC'13, North Carolina State University, “An Introduction to Finite and Affine Lie Algebras and their Representation Theory” December 3, 2018.
• Adam Sullivan, Brown University, “Making the Case for Using a Simple and Modifiable Neighborhood Risk Index” October 25, 2018.
• John Little, College of the Holy Cross, “Greek Mathematics Recovered in Books 6 and 7 of Christopher Clavius' Practical Geometry” June 29, 2018.
•  Maura Mast, Fordham University, “Closed Geodesics in Magnetic Heisenberg Type Manifolds” June 29, 2018.
•  Nelson Velandia, S.J., Javeriana University, “Numerical solution of Mathisson-Papapetrou-Dixon equations for spinning test particles in a Kerr metric” June 29, 2018.
• David Damiano, College of the Holy Cross, “An Introduction to Random Cell Complexes” June 28, 2018.
• Carlos Vasco, Universidad Distrital de Bogota, Colombia, “Model-Theoretic Mathematics: The Chronotopy Program of Ancient Astronomy vs. The Erlangen Program for Modern Geometry” June 28, 2018.
• Jennifer Ackerman, Bellarmine University, “Moving from Prerequisites to Co-requisites for Gen Ed Math Courses” June 28, 2018.
• Patrick Ryan, McMaster University, “Veronese Embeddings” June 27, 2018.
• Carlos Vasco, Universidad Distrital de Bogota, Colombia, “Model-Theoretic Mathematics Revisited: from Ancient Astronomy and the Pythagorean Quadrivium to the progressive relativization of Mathematical Physics” June 27, 2018.
• Binoy Jacob, S.J., Loyola Research Institute of Peace and International Relations, Kochi, India, “Peace Activities at the Loyola Research Institute of Peace and International Relations” June 27, 2018.
• Thomas Cecil, College of the Holy Cross, “Cyclides of Dupin in Lie Sphere Geometry” June 26, 2018.
• Thomas Banchoff, Brown University, “Visualization of the flat torus in the 3-sphere and the cyclides of Dupin” June 26, 2018.
• Kathleen Banchoff, Brown University, “Aging and Transitions” June 26, 2018.
• Thomas Cecil, College of the Holy Cross, “Cyclides of Dupin in 3-space” June 25, 2018.
• Paul Schweitzer, S.J., PUC, Rio de Janeiro, “Exotic 4-dimensional manifolds that cannot be leaves of codimension one foliations (joint work with Carlos Menino)” June 25, 2018.
• Ellen Ryan, McMaster University, “Resilient Aging Through Community” June 25, 2018.
• Lorin Crawford, Brown University, “Statistical Methods and Applications to Molecular Biology” Pi Mu Epsilon (PME) ceremony and colloquium, May 3, 2018.
• Carl Pomerance, Dartmouth College, “What We Still Don't Know About Addition and Multiplication” Leonard C. Sulski Memorial Lecture, 4:30 p.m., April 23, 2018.
• Sarah Olson, WPI, “Collective Motion: From Computational Fluid Dynamics to Agent Based Models” April 9, 2018.

• Tim Chartier, Davidson College, “Unforgettably Improbable: Recognizing Historic Moments In Sports With Analytics” Leonard C. Sulski Memorial Lecture, 4:30 p.m., April 21, 2022.
• Lillian Pierce, Duke University, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Math” Leonard C. Sulski Memorial Lecture, 4:30 p.m., March 11, 2021.
• Cathy O'Neil, O'Neil Risk Consulting & Algorithmic Auditing, “Weapons of Math Destruction” Leonard C. Sulski Memorial Lecture, 4:30 p.m., April 2, 2020.
• Melody Chan, Brown University, “What is a Moduli Space?” Leonard C. Sulski Memorial Lecture, 4:30 p.m., April 25, 2019.
• Carl Pomerance, Dartmouth College, “What We Still Don't Know About Addition and Multiplication” Leonard C. Sulski Memorial Lecture, 4:30 p.m., April 23, 2018.
• Jordan Ellenberg, University of Wisconsin, “How to use math to get rich in the lottery”* *will not actually help you get rich in the lottery Leonard C. Sulski Memorial Lecture in Mathematics, April 19, 2017.
•  Jeff Weeks, geometrygames.org,  “The Shape of Space” Leonard C. Sulski Memorial Lecture, 4:30 p.m., April 11, 2016.
• Catherine Roberts,  “Math for Planet Earth” Leonard C. Sulski Memorial Lecture, 4:30 p.m, April 16, 2015.
• Joseph H. Silverman, Brown University,  “Dynamical Systems from a Number Theorist's Perspective” Leonard C. Sulski Memorial Lecture, 4:30 p.m., March 20, 2014.
• Nancy R. Cook (HC 1976), Harvard Medical School,  “Statistics in Medicine: Risk Prediction Models for Cardiovascular Disease in Women” Leonard C. Sulski Memorial Lecture, April 11, 2013.
• Davide Cervone, Union College,  “The Hypercube and Hypersphere: Breaking Them Down and Building Them Up” Leonard C. Sulski Memorial Lecture, March 20, 2012.
• Carolyn Gordon, Dartmouth College,  “You Can't Hear the Shape of a Drum” Leonard C. Sulski Memorial Lecture, March 16, 2011.
• Rick Miranda, Colorado State University,  “Musical, Physical, and Mathematical Intervals - how fretting a guitar is more complicated (and more simple) than one might think” Leonard C. Sulski Memorial Lecture, April 12, 2010.
• Paul A. Schweitzer, S. J., Pontificia Universidade Catolica, Rio deJaneiro, “Surfaces and 3-dimensional Manifolds: How Geometry Comes to the Aid of Topology ” Leonard C. Sulski Memorial Lecture, March 24, 2009.
• Donal O'Shea, Mount Holyoke College, “The Shape We're In: The Poincare Conjecture” April 22, 2008.
• Richard Stanley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, “Plane Tilings” April 24, 2007.
• Michele Intermont (HC 1989), Kalamazoo College, “The Sound of Algebra” March 22, 2006.
• Frank Morgan, Williams College,  “Soap Bubble Geometry, 200 BC - 2005 AD” April 7, 2005.
•  Frank Farris, Santa Clara University,  “The Edge of the Universe: Noneuclidean Wallpaper” March 22, 2004.
• Kathleen Shannon (HC 1980), Salisbury University,  “Pascal's Triangle, Cellular Automata and Serendipity: A Mathematical Tale” April 2, 2003.
• Dennis DeTurck, University of Pennsylvania,  “Coiling and writhing in geometry, biology and physics” April 18, 2002.
• Jane Hawkins (HC 1976), University of North Carolina,  “Smoothing out the rough edges of fractals” March 29, 2001.
• Daniel Kennedy (HC 1968), Baylor School, “Mathematical Paradoxes” March 23, 2000.
• Lawrence Conlon, Washington University,  “Sighting the Infinite Loch Ness Monster in the 3-sphere” April 15, 1999.
• Colin Adams, Williams College, “Bus Tours of the Universe and Beyond” April 16, 1998.
• Peter Bushell, University of Sussex, England, “Prime Numbers: The search for a formula giving every prime number. A story with a happy ending?” April 9, 1997.
• Michael Rosen, Brown University,  “Some Historical Remarks on Fermat's Last Theorem” April 18, 1996
• Thomas Banchoff, Brown University, “Visualizing Across Dimensions: From Flatland to Interactive Hypergraphics” April 20, 1995.
• Robert Devaney (HC 1969), Boston University, “The Fractal Geometry of the Mandelbrot Set” April 14, 1994.

For a list of past seminars and colloquia, view the archive list.

• Rebecca Henion '22, (Advisor: Professor Ed Soares), “Principles of Experimental Design,” April 27, 2022.
• Leo Kahan '22, (Advisor: Professor Cristina Ballantine), “Intro to Networks and the Optimization of Networks,” April 27, 2022.
• MaryClare Martin '22, (Advisor: Professor David Damiano), “Topological Analysis of Transfer Learning,” April 27, 2022.
• Sarah Vermette '22, (Advisor: Professor David Damiano), “Discourse Sheaves and Opinion Dynamics on Watts-Strogatz Networks,” April 27, 2022.
• Max Watson '22, (REU presentation), “On the Security of the CGL Hash Function,” April 27, 2022.

• Anbo (Amber) Wu '21, (Advisor: Professor David Damiano), “Application of Topological Data Analysis in an Economic Context: Property Tax Maps,” May 10, 2021.
• Emily Devine '21, (Advisor: Professor David Damiano), “Understanding Behavioral Synchrony: Differences in Functional EEG Networks in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder,” May 10, 2021.
• Molly Oyer '21, (Advisor: Professor Gareth Roberts), “Ocean’s Deadliest: Modeling White Shark and Grey Seal Populations off the Coast of Cape Cod,” May 10, 2021.
• Grace Longwell '21, (Advisor: Professor Steven Levandosky), “Solving the Wave Equation in 1, 2, and 3 Dimensions,” May 10, 2021.

• Xinyi (Elena) Wang '20, (Advisor: Professor John Little), “Investigations on Invariant Theory,” May 5, 2020.
• John Graf '20, (Advisor: Professor Cristina Ballantine), “Partitions With Distinct Parts and the Parity of Their Rank,” May 5, 2020.
• Piotr Pogorzelski '20, (Advisor: Professor Eric Ruggieri), “Predicting NCAA March Madness Games Using Bayesian Logistic Regression Techniques,” May 5, 2020.
•  Jinghan (Damon) Chen '20, (Advisor: Professor David Damiano), “Persistent Homology in a Dynamic Deposition Model based on Ballistic Depositions,” May 6, 2020.
• Yuwei Cheng '20, (Advisor: Professor Shannon Stock), “Understanding Genetic Risk in Schizophrenia: A Machine Learning Approach to Variable Selection in a High-Dimensional Bayesian Path Analysis,” February 25, 2020.

• Caroline Galvinhill '18, (Advisor: Professor Thomas Cecil), “Exploring Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Geometry,” May 8, 2018.
• Katie Heenan '18, (Advisor: Professor David Damiano ), “A Topological and Graphical Data Analysis of Simulated Ballistic Deposition,” May 8, 2018.
•  Michell Yu '18, (Advisor: Professor Eric Ruggieri), “Detecting Change Points in Climate Records,” May 7, 2018.
• Lucca Eloy '18, (Advisor: Professor Stanzi Royden), “A Computational Model of Heading and Object Detection using Real-World Scenes,” May 7, 2018.
• Rich Bielak '18, (Advisor: Professor Cristina Ballantine), “A Combinatorial Proof of an Euler Type Identity due to Andrews,” May 4, 2018.
• Caitlin Harty '18, (Advisor: Professor Eric Ruggieri), “Analyzing Monopoly Using Statistical Computing,” May 2 2018.
• Cara Donovan '18, (Advisor: Professor ), “A Dynamical Systems Approach to Climate Modeling,” May 2, 2018.

• Bobby Eilbacher '17, (Advisor: Professor Alisa DeStefano), “Taming the Elements: How We Use Math to Predict the Weather,” May 10, 2017.
• Sarah Tymochko '17, (Advisor: Professor David Damiano), “Topological Data Analysis of Retinal Vasculature,” May 10, 2017.
• Olivia Lau '17, (Advisor: Professor Ed Soares), “Computation of Parkinson's Disease Related Patterns using PET Imaging,” May 9, 2017.
• Brian Toner '17, (Advisor: Professor Ed Soares), “Identification of Treatment Effect for Alzheimer's Disease Based on Blinded Clinical Data,” May 8, 2017.
• Emily Winn '17, (Advisor: Professor David Damiano), “Topological Modeling of Force Networks in Granular Materials,” May 8, 2017.

• J.C. Winslow '16, (Advisor: Kevin Walsh), “Analyzing Cell Phone Coverage near Worcester, MA Using Topological Landmarked Based Mapping,” May 10, 2016.