Hopkins Undergraduate Society for Applied Mathematics (HUSAM) & Events
Upcoming Events
- Free Catered Dinner
- Free Parking for first 80 people to RSVP
- Free T-shirts
- Network with JHU Faculty and Students
HUSAM's LAST EVENT OF THE YEAR:
BBQ SOCIAL
BBQ SOCIAL
DATE: Thursday, April 25, 2013
TIME: 6:00 PM
VENUE: Lawn between Whitehead Hall and Brody Learning Commons
ABOUT: (free hotdogs, burgers, soda, and more!)
The BBQ social will feature JHU alumna and Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Valparaiso University, Tiffany Kolba, who will be speaking about her path to, and career as, a mathematics professor. In the case of rain, we will be ordering pizzas and holding the social in Whitehead 304.
In addition, it's time to nominate your favorite AM&S professor for the annual Outstanding Teaching Award! Just by nominating a professor for this award, you'll be automatically entered in a raffle for $125 worth of gift cards to Starbucks, Potbelly, Cold Stone, Barnes & Noble, and Chipotle! Please CLICK HERE to see the attached nomination form for more information.!
TAKING SUDOKU SERIOUSLY
with Dr. Jason Rosenhouse
with Dr. Jason Rosenhouse
Reception: 6:00-6:45pm
Presentation: 7:00pm
Date: March 5, 2013
Location: The Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus, Hodson Hall, Room 110
ABOUT:
A reception will precede Dr. Rosenhouse's presentation, and will include a free, catered dinner. Sudoku competitions will take place during the reception, and winners will receive a free copy of Dr. Rosenhouse's book, "Taking Sudoku Seriously". In addition, the first 15 people to RSVP will win free HUSAM T-shirts.
It's not just a simple game of guess and check: Sudoku has everything to do with mathematics.
Join us in welcoming Dr. Rosenhouse, Associate Professor at James Madison University and author of "Taking Sudoku Seriously" and "The Monty Hall Problem"!
You will see examples from logic, number theory, combinatorics, and algebra which illustrate that Sudoku is more than it seems.
This isn't just for math majors. Everyone who enjoys a puzzle is invited!
Past Events
- The first case study is an end-to-end Information Management and Predictive Analytical Modeling solution they have developed to meet the pressing financial needs of a large client. The team will highlight how the capability is dramatically improving the client’s bottom line revenue numbers using statistical modeling and complex mathematical algorithms. The presentation will describe the analytic predictive models the team has developed that use historical behavior and customer trends to predict which of the client’s existing customers are most likely to stop providing as much business so these customers can be proactively retained, and which customers are most likely to provide new business so sales efforts can be prioritized accordingly. These predictive models are capable of analyzing daily revenue and volume transactions for billions of records at once through a multi-variate analytics modeling process.
- Presentation by Dan Merzel, Class of 2009
- Wii baseball tournament
- Raffle for a $25 gift card!
- FREE catered dinner from Maxie's: come enjoy several
delicious pasta dishes and garlic knots!
HUSAM Social Event
DATE: Thursday, April 26, 2012
TIME: 5:00 PM
VENUE: The grass area between the Beach and the Mattin Center.
Come join us to celebrate the end of the semester!
ACCENTURE CONSULTING
DATE: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
TIME: 6:00 PM
VENUE: Hodson Hall 311
ABOUT:
- Are you an interested in applying your quantitative skills to consulting?
- Do you want to learn what skills are needed for such a career?
- Do you want to find out about job opportunities for students and what life is like as a consultant?
- Come ready to learn about:
- Mathematics techniques Accenture uses in the consulting industry
- Specific models the team has developed for clients
- The education and areas of expertise of current team members
- The job search and what skills are valued by the company
- What is it like to work day-to-day at in the team setting of Accenture
- Dr. Dowdy’s career and how it to led him to his current work and research
- Using differential equations to model epidemics of TB and HIV in South Africa, Brazil, and India
- Major policy questions facing the global TB control community
- Why mathematical models are needed to answer these questions
- Research and career options for quantitatively-minded individuals in the world of public health: in Dr. Dowdy’s research specifically and in the public health modeling community as a whole
- How to multiply numbers in your head faster than a calculator!
- How to figure out the day of the week of any date in history!
- How to memorize 100 digits of Pi!
HUSAM Career Evenings Speaker:
MR. BRIAN LAWLER of MITRE
MR. BRIAN LAWLER of MITRE
DATE: Thursday, November 29, 2012
TIME: 6:00 PM
VENUE: Hackerman B17
ABOUT:
Join us as we welcome JHU Alumnus Brian Lawler from MITRE. Brian has an extensive and diverse resume; he is a former marine, he has worked as a consultant, as a senior systems engineer, and in investment banking on Wall Street. On Thursday, Brian will be speaking about what it's like to work on government funded Research & Development projects. MITRE has many internship and co-op opportunities available to undergraduates, and Brian will also be discussing these and how to get involved.
This is a great chance to network with an experienced JHU Alumnus and to learn about a variety of fields. If you're interested in getting experience at a top-ranked Research and Development company, or you just want free pizza and refreshments, make sure to stop by!
ACCENTURE CONSULTING
DATE: Wednesday, November 7, 2012
TIME: 6:00 PM
VENUE: Whitehead 304
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/378673235548406/
ABOUT:
The presenters will provide an overview of Accenture and also speak about their own backgrounds, career paths and experiences. The presenters will also describe what a day in the life on their team looks like including the team dynamic brand the roles and responsibilities each team member plays.
The presenters will then describe the following two real-life client case studies:
MR. DAN MERZEL
Baseball Night
Baseball Night
DATE: Thursday, September 13, 2012
TIME: 5:00 PM
VENUE: Shaffer 303
ABOUT:
DAN MERZEL, now a minor league umpire!
LINE UP:
HUSAM PRESENTS: Dr. David Dowdy
Assistant Professor, Department of
Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
CAN MATH MAKE THE WORLD A HEALTHIER PLACE?
USING MATHEMATICAL MODELS TO FIGHT TB
HUSAM PRESENTS: Dr. David Dowdy
Assistant Professor, Department of
Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
CAN MATH MAKE THE WORLD A HEALTHIER PLACE?
USING MATHEMATICAL MODELS TO FIGHT TB
DATE: Monday, February 13, 2012
TIME: 6:30 PM
VENUE: Hackerman Hall 320
ABOUT:
Come ready to learn about:
HUSAM Presents: OPPORTUNITIES FOR AMS STUDENTS
DATE: Tuesday, November 29, 2011
TIME: 5:45 PM
VENUE: Whitehead Hall 304
ABOUT:
This event will provide information concerning research, summer programs (including REUs), internships, etc. available to Applied Mathematics and Statistics students. There will be speakers presenting information on each of these opportunities, and there will be faculty members on hand to provide interesting research problems accessible to undergrads.
DR. JOE MCCLOSKEY
Senior Cryptologic Mathematician for the National Security Agency
DATE: Monday, October 24, 2011 Senior Cryptologic Mathematician for the National Security Agency
TIME: 6:30 PM
VENUE: Whitehead 304
ABOUT:
Joe McCloskey is a Senior Cryptologic Mathematician for the National Security Agency (NSA) where he has worked since 1968, the year he graduated from Georgia Tech with a B.S. in applied mathematics. He completed his graduate course work and his dissertation in applied mathematics at UMBC, receiving an M.S. in 1981 and then a Ph.D. in 1983, both in applied mathematics. His advisor was Professor Kali Banerjee and his dissertation topic was on the algebraic and statistical extensions of Cochran's Theorem to r-potent matrices. For the last fifteen years he has served as the Technical Director of the Mathematics Research Group at NSA. Joe McCloskey is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at UMBC. He has taught a variety of graduate level topics courses to UMBC students such as Regression Diagnostics, the Theory and Application of Wavelets, and a course on the Computational Framework for the Fast Fourier Transform.
LESLIE DEICH
Fannie Mae
Senior Vice President
Senior Vice President – Credit Analytics and Allowance Oversight
Fannie Mae Senior Vice President
Senior Vice President – Credit Analytics and Allowance Oversight
DATE: Monday, April 5, 2011
TIME: 7:00 PM
VENUE: Charles Commons Barber Conference Room (302)
ABOUT:
Responsibilities: Leslie Deich is Fannie Mae's Senior Vice President – Credit Analytics and Allowance Oversight and co-head (with Mark An) of Business Analysis & Decisions. She reports jointly to the Chief Financial Officer. She is responsible for applied credit research, analysis, modeling, and pricing for both the SF and MF businesses. She is also responsible for new business analytics, loss mitigation decision analytics, and the loss forecasting and allowance processes. Her analyses support key management decisions on credit risk and loss mitigation activities.
Experience: Prior to joining Fannie Mae in 2008, Deich spent five years at Genworth Financial, formerly GE Financial. She was Senior Vice President of Risk - overseeing the Genworth Mortgage Insurance & International divisions - where she established oversight and set direction for the management of risks incurred across the businesses. She was also Vice President - Global Risk Strategy, where she partnered with the Chief Risk Officer to expand the scope of the risk management framework to encompass an enterprise-wide perspective. Previously, Deich worked at General Electric Capital Corporation for ten years where she held a variety of roles including Director, Risk Management, for the Global Consumer Finance division, and Manager, Acquisition Strategy, for the Retail Financial Services division. Deich was also Assistant Vice President - Portfolio Management at Citicorp - U.S. Card Products, Technical Staff Member at Bell Communications Research, and Associate Manager at AT&T Communications.
Education: Deich has a masters of science in operations research and statistics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a bachelor of arts in mathematics and computer sciences from Fairleigh Dickinson.
Presented by HUSAM and the Actuarial Club: Actuarial Night
ROBERT S. BENNETT / ELI N. DONKAR / NOEL J. THOMAS
DATE: Thursday, October 28, 2010 ROBERT S. BENNETT / ELI N. DONKAR / NOEL J. THOMAS
TIME: 5:30 PM
VENUE: Hackerman Hall 320
ABOUT:
Come and learn from our panelists all about the Actuarial Sciences, how to excel on the Actuarial Exams, and what being an Actuary is all about!
ROBERT S. BENNETT:
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT ANO CHIEF ACTUARY, ODYSSEY-RE
Bob Bennett has been OdysseyRe's Chief Actuary since 1'999, and is responsible for OdysseyRe's loss reserving and pricing functions
worldwide. Bob joined TIG Re in 1994, prior to its acquisition and merger with OdysseyRe in 1999. He previously was with USF&G,
where he worked for 16 years in a variety of underwriting and actuarial positions.
Bob eamed his Bachelor of Arts degree from John Hopkins University, and is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society.
ELI N. DONKAR:
DEPUTY CHIEF ACTUARY, UNITED STATES SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Eli Donkar directs the work of the short-range division of the Office of the Chief Actuary at SSA, which provides forecasting services
to the Administration and Congress on a broad range of Social Security issues. This work includes consultation with administration and
congressional officials, and provides the basis for the over $500 billion in annual OASDI and SSI program expenditures.
Before coming to SSA in 1977, Dr. Donkar was a member of the mathematics
NOEL J. THOMAS:
PRINCIPAL and ACTUARIAL PRACTICE LEADER, AON HEWITT in New York City
Noel Thomas is a Principal and is the Actuarial Practice Leader for Aon Hewitt's New York City office. He is a Fellow of the Society of
Actuaries, an Enrolled Actuary, and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries. Noel advises clients on all aspects of retirement
plans and postretirement welfare plans including design, accounting, funding calculations, Medicare integration, and administration
issues. Noel speaks regularly on accounting and retiree medicaldesigu issues and he is also co-author of the TIAA-CREF whitepaper
"The Retiree Health Care Challenge." He has been working with Hewitt Associates for 13 years.
Noel Thomas earned a BS in Applied Mathematics and Economics from Johns Hopkins University. Noel's clients include Goldman
Sachs, Avon, University of Michigan, TIAA-CR:EF, and Journal Register Company.
DR. ARTHUR BENJAMIN
PRESENTING: Mathemagics
PRESENTING: Mathemagics
DATE: Thursday, October 7, 2010
TIME: 6:30 PM
VENUE: Hodson 210
ABOUT:
Dr. Arthur Benjamin, an Alumnus of Johns Hopkins university, will demonstrate and explain the secrets of rapid mental calculation. Dr. Benjamin teaches mathematics at Harvey Mudd College and is one of the world's fastest "lightning calculators". He is also a professional magician, the author of several books, and has received national recognition for his teaching of mathematics. He has presented his mixture of math and magic to audiences all over the world. Reader’s Digest calls him “America’s Best Math Whiz.” He also appeared in two TED talks and on the Colbert Report. To view these appearances, click the link here: (http://www.math.hmc.edu/~benjamin/mathemagics/video.html)
Professor Benjamin will demonstrate and EXPLAIN: