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Conference for F.R. "Buck" McMorris

CSL Feature Story On Friday and Saturday, May 9-10, 2008, the Department of Applied Mathematics and College of Science and Letters will host "BuckFest!: A Conference in Honor of F.R. 'Buck' McMorris," in celebration of Dean McMorris's 65th birthday and retirement.  Fourteen invited speakers will deliver talks in fields related to McMorris's specialties in discrete applied mathematics and computational biology.  McMorris has spent the past nine years at IIT, serving first as the Chair of the Applied Mathematics department before being named Dean of the College of Science and Letters  in 2003.  For a complete list of speakers, abstracts, and schedules, please visit the conference website.

Department Overview

The Department of Applied Mathematics at IIT offers B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. For students at all levels, we offer personal attention, small class size, an active seminar and colloquium series, and easy access to all the benefits of living in a world-class city. More »

News

Professor Hickernell, Associate Editor of Mathematics of Computation
Fred J. Hickernell, Professor and Chair of Applied Mathematics, has been appointed an Associate Editor of Mathematics of Computation, a journal of the American Mathematical Society for the four-year period February 2008 through January 2012.
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Applied Math Faculty named to journal editorial boards
Bielecki and Kaul named to editorial board of European Journal of Applied Mathematics
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Senior Lecturer Charles Tier re-named to SIAM Journal Editorial Board
Charles Tier asked to serve as Assoiciate Editor of SIAM Journal.
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Students form SIAM chapter
Applied Math Students form campus chapter of Society for Industry and Applied Mathematics
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Math Faculty Member Wins Prestigious Bauer Family Teaching Award
Senior Lecturer David Maslanka wins student-nominated award for 2008 school year
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Announcements

Wednesday, May 7
Marcus Schaefer (DePaul University)
Friday-Saturday, May 9-10
BuckFest: A Conference in Honor of F.R. "Buck" McMorris
Saturday, May 17
Spring Commencement