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Unscripted: A Mathematical Journey through Segregation and Hidden Figures
An ICERM Public Lecture - Unscripted: A Mathematical Journey through Segregation and Hidden Figures
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
ICERM, 121 South Main Street, 11th Floor, Providence, RI 02903
Light reception: 6:00 pm
Lecture begins: 6:30 pm
ABOUT THE LECTURE
In this talk, I will describe my journey from segregation to becoming a research Mathematician of African descent, a rarity in mathematics. This journey is in the backdrop of Virginias massive resistance to integration and happened in the same community with the characters in the movie and book Hidden figures. My journey continued in becoming the Department Head of a major research mathematics and statistics department and the Dean of a major research university. I will also describe briefly some of my research in fluid mechanics and math biology.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nathaniel Whitaker's research interests are broad. They include fluid mechanics, math biology, mathematical physics, and numerical bifurcation theory. His awards and honors include AMS Einstein Public Lecture, NAM Clayton-Woodard Lecture, UMass System-Wide Presidents Award for Public Service, and the UMass Commitment to Diversity Award. He has served on many prestigious national committees in mathematics. He is a professor of mathematics and statistics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where he began his academic career as an assistant professor in 1987. He has served as department head since 2018, excluding a year where he served as acting Dean of the College of Natural Sciences. He received a BA from Hampton Institute in Economics, an MA in Mathematics from the University of Cincinnati, and a PhD in Mathematics under the supervision of Alexandre Chorin from the University of California Berkeley.
Registration is not required if you wish to attend virtually, simply use this link during the scheduled talk time to access the live stream https://icerm.brown.edu/live-stream/.
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LocationICERM, Brown University's Math Institute (View)
121 S. Main St
Providence, RI 02903
United States
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Registration is not required if you wish to attend virtually, simply use this link during the scheduled talk time to access the live stream https://icerm.brown.edu/live-stream/.
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