Reception for the many years of service to this department and to NC State.

The Spring Departmental meeting will take place on Tuesday, January 16, 2018, 4:15PM-5:30PM in SAS 1102. Dean McGahan will be attending and will speak at the meeting. I solicit questions from the faculty that will be sent to the Dean ahead of the meeting so that she can address them when she comes. The Dean will be available for…

Alie Falastein Title: Connectivity Estimation in Neuronal Networks: The Hidden Node Problem Abstract: The human brain is a complex system consisting of billions of neurons. The network connectivity of these neurons gives rise to a variety of dynamical behaviors and understanding it is key to describing the underlying evolution of the system. However, in our analysis of…

Maggie Figueroa   Title: Breaking Cryptography – the Discrete Log Problem   Abstract: The goal of cryptography is to allow ciphertext to be decoded only by the intended recipient. The privacy of the message relies heavily on the key used in the encryption function. Once a key is obtained, the decryption function follows easily. Cryptosystems such as…

Starting at 3:30 PM, please join us in the Commons, SAS 4104, before tomorrow's Fall Department Meeting for NC State's own Howling Cow ice cream!

This meeting is for the COS administration to meet and speak with the math faculty. Dean McGahan will start the discussion and will have a Q&A session at this meeting. Also, Debbie Carraway, COS Director of Information Technology, Meghan Kerr, COS Director of Research Administration, and Roy Baroff, NC State Faculty and Staff Ombudsman, will…