Math/Computer Science Department News

• June 7-8, 2004: Wayne Roberts of Macalester College, pictured third from left in the front row, consults with the department on mathematics curriculum and pedagogy. The departmental retreat was organized by Mike Hvidsten, pictured behind Roberts. Roberts was also given a spare brain in thanks for his service to the department.
  
• June 1, 2004: Max Hailperin takes over as supreme chairbeing in a bloodless coup. Deposed former chairbeing Jeff Rosoff goes into well deserved exile for a year. The photo shows Rosoff smiling as he passes the Cymbal of Power to Hailperin. Hailperin is already wielding the Mallet of Persuasion, but not smiling.
  
• March 11, 2003: The department is pleased to announce that Dr. San Skulrattanakulchai will be joining us as Assistant Professor of Computer Science, starting in September, 2003. Dr. Skulrattanakulchai was a student of Harold Gabow at Colorado, and has published extensively on algorithmic problems related to graph coloring. As a graduate student, he also received recognition as a gifted teacher. Prior to his PhD in computer science, he practiced as an MD in his native Thailand.
• October-November 2002: Steve Smale is at Gustavus as the Rydell Nobel Conference Distinguished Professor.

  

• October 23, 2002: The faculty approves changes in the computer science curriculum.
• September, 2002: Gustavus receives a $391,812 grant from the National Science Foundation, over a four year period, to help attract and retain financially needy students majoring in mathematics or computer science. The program, directed by Max Hailperin, will pay for scholarships and student support activities. Partial support for this work was provided by the National Science Foundation's Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarships Program under grant DUE-0220541.

  

• David Wolfe congratulates students Adam Duffy and Garrett Kolpin on winning the Clobber Problem Composition Contest in Edmonton, August, 2002.