Cissy Patterson Lectures

Thanks to the support of the Cissy Patterson Foundation to undergraduate mathematics education, the Mathematics Department is able to organize various activities to arouse the interest of mathematics study at the College of William and Mary, including the Cissy Patterson lecture series.

See the events calendar for upcoming lectures. Use the advanced search to discover past events. Cissy Patterson lectures that predate the events calender are listed below:

Fall 2009, October 16

Matrices and Topology

John Conway, George Washington University

Spring 2007, April 13

New Metrics for the Analysis of Algorithms
Cliff Stein, Columbia University

Spring 2004, April 2
Cryptography and Security: The Mathematics and the Job Opportunities

Public Key Cryptography, e-Commerce and Number Theory
Joachim Rosenthal, University of Notre Dame
Computer Security and Cryptography: Roles in Industry
Brad Arkin, Director, @stake Centers of Excellence
Job Opportunities for Mathematicians at the National Security Agency
Madonna M. Chernesky, Cryptanalysis Intern Program Director, National Security Agency

Spring 2003, March 19

Mathematical and non-mathematical lessons of history of mathematics
Simon Gindikin, Rutgers University

Spring 2002, March 28

Inclement Weather: Major Threat to Air Traffic Management Prior to 9-11
Tasha Inniss, Trinity College

Fall 2000, Sept. 15

The Soap Bubble Geometry Contest: A guessing contest, with demonstrations, explanations, prizes and recent Mathematical news about soap bubbles
Frank Morgan, Williams College

Spring 2000, Feb 4.

Historical Contours of the American Mathematical Research Community
Professor Karen Parshall, University of Virginia

Spring 1997

Operations Research Success Stories
Professor Karla Hoffman, George Mason University

Fall 1997

A Basic Result in Matrix Theory - the Smith Normal Form
Professor Morris Newman, University of California at Santa Barbara

Spring 1995

Wavelets: From Theoretical Mathematics to the Information Superhighway
Professor Bjorn D. Jawerth, University of South Carolina and Summus, Ltd.

Spring 1994

Feature Accurate Investigative and Trial Image/Video Processing
Leonid I. Rudin, Co-CEO and Director of Research and Development Cognitech, Inc. - Image Processing & Devices Laboratory, Santa Monica, CA

Fall 1994

Spouse-avoiding Mixed Doubles Round Robins
Alan Hoffman, Thomas J. Watson IBM Research Center