Mathematics Colloquium
The schedule for Spring 2026 is now complete. The Mathematics Colloquium will resume in the Fall.
About the Colloquium
The Mathematics Colloquium is a unique opportunity for students to learn about new developments in mathematics and what mathematics and statisticians do after they graduate. Hosted by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at California State University, Long Beach, the weekly meetings invite guests from universities, research laboratories, and industry to present and discuss current topics in mathematics. All students are encouraged to attend.
Schedule
The Spring 2026 schedule is now complete.
Previous Colloquia
| Date | Title | Speaker and Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2026 | Designing Teacher Professional Development to Advance Elementary Teachers Practices and Well-being | Dr. Dionne Cross Francis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| April 27, 2026 | Fast prediction of plasma instabilities with sparse-grid-accelerated optimized dynamic mode decomposition | Dr. Ionut Farcas, Virginia Tech |
| April 20, 2026 | Intersections of Active Learning and Instructor Care: Undergraduate Women's Perspectives on their Instructor's Role in Supporting their Sense of Belonging in Calculus | Dr. Casey Griffin, University of La Verne |
| March 24, 2026 | An Introduction to Automated Theorem Proving in Lean | Dr. Harold Williams, USC |
| March 16, 2026 | Birational noncommutative geometry | Dr. Dan Rogalski, UC San Diego |
| March 2, 2026 | From Hilbert Spaces to Free Products of C*-Algebras | Mícheál Ó Cobhthaigh, University of Virginia |
| February 9, 2026 | On the squared-variable approach for nonlinear (semidefinite) programming | Dr. Lijun Ding, UC San Diego |
| February 2, 2026 | An Epistemic Reification Approach to Abstracting Cognitively Contingent Scaffolding in Modeling | Dr. Sindura Kularajan, Utah State University |
| January 26, 2026 | Translanguaging in Mathematics: Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Pedagogy | Dr. Adeli Ynostroza Ochoa, CSU Bakersfield |
The Mathematics Colloquium Archive has the colloquia from previous semesters.
Colloquium Committee
For Spring 2026:
- Dr. Pavneet Kaur Bharaj
- Dr. Dan Kaplan
- Dr. Kathryn McCormick