Upcoming Events
Check back soon for details about our upcoming events the BMCM and Math Slam!
Past Events
Making Up and Breaking Up with Your Paper: A Panel of STEM Journal Editors
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm on Monday, February 11 in 170 Hope St, Room 108
Learn the best practices for writing, submitting, and revising a journal article! Stop by to eat pizza, ask questions, and meet our panelists from Math, Applied Math, Physics, and Engineering.
Internship/REU panel and poster session
4:00 pm on Thursday, November 15 in 170 Hope St, Room 108
Please join us on Thursday, Nov 15 at 4 pm in 170 Hope St, Room 108 for a panel discussion on summer internship and research opportunities for undergraduates, which will be followed by an undergraduate poster session at 5 - 6 pm in 170 Hope, 1st and 2nd floors. Hear students from across STEM departments talk about their research and internship experiences, from CS, Computational Bio, Neuroscience, Math, APMA, and beyond! Refreshments will be served.
Industry and Internship Panel
noon - 1:00 pm on Monday, October 22 in 170 Hope St, Room 108
The Brown Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics (SIAM) student chapter will host an industry and internship panel for gradute students. Students who have internship and/or industry experience will share their experiences and answer your questions. Join us to learn about the application process and job experience! Lunch will be served.
End-of-Year Celebration
4:00 - 5:00 pm on Tuesday, May 8 in 170 Hope St, Room 108
The Brown Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics (SIAM) student chapter will host a year-end celebration. Come celebrate another successful year of SIAM! Students, postdocs, faculty, staff, and visitors are invited to join us to hear about ways to get involved in SIAM next year, discuss ideas for next year's events, learn about officer positions and elections for new SIAM Chapter officers meet students from other STEM disciplines, and celebrate the third year of SIAM at Brown! Delicious treats and refreshments will be served!
Postdoc Panel
12:00 - 1:00 pm on Wednesday, May 2 in 170 Hope St, Room 108
Postdocs in APMA and Graduating PhDs in math and applied math will share their experiences with applying to postdocs, fellowships, and tenure track positions, and answer your questions. Hear about the application process and celebrate new APMA/Math PhDs! Lunch will be provided.
Math Slam!
4:00 - 5:30 pm on Thursday, April 12 in 170 Hope St, Room 108
Dessert will be served at 4 pm, followed by a collection of fun, fast-paced math talks from 4:30 to 5:30 pm. These talks will provide a preview of research in the Division of Applied Mathematics and the Mathematics Department. Undergraduate and graduate students are especially encouraged to come get ideas for summer research or thesis projects! (Co-hosted with AWM, AMDUG, & APMA)
Pi Day Celebration
3:14 - 4:00 pm on Wednesday, March 14 in 170 Hope St, Second Floor Common Space
Graduate students, postdocs, and faculty are welcome to eat pi(e) and celebrate with us!
Making Up and Breaking Up with Your Paper: A Panel of STEM Journal Editors
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm on Wednesday, February 14 in 170 Hope St, Room 108
Learn the best practices for writing, submitting, and revising a journal article! Stop by to eat pizza, ask questions, and meet our panelists from Math, Applied Math, Physics, and Engineering.
Finals Prep & Cookie Decorating
11:30 am - 1:30 pm on Wednesday, December 13 in 170 Hope St, Room 108
Math in Industry Luncheon
12:00 - 1:00 PM on Wednesday, December 6 in 170 Hope St, Room 108
SIAM invites you to join our first Math in Industry Luncheon event with guest speaker Loren Shure from Mathworks. Loren has worked at MathWorks for over 30 years. For the first 27 of these years, Loren co-authored several MathWorks products in addition to adding core functionality to MATLAB, including major contributions to the design of the MATLAB language. She is currently part of the Application Engineering team, enabling Loren to spend more time and energy working with customers.
She graduated from MIT with a B.Sc. in physics and has a Ph.D. in marine geophysics from the University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. She is a Senior Member of IEEE. Loren writes about MATLAB on her blog, The Art of MATLAB.
SIAM will provide lunch to participants at 11:45, and the talk will begin around 12:15 pm.
To RSVP and to submit questions in advance of the event, please fill out this form.
Math Slam
4:00 - 6:00 PM on Thursday, November 16 in 170 Hope St, Room 108
Dessert will be served at 4 pm, followed by a collection of fun, fast-paced math talks from 4:30 to 5:30 pm. These talks will provide a preview of research int he Division of Applied Mathematics and the Mathematics Department. Undergraduate and graduate students are especially encouraged to come get ideas for summer research or thesis projects! (Co-hosted with AWM, AMDUG, & APMA)
REU Panel and Poster Fair
4:00 - 6:00 PM on Tuesday, November 7 in 170 Hope St, Room 108
The Brown Student Chapters of SIAM and AWM will host a combined Panel and Poster Fair event on Tuesday, November 7 at 4-6 pm. The panel discussion will focus on summer research and internship opportunities for undergraduates in math-related fields. After the panel, the poster session will take place from 5-6 pm. We are currently accepting abstract submissions from students who would like to present their research at the poster fair. Some funding is available for poster printing, and a "Best Poster" prize will be awarded. For more details, as well as the poster abstracts and presenters, please see the detailed program. Contact SIAM@brown.edu with any questions.
Congratulations to our Poster Fair winner: Tara Srinivas for her poster: "Regulation of Mutant p53: The Role of the Mdm2-Mdm4 Complex in Murine Tumorigenesis"
And congratulations to our honorable mention recipient: Layla Abdullah for her poster: "Perceptions of Discharge Readiness by Maternal Immigrant Status in NICU Mothers"
Welcome Social!
5:00 - 6:00 PM on Tuesday, October 3 in 170 Hope St, Room 108
The Brown student chapter of SIAM welcomes you back to a new semester! Join us for a dessert social on Tuesday, October 3 at 5-6 pm to learn about our chapter, catch up with SIAM members, and eat some delicious (FREE) ice cream and toppings.
SIAM End-of-Year Celebration!
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm on May 1, 2017, Room 108 at 170 Hope St.
Come celebrate another successful year of SIAM! Students, postdocs, faculty, staff, and visitors are invited to join us to hear from a Brown team that received the Outstanding Winner award in the Math Contest for Modeling. Learn about elections for new SIAM Chapter officers, meet students from other STEM disciplines, and celebrate the second year of SIAM at Brown. Refreshments will be served!
Math Slam!
4:00 to 5:30 pm at 170 Hope St, Room 108
Dessert will be served at 4 pm, followed by a collection of fun, fast-paced math talks from 4:30 to 5:30 pm. These talks will provide a preview of research in the Division of Applied Mathematics and the Mathematics Department. Undergraduate and graduate students are especialy encouraged to come get ideas for summer research or thesis projects! (Co-hosted with AWM and APMA)
Post-Doc/Industry Panel
Wednesday, May 10 at 12:00 to 1:00 pm at 170 Hope St, Room 108
Graduating PhDs in applied math will share their experiences applying to postdocs, tenure track positions, and industry jobs and answer your questions. Join us to hear about the application process and celebrate new APMA PhDs! Lunch will be served.
Making Up and Breaking Up with Your Paper: Panel of STEM Journal Editors
11:30 am - 12:30 pm on Feb. 14, 2017, Room 108 of 170 Hope
Learn the best practices for writing, submitting, and revising a journal article! Stop by to eat pizza, ask questions, and meet our panelists from Math, Applied Math, Physics, and Engineering.
If you would like to submit questions in advance of the event, please fill out this form.