Ithaca College

Gwyn Whieldon, of the National Security Agency, will be giving our final Tensor Lecture Series presentation on Monday, April 16, 4-5PM in Williams 320.

Everyone is welcome to attend!

Title: What do brain scans, Mars rovers, online shopping and text mining have in common?

Speaker: Gwyn Whieldon, National Security Agency

Where/when: Monday, April 16, 4-5PM in Williams 320

Abstract: Multidimensional, massive data sets are everywhere (from chemistry, to sociology, finance, geology, engineering and more!) In this talk, we present some neat tools from linear algebra that aid in the analysis of these massive sets of data. We'll cover several real-world applied problems that data scientists care about (image compression and de-blurring, facial recognition, document similarity mining, and recommender system construction) and show the (pretty easy!) underlying mathematics that powers these models. We will also talk about what types of jobs are out there for data scientists (and for mathematicians doing data science) and how to get started in the field.

This event is supported by the MAA Tensor Grant for Women in Mathematics and the NSA Women in Math Society.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Megan Martinez at mmartinez@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-3355. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.