Math and Computer Science Students are Invited!
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Monday, November 21, 2016
Dr. Chris Swanson Passed Exam MFE
Join the Math and Computer Science department in congratulating Dr. Chris Swanson. Dr. Swanson took the Society of Actuaries Exam on Models for Financial Economics on Friday, November 18, 2016 and passed. This was one of his goals for his senior study leave.
Congratulations, Dr. Chris Swanson!
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
2016 ACM Programming Contest
AU Eagles (Nicholas Hurst, Justin Wallace and Mohammed Bawazeer)
AU Purple (Rupesh Maharjan, Brady Douglas and Tyler White)
AU Tuffies (Erich Berger, Kelly Fullin and Aaron Bradfield)
AU Golden League (Nathan Ahrens, Renee Lucas and Brennan Kunkel)
For the first time in history of AU participation in the contest, each of the four AU teams solved 1 problem. Below are some stats:
1. AU Tuffies solved 1 problem in 1 attempt in 81 minutes. The team submitted 1 attempt for a second problem but did not solve it.
2. AU Golden League solved 1 problem in 1 attempt in 140 minutes. The team also submitted 11 attempts for a second problem, but none were correct.
3. AU Eagles solved 1 problem in 1 attempt in 170 minutes.
4. AU Purple solved 1 problem in 4 attempts in 186 minutes (126 actual minutes + 60 minutes in penalties for 3 unsuccessful attempts.)
Congratulations to all 12 students!
Thursday, October 13, 2016
2016 Math and Computer Science Newsletter
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
AU Problem Solving Group Credited for Solving Problem 334
The Ashland University Problem Solving Group received credit for submitting a correct solution to Problem 334, in the September, 2016 issue of Math Horizons. Grace McCourt was the primary author of the solution.
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Drop-In Tutoring Fall 2016
Drop-In tutoring is available for Math 205, Math 208 and Math 223 for the Fall 2016 semester.
Ashland University's Center for Academic Support provides tutors and other tools to help students succeed. Drop-In sessions are available for several Math classes in Kettering 219. There is also an additional Sunday offering for Math 208 in Amstutz Hall. If you need a tutor for a course that does not have drop-in tutoring an individual tutor may be available. If you need any help in a course, please see your professor first. The drop-in tutor schedule is shown below. Except for the Math 208 offering on Sunday 5-7 p.m., all other drop-in tutoring is available in Kettering 219 from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.Math 205 - The Calculus
Wednesdays 7 - 9 p.m. (Kettering 219)
Math 208 - Elementary Statistics
Mondays 7 - 9 p.m. (Kettering 219)
Tuesdays 7 - 9 p.m. (Kettering 219)
Wednesdays 7 - 9 p.m. (Kettering 219)
Thursdays 7 - 9 p.m. (Kettering 219)
Sundays 5 - 7 p.m. (Amstutz Hall)
Math 223 - Discrete Math I
Mondays 7 - 9 p.m. (Kettering 219)
Please see your professor, first, for help!
Monday, August 22, 2016
Schulz Passed Exam P and Exam FM
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| Taya Shulz and Dr. Gordon Swain |
Schulz, a 2016 Ashland University graduate, has passed the Society of Actuaries' Probability Exam (Exam P). The exam tests the candidate's knowledge of the fundamental probability tools for quantitatively assessing risk. Exam P is one of the exams required to achieve professional status as an actuary.
Schulz also passed the Society of Actuaries' Financial Mathematics Exam (FM Exam). The exam tests the candidate's knowledge of annuities, bond valuation, immunization, time-value of money, derivative uses and strategy.
Actuaries are professionals who provide expert advice and relevant solutions for business and societal problems that involve economic risk. The actuarial profession is consistently ranked as one of the top 5 careers in the United States.
For more information about the Actuarial Science Program at Ashland University, contact Dr. Christopher Swanson, at cswanson@ashland.edu. You may also learn more about being an actuary at www.beanactuary.com.
Join the Math and Computer Science department in congratulating Taya Schulz on her success; passing the Exam P and Exam FM!
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
McCourt Received Pi Mu Epsilon Student Speaker Award
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| Grace McCourt Pictured with Dr. Darren Wick |
Grace McCourt received a Pi Mu Epsilon Student Award at the National MAA's MathFest Conference, last week. Her presentation was based on the research she is doing with Dr. Chris Swanson for her Honor's Capstone Project, as well as some research she has done this summer under the Good Award.
To the best of knowledge, McCourt, is the first Ashland University student to receive the PME Student Speaker Award. Join the Math and Computer Science department in congratulating, Grace McCourt, on this accomplishment.
Maharjan has a Summer Internship with J.M. Smucker Co.
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| Rupesh Maharjan |
His internship tasks for the 2016 summer have been: Research and recommend web service security policies from Oracle Web Service Manager for SOA Applications, work on SOA virtual machine to freely learn the basics of application development and deployment, column level dependency analysis of certain database objects and create dSeries job run time reports to be able to see trends using Spotfire.
Maharjan, is quoted as saying, "It has been a great opportunity as I have been able to explore my interests, career opportunities and network with amazing people." Join the Math and Computer Science Department in congratulating, Rupesh Maharjan, on this accomplishment.
Monday, July 25, 2016
Byndas Passes Exam P
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| Michael Byndas and Dr. Gordon Swain |
Michael Byndas, a senior at Ashland University, has passed the Society of Actuaries' Probability Exam (Exam P). The exam tests the candidate's knowledge of the fundamental probability tools for quantitatively assessing risk. Exam P is one of the exams required to achieve professional status as an actuary.
Actuaries are professionals who provide expert advice and relevant solutions for business and societal problems that involve economic risk. The actuarial profession is consistently ranked as one of the top 5 careers in the United States.
Congratulations, Michael!
For more information about the Actuarial Science Program at Ashland University, contact Dr. Christopher Swanson, at cswanson@ashland.edu. You may also learn more about being an actuary at www.beanactuary.com.
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
2016 Pi Mu Epsilon (Mathematics) New Inductees
The following students were inducted into the Pi Mu Epsilon in 2016: Ryan Bastian, Kali Bolen, Michael Byndas, Kelly Crowl, Dani Czekaj, Michael Hudec, Katie Hurley, Ivan Larson, Alex Lillich, Rupesh Maharjan, Grace McCourt, Charlie Michel, Linda Morales, Alyssa Predota, Alexandria Sandwisch, Alek Schemine, Taya Schulz, Susuanne Silvernail, Rebecca Stettin, Morgan Wiles.
Pi Mu Epsilon is the national mathematics honorary society. The purpose of the society is to promote scholarly activity in mathematics among the students in academic institutions. Sophomore, junior and senior mathematics majors and minors who meet the eligibility requirements are invited to join this prestigious honorary.
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| 2016 Pi Mu Epsilon New Inductees
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Math and Computer Science 2016 Honor's Reception
The 2016 Honor's Reception for the Math and Computer Science Department was held on April 27, 2016. Students were awarded for a GPA of 3.5 in their Math and Computer Science courses. In addition, there were outstanding student awards, graduates, scholarship recipients, Pi Mu Epsilon new inductees, ACM officers, MAA officers, UPE officers, presentation, participation and student worker recognitions. Congratulations to all students who were awarded.
The following students were chosen to receive outstanding awards for their grade level.
The following students were chosen to receive outstanding awards for their grade level.
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| Outstanding Sophomores Emily Law and Brady Douglas |
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| Outstanding Juniors Ryan Bastian, Linda Morales, Michael Byndas and Grace McCourt |
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| Outstanding Seniors Katherine Hurley and Rupesh Maharjan |
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Ashland University Actuarial Science Program Ranked in Top 40 List
Dr. Christopher Swanson, professor of mathematics at Ashland University, was pleased with AU’s ranking in the Top 40. "When I developed that actuarial science program at Ashland University in 2009, I did so as I believed our faculty would be able to effectively prepare students for passing the professional actuarial exams and for starting their actuarial careers, with individual attention that students often do not receive at larger universities,” Swanson said. “I am very pleased to see Online Accounting Degree Programs has recognized our success in accomplishing this by ranking us among the top 40 actuarial science programs in the nation based on value of education.”
(Article taken from AU Portal.)
Thursday, June 2, 2016
2016 Ohio MAA Meeting
Six Ashland University Students participated in the Ohio MAA Math Competition. They were: Aaron Arnold, Emily Law, Grace McCourt, Susanne Silvernail, Ashlyn Smith, Michael Woode. They attended the spring meeting of the Ohio Section of the Mathematical Association of America and participated in the 2016 Leo Schneider Student Team Competition.
There were 20 teams that competed with the Designated Derivers (Grace, Emily and Michael) finishing in 5th place and Team Newton (Ashlyn, Susanne, and Aaron) finishing in 10th place. Comparing our results to the top teams from other universitites, Case Western, Marshall University and Cleveland State University had higher scoring teams, the Designated Derivers beat the top teams from Ohio Northern University and the University of Akron and both teams beat the top teams from Wittenberg University, the University of Findlay, St. Francis University, Malone University and Bethany College.
This is a strong showing by both teams. We hope to finish in the top 3 in Spring 2017 as all of these students will have at least one additional year of eligibility.
In addition to the team competition, Grace McCourt, presented a contributed paper titled "Cover Pebbling Numbers" based on research sh conducted as part of her Honors contract course in discrete mathematics.
Congratulations to all the students that attended and competed at the spring 2016 Ohio MAA Math Competition.
Michael Hudec 2016 Actuarial Science Internship
Congratulations, Michael Hudec, on your 2016 Summer Internship! Michael Hudec, a junior in the AU Math and Computer Science department will complete an actuarial internship at Benchmark Insurance during the 2016 summer break. He will gain experience with employee benefits. Again, congratulations, Michael Hudec.
2015 Putnam Mathematical Competition
The results of the 2015 Putnam Mathematical Competition are in. Ashland University had one student receive a non-zero score. Congratulations to Michael Woode for his score of 10.
A total of 4275 students from 554 colleges and universities in Canada and the United states participated in the 2015 Competition. Of the 4275 participants, 2367 received scores of 0, 343 received scores of 1, 761 received scores between 1 and 9, and 405 received scores of 10. Thus, Michael Woode did better than 73.2% of students taking the exam and at least as well as 82.6% of students taking the exam.
Paul Pernici, 2015 graduate, holds the highest score and an AU student. Pernici's score was an 18. Andrew Rowe, 2006 graduate, still holds the record for highest percentile rank, doing better than 76.2% of students taking the exam and at least as well as 82.7% of students taking the exam.
This year's top 5 teams were: 1. MIT, 2. Carnegie Mellon, 3. Princeton, 4. Stanford and 5. Harvard. Thank you again to all of the AU students who participated in the 2015 exam.
Congratulations, Michael Woode, for receiving a nonzero score!
Monday, May 2, 2016
Monday, March 7, 2016
Congratulations Charlie Michel
Have you seen the newest Math Horizon? The February 2016 issue of the Math Horizon gave credit to Charlie Michel for submitting a correct solution to Problem 329. He worked on Problem 329 in his Math Seminar class.
Congratulations, Charlie Michel.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Congratulations to the Problem Solving Group
Congratulations to the Ashland University PSG (Problem Solving Group). Their solution to Problem 5362 from the School of Science and Mathematics website (January 2016) was selected to be published! Grace McCourt was the primary author of this solution. Way to go, Grace and the other members of the Problem Solving Group!
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Drop-In Tutoring Spring 2016
Drop-In tutoring is available for Math 208, Math 217, and Math 218 for the Spring 2016 semester.
Ashland University's Center for Academic Support provides tutors and other tools to help students succeed. Drop-In sessions are available for several Math classes in Kettering 219. If you need a tutor for a course that does not have drop-in tutoring an individual tutor may be available. If you need any help in a course, please see your professor first. The drop-in tutor schedule is below. Notice all drop in tutoring is in Kettering 219 from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Ashland University's Center for Academic Support provides tutors and other tools to help students succeed. Drop-In sessions are available for several Math classes in Kettering 219. If you need a tutor for a course that does not have drop-in tutoring an individual tutor may be available. If you need any help in a course, please see your professor first. The drop-in tutor schedule is below. Notice all drop in tutoring is in Kettering 219 from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
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