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. Attached is a list of forthcoming and previous Cissy patterson lectures.

Spring 2004, April 2

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

Spring 2003, March 19

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

Spring 2002, March 28

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

• Fall 2000, Sept. 15 ,

Lecturer: Frank Morgan, Williams College
Title: The Soap Bubble Geometry Contest: A guessing contest, with demonstrations, explanations, prizes and recent Mathematical news about soap bubbles.
• Spring 2000, Feb 4.

Lecturer: Professor Karen Parshall, University of Virginia.
Title: Historical Contours of the American Mathematical Research Community.
• Spring 1997

Lecturer: Professor Karla Hoffman, George Mason University
Title: Operations Research Success Stories
• Fall 1997

Lecturer: Professor Morris Newman, University of California - Santa Barbara.
Title: A Basic Result in Matrix Theory - the Smith Normal Form
• Spring 1995

Lecturer: Professor Bjorn D. Jawerth, University of South Carolina and Summus, Ltd.
Title: Wavelets - from Theoretical Mathematics to the Information Superhighway.
• Spring 1994

Lecturer: Leonid I. Rudin, Co-CEO and Director of Research and Development Cognitech, Inc. - Image Processing & Devices Laboratory, Santa Monica, CA.
Title: Feature Accurate Investigative and Trial Image/Video Processing.
• Fall 1994

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