Department of Mathematics
The Sixth Annual Harriett J. Walton Symposium on Undergraduate Mathematics Research
April 5, 2008Schedule
11:00-11:15 Welcome
11:30-12:45 Lunch
1:00-3:35 Student Presentations
3:35-4:00 Closing
Session 1
1:00-1:20 Caleb Reach, Southern Polytechnic State UniversityWavelet Transform Based Feature Extraction for Image Segmentation
1:25-1:45 Raphiel Murden, Morehouse College
Fractional Calculus
1:50-2:10 Antonio Buddington and Lashonti Hines, Albany State University
Measuring Sensitivity Changes in the Value of a Sample Portfolio Using Duration and Convexity
2:25-2:45 Dimitri Osborn, Georgia State University
4 x 4 Sign Patterns that Require All Distinct Eigenvalues
2:50-3:10 James Cain, Fort Valley State University
A Study on the Accuracy of Mathematical Population Models and Population Prediction
3:15-3:35 Samuel Ivy, Morehouse College, Kevin Harris, North Carolina A&T State University, and Barry Jackson, Xavier University
Unfair Dice
Session 2
1:00-1:20 Amanda Jordan, Spelman CollegeIntroduction to Reed Solomon Encoding and Decoding
1:25-1:45 Nick Lanford, Southern Polytechnic State University
The volumetric study of Solo cups and concrete masonry units
1:50-2:10 Konglin Zhu, Southern Polytechnic State University
Image Smoothing Filters Based On Choquet Fuzzy Integral
2:25-2:45 Matthew Smith, Clayton State University
Circulant Chain Graphs
2:50-3:10 Shawn King and Linden Jonson, Albany State University
Sensitivity Analysis Of Mathematical Models Of Blood Flow And Pressure Regulation
Session 3
1:00-1:20 Michael Muraya, Albany State UniversityQuantum Cryptography
1:25-1:45 Jason Smith, Morehouse College
Fuzzy sets and its applications
1:50-2:10 Sean Ewing, Morehouse College
Sign Pattern Matrices and Determinants
2:25-2:45 Shawn Kade, Southern Polytechnic State University
Mathematical Concepts in Natural Architecture
2:50-3:10 William Shropshire, Morehouse College
Construction Of Hybrid Real Number System And Its Analytic Properties
