Mathematics in Science and Society
Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
presenting three talks by
Richard W. Hamming
Richard Hamming is a mathematician, computer scientist, inventor of the
"Hamming code" while at Bell Labs, and educator. At the Tuesday talk he will
be awarded an Alumni Achievement Award by the Department of Mathematics.
Teaching from a Systems Engineering Point of View
This talk will attempt to provide some insights, drawn from a long and
varied career, into the process necessary to analyze complex problems like the
organization of mathematics education.
Monday, October 21, 1996, 4:00 PM, Room 314, Altgeld Hall.
Mathematics on a different planet, or, How arbitrary is our accepted Mathematics?
Our attitudes about mathematics have been heavily influenced by
certain assumptions about the nature of number, reasoning and counting. This
talk is an intentionally provocative thought experiment about what sort of
mathematics we might have if some of those assumptions had turned out
differently.
Tuesday, October 22, 1996, 4:00 PM, Room 314, Altgeld Hall.
Refreshments at 3:15 pm in Room 321, Altgeld Hall.
The Future of Electrical Engineering
Some practical suggestions for making sure that we are preparing our
Electrical Engineering students for their future and not our past.
Wednesday, October 23, 1996, 4:00 PM, Room 314, Altgeld Hall.