Math/CS Colloquium: “Issues That Arose While Teaching College-Prep Math Courses During the Pandemic”

Presenter: Tracy Gilbert BS ’89, MS ‘91, Teacher of Mathematics at Leonia High School Time: 1:15-2:15PM Place: Arts and Sciences Hall, Room 109   Abstract: The focus of this talk will be on the challenges that a typical high school teacher in NJ faced when covid caused a lockdown in early 2020. For all teachers,… Continue reading Math/CS Colloquium: “Issues That Arose While Teaching College-Prep Math Courses During the Pandemic”

Putnam Exam

SHU Junior Mathematics major Edward Strong placed in the 58th percentile nationally of approximately 5000 undergraduate students across the US and Canada who participated in the 84th William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition. Economics major Henrik Petersen also had a significant score on the exam that was held on Saturday, December 2nd . Participants are challenged… Continue reading Putnam Exam

SHU MATH_CS Department hosts International Conference

Computer Science undergraduates Tijana Minic and Oliwia Kempinski present their work on visualizing composed Turing machines at Trends in Functional Programming 2024, which was held at Seton Hall University January 9-12, 2024. Also presenting their research at the conference were SHU CS Alums Josie Des Rosiers ‘19 and Shamil Dzhatdoyev ’19, as well as SHU… Continue reading SHU MATH_CS Department hosts International Conference

Dr. Joseph Andrushkiw Competition

Andrushkiw 2023   The 36th Joseph W. Andrushkiw Mathematics Competition was held on Saturday, November 18th, 2023. The event, hosted by the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, welcomed 90 students from seven New Jersey high schools; this represented a 50 percent increase in student numbers over last year, which was the first year the… Continue reading Dr. Joseph Andrushkiw Competition

Putnam Exam, 2023

SHU Mathematics majors joined approximately 5000 undergraduate students across the US and Canada who participated in the 84th  William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition. It was held on Saturday, December 9th.  Participants are challenged with a two-part exam, each consisting of six questions. Four students represented Seton Hall University in the competition this year. Mathematics majors:… Continue reading Putnam Exam, 2023

Two math majors published featured problem solution

As part of Dr. Nathan Kahl’s Junior Seminar class for mathematics majors, the students worked on teams to solve published open mathematics problems. Senior Mathematics majors Dominic Kozlowski and Anayelli Vigo have had their solution to “Ordered Partitions with All Parts Odd” published as the featured solution in Mathematics Magazine, Volume 96, issue 4.  … Continue reading Two math majors published featured problem solution

Computer Science Undergraduate Students present at conference

Drs. Morazan and Hemann from our department participated in the 2023 International Conference on Functional Programming in Seattle, Washington, together with several of our students.   (https://icfp23.sigplan.org/home/scheme-2023#About). Undergraduate Computer Science major Tijana Minic (pictured above) presented her work with Dr. Morazan work extending the FSM programming language (https://morazanm.github.io/fsm/index.html ) with a visualization tool for a nondeterministic… Continue reading Computer Science Undergraduate Students present at conference

Graph Theory Day–May 6, 2023–in honor of Dr. Charles Suffel

The Metropolitan New York Section of the Mathematical Association of America and The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of Seton Hall University presents Graph Theory Day 76 A one-day meeting on Graph Theory In memory of Dr. Charles L. Suffel Saturday, May 6, 2023 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m     Invited Speakers  … Continue reading Graph Theory Day–May 6, 2023–in honor of Dr. Charles Suffel

MATH/CS Petersheim Day–Friday, April 28

The Twenty-Seventh Annual Petersheim Academic Exposition Mathematics and Computer Science/Data Science Friday, April 28, 2023   Time Room Agenda 12:00pm – 1:00pm   AS 104   Lunch 1:15pm – 2:15pm AS 109 Charles H. Franke Memorial Lecture Speaker: Dr. Sandra Kingan 2:15pm – 2:30pm AS 109 Pi Mu Epsilon Ceremony, presented by Dr. Saccoman John… Continue reading MATH/CS Petersheim Day–Friday, April 28

Putnam Mathematics Exam

Putnam Exam SHU Junior Mathematics major Dominic Kozlowski placed in the top 40% of approximately 5000 undergraduate students across the US and Canada who participated in the 83rd William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition. It was held on Saturday, December 3rd  .  Participants are challenged with a two-part exam, each consisting of six questions. Seven students… Continue reading Putnam Mathematics Exam