What Happens in Cambridge (Massachusetts) Stays in Cambridge (Massachusetts)

I am flying out to Boston to give a System Dynamics seminar at MIT.

What Happens in Ann Arbor Stays in Ann Arbor

I am off to Ann Arbor, Michigan. I'll be visiting University of Michigan to give a colloquium in their Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics.

What Happens in New York City Stays in New York City

I'm heading off to New York City for the first time in many years. I'll be giving a talk at The Rockefeller University.

What Happens in Pittsburgh Stays in Pittsburgh

I am off to Pittsburgh for a few days!

What Happens in Milwaukee Stays in Milwaukee

I am in Milwaukee to give a talk at Marquette tomorrow (and also to see a double-header between the Brewers and the Giants in my first in-person baseball game since before the pandemic). (We arrived during the 6th inning of the first game.) Today was the first non-COVID double-header had Miller Park since 2000. This visit, which was originally slated for May, is my first time in Wisconsin. I have already had some frozen custard, of course.

What Happens in Salt Lake City Stays in Salt Lake City

I am heading off to Salt Lake City to give a talk at University of Utah!

Some More Trips

I have had a few more short academic trips in the last couple of weeks. I spent a day at Harvey Mudd to talk to the students in Heather Zinn Brooks's class on mathematics and democracy. Then I took a trip to Michigan state to give an applied-mathematics colloquium, and now I am in San Diego State to give a mathematics colloquium.

"How to Move a SIAM Minisymposium Online from the Comfort of your Home"

Several of us wrote a paper, from the perspective of both organizers and speakers, for DSWeb about our efforts to move a SIAM minisymposium online.

Authors: Heather Z. Brooks, Yuxin Chen, Michelle Feng, Yacoub H. Kureh, Mason A. Porter, Alexandria Volkening

What Happens in Washington, D.C. Stays in Washington, D.C.

I suppose that truer words were never written.

In any event, today I am heading off to Washington, D.C. to principal-investigator workshop that is related to a new NSF grant of mine.

On Thursday, I'll be giving a seminar in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at George Mason University. It will be Mason@Mason — a fixed point!

What Happens in Columbus Stays in Columbus

I'm off the Columbus, the only city in Ohio I've ever visited. I'll be at Ohio State again, though mainly visiting a different group than usual this time. I'm looking forward to chatting with their various data folks, as well as chatting with my collaborators. (There is a nonzero intersection in these groups.)

The Multiplex Social–Slayage Network of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Here is the multiplex social–slayage network of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

The Buffy social network: slayage and love links. https://t.co/xwQ0DoKpAG

— Peter Sheridan Dodds (@peterdodds) March 11, 2018

This figure is definite fodder for talks. Also, if somebody sets up the adjacencies, we should compute some centrality and versatility measures.

Tales from the ArXiv: Visibility of Women in Academic Seminars

This paper presents the results of research on visibility of women in academic seminar question and answer period. Some takeaways include the length of the Q & A period and who asks the first post-seminar question.

Take a look at the data and suggestions, and see what you think.

What Happens in Ithaca Stays in Ithaca (2017 Edition)

I am off to Cornell to give this year's Notable Alum lecture in the Center for Applied Mathematics (the program from which I got my PhD)!

It's my first visit to Cornell in more than 4.5 years and only my second visit since I graduated!

I am at the airport way too bloody early. All of the men's bathrooms in this terminal are locked.

PhD Comics: "The Conference Morning Session"

The new PhD Comics, about morning sessions at conferences, is so true.

What Happens in London Stays in London

I'll be in London for a couple of days for a meeting with one of my industrial collaborators and the Royal Society Workshop on Mathematics for the Modern Economy. Come to the workshop!

What Happens in Oxford Stays in Oxford

I arrived in Oxford on Wednesday for my yearly visit this year. (I plan visits for the next couple of years as well.) I'll be giving a talk tomorrow at the Somerville Maths Reunion and will also be going to the Principal's Farewell Gaudy (which covers matriculation years "after"—which perhaps actually means "since"?—2007). Several of my former Somerville undergrads will be at the math reunion, and a significantly larger number of them will be at the gaudy, so I'll get to see lots of my former students tomorrow! Sweet!

While I am based in Oxford for a bit, I'll spend a couple days in London as part of the Mathematics for the Modern Economy workshop (where I will also be giving a talk), will spend a weekend visiting friends in Newcastle, and will head to Nottingham for a day for a collaboration that is just starting up.

What Happens in Berkeley Stays in Berkeley

I am taking a quick trip to Berkeley (with about 20 hours on the ground) to give a talk (on granular crystals) to the condensed-matter theory folks at UC Berkeley.

As one of my friends pointed out on Facebook, I should perhaps be careful about using the terms "quick trip" and "Berkeley" in the same sentence. :)

What Happens in St. Louis Stays in St. Louis

I am heading off to St. Louis to give a talk in the physics department at Washington University (WUSTL).

This is my first ever trip to Missouri.

A little while ago, after I went through the x-ray machine, the TSA agents wanted to check my hair to make sure I wasn't hiding something in there. (This happens a couple of times every year.)

What Happens in East Lansing Stays in East Lansing

I have arrived in East Lansing, where tomorrow I will be giving the Science at the Edge seminar at Michigan State University.

I am being hosted by my Caltech undergrad friend Jaideep Taggert Singh (a fellow Lloydie), who is on the physics faculty at MSU.

What Happens in Canada Stays in Canada

Off to Canada for a few days! First Calgary to give a pair of talks and then Vancouver to visit friends.

(After living overseas for 9 years, I am used to not celebrating Thanksgiving. And this year of all years, I don't have the stomach to celebrate it anyway.)