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TexasA&MUniversityMathematicsDepartment
GraduateStudentOrientation
PeterHowardAssociateHeadforGraduateStudies
Outline
• Schedulesandtimelines• BriefFactsaboutTexasA&M• Overviewofthedepartment• InitialCourseScheduling• WarningaboutScamsandFrauds
Thistalkisavailableatthefollowingwebsite:http://www.math.tamu.edu/~phoward/graduate/materials.html
SchedulesandTimelines
SchedulefortheDay9:30– 9:45:Computeraccountforms9:45– 10:15:Overviewoftheprogram;discussionofcoursescheduling10:15– 10:30:TAassignments,DavidManuel10:30– 10:45:Break10:45– 11:00:Computersystems,ArtBelmonte11:00– 11:30:GraduateStudentOrganizersandRepresentatives
– GSO,AndrewKimball– AMSStudentChapter,OlaSobieska– SIAMStudentChapter,SamScholze– AWMStudentChapter,Fatma Terzioglu– DemoofregistrationinHowdy
11:30– 12:00:Break12:00– 1:15:Lunch1:15– 4:00(-ish):Coursescheduling,payrollprocessing
SchedulefortheDay9:30– 9:45:Computeraccountforms9:45– 10:15:Overviewoftheprogram;discussionofcoursescheduling10:15– 10:30:TAassignments,DavidManuel10:30– 10:45:Break10:45– 11:00:Computersystems,ArtBelmonte11:00– 11:30:GraduateStudentOrganizersandRepresentatives
– GSO,AndrewKimball– AMSStudentChapter,OlaSobieska– SIAMStudentChapter,SamScholze– AWMStudentChapter,Fatma Terzioglu– DemoofregistrationinHowdy
11:30– 12:00:Break12:00– 1:15:Lunch1:15– 4:00(-ish):Coursescheduling,payrollprocessing
DepartmentEmail
• Studentsshouldhaveadepartmentemailaccountbytheendoftheday.
• Totheextentpossible,studentsshouldcheckthisaccountatleastonceeachdaywhileintheprogram.
SchedulefortheNextTwoWeeks
• Monday,Tuesday,Aug.15,16:Internationalstudentcheck-inwithISS.Latecheck-in:Mon.Aug.22.
• Thursday,Aug.25:InternationalStudentConference(ISC);informative,butnotrequired.Moreinformation:
http://iss.tamu.edu/Events/ISC• Friday,Aug.19,orFriday,Aug.26:Universitylevelgraduate
studentorientation,8:00a.m.– 5:00p.m.,inRudderTower.Studentsshouldregisterat
http://ogaps.tamu.edu/New-Current-Students/New-Graduate-Student-Orientation
SchedulefortheNextTwoWeeks
• Saturday,Aug.13;Sunday,Aug.21:EnglishLanguageProficiencyExam(ELPE).Moreinformation:
http://dars.tamu.edu/Testing/ELPEBothdatesarealreadyclosed.
SchedulefortheSemester• Friday,Aug.26:LastdaytoregisterforFall2016classeswithoutapenalty
• Monday,Aug.29:Firstdayofclasses• Wednesday,Aug.31:FirstmeetingoftheFirstYearGraduateStudentSeminar(FYGSS),5:30p.m.– 6:30p.m.inBlocker628
• Friday,Sept.2:Lastdayfordrop/add• WehaveathreedayThanksgivingbreak,Nov.23-25.
• Wednesday,Dec.7:Lastdayofclasses
BriefFactsaboutTexasA&M
AboutTexasA&M• Foundedin1876• A&Moriginallyreferredto“agricultureandmechanics,”butin1963thisinterpretationwasdropped
• Amongthe5largestuniversitiesintheUS,publicandprivate
• Over59,000students(CollegeStationcampus),includingalmost15,000graduateandprofessionalstudents
• TheTexasA&MUniversitysystemincludes11universities,7stateagencies,2serviceunits,andamedicalcenter.Totalenrollmentofthesystemis137,955
AboutTexasA&M• Thecampusspans5,200acres,plus350acresforResearchPark(about8.5mi2or22km2)
• $5B+endowmentranksthirdamongpublicuniversities,and12thoverall
• Facultyincludes3Nobelprizerecipients,and6membersoftheNationalAcademyofSciences
• In2012TexasA&MjoinedtheSoutheasternConference(SEC)
• Ifyouyell“Howdy”anywhereoncampus,everyonewithinearshotwillstopwhatthey’redoingandyellitback
OverviewoftheDepartment
People• 80professors• 31 academicprofessionaltrackfaculty• 33post-docsandvisitors• 120PhDstudents• 32CampusMSstudents• 55DistanceMSstudents
Thedepartmentgraduatesabout16PhDstudents,10campusMSstudents,and15distanceMSstudentseachyear.
FacultyProfile• 13AMSFellows• 1SIAMFellow• 6 distinguishedprofessors(aUniversitytitle)• 7 endowedchairs• 70%ofthefacultyisfundedinpartbyexternalgrants:combined8milliondollars
• Twoassociatedinstitutes– InstituteforAppliedMathematicsandComputationalScience
– InstituteforScientificComputation
ResearchGroups• Algebraandcombinatorics (10,14)• Appliedmathematicsandinterdisciplinaryresearch(11,24)• Approximationtheory(5,1)• Functionalanalysis(10,22)• Geometryandtopology(8,5)• Groupsanddynamics(3,5)• Numbertheory(4,6)• Numericalanalysisandscientificcomputation(7,21)• Partialdifferentialequationsandmathematicalphysics(14,9)• Probabilitytheory(2,2)• Severalcomplexvariables(2,3)
(Numberoffaculty,NumberofPhDstudents)
ActiveSeminars,A-G
• Algebraandcombinatorics• Algebraicgeometry• Banach spaces• Firstyeargraduatestudentseminar• FreeProbability• Geometry• Graduatestudentorganization• Groupsanddynamics
ActiveSeminars,H-Z
• Linearanalysis• Mathematicalphysicsandharmonicanalysis• Noncommutative geometry• NonlinearPDE• Numbertheory• Numericalanalysis• Severalcomplexvariables
Plusworkingseminarsandcolloquiumseries
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InitialCourseScheduling
Advisors
• MSstudents– Beihang students,PeterHoward– Allotherstudents,SueGeller
• PhDStudents– Algebra/geometry,MauriceRojas– Analysis,ThomasSchlumprecht– Computational/Numerical,Bojan Popov– Numbertheory,MattYoung– PDE/Applied,PeterHoward
MSSchedules
• ForMSstudents,courseschedulesaredeterminedbytheMStrackchosen.Optionsare:– Traditional– Teaching– Computational– Industrial– Mathbiology
• Requirementsforthesetracks:http://www.math.tamu.edu/graduate
PhDSchedules
ForPhDstudents,first-yearschedulesaremostlydeterminedbythequalifying-examandbreadthrequirements.Thesearecharacterizedbyfourbroadcategories:1. Algebra,discretemath,numbertheory2. Realandcomplexanalysis3. Differentialgeometry,topology4. Appliedandnumericalanalysis
QualifyingExamRequirements
• Studentsmustpasstwoqualifyingexamsfromtwodifferentareasbytheendoftheirsecondyearintheprogram.
• Eachqualifyingexamisbasedonatwo-semestersequence.
• Thefiveoptionsare:– Algebra;M653-M654– Appliedandnumericalanalysis;M641-M610– Complexanalysis;M617-M618– Realanalysis;M607-M608– Differentialgeometryandtopology;M636-M622
BreadthRequirements
• Asabreadthrequirement,studentsmusttakeatleastoneapprovedcoursefromthetwoareastheydonottakequalifyingexamsin.
• Studentswhohavealreadycompletedintroductorylevelcoursesinabreadthareashouldtakeamoreadvancedcourseinthearea.
Example1,AppliedMath
• Anystudentinappliedmathwilltaketheapplied/numericalanalysisqualifyingexam,andthisisbasedontwocourses:– M641– AnalysisforApplicationsI– M610– NumericalPartialDifferentialEquations
• Manystudentsinappliedmathwilltaketheanalysisqualifyingexam,whichisbasedon:– M607– RealVariablesI– M608– RealVariablesII
Example1,AppliedMath
• Ifastudenttakestheapplied/numericalandanalysisqualifyingexams,he/shewillneedtofulfillbreadthrequirementsintwoareas:– Algebra,discretemath,numbertheory– Differentialgeometry,topology
• Someoptionsforalgebra,discretemath,numbertheory:– M653:AlgebraI– M626:Analyticnumbertheory
• Someoptionsfordifferentialgeometry,topology:– M622:DifferentialgeometryI– M636:TopologyI
Example1,AppliedMath
Hereisanexamplefirst-yearschedule:• Fall2016– M607,RealVariablesI– M641,AnalysisforApplicationsI– M653,AlgebraI
• Spring2017– M608,RealVariablesII– M610,NumericalPDE– M642,AnalysisforApplicationsII
Thisstudentwouldbepreparedtotaketwoqualifyingexams,andwouldonlyhaveonebreadthrequirementleftforthesecondyear.
Example2,AlgebraicGeometry
• Anystudentstudyingalgebraicgeometrywilltakethequalifyingexaminalgebra,whichisbasedonthecourses:– M653-M654:AlgebraI-II
• Manystudentsstudyingalgebraicgeometrywillalsotakethequalifyingexamindifferentialgeometryandtopology,whichisbasedonthecourses:– M622:DifferentialgeometryI– M636:TopologyI
Example2,AlgebraicGeometry
• Studentswhopassqualifyingexamsinalgebraanddifferentialgeometry/topologywillneedtotakebreadthrequirementcoursesinthefollowingareas:– Realorcomplexanalysis– Applied/numericalanalysis
• Someoptionsforrealandcomplexanalysis:– M607:RealvariablesI– M617:TheoryoffunctionsofacomplexvariableI
• Someoptionsforappliedandnumericalanalysis:– M609:Numericalanalysis– M610:Numericalpartialdifferentialequations– M641:Analysisforapplications
Example2,AlgebraicGeometry
Hereisanexamplefirst-yearschedule:• Fall2016– M607,RealVariablesI– M636,TopologyI– M653,AlgebraI
• Spring2017– M622,Differentialgeometry– M648,Computationalalgebraicgeometry– M654,AlgebraII
Thisstudentwouldbepreparedtotaketwoqualifyingexams,andwouldonlyhaveonebreadthrequirementleftforthesecondyear.
ScamsandFrauds
• Incomingstudents,andespeciallyincominginternationalstudents,areoftentargetedbyscamsandfrauds.
• Thesearetypicallyinitiatedbyphoneoremail,andcaninvolve:– Passportandvisastatus– Creditcards– Banking– USTaxes– Computeraccounts– Etc.
ScamsandFrauds
• Individualsperpetratingsuchactivitiescanbehighlyaggressiveandthreatening.
• Somecommonrulesofthumb:– Noreputableagencywillcallyouandaskforinformationsuchasacreditcardnumberorsocialsecuritynumber,soifthishappens,it’sascam.
– Doublechecklinksinemailsyoureceivetoensurethey’revalid;thesafestthingistolookuptheagency’scontactinformationandre-typeit.
• Ifyoususpectyouarebeingtargeted,pleasecontactmeimmediately.