News: page 17
NYC Regional Math Alliance
Feb. 2, 2018
We are proud to announce the NYC Regional Math Alliance! The goal of the NYC Math Alliance is to carry out the mission of the National Math Alliance in the New York City Metropolitan Area. Our goal is simple: we want to be sure that every underrepresented or underserved American student with the talent and the ambition has the opportunity to earn a doctoral degree in a mathematical science.
Tai Danae-Bradley on PBS
Dec. 5, 2017
Tea Time!
Sept. 15, 2017
For the Fall 2017 semester, every Tuesday at 1:00 PM, The Math Club and A.W.M. meets in 6/270 for an afternoon tea. All are welcome to stop by, enjoy some tea, and chat about math!
Welcome Back! Pizza Party!
Sept. 6, 2017
The Association for Women in Mathematics and Math club will be hosting a welcome back pizza party, all are welcome to attend!
It will take place on Thursday, October 5th, from 1:00PM-2:00PM in NAC 6/106.
Meet Julia Saccamano!
July 6, 2017
Meet one of our undergraduate students and summer research
interns, Julia Sacamano!
Over the summer I will be studying Game
Theory under the direction of Professor Akin. I will be using my
experience with probability theory and linear algebra to understand
the nature of games. The theory, first introduced by mathematician
John von Neumann and economist Oskar Morgenstern in the 1940s, is
the branch of mathematics which addresses situations in which there
is conflict, competition, and potential strategies between rational
thinking human ‘players’. We can see its uses in economics,
politics, philosophy, and psychology. I will be focusing the
majority of my studies on both two-person zero-sum games and
two-person nonzero-sum games. Through these studies I will be
taking a look at topics such as utility theory, payoff matrices,
and Nash equilibrium in hopes of better understanding how to
discern ‘solutions’ to games or predict potential outcomes of these
situations. I will be reading Game Theory and Strategy by Philip
Straffin, The Evolution of Cooperation by Robert Axelrod, and Game
Theory: A Nontechnical Introduction by CCNY Emeritus Professor
Morton D. Davis.
I will be using this knowledge to further examine the classic paradox of the Prisoner’s Dilemma which was originally proposed by Merrill Flood and Melvin Dresher as well as the iterated (repeated play) version. I am an Applied Mathematics major and will begin my Junior year in the fall. I hope to relate my studies in game theory to classes I've taken at CCNY, such as Probability Theory, Linear Algebra, Philosophy, and Economics, as well as things in everyday life. I love challenges, puzzles, and problems that come with studying math and am forever chasing the feeling of satisfaction when I find a solution and truly understand a topic. I love the universal and dynamic aspects of math and how it is the same in every country around the world, how it is used in every facet of life, and how its presence might not be noticed a first glance.