Colloquium are held in OGC 113 at 3:40 PM
2/1/12:
Some Interesting Estimation Problems
Dr. Ken Kaminsky, Augsburg College
Abstract:The First Ace Problem: From a well-shuffled deck of 52 playing cards, turn up cards one-by-one until the first ace appears. On average, when does the first ace appear?
The German Tank Problem (aka The Taxi Problem): In World War II, the Allied Powers wanted to estimate the number of tanks the Germans had. There were competing estimates: estimates from military intelligence, and estimates obtained using statistical methods. German records made it possible to determine that the statistical methods generally proved to be much more accurate.
The Plane-Armor Problem: During World Ward II, statistical methods were applied to the problem of bombers lost to enemy fire. The counter-intuitive method used was to apply armor where returning planes showed no damage.
Refreshment mode = On
Upcoming colloquia:
- 2/15/12: TBA
- 2/22/12: TBA
- 3/7/12: TBA
- 4/4/12: Thomas Sibley, St. John's University
- 4/18/12: Danrun Huang, St. Cloud State University
Colloquia from this year:
- 9/7/11: Meet and Greet the Augsburg Mathematics Department Faculty
- 9/21/11: Robert Miner, Design Science, Inc., "The Mathematics of Web Search and the Search of Web Mathematics"
- 10/4/11: Katy Micek, Augsburg College, "Tango, Martensite, and a Drug-Delivery Device: Applications of Elasticity"
- 10/19/11: Michael Weimerskirch, Augsburg College, "Sturmian Words and k-Wythoff Nym"
- 11/2/11: Austin Wagner & Megan Sutherland
- 11/16/11: Sarah McKagan, McKagan Enterprises, Seattle
- 12/7/11: Steve Kennedy and Deanna Haunsperger, Carleton College
- 1/18/12: Chandra Erdman, US Census Bureau, "Differentiate Yourself! The Integral Parts of a Mathematical Success"
- 2/1/12: Ken Kaminsky, Augsburg College, "Some Interesting Estimation Problems"