Mathematics Comps

Modular Forms
Advisor: Alex Barrios
Terms: Winter/Spring
Prerequisites: Math 261, 361, or 342


Planar Metric Graphs
Advisor: Owen Biesel
Terms: Fall/Winter
Prerequisite: Math 236 only


Exploring Arithmetic Topology
Advisor: Claudio Gómez-Gonzáles
Terms: Winter/Spring
Prerequisites: None, but Math 342, 352, and 354 are nice to have!


Detecting Gerrymandering in Redistricting Plans
Advisor: Deanna Haunsperger
Terms: Fall/Winter
Prerequisites: No particular course; It would be helpful if several members of this group (or all) would be able to write programs to perform calculations for the methods we will discuss.


Directed Reading in Algebra, Number Theory, or Combinatorics (you can help choose the topic)
Advisor: Mark Krusemeyer
Terms: Fall/Winter or Winter/Spring (chosen with student input)
Prerequisites: See description; probably at least Math 342


Modeling Plant Population Rescue with ODEs
Video
Advisor: Kate Meyer
Terms: Fall/Winter
Prerequisites: Math 241 – Ordinary Differential Equations


Bringing Math History to the College Math Classroom
Advisor: MurphyKate Montee
Terms: Fall/Winter
Prerequisites: None


Finite Topological Spaces
Advisor: Steve Scheirer
Terms: Fall/Winter
Prerequisites: None


Statistics Comps

Bayesian Spatial Modeling of Health Data
Video
Advisor: Deepak Bastola
Terms: Winter/Spring
Prerequisites: Stat 220, Stat 250, Stat 330


Simulation and the Bootstrap
Advisor: Laura Chihara
Terms: Winter/Spring
Prerequisite: Stat 250


Analyzing Time-to-Event Data
Advisor: Adam Loy
Terms: Fall/Winter
Prerequisites: Stat 230 and Stat 250


Extreme Value Analysis
Advisor: Andy Poppick
Terms: Fall/Winter
Prerequisites: Stat 230 and Stat 250