Week of August 30 - September 3

Tuesday, August 31

 1:00 - 3:00 LUKACS LECTURE  - Room 459 MSC
      Kanti V. Mardia, Distinguished Lukacs Professor, BGSU
                       University of Leeds, England
      "Introduction: Shape Coordinates Systems and Shape Distance"

      Abstract: Introduction and motivating examples from biology,
        medicine and images analysis.  Size Measures.  Simple shape
        coordinate systems, including Bookstein coordinates and
        Kendall's spherical coordinates for triangles.

        The use of complex notation for planar shape analysis.  Shape
        distance.  Procrustes matching, mean shape and shape
        variability.

        The shape space and pre-shape space.  Geometrical issues.
        Advanced coordinate systems.

        [It would help to have some knowledge of multivariate
        analysis, in particular principal component analysis.
        Otherwise the talk is self-contained.]

Thursday, September 2

 1:00 - 3:00 LUKACS LECTURE  - Room 459 MSC
      Kanti V. Mardia, Distinguished Lukacs Professor, BGSU
                       University of Leeds, England
      "Tangent Approximations, Data Analysis and Visualization Tools"

      Abstract: Ordinary and Generalized Procrustes analysis for
        higher dimensions.  Shape variability and principal
        components analysis.  Testing for shape difference, under
        isotropy and general covariances.

        A demo will be given to highlight Visualization Tools.

Friday, September 3

 3:30 Coffee
 3:45 COLLOQUIUM  - Room 459 MSC

***** Postponed until Friday, September 10 *****

      Waldemar Weber, Mathematics and Statistics, BGSU 
      "Preferential personality types and learning styles in mathematics"
      Abstract: Katharine Briggs and her daughter, Isabel Myers, used
        the clinical experiences of Carl Jung to formulate a theory of
        preferential personality types that provided an acceptable
        alternative to the psychoanalytic theory of Sigmund Freud.
        More recent psychological research started producing some
        results of educational interest, concerning the basic skills
        of reading, writing , and mathematics, and last year, on
        October 2, I introduced an indirect algorithm for determining
        the appropriate type.  Beside reviewing the implementation of
        this algorithm, subsequent experience with my new approach
        enables me to discuss how it can help us to communicate
        mathematics to our students.  Follow the forked path:

        ITS Scientific Computing Laboratory
        (241 Mathematical Sciences Building)

        Scientific Lab Server:Class Folders: Learning Styles-Weber:
        1 Learning Styles in Math 2.4, or 
        2 Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (Form G)

        on the computer network, provided by Instructional Technology
        Services at Bowling Green State University, for a personal
        demonstration.  This software is Macintosh specific (Macintosh
        is a trademark of Apple Computer and the Myers-Briggs Type
        Indicator is a trademark of the Consulting Psychologists
        Press).

Professor Kanti V. Mardia of the University of Leeds is visiting Bowling Green State University during August and September as Distinguished Lukacs Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. He will give five two-hour lectures on Statistical Shape Analysis over the next few weeks. See an announcement of the lectures and directions for getting to the department.