R. Kent Nagle
The R. Kent Nagle Lecture Series
The Nagle Lecture Series (NLS) was established in honor of the late R. Kent Nagle, a mathematician deeply interested not only in mathematics in itself, but also in mathematics education and the impact of mathematics on society.
In this spirit, the NLS has invited world-renowned scholars to speak on such matters in lectures designed for the general public.
Next Lecture: March 12, 2020
Previous Nagle Lecturers
Here is a list of the Nagle Lecturers, including their affiliation when they delivered their address, and the title and date of their lecture, in reverse chronological order:
- Peter Kuchment, University Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Texas A&M University
- Our Mathematical Universe: The Mysterious Power of Mathematics
- April 4, 2019
- Colin Adams, Thomas J. Read Professor of Mathematics at Williams College
- Blown Away: What Knot to do When Sailing
- April 12, 2018
- Michele Mosca, co-founder of the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo
- Cybersecurity and the Quantum Era
- April 6, 2017
- Ken Ono, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Emory University
- Ramanujan: The Inspirational Story and a Glimpse of his Mathematics
- March 10, 2016
- Robert W. Ghrist, Andrea Mitchell Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania
- Applied Topology
- March 12, 2015
- Charles R. Keeton, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Rutgers University
- A Ray of Light in a Sea of Dark (Matter)
- April 3, 2014
- Erez Lieberman Aiden, Harvard Society of Fellows and Visiting Faculty at Google
- How the Human Genome Folds
- April 18, 2012
- Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Calgary, Canada
- Plants, Computers and Math
- April 7, 2011
- Arlie O. Petters, Benjamin Powell Professor and Professor of Mathematics, Physics, and Business Administration at Duke University
- John H. Conway, von Neumann Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University
- From Topology to Symmetry
- November 1, 2007
- Fang-Hua Lin, Silver Professor of Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University
- Problems for the Millennium: The Navier-Stokes Equations
- March 29, 2007
- Louis H. Kauffman, Professor of Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago
- Unknots, Collapsing Tangles and DNA Recombination
- February 16, 2006
- Andrew M. Odlyzko, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Minnesota
- Cybersecurity, Mathematics, and Limits on Technology
- February 24, 2005
- F. Alberto Grünbaum, Professor of Mathematics at UC Berkeley
- Mathematics in Medical Imaging: the Present and the Future
- November 1, 2001
- A. K. Dewdney, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo
- Do Aliens Do Math?
- October 12, 2000
- Jerrold E. Marsden, Professor of Control and Dynamical Systems at the California Institute of Technology
- Dynamical Systems and Space Mission Design
- March 9, 2000
- Simon A. Levin, George Moffett Professor of Biology at Princeton University
- The Rise and Fall of Biodiversity
- January 21, 1999
- Joseph B. Keller, Professor of Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering (Emeritus) at Stanford University
- Mathematics of Games and Sports
- November 5, 1998
- Steven G. Krantz, Professor of Mathematics at Washington University
- Contemporary Issues in Mathematics Education
- March 19, 1998
- Arjen Lenstra, Corporate Technology Office of Citibank
- Securing the Net: The Fruits of Incompetence
- October 23, 1997
- Persi Diaconis, Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University
- Mathematics and Magic Tricks
- March 20, 1997
- Robert Devaney, Professor of Mathematics at Boston University
- Chaos, Fractals, and Dynamics
- February 13, 1997
- George E. Andrews, Evan Pugh Professor of Mathematics at Pennsylvania State University
- Ramanujan, Sums, and the Lost Notebook
- November 14, 1996
- Peter Borwein, Professor of Mathematics at Simon Fraser University
- Mathematics in the Presence of Computers: The Rapidly Changing Face of Pure Mathematics
- October 17, 1996
- Harold Stevenson, Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan
- Asia's Young Achievers in Mathematics
- September 19, 1996