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The Stevens Society of Mathematicians

The Stevens Society of Mathematicians (SSM) is an organization devoted to disseminating "post-classroom" mathematics to the Stevens community and the greater scientific and mathematical community. We are an active student chapter of SIAM, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Some of our activities include:

Wednesday talks.
Every Wednesday one of the members or an invited guest gives a talk on a topic of particular interest to them. The talks are typically scheduled for 3:30 PM in the Mathematics Department, and coffee and cookies are typically provided.
- Schedules are available for Fall 2003 (past talks) and Spring 2004 (current and future talks).
- If you'd like, you can e-mail us to be included on the SSM mailing list and recieve pre-talk notices.
- If you have an idea for a talk you'd like to give yourself, please contact one of our officers to arrange it.

Tea and Mathematics.
Many non-talk weekdays, members of the SSM and Mathematics Department still gather at 3:30 PM to have a cup of tea or coffee and talk shop. Tea and Mathematics is usually served in the lobby of the Mathematics Department, outside Kidde 101.

Problem of the Week.
Each week the SSM distributes a Mathematics Problem of the Week to test your mathematical mettle.
- Here's the list of past problems (answers included).
- Here's the current problem. It is a pdf file and so you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to read it. Adobe Acrobat Reader is free to download here.

ISSA Graduate Student Conference.
In 2003 the SSM co-sponsored the annual ISSA graduate student conference, which gathers together many of the graduate students from the departments making up the Imperatore School of Sciences and Arts. Here graduate students can learn what their peers in other departments are researching and discuss issues of importance to themselves and the school. This year's conference is on Wednesday, April 21, and details will be forthcoming shortly.

If you have any questions, one of the following links might be of some help.

The contact list of our officers.
Our constitution and statement of purpose.

We hope to see you!