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ASPiRE

Advancing Student Participation in Research Experiences

 Saturday, February 4, 2023.  9:00 am – 4:00 pm.  FGCU Main Campus.

Advancing Student Participation in Research Experiences (ASPiRE) is an annual conference held at Florida Gulf Coast University each February to educate students about what it means to do “mathematics research" and inform them of research opportunities.

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2023 Program

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Morning Session  

Starting at 8:00 am

Seidler Hall Lobby

Registration.   Please register before you go to breakfast.

8:00am-9:00am 

Seidler Room 220

Breakfast

9:00am

Seidler Room 114

Opening Remarks

Clay Motley,  Interim Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University

9:10am

Seidler Room 114

Undergraduate research: How to Get Started and What to Expect?
Mihhail Berezovski,  Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Abstract

10:00am

Seidler Room 114

 Break and Networking

10:15am

Seidler Room 114

What can we, as mathematicians, bring to the table?

Alberto Condori,  Florida Gulf Coast University

Abstract

11:00am 

Seidler Room 114

 Panel Discussion — Q&A      and     Group Photograph 

12:00pm -12:45pm

Seidler Room 220

 Lunch

 

Poster Presentations  

12:00pm -12:45pm

Seidler Room 220

Basketball Network Visualization and Analysis
Calvin Finley & Juliana Horvath
Florida Gulf Coast University

Abstract

Predicting Flight Time Using Machine Learning Methods

Ioannis Parascho
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Abstract

Reinforcement Learning For Bitcoin Portfolio Optimization Using Historical And Synthetic Data
Neila Bennamane
Florida International University

Abstract

 

Afternoon PARALLEL Session 1

12:45pm

Seidler Room 220

Female Astronauts from STEM Fields
Jiangduo (Ginger) Chen
Florida Institute of Technology

 

Abstract

01:05pm

Seidler Room 220

Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation in a Periodic Setting
Beckett Sanchez
Florida International University

Abstract
01:25pm

Break

 

1:45pm

Seidler Room 220

Finite Distributive Lattice Structures
Lauren Culligan
Florida Atlantic University

 

 

Abstract

02:05pm

Seidler Room 220

Modeling Tuberculosis Granuloma with Differential Equations
Dennis Whitener
Florida Gulf Coast University

 

Abstract

02:25pm

Seidler Room 220

Florida Has a Prison Problem: Examining the Relationship Between Carceral Rates and Socioeconomic Factors With Statistical Analysis
Samantha Scardelletti
Florida Gulf Coast University

Abstract

2:45pm

Seidler Room 220

 

Closing Remarks

 
Afternoon PARALLEL Session 2

12:45pm

Seidler Room 114

Quantifying Uncertainty in Ensemble Deep Learning
Emily Diegel
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Abstract

 

 

01:05pm

Seidler Room 114

Bounds on Large Gaps Between Sums of Two Squares
Michael Ilyin
Florida International University

Abstract
01:25pm

Break

 

1:45pm

Seidler Room 114

Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation with Combined Nonlinearities
Gia Azcoitia
Florida International University

Abstract

02:05pm

Seidler Room 114

What is the Full Price of a Plastic Spoon? An Externalities Estimation Equation
Kevin Santamaria
Florida International University

Abstract

Contacts

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Maynard, Gretchen
Administrative Specialist II, Mathematics
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Committee Members 

Lucas Everham
Brian Johnson

Katie Johnson
Menaka Navaratna

Galen Papkov
Shaun Sullivan

Erik Insko
Dania Sheaib


The conference is funded by the FGCU College of Arts and Sciences, McGinnis Educational Services, the FGCU Whitaker Center STEM Education, the FGCU Office of Undergraduate Studies, the Office of Scholarly Innovation and Student Research, Textbook Publishers and the FGCU Department of Mathematics.

February 9, 2023