SIAM Pub Night
Chapter pub night.
Events
Talks, workshops, and other chapter activities.
The chapter often meets around CMOR colloquia Opens in a new tab and NASC seminars Opens in a new tab .
Upcoming
Past events
2024–2025
SIAM Pub Night
First chapter pub night of the Spring 2025 semester, held at Valhalla.
2022–2023
SIAM Pub Night
First chapter pub night of the Fall 2022 semester, held at Valhalla.
2021–2022
The Art of Giving Great Talks
University Professor Richard Tapia on what makes a strong research talk, followed by a reception.
SIAM Spring BBQ
Semester barbecue at the Graduate Commons, sponsored by Shell.
Texas Women in Math Symposium
Weekend conference at Rice highlighting research by women mathematicians, co-organized with Rice AWM.
SIAM Fall BBQ
Fall barbecue at the Graduate Commons, sponsored by Shell.
SIAM Game Night
Board, card, and video games night jointly hosted with GradGames.
SIAM Journal Club — Machine Learning for Mathematical Models
Boqian Shen on machine learning and deep learning for math-based problems.
2020–2021
SIAM Mid-Summer BBQ
In-person mid-summer barbecue outside Valhalla, sponsored by Shell.
SIAM End-of-Semester BBQ
End-of-semester barbecue outside Valhalla, sponsored by Shell.
CAAM Major Panel
Undergraduate panel on the CAAM major and minor, aimed especially at first-year students.
SIAM Spring BBQ
Outdoor chapter barbecue at Hermann Park, sponsored by Shell.
Addressing the Gender Gap in Mathematics
Amanda Glazer on the National Mathematics Survey and the gender gap in mathematics at elite private universities.
Proof Workshop
Workshop on induction, contradiction, and other proof techniques used beyond calculus.
SIAM Journal Club — Community-Based Operations Research
Rachael Alfant on public housing allocation and other community-based operations research applications.
SIAM Plant Potting
Outdoor plant-potting session at the Graduate Commons, sponsored by Shell.
SIAM Journal Club — Binary Expansions for Mixed-Integer Programs
Raul Garcia on binary expansions for mixed-integer linear programs.
SIAM Virtual Pub Night
Virtual social over Zoom, with breakout rooms and time to talk or play games.
Research Experiences for Undergraduates Panel
Panel on REU applications and undergraduate research in pure and applied math.
SIAM Journal Club — Markov Decision Processes
Seth Brown on Markov decision processes and their basic properties.
SIAM Game Night
Virtual game night featuring Codenames and Among Us.
SIAM Journal Club — Data-Driven Model Reduction
Alejandro Diaz on the Loewner framework for data-driven model reduction.
Graduate School Applications and Experiences Panel
CAAM graduate students on applying to graduate school and what the experience involves.
SIAM Virtual Pub Night
Virtual social over Zoom, with breakout rooms and time to talk or play games.
SIAM Journal Club — Nonnegative Matrix Factorizations
Jonas Actor on nonnegative matrix factorization, including problem variants, algorithms, and applications.
SIAM Journal Club — The Gender Gap in Mathematics
Rachael Alfant on the National Mathematics Survey and the gender gap in mathematics at elite private universities.
SIAM Game Night
Virtual game night featuring Codenames and Among Us.