Albion College Mathematics and Computer Science Colloquium

 Title: Group Testing: From Syphilis to Sparse Fourier Transforms Speaker: Mark Iwen Assistant Professor Dept. of Mathematics, and Dept. of ECE Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan Abstract: Periodic functions with a relatively small number of energetic Fourier coefficients appear in many applications including communication protocols, image processing problems, and numerical methods for solving some partial differential equations. In this talk we will discuss some algorithms for recovering such functions more quickly than possible via traditional discrete Fourier transform methods. In the process we will encounter world war two history, number theory, combinatorics, error correcting codes, and movie stars. Location: Palenske 227 Date: 10/20/2016 Time: 3:30 PM

@abstract{MCS:Colloquium:MarkIwen:2016:10:20,
author  = "{Mark Iwen}",
title   = "{Group Testing:  From Syphilis to Sparse Fourier Transforms}",
address = "{Albion College Mathematics and Computer Science Colloquium}",
month   = "{20 October}",
year    = "{2016}"
}