Rochester Institute of Technology

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Rochester Institute of Technology celebrated the 1996 Mathematics Awareness Week by arranging two lectures. The first one was by Dr. Paul Schweitzer of the Simon Graduate School of Business at University of Rochester. Dr. Schweitzer spoke about "Economic and Physical Bottlenecks in Production Systems."

The second talk was by Prof. William Zwicker of the Department of Mathematics at Union College, Schenectady, NY. Dr. Zwicker spoke on the topic "Myths and Misses: Coordination and Overlap in Engineering, Physics, and Mathematics."

At our request, Gov. George Pataki of New York proclaimed the week as the Mathematics Awareness Week.

In addition the Department also kept on display interesting articles and other information relating to Decision Mathematics.

For more information on Math Awareness Week activities at Rochester Institute of Technology, please contact:

Dr. S. Kumar
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
sxksma@osfmail.isc.rit.edu

Mathematics Awareness Month is sponsored each year by the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics to recognize the importance of mathematics through written materials and an accompanying poster that highlight mathematical developments and applications in a particular area.