The Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Mathematics is the study of numbers, sets of points and various other abstract elements and deals with the size, order, shape and various relationships among these features. Statistics is a branch of Mathematics that includes the study of methods for data collection, analysis, interpretation and principles of experimental design. Mathematics contributes to the formulation and solution of problems in diverse fields such as Medicine, Economics and the Social Sciences in addition to being the foundation of the field of Computer Science and the "language" of Science and Engineering.
News
Doctoral Student Unravelling DNA Mysteries
posted November 24, 2009
U of S mystery hunter unravels secrets of DNA
By Ishmael Daro, For The StarPhoenix
Michael Szafron has been trying to solve a mystery for more than a decade -- how our DNA untangles itself within...
Colloquia, Events and Seminars
Public Lecture by Dr. Robert Scharein, San Francisco State University
(August 25, 2010)
Dr. Juana Sanchez Ortega, University of Malaga, Spain
(June 4, 2010)
Donald Richards - Penn State University
(April 9, 2010)
Duncan Murdoch - University of Western Ontario
(March 26, 2010)
