Catching Kangaroos and Other Mathematical Curiosities

Dinner and social hour begin at 7:00 pm with an approximately hour-long presentation and question-and-answer session to follow.

Our Open Seating Policy (https://www.meetup.com/AtlantaScienceTavern/messages/boards/thread/14871501) will be in effect for this event.

Venue capacity = 80 / Estimated day-of RSVP turnout = 60%

http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/c/5/7/7/event_27710551.jpeg Our Speaker

Prasad Tetali, Professor

School of Mathematics & School of Computer Science

Georgia Institute of Technology

His Talk

"You don't have to know what a logarithm is to know what a discrete logarithm is and why it is useful. I will try to motivate some of my research with examples from the real world - ranging from card shuffles and rearranging genomic sequences to breaking prison ciphers and forging digital signatures. Along the way, I will share some anecdotes on mathematicians, hopefully shedding some light on why they do what they do." - Prasad

For Further Information

Prasad's homepage (http://people.math.gatech.edu/~tetali/) at Georgia Tech