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| Timestamp | junior/senior | what topics (or specific people)_ are you particularly interested in hearing about this semester? | are there any topics (or specific people) you would NOT be interested in hearing about? | Feel free to add any other questions, comments, or suggestions, if you have any | If you'd like to identify yourself, feel free, if not, no problem | |
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| 8/28/2025 15:36:11 | Junior | Math modeling applications in clinical research, probabilistic modeling, drug regimen optimization and treatment personalization, pharmacology/pharmacometrics topics | [email protected] | |||
| 8/28/2025 15:38:27 | Senior | I'd be curious to hear more about LLMs and the math behind them in order to better understand how they work! | N/A | [email protected] | ||
| 8/28/2025 15:40:24 | Junior | pure math: stochastic topics, topological topics, how to do pure math in industry (i.e. research positions, etc) applied math: topics outside of stats & data science. | stats & data science | |||
| 8/28/2025 15:42:47 | Junior | Combinatorics, algebraic topology | data science and statistics in general | [email protected] | ||
| 8/28/2025 15:48:35 | Junior | |||||
| 8/28/2025 15:48:56 | Junior | LLMs, machine learning, stochastics, probability, finance | N/A | [email protected] | ||
| 8/28/2025 15:56:03 | Senior | Biophysics | ||||
| 8/28/2025 16:00:16 | Junior | visual arts, especially animation! quantitative finance. aerospace / air traffic control (?). cryptography. computational biology/neuroscience. | [email protected] | |||
| 8/28/2025 16:31:20 | Junior | anything adjacent to natural sciences, and limitations of applied math/mathematical modeling (i.e. things to be careful of). | physics | [email protected] | ||
| 8/28/2025 16:34:46 | Senior | maybe something similar to topics from Persuasion at Scale -- use of stats or computing in contemporary politics | I know the syllabus is old, but just to clarify, the room is 428 Pupin (what Vergil says) and not 501 Noco (what the syllabus says), right? | |||
| 8/28/2025 16:40:47 | Junior | I would really enjoy learning more about topics in systems biology!! (I feel like my other classes don’t often show applications in this field so it would be fun to have more exposure to that). I’m also super interested in hearing more about applications in optics/imaging technologies, as I am a huge fan of the math+ physics behind developments like MRI :) | I’m a little less interested in purely financial mathematics, but I’m not picky and there’s a lot for me to learn from every speaker/topic!! | [email protected] | ||
| 8/28/2025 17:08:29 | Senior | Sports Analytics (I really enjoyed last year's) Quantitative Finance | Biology | [email protected] | ||
| 8/28/2025 17:18:28 | Senior | Physics and AI and Quantum | B2B stuff | [email protected] | ||
| 8/28/2025 17:26:13 | Junior | Probably more mathematical modeling. I am especially interested in the cross section between applied math and climate science. | ||||
| 8/28/2025 18:31:58 | Senior | Math & Gaming, like how u structure game data to balance the system | Are there any milestone guides for the seniors? | |||
| 8/28/2025 18:56:01 | Senior | AI, ML, NLP, DL, NN, LLMs | [email protected] | |||
| 8/28/2025 19:11:14 | Junior | Climate science: especially oceanography, remote sensing, earth system modeling. I'd be especially excited if we can have Prof. Adam Sobel, Prof. Michael Tippett, Prof. Alexey Kaplan, Prof. Mingfang Ting, or essentially anyone from Lamont. A particular relevant division at Lamont to applied math is the "Ocean and Climate Physics" (OCP) division, where lots of profs work on modeling the atmosphere and the ocean using applied math and/or stats techniques. | Personally I'm not a big fan of bio/bio-med because it requires too much background knowledge and vocab to understand the methodology. Within 1 hour I think it'll be hard for any non-bio/bio-med student to fully understand the applied math aspect used in the bio-related research because of this vocab barrier. However, I understand that many students at Columbia are very interested in this field so if lots of them push for guest speakers long these lines then I can totally understand. | 1) I'm wondering if we may skip 1 seminar for the semester, just in case we are truly truly not interested in the subject? 2) If there can be a list of subjects/titles of presentations posted for all seminars for the semester at some point so we'll know what is the theme of any given class's presentation, that'll be really helpful! Thank you so much for putting everything together! | [email protected] | |
| 8/28/2025 20:07:15 | Senior | climate, geophysics, earth science | ||||
| 8/28/2025 20:37:08 | Junior | Applied math in quant trading (how it’s used), applied math in real world contexts (the question of whether it can be used to simulate/predict real world occurrences), People who studied apma without being good at math at first | ||||
| 8/28/2025 22:25:58 | Senior | Data Driven Science and Engineering, Deep Learning Convolutional Neural Networks, Graph Neural Networks | ||||
| 8/29/2025 0:17:26 | Junior | Actuarial science, machine learning, real-world modeling applications | pure math, computer science | |||
| 8/29/2025 0:57:12 | Senior | I was wondering if it might be possible to invite some guest lecturers from CBS, like Michael Gatto, for example. I’m particularly interested in researching credit and fixed income derivatives, and I think having guest speakers would provide valuable first-hand exposure. | ||||
| 8/29/2025 1:01:22 | Junior | Machine learning focused topics. Probability ideas and AI. Numerical methods | PDEs and ODEs | |||
| 8/29/2025 1:29:11 | Junior | Applied math in finance, further explaining how an AMath degree provides career/focus options separate from a pure Math degree | ||||
| 8/29/2025 2:39:06 | Senior | |||||
| 8/29/2025 10:15:03 | Junior | No | No | |||
| 8/29/2025 10:46:19 | Senior | Computational biologists, using math in healthcare | Sports analytics | |||
| 8/29/2025 11:44:57 | Junior | I would love to realize what applied mathematics is really about and how I can use it in a financial world primarily. Otherwise, I'm not picky, I'm open to learning about new topics and seeing what interests me the most! | [email protected] | |||
| 8/29/2025 12:00:18 | Senior | Deep Learning in Realtime Strategy Games | None | None | [email protected] | |
| 8/29/2025 12:12:10 | Junior | Helen Moore, University of Florida College of Medicine. Research interests in mechanism-based mathematical modeling, combination drug regimen optimization, etc. | [email protected] (I already submitted the form once but wanted to add another suggestion) | |||
| 8/29/2025 13:56:37 | Junior | Anything related to statistics | ||||
| 8/29/2025 14:37:58 | Junior | Adam Sobel | ||||
| 8/29/2025 19:38:57 | Senior | functional (epi)genomics, protein engineering | ||||
| 8/29/2025 20:45:54 | Junior | Number theory/cryptography, chaos theory, topology. | ||||
| 8/29/2025 21:49:28 | Junior | Determinism & time sync, Performance modeling: | Generic “big data dashboarding / product PM” talks without systems depth. | |||
| 8/29/2025 22:47:20 | Junior | data analytics, mathematical biology, operations research, computational science, and mathematical finance | nope! I want to explore | Thank you so much for hosting the seminar! | ||
| 8/29/2025 22:53:44 | Senior | Differential geometry, biophysics, cell structure modeling, ML in finance | No | I have already started working on a project with a partner in advance. We're applying a computational neuroscience model that I was researching last semester to a financial context right now. I'd like to find a time for the two of us to run our idea(s) by you during the first week of school. I'll send you an email. Thank you! | [email protected] | |
| 8/30/2025 1:47:02 | Junior | Proofs, theoretical math | ||||
| 8/30/2025 10:17:28 | Senior | Game theory, cool applications of math in finance (like options pricing models or risk models) | PDEs without an exciting application (just solution methods) | I am not sure I fully understand the scope of the class project for seniors, but I hope to clarify it during the class | ||
| 8/30/2025 12:11:03 | Junior | |||||
| 8/30/2025 16:52:31 | Junior | I would be more interested in hearing about applying mathematics in the industry rather than in the research. I am really interested in Behavioral Economics and Decision Making, so I would really appreciate it if there will be information related to these areas. | Research / PhD pathways | |||
| 8/30/2025 20:35:15 | Junior | Discrete Mathematics & Algorithms, Data Science and ML, Probability & Stochastic Processes | ||||
| 8/31/2025 16:09:39 | Senior | Transit Planning (Train, Bus, Plane etc.) Shipping Logistics | Sports |
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