MATH:7450 (22M:305) Topics in Topology

Mentoring undergraduates on research in data analysis

Spring 2015 Section 0001: 9:30A - 10:20A MWF 105 MLH

Instructor:  Dr. Isabel K. Darcy Department of Mathematics and AMCS, University of Iowa
Office:B1H MLH
Phone: 335- 0778
Email: idarcybiomath+3900 AT gmail.com or isabel-darcy AT uiowa.edu
Course wiki: https://wiki.uiowa.edu/display/2396749/Mentoring
Course blog: google blog

Office hours: Monday 10:30am - 12:00noon, Thursday 12:30pm - 2:00pm, and by appointment.

Click here for rest of syllabus including grading scheme


TENTATIVE CLASS SCHEDULE-ALL DATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE (click on date/section for pdf file of corresponding class material):

Week 1
1/21 Entering Mentoring A Seminar to Train a New Generation of Scientists , Handelsman et. al.
Adviser, Teacher, Role Model, Friend: On Being a Mentor to Students in Science and Engineering National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine , 1997
Nature's guide for mentors, Nature 447, 791-797 (2007)

Teaching Scientists to Teach, Handelsman
Scientific Teaching, Handelsman et. al., Science 23 April 2004: Vol. 304 no. 5670 pp. 521-522
1/23
Week 2
1/26
1/28 Intalling R and Rstudio, tips, pptx
1/30
Week 3
2/2
2/4
2/6
Week 4
2/9
2/11
2/13
Week 5
2/16
2/18
2/20 TDA 1
Week 6
2/23 TDA 1 continued
2/25 Create Your Own Homology
2/27 Barcodes
Week 7
3/2
3/4 R file for TDA
3/6Guest speakers: Maggy Tomova, UI and Heather Dye, McKendree University
Week 8
3/9 Guest speakers: Dan Anderson, Weimin Han, Laurent Jay
Writing recommendation letters and advising students on applying to graduate school
3/11 Guest speaker: Colleen Mitchell
3/13
*****Spring Break****
Week 9
3/23 Update mentoring blog
3/25 Review/ethics
3/27
Week 10
3/30 Guest speaker: Eric Rawdon, University of St. Thomas
4/1 Guest speaker: Heather Russell, Washington College
4/3 Mapper
Week 11
4/6 Mapper part 2
4/8
4/10 Topology of Viral Evolution
Week 12
4/13 Zig-zag persistence
4/15 lab
4/17 Finding generators, clustering, witness complexes
Week 13
4/20
4/22
4/24
Week 14
4/27
4/29
5/1
Week 15
5/4
5/6 Scripta Manent: Editing an Electronic Journal, Jeffrey Shallit, AMS Notices, Feb 2015
5/8 Geekwire Terrible Teacher and Mentor plus AR comment

wiki summary?
Case studies/Confidentiality
How to write letter of recommendation/give advice on applying to grad school
industry
Guest speakers
recruiting students
diversity
develop a mentoring program at your univerity
applying for funding
resources

Homework

HW : Add your info (picture, name, interests) to our course wiki class list