BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CiviCRM//NONSGML CiviEvent iCal//EN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:CiviCRM_EventID_8322_14e744cb787c75406e47b70595be41d2@momath.org SUMMARY:Math Encounters: "Mega-Models: the math behind com puter simulations" (in person) - August 10 at 4:00 pm ET (New York) DESCRIPTION:Math Encounters:\n "\;Mega-Models: the math be hind computer simulations"\;\n \n featuring Cr istina Draghicescu\n \n Wednesday\, August 10 at 4 :00 pm ET (New York)\n \n (in person)\n \n What is the weather forecast for next week? \; Can we predict turbulence and should we worry about it d uring flights? \; How do galaxies evolve?  \; We can describe and understand complex physical phenomena by modeling such systems as collections of "\;particles\,"\; where particles can be anything from atoms and molecules to stars and galaxies. \; But even the fastest computers ca nnot directly compute all the interactions when th e number of particles is very large. \; Math t o the rescue! \; Join mathematician Cristina D raghicescu as she describes how mathematical metho ds can tame these seemingly impossible computation s.\n \n Special introduction by Susanne Brenner\, Boyd Professor of Mathematics at Louisiana State U niversity\; current president of SIAM.\n \n This p age is for the 4:00 pm ET (New York) in-person ses sion. \; Click here to register for a live-str eamed session or for the 7:00 pm ET (New York) ses sion instead.\n \n CATEGORIES:Math Encounters CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20220810T160000 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20220810T160000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20220810T173000 LOCATION:National Museum of Mathematics\n 11 E. 26th St.\n New York\, NY 10010\n United States\n ORGANIZER:MAILTO:functions@momath.org URL:https://momath.org/civicrm/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm%2Fevent%2Finfo&reset=1&id=8322 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR