 August 2008 |
 August 2007 |
Free appetizer. Drinks not free. Cruise space is limited to 145 people. Cruise tickets are free, and are required to get on the cruise. optional, and fun
2008 MFM Cruise Photos
Monday, August 25 - (required of incoming MFM students)
| 9:00 - 10:00 am | Meet the Director, Scot Adams (Start: Vincent 120 - End: Vincent 16) slides | |
| 10:00 - 11:00 am | Meet the Teachers (Vincent 16) | |
| 11:00 am - 12 noon | Math Computer Lab Demo,
Instructor: Alex Hanhart (Vincent 5) A great deal of information found in presentations below is also available at http://www.math.umn.edu/systems_guide/. slides from 2008 |
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| 12 noon - 2:00 pm | Free Lunch and Photos (Vincent 120) - NOTE: Photos are optional. | |
| 2:00 -3:00 pm | Schedule Your Interview (Physics 133)
slides Each incoming MFM student must submit a plan for completion of their degree, and is welcome to request an interview to help develop that plan. Scot Adams will give some information about the plan for completion and, for students who require additional help, there will be a chance to schedule a 15 minute personal interview. WARNING: All students must register by the first day of classes, or they will be assessed a late fee. |
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| 5:00 - 6:00 pm | Interviews, Location: TBA Each incoming MFM student must submit a plan for completion of their degree, and is welcome to request an interview to help develop that plan. WARNING: All students must register by the first day of classes, or they will be assessed a late fee. |
Tuesday, August 26
| 7:00 - 9:00 am | Interviews (Location TBA) Each incoming MFM student must submit a plan for completion of their degree, and is welcome to request an interview to help develop that plan. WARNING: All students must register by the first day of classes, or they will be assessed a late fee. |
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| 9:00 am - 12 noon | TeX Demo, Instructor: Joao Boavida (Vincent 5), slides from 2007, summary of the 2008 TeX Demo, strongly recommended | |
| 12 noon - 1:00 pm | Break | |
| 1:00 - 3:00 pm | Discussion about resumes, informational interviews and income expectations Instructor: Hunt Blatz (Allianz) (Vincent 16), required of students seeking placement help; optional for others |
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| 3:00 - 4:00 pm | Lessons from the Binomial Tree, Instructor: Jeremy Graveline (Carlson School of Management) (Vincent 16), optional, and fun |
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| 4:00 - 5:00 pm | Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem, Instructor: Scot Adams (Vincent 16),
slides, abstract, optional, and fun |
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| 5:00 - 6:00 pm | Interviews, Location: TBA Each incoming MFM student must submit a plan for completion of their degree, and is welcome to request an interview to help develop that plan. WARNING: All students must register by the first day of classes, or they will be assessed a late fee. |
Wednesday, August 27
| 10:00 am - 1 pm | Introduction to Concepts from Trading and Accounting, Instructor: John Dodson (RiverSource Investments), (Vincent 16), slides optional, and fun | |||
| 1 pm - 2:00 pm | Free Lunch(Vincent 120), optional, and fun | |||
| 2:00 - 4:00 pm | Walk along the Mississippi, Meet in front of Vincent Hall. Two hours planned, but usually takes only one hour.
optional, and fun
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| 4:00 - 5:00 pm | Modern Finance: Capital Structures and Risk Management, Instructor: Gary Hatfield (Securian) (Vincent 16), abstract, slides, optional, and fun | |||
| 5:00 - 6:00 pm | Bus ride to cruise, Walk from Vincent 120 to meet the bus to go to the cruise Bus space is limited to 56 people Bus tickets are free, but are required to get on the bus. NOTE: A cruise ticket is NOT the same as a bus ticket. Leave from Vincent 120 at 5:10 pm., optional, and fun | |||
| 6:00 - 9:00 pm | Free (but bring your cruise ticket) cruise along the Mississippi., Leave from Boom Island Park. Free appetizer. Drinks not free. Cruise space is limited to 145 people. Cruise tickets are free, and are required to get on the cruise. optional, and fun 2008 MFM Cruise Photos |
Thursday, August 28
| 10:00 - 11:00 am | Career Orientation (Vincent 16) Katie Levin (Center for Writing) and Mark Sorenson-Wagner (Career Center for Science and Engineering) required of students seeking placement help; optional for others |
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| 5:00 - 6:00 pm | Matlab WebEx (Vincent 16),
strongly recommended; Slides and code used in the presentation; Additional topics/other Mathworks webinars; |
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| 6:00 - 7:00 pm | Introduction to Programming in MATLAB, Instructor: Chris Prouty (Securian), (EE/CS 2-260) optional, and fun; slides |
Friday, August 29
| 5:00 - 9:00 pm | Party at Sgt. Preston's, (at "Seven Corners") 221 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN; Phone: (612) 338-6146 Free appetizers. Drinks not free. optional, and fun |