MenuSue Geller Undergraduate Lecture
Date: January 17, 2018
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Blocker 117
Speaker: Judy L. Walker , University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Description:
Title: Mathematics Makes Communication Possible
Abstract:
How do we ensure security in internet communications, for example, when using a credit card to make an online purchase? How do we efficiently transmit or store data, such as satellite pictures from outer space or music on a CD or an iPhone, in such a way that we can reliably read that data even in the presence of noise, such as electronic interference or a scratch or dust? In this talk, we will see that the answers to both of these questions hinge on beautiful mathematics that was once thought to be too abstract to be of any practical use.
