On 3-5 November 2023, the Mathematics Department hosted the sixth annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Texas-Louisiana Section. The section meeting set a record with more than 350 participants. There were 249 speakers and 165 undergraduate and graduate students. This record reflects the tremendous growth of the SIAM TX-LA Section and vitality of our mathematics program.

Jonas Schmidt, an undergraduate senior double majoring in Computer Science and Mathematics with a minor in Psychology, has received a Louisiana Sea Grant/Louisiana Space Grant. Jonas is the student researcher on this project and M. Hassan Najafi, assistant professor in our School of Computing and Informatics is the principal investigator. In addition to his academic work Jonas is the chair of the UL Lafayette ACM-CSE student chapter. Jonas has expressed his appreciation to Drs. Sercan Aygün and M.

The UL Lafayette Math Club provides a venue for students, faculty, and others who are interested in mathematics to meet, interact, and learn. The math club operates more like a seminar (discussion group) than a club. Since the math club is not a formal organization, there is no need to join. Everyone is welcome and you do not need to attend every meeting -- just come when you feel like it.

For the Fall 2023 semester we will meet at 1:30-2:30 on Fridays in Maxim Doucet Hall 206. Please try to join us.  Remember that you do not have to come every week.  Come whenever you can.