DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCE

Staff

Mr Ravi Rambarram was appointed as a part-time lecturer in the Mathematics section of the Department. He will be teaching in the actuarial science undergraduate degree programme.

MSc in Computer Science

The MSc in Computer Science programme has begun with an enrollment of thirty students.

Visitor

Dr Jonathan Farley, a mathematician of West Indian parentage at the Department of Mathematics, MIT, currently a Visiting Professor at Harvard University and the recipient of the Harvard Foundation 2004 Distinguished Scientist Award, visited the campus from March 24 to 29, 2004. He delivered two lectures in the Department: the first on "Linear Extensions of a Ranked Poset, Enumerated by Descents: A Problem of Richard P. Stanley from 1981," and the second on "Breaking Al Qaeda Cells: Mathematical Analysis of Counter-Terrorism Operations." Dr Farley was also the keynote speaker at the Faculty Awards Ceremony on March 25, where he spoke on "The Prayer of Queen Dido: Preparing for West Indian Leadership and Global Dominance in Science, Industry, and Academia."