Seaway Section Gehman Lecturers
1968 M. F. Smiley, SUNY Albany
The Algebra of Rectangular Matrices
1969 A. J. Coleman, Queen’s University
Induced and Subduced Representations of Groups
1970 P. Gilbert, Syracuse University
Mathematical Programming
1971 J. F. Randolph, RIT and University of Rochester
Backward, Turn Backward
1972 W. Eberlein, University of Rochester
The Problem of Geometry
1973 K. May, University of Toronto
Communication Problems in Mathematics
1974 A. Denese, SUNY Fredonia
The Mathematician as Teacher
1975 E. Hemmingsen, Syracuse University
Topological Dynamics on Surfaces
1976 K. Magill, SUNY at Buffalo
Some Topics in Semigroups of Continuous Functions
1977 W. Lucas, Cornell University
Mathematical Modeling: Examples and Course Materials
1978 G. Young, University of Rochester
Our Future in Mathematics
1979 A. Bednarek, University of Florida
Relational Structures and Theoretical Computer Science
1980 H. Coxeter, University of Toronto
My Graph
1981 J. Kemperman, University of Rochester
Systems of Mating and Equilibrium in the Presence of Imprinting
1982 J. Hartmanis, Cornell University
Computational Complexity of Feasible Computations
1983 J. Aczel, University of Waterloo
Some Recent Applications of Functional Equations to the Behavioral Sciences
1984 P. Hilton, SUNY Binghamton
Linear Algebra Without Tears – and Without Vector Spaces
1985 W. Jurkat, Syracuse University
A Vector Approach to Euclidean Geometry
1986 J. Hopcroft, Cornell University
The Role of Algebra and Topology in Robotics and CAD/CAM
1987 M. Ablowitz, Clarkson
Solitons and Exact Solutions of Nonlinear partial Differential Equations of Physical
Interest
1988 W. Tutte, University of Waterloo
Counting Polyhedra
1989 J. D. Cole, RPI
Concepts from Applied Mathematics
1990 M. W. Cohen, Cornell University
Combinatorial Group Theory: A Geometric Subject
1991 John Hubbard, Cornell University
The Structure of Complex Analytic Dynamics
1992 Jonathan M. Borwein, University of Waterloo
Guided Computer Experimentation in Mathematics –Euler, Mahler, Ramanujan, and
MAPLE
1993 Douglas Ravanel, University of Rochester
Fractals and Iterated Function Systems
1994 Margaret Cheney, RPI
Imaging the Interior of the Body with Electric Fields
1995 William W. Menasco, University at Buffalo
A Tangled Tale
1996 Donald Drew, RPI
Mathematical Aspects of Bubbly Flows
1997 Karen Vogtmann, Cornell University
Whitehead's Algorithm in Free Groups, Surface Groups, and Hyperbolic Groups
1998 William Langford, Fields Institute
Dynamical Disease
1999 Ross Geoghegan, SUNY Binghamton
Prime Factors, 2 by 2 Matrices, and the Hyperbolic Plane
2000 Sidney Resnick, Cornell University
Infinite Source Poisson Models with Heavy Tailed Transmission Times, Probabilistic
Modeling and Data Networks
2001 Robert Connelly, Cornell University
Why Things Don’t Fall Down: Tensegrities and How They Hold the World Together
2002 Alan Taylor, Union College
Is Honesty the Best Policy?
2003 Jack Graver, Syracuse University
The Graphite Boundary Sequence Problem
2004 Tom Head, SUNY Binghamton
Microsoft Computing: Writing on Molecules in Fluid Memory
2005 David Lantz, Colgate University
Rings of Integer Valued Polynomials,
2006 John Guckenheimer, Cornell University
The Geometry of Relaxation Oscillations
2007 Mark Watkins, Syracuse University
Generalization to Infinite Graphs of a Theorem of W.T. Tutte
2008 Michael Gage, University of Rochester
On Positive Centers, Integral Geometry, and The Isoperimetric Deficit
2009 Steven Strogatz, Cornell University
The Calculus of Friendship
2010 Martin Wells, Cornell University
The Adventures of a Statistician in the Legal System
2011 Allan Greenleaf, University of Rochester
The Mathematics and Physics of Invisibility Cloaks
2012 Col. Steve Horton, United States Military Academy
Optimal Generation and Packing of Steiner Trees in a Rectilinear Grid
2013 Ted Cox, Syracuse University
Stochastic Models on Graphs