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Halmos Mathematicians Celebrate Brain Bowl and Matrix Winner
Brain Bowl champions Liam White and Anthony Borges with Ricardo Carrera, Ph.D. and Diego Castano, Ph.D
On April 16th, the Halmos College Department of Mathematics hosted its annual Mathematics Brain Bowl intramural competition. Co-Sponsors of the event were Halmos faculty Ricardo Carrera, Ph.D. and Diego Castano, Ph.D. The winners of the Brain Bowl were undergraduates Liam White and Anthony Borges.
After the conclusion of the Brain Bowl, a luncheon was held where undergraduate Kunal Karmilkar received his prize and certificate for being the grand prize winner of the Matrix Problem of the Month Contest. The award was presented by mathematics faculty member Abdelkrim Bourouihiya, Ph.D. Dr. Bourouihiya was the judge of the problem of the month and editor of the Matrix.
Mathematics and statistics play a significant role in addressing many real-world problems — internet security, sustainability, disease, climate change, the data deluge, and much more. Research in these and other areas is ongoing, revealing new results and applications every day in fields such as medicine, manufacturing, energy, biotechnology, and business. Mathematics and statistics are important drivers of innovation in our technological world, in which new systems and methodologies continue to become more complex.
