Event Date: February 13 Location: Fondren Library East Room 110 Time: 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM The Spring 2019 CSC workshop series will provide a hands-on experience that will guide researchers from the basics of using SMU’s supercomputing resources to advanced parallelization and application specific usage. The topics will cover information useful for researchers to quickly […]
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USA Today Originally Posted: Feb. 5, 2019 This is an excerpt from the USA Today article. To read the full article click here. “(Trump’s) electoral winning coalition was razor-thin to being with, and he has done nothing to reach out to new constituencies,” said Matthew Wilson, a political science professor at Southern Methodist University. “The […]
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), Dynamical Systems Acivity Group electronic magazine Originally Posted: Feb. 7, 2019 Richard Haberman, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, 1978-2015 We are very sad to have to report that Richard Haberman passed away on December 31, 2018. Richard (Rich) was born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1945, and […]
Forbes Originally Posted: Feb. 5, 2019 Adopting a one-size-fits-all approach to problem solving is almost never a good policy. What works well in one context could be precisely the wrong thing to do in another. Use an axe to cut down a massive tree; use a scalpel to conduct a delicate surgery. Switching one for […]
Dallas Business Journal Originally Posted: Feb. 7, 2019 Cullen Clark, director of the George W. Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth … Klaus Desmet, a professor of Economics at Southern Methodist University are featured in this article. There are solutions to narrowing a growing racial and ethnic economic divide in Dallas, including some practices that are already in […]
Dallas Business Journal Originally Post: Feb. 6, 2019 When income polarization increases, the middle class thins out, says Klaus Desmet, a professor of Economics at Southern Methodist University. Dallas has had lower unemployment and a stronger economy than most major U.S. cities over the past decade, but racial economic inequality in the city is much higher […]
Bush Center Originally Posted: Feb. 5, 2019 Many U.S. cities face growing challenges in building economies in which each generation lives better than the one before. A significant part of the challenge is rooted in home affordability, as lower- and middle-income people increasingly can’t afford to live in high-opportunity areas and are seeing more of […]
SMU News Originally Posted: February 4, 2019 Tracking history through algorithms – using an iconic childhood toy to demonstrate physics – trading traditional diversity training for real communication skills – storytelling. SMU professors bring innovative tools and techniques to wherever the students are. And it only starts in the classroom. READ MORE
SMU News Originally Posted: February 5, 2019 This is an excerpt from an SMU news release. To read the full article click here. SMU experts are available to analyze political landmines and presidential goals in the runup to the Feb. 5 State of the Union address. Ignore the Talk of Impeachment? Jeffrey Engel, director, SMU […]
Event Date: Wednesday, February 6 Location: Fondren Library East Room 110 Time: 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM The Spring 2019 CSC workshop series will provide a hands-on experience that will guide researchers from the basics of using SMU’s supercomputing resources to advanced parallelization and application specific usage. The topics will cover information useful for researchers to […]