by wood5 | Mar 30, 2022 | Faculty
Dr. Nathan Fox, assistant professor of mathematics, has been accepted to the American Mathematical Society’s Mathematics Research Communities Conference titled ”Trees in Many Contexts.”
A tree is a mathematical structure that can be analyzed as either a data structure or a graph. A data structure is defined by its elements while a graph is concerned with the links between the elements. Trees are applicable in many fields including biology, chemistry, physics, data science and, of course, mathematics, to name a few.
The conference will give Fox an opportunity to explore the field deeply and build up his research network. The conference will be held June 5 – June 11, 2022 in Java Center, NY.
Submitted by: Michael H. Wood, chair, Quantitative Sciences
by wood5 | Aug 25, 2021 | Faculty
The Canisius College community and the Department of Quantitative Sciences mourns the passing of Daniel Dempsey ‘52, PhD. Dan was the embodiment of what it means to be a Griffin. Graduating with a degree in physics, he went on to earn his PhD from the University of Notre Dame.
After his graduate work, Dan returned to Canisius and rejoined the Physics Department as a faculty member and instructor. He taught physics at the college for 51 years (over a third of as long as the college has been in existence). As Isaac Newton said, “If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants”. Thank you, Dan, for being a giant to so many Canisius physicists.
The full obituary can be found here – https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/buffalonews/name/daniel-dempsey-obituary?id=6330095
Submitted by: Michael Wood, professor of physics, Department of Quantitative Sciences
