Math 319
Homework 01

0. Summarize for me:
 - your name
 - your nickname, if you go by one, or how to pronounce your name if you think I might not know.
 - your major and minor/2nd major
 - have you had statistics or probability? If so, which class/how long ago?
   Did you like it, or do you want to avoid it in future projects?
 - have you had a computer programming class? If so, which language/how long ago?
   Did you like it, or do you want to avoid it in future projects?
 - your past, current, or future jobs
 - other hobbies/interests

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1.  Suppose you run a charity like Nothing but Nets,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_But_Nets
which distributes mosquito-proof nets to people in malaria-prone regions.
How would you decide how many nets to give to each country?

* List some inputs and outputs, and 
* sketch some interesting relationships between them (on paper).
 Bring the paper to class.


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2.  Read the problem descriptions from the old Math Contest in Modeling
(MCM) problems, at
http://people.emich.edu/aross15/math319/mcm-1985-to-2008.pdf
up to 2008, and then at
http://www.comap.com/undergraduate/contests/mcm/previous-contests.php
for 2009 and later.

* Tell me which 3 are your favorites (which you'd like to have worked on
the most), and why. 
* List some inputs and outputs, and 
* sketch some interesting relationships between them.


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3. Read the list of standard projects at
http://people.emich.edu/aross15/project-guides/standard-projects-319.txt
and the project overview at
http://people.emich.edu/aross15/project-guides/ross-project-overview-guide.htm

* Write down in your homework which project ideas are your favorite so far,
and why.

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4.  Tell me which of these professional societies (or any others that suit your
interests) you are joining as a student member, and let me know how I can help
verify your student status:
* MAA - Math for 4-year colleges, mostly focused on teaching
* AMATYC - Math for 2-year colleges, mostly on teaching
* NCTM - Math for K-12 teaching
* AMS - pure math, ams.org
* SIAM - applied math
* INFORMS - Operations Research math
* ASA - statistics
* AEA - economics
* ACS - chemistry
* AAPT - physics teachers
* APS - physics research
* IEEE - electrical engineering/computer science
* AMS - meteorological, ametsoc.org
* AGU - geophysical
* GSA - geological, geosociety.org
* ACM - computer science
* IIE - industrial engineering
Student memberships typically cost $30-$50 per year.  If you truly cannot
afford this investment in your future right now, ask your society if
they have a sliding-scale membership fee.