Every day, consumers make thousands of choices to determine which brands and products are most desirable. Companies attempt to predict those decisions through marketing research, a field that analyzes consumer trends and tailors products based on them. Last week, Hillsdale graduate Megan Peitz ‘06 gave a presentation titled “Math, Marketing and Business” in which she...
Often taken for granted is the supercomputer that rests in everyone’s pockets. Not many remember a day when a real map had to be used, when writing letters was the only way to contact a distant friend, or when real people had to perform any of the tasks that a smartphone can complete at the...
Approximately 120 students on campus have worked on coding projects or used computer programming in one of their classes over the last two years, according to mathematics department chairman Thomas Treloar. “Over the last two years, we are easily serving a larger number of students with programming opportunities than at any other time in the...
How can email use an algorithm to sort out spam? How can a math model predict traffic flow changes with the introduction of self-driving vehicles? How can data analysis help states to create a renewable energy plan? The Mathematical Contest in Modeling puts to work everything on which the Applied Math Club has...
Mark Panaggio said he knows what it feels like to be a discouraged student. That feeling led him to become a teacher, he said. Panaggio is a new assistant professor in Hillsdale College’s mathematics department this semester. His expertise in applied mathematics comes at a fortuitous time, as the department shifts its focus away from...