Location: Jabara Hall, Room 127

Together with Robert Fraser, we are delighted to announce that the first talk in the Math for Everyone Lecture Series will take place at 3 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 14. Our speaker will be Professor Michael Dorff from Brigham Young University.

Talk Information
Title: How Mathematics Is Making Hollywood Movies Better?

Abstract:
What’s your favorite movie? Star Wars? Avatar? The Avengers? Frozen? What do these and all the highest-earning Hollywood movies since 2000 have in common? Mathematics! You probably didn’t think about it while watching these movies, but math was used to help make them. In this presentation, we will discuss how math is being used to create better and more realistic movies. Along the way, we will discuss some specific movies and the mathematics behind them. We will include examples from Disney’s 2013 movie Frozen (how to use math to create realistic-looking snow) to Pixar’s 2004 movie The Incredibles (how to use math to make an animated character move faster). Come and join us and get a better appreciation of mathematics and films.

Following the talk, there will be an informal Q&A session and light refreshments, providing for further discussion and engagement.

For more details about the Math for Everyone Lecture Series, please visit:
https://sites.google.com/view/yuehjulin/event-and-outreach/math-for-everyone

The lecture series is sponsored by NSF and by the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Physics at Wichita State University.