Using Math to Pair Students with Internships.

Presentation Type

Oral and/or Visual Presentation

Presenter Major(s)

Mathematics

Mentor Information

Feryal Alayont, alayontf@gvsu.edu

Department

Mathematics

Location

Kirkhof Center 2201

Start Date

13-4-2011 4:00 PM

End Date

13-4-2011 4:30 PM

Keywords

Mathematical Science

Abstract

The mathematics department has five students applying for internships and luckily there are five internships available. Each student applies to the companies they are willing to work for, and each company then interviews each applicant. After the completion of the interviews the math department compiles a list of students preferred companies and companies ideal intern. The department's goal is to now match exactly one student to exactly one company, making the interns and internships as happy as possible. In this talk we will help the math department find the best partnerships using applications of graph theory.

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Apr 13th, 4:00 PM Apr 13th, 4:30 PM

Using Math to Pair Students with Internships.

Kirkhof Center 2201

The mathematics department has five students applying for internships and luckily there are five internships available. Each student applies to the companies they are willing to work for, and each company then interviews each applicant. After the completion of the interviews the math department compiles a list of students preferred companies and companies ideal intern. The department's goal is to now match exactly one student to exactly one company, making the interns and internships as happy as possible. In this talk we will help the math department find the best partnerships using applications of graph theory.