Andrew Schultz of UIUC to Give Colloquium April 2nd

Linear algebra is often thought of as a gateway to the abstraction of modern mathematics, but it is also a discipline with a number of terrific real-world applications. In this talk we'll discuss some applications of linear algebra which we encounter in our day-to-day digital lives. Topics include Google's PageRank algorithm, image compression, noise filtering and - if time allows - mp3 compression.