CONVERGENCE

Department of Mathematical Sciences

Convergence is published yearly by the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University for its students, alumni and friends to inform them about the department and serve as a channel of communication for our community. Readers with comments or questions are urged to send them to dept.head@math.cmu.edu. The department is headed by Prasad Tetali.

Editor-in-Chief
Prasad Tetali, Department Head

Editor
Jocelyn Duffy, Associate Dean for Communications

Design & Layout
Samantha Zemanek, Graphic Designer

Contributing Writers
Hilary Daninhirsch, Jocelyn Duffy, Alan Frieze, Tabbitha Gordon, Kirsten Heuring, Heidi Opdyke, Amy Pavlak Laird, Emily Payne, Elizabeth Speed, Prasad Tetali

Photography & Images
Jonah Bayer, Digital Producer
Courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University, unless otherwise noted

Online Magazine
Gigi Wiltanger, Web Manager
Iulia Dumitriu, Web Content Administrator

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