Photograph of ABM Rezbaul Islam speaking during his presentation at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition.

Photograph of Dr. Joseph Oppong and all of the competitors at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition.

Photograph of Sujata Argawal speaking during his presentation at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition.

Photograph of Dr. Joseph Oppong and Debbie Cockerham displaying the First Place award at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition. Competitors Eunho Cha and Devasantosh Mohanty stand in the background.

Photograph of Shraddha Piparia speaking during his presentation at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition.

Photograph of Sandeep Roy speaking during his presentation at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition.

[Photograph of Dr. Joseph Oppong, Deborah Cockerham, and the judges of the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition.

Photograph of Dr. Joseph Oppong awarding a check to Debbie Cockerham at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition. Competitors Eunho Cha and Devasantosh Mohanty stand in the background.

Photograph of Eunho Cha speaking during his presentation at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition

Photograph of Jamie Thomas speaking during his presentation at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition.

Photograph of Muthappan Asokan speaking during his presentation at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition.

Photograph of Debbie Cockerham speaking during his presentation at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition.

Photograph of Devasantosh Mohanty speaking during his presentation at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition.

Photograph of Po Hsuen Kuo speaking during his presentation at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition.

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Photograph of a flag retirement ceremony organized by the Plano and Dallas Chapters of the TXSSAR, as well as Old Worn Flags and the Paralyzed Veterans of America. Two members of the Color Guard are standing outside holding flags, facing to the right of the camera. A woman in colonial clothing is standing behind a table, also facing to the right of the camera.

Photograph of a flag retirement ceremony organized by the Plano and Dallas Chapters of the TXSSAR, as well as Old Worn Flags and the Paralyzed Veterans of America. Five members of the Paralyzed Veterans of America can be seen in wheelchairs, facing to the right of the camera. They are holding rifles. Another man in a military uniform is standing on the far left side of the photograph.

Photograph of a flag retirement ceremony organized by the Plano and Dallas Chapters of the TXSSAR, as well as Old Worn Flags and the Paralyzed Veterans of America. A member of the Color Guard can be seen conversing with a man in a military uniform. They are both facing away from the camera. Another Color Guard member is standing behind them on the left side of the camera. Two members of the Paralyzed Veterans of America can be seen in the background on the right side of the photograph. A ripped American flag is flying above the group.

Photograph of a flag retirement ceremony organized by the Plano and Dallas Chapters of the TXSSAR, as well as Old Worn Flags and the Paralyzed Veterans of America. Two members of the Color Guard are standing in front of a flagpole with their backs turned to the camera. The man on the right is taking a flag off of the pole. A woman and young boy can be seen in the background of the photograph, watching. The woman is taking a picture.

Photograph of a flag retirement ceremony organized by the Plano and Dallas Chapters of the TXSSAR, as well as Old Worn Flags and the Paralyzed Veterans of America. Flags can be seen bunched up in a pile on top of a round table. Other equipment is lying beneath the table. Attendees are standing on the right side of the photograph, facing away from the camera. In the background, a man is standing next to a fire pit. Members of the Paralyzed Veterans of America can also be seen in the background.

Photograph of a flag retirement ceremony organized by the Plano and Dallas Chapters of the TXSSAR, as well as Old Worn Flags and the Paralyzed Veterans of America. A member of the Cub Scouts (left) and a member of the Boy Scouts (right) can be seen standing next to a firepit. The Cub Scouts member is facing the camera, and the Boy Scouts member is facing to the right. A man in a military uniform and three members of the Paralyzed Veterans of America can be seen in the background of the photograph. The PVA members are holding rifles.

Document containing information about a flag retirement ceremony held on November 17, 2018.

This article considers an analogous problem in which the observed random variables are the steps of a symmetric random walk. Assuming continuously distributed step sizes, it describes the optimal stopping rules for the cases n = 2 and n = 3 in two versions of the problem: a "full information" version in which the actual steps of the random walk are disclosed to the decision maker; and a "partial information" version in which only the relative ranks of the positions taken by the random walk are observed. When n = 3, the optimal rule and expected rank depend on the distribution of the step sizes. The authors give sharp bounds for the optimal expected rank in the partial information version, and fairly sharp bounds in the full information version.

Video from the Fall 2018 3 Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition. In this video, Sandeep Roy presents his research methods, findings, and its significance in non-technical language.