Month: February 2011

Saturday, March 5, 2011

http://www.math.brown.edu/sums/

The Brown University Symposium for Undergraduates in the Mathematical Sciences (SUMS) has been held annually since 2002. The symposium’s goal is to foster greater undergraduate interest and scholarship in mathematics by demonstrating the ubiquity of mathematics throughout the sciences. The conference also provides an evironment in which motivated undergraduates can come together to share their own work and learn from distinguished faculty from around the country.

The next symposium, which is scheduled for March 5 of 2011, features the topic of Math and the Design of Form. Our faculty speakers are:

Professor Joy Ko, Rhode Island School of Design
Professor Kyna Leski, Rhode Island School of Design
Professor L. Mahadevan, Harvard University
Professor Richard Schwartz, Brown University
Professor Peter Winkler, Dartmouth College

Although the target audience of the symposium is math and science interested undergraduates, we would also like other members of the academic community to attend. The presence of high school students and teachers, college professors, and humanities students can only enrich the overall learning experience.

Funding for SUMS 2011 provided by the Brown University Department of Mathematics, the Division of Applied Mathematics, the Office of the Dean of the College, and the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics.

April 16th, 2011

Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY.

This conference is very large and many of the talks will be accessible to first year students. Many students in the past have attended and/or given talks at this conference. The conference runs from about 9:30am-5pm, and includes free breakfast and lunch.

Skidmore College is a 1.5 hour drive from Bard, about 1/2 hour north of Albany.

https://apps.skidmore.edu/pls/apex/f?p=115:8:3013695029084469::NO:::

Spring 2011 Meeting

Sunday, May 1, 2011
Stony Brook University

http://sections.maa.org/metrony/meetings

Invited Speakers:
Aparna Higgins (University of Dayton): Demonic Graphs and Undergraduate Research
Peter Winkler (Dartmouth College): Puzzles You Think You Must Not Have Heard Correctly

6th Annual SPUYTEN DUYVIL Undergraduate Mathematics Conference

Saturday April 2, 2011
Manhattan College,
Riverdale, NY

Keynote Address:
Mathematics, Biology and Very Powerful Computers
Dr. William Pulleyblank
United States Military Academy, West Point

Abstract:
“Biology is undergoing a major transformation, from being mainly a lab science to being a field critically dependent on computer simulation and data analysis. In part, this is because problems that we encounter in biology are many times more complex than those we encounter in other fields. This transformation is being enabled by new mathematical ideas which enable us to address new types of problems and to exploit these new types of supercomputers, which may have hundreds of thousands of processors.

Some of the areas of mathematics that are enabling these advances are discrete and continuous optimization and simulation, efficient network design as well as methods for the creation of systems with very high degrees of reliability. Some of the biggest challenges arise from dealing with multi-scale phenomena. I will discuss these and their importance.”

The primary purpose of the conference is to give undergraduates the opportunity to discuss mathematics with their peers. We invite the submission of an abstract for a presentation or a poster. The deadline for abstract submission is March 5, 2010. We encourage talks by undergraduates!

Presentations should be 15 minutes long, and may range from topics of general interest to presentations of undergraduate research projects. Submitters should indicate whether the talk will be Level I, suitable for any undergraduate, or Level II, suitable for upperclassmen. Students would prefer to present a poster may do so. In addition to student presentations and the keynote address, there will be a film, Between the Folds, at the end of the day. All attendees should pre-register on-line. The conference will begin at 8:30 Am, and will end around 4:30 pm. A light lunch will be provided. Please encourage your students and colleagues to attend the conference, and to consider making a presentation!

For more information contact conference director Dr. Kathryn Weld:
Kathryn.weld@manhattan.edu

SDUMC is an MAA NSF-RUMC sponsored activity, funded by NSF Grant DMS-0846477 and by Manhattan College.
Mathematical Association of America