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:::
Join us at Bard this summer for a week-long residential program focused on the investigation of inequalities and optimization. Enjoy an environment of creative and insightful mathematical problem solving for middle school and high school math teachers who wish to deepen their mathematical understanding. No prior experience with inequalities required, just an interest in doing mathematics in a community of teachers. Workshops and activities led by NYMC instructors and Bard math professors.
More information: http://nymathcircle.org/2011workshop
Dates: July 25-29, 2011.
Location: Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (map).
Accommodations will be provided.
Audience: Middle and High School Mathematics Teachers.
Theme: Optimization and Inequalities.
Registration will open in February.
Graduate credit is available, additional fees apply. All participants receive a certificate of participation and an official letter describing the 24 contact hours of the workshop.
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
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“If you can’t solve a problem, then there is an easier problem you can solve: find it.”
-George Polya
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I just got word from Tom Mullen, the AP at East Side Community High School, that the roundtables are back! Here’s the link to sign up:
https://spreadsheets.google.
Clicking on the above link brings you to the description and schedule below. I’ve been attending the round tables for several years, and they are definitely worth attending.
If you would like to participate complete the form below. If you have any questions, contact Tom Mullen, Assistant Principal, at tomm@eschs.org or (212) 460-8467 x3152.
March 18, 2011 to March 20, 2011
The Math Circle on the Road is a series events around the country that brings together math circle organizers with people who plan to start math circles.
The New York Math Circle was recently featured on NY1 (“NYC’s 24-hour newschannel on the web”). Check out the video here:
Many thanks to TV reporter Shazia Khan for pursuing this topic! She got in touch with the New York Math Circle (NYMC) and I helped coordinate the filming. What came out in the video was filmed in late October, and shows an amalgam of the middle school and high school classes that day.
I learned a lot about how much effort the parents make to get their children to these high-quality math enrichment classes. Some devote their entire Saturdays to shuttling their children from activity to activity, and see it as an investment in the future.
There was one notable exception that truly impressed me – one of the middle school students takes the subway train all the way from the Bronx for class on his own. He was clearly having a great time at the class, and it completely shows in his interview. Can you spot him in the video?
The TV news reporter, Shazia, also had a lot of fun visiting the New York Math Circle, and is interested in covering further stories in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Eduction. You can see more of her videos here: Shazia Khan news clips
If you know of a good story for Shazia, please leave a comment, and I’ll make sure your idea gets passed on!
The 25th annual Long Island
Math Conference
Limacon
SUNY College at Old Westbury Campus Center
Keynote speaker: Dr. J. Michael Shaughnessy, President, NCTM
Check out these talks:
Japheth Wood, NYMC and Bard MAT, Combinatorial Games and Winning Strategies
Richard Kalman, MOEMS, The Magic of Magic Triangle Sums
Glenn Whitney, Museum of Mathematics, Math Games from MoMath
Dr. Abe Mantell, Nassau County Community College, Just How Big is a Googol? How About a Googolplex?