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October 2010
Terence Tao
Professor of Mathematics,
University of California, Los Angeles
Sponsored by the American Mathematical Society • Hosted by the UCLA Department of Mathematics
This event is part of the AMS 2010 Fall Western Sectional Meeting, October 9-10
Of course, an angular variable is actually a Of course, this integral may depend on a choice
multivalued function, but it can be made single- of path joining x0 to x. Suppose that γ1 , γ2 are
valued as a map with values in S 1 . For example, two such paths and consider the closed path
Birkhoff’s construction leads to the map γ̃ constructed by traversing γ1 andR then γ2 in
x
(3.2) J(x) = exp(2π isx /(sx + tx )). the opposite direction. To say R that x0 ω is path
independent is to say that γ̃ ω = 0 for every
Birkhoff’s second set of conditions is the existence R R
of smooth functions ai such that closed path γ̃. If c = γ ω, then γ (ω − cdθ) = 0
n and, since everyR closed path γ̃ is homotopic to a
X ∂ai ∂aj
ai Xi > 0 and = , for i, j = 1, . . . , n, multiple of γ, γ̃ (ω − cdθ) = 0 for all closed paths
∂x ∂xi Rx
i=1 j γ̃. Therefore x0 (ω − cdθ) = f (x) is independent
where the Xi are the coordinates of X, abstracting of path and ω = cdθ + df .
Pn ∂J
the observation that J˙ = i=1 ∂x Xi is actually a If c in (3.5) is an integer, then ω is called
i
well-defined, real-valued function on M. an integral closed one-form, and every such one-
More precisely, suppose M ⊂ Rn consists of an form defines a smooth period map J : M → S 1
open subset together with a smooth boundary. in the following manner. As noted above, (3.6) is
In the only defined up to “periods” of ω, i.e., up to the
Pnlanguage of one-forms, one may define
ω = i=1 ai dxi and note that Birkhoff’s conditions elements of the subgroup
assert that ω is closed, i.e., dω = 0, and that the (Z )
natural pairing of the one-form ω and the vector Π(ω) = ω : [γ] ∈ π1 (M) = (c) ⊂ Z ⊂ R.
γ
field X satisfies
n
X If c ≠ 0, then Π(ω) is an infinite cyclic subgroup,
(3.3) hω, Xi = ai Xi > 0. and therefore the period map J of ω defines a
i=1
smooth surjection from M to a circle
It is important to note that (3.3) can be checked
pointwise (in particular, without explicit knowl- (3.7) J : M → S 1,
edge of trajectories) just as in the applications defined via
of Liapunov functions. In this spirit, one may "Z #
x
also formulate the existence of an angular vari- (3.8) J(x) = ω ∈ R mod (c).
able without reference to the trajectories x(t). If x0
Vect+ (M) denotes the set of vector fields that
Moreover, J satisfies
point inward on the boundary of M, then M is
positively invariant under any X ∈ Vect+ (M). (3.9) J˙ = hdJ, Xi > 0
Definition 3.1 ([5]). Suppose X ∈ Vect+ (M). We if and only if ω is an angular one-form for X.
say that a map J : M → S 1 is an angular variable
for X if it satisfies Remark 3.1. If ω is an angular one-form, then it
can be shown that c ≠ 0. Moreover, the normaliza-
(3.4) J˙ = hdJ, Xi > 0 tion ω/|c| is an integral angular one-form, where
everywhere on M. If ω is a closed one-form on M, the constant in (3.5) is ±1. Therefore, an angu-
then ω is an angular one-form for X provided that lar variable exists. Conversely, since S 1 ≃ R/Z,
(3.3) holds everywhere on M. a smooth map J : M → S 1 can be regarded as
a multivalued map J : M → R where the value
For example, if M is the solid torus, Dn−1 × S 1 ⊂
J(x) is determined only up to an integer constant.
R , the smooth boundary of M is S n−2 × S 1 , where
n
Nonetheless, ω = dJ is well-defined as a one-form
S r denotes the r -sphere. In this case, every closed
Pn−1 on M, since the derivative of a constant is zero.
one-form can be written as ω = i=1 ai dxi +an dθ.
Moreover, if J is an angular variable for X, then
In fact, there exists c ∈ R such that
hω, Xi = hdJ, Xi > 0, so that ω is an angular
(3.5) ω = cdθ + df one-form. It is convenient to employ a synthesis
for a smooth function f : M → R. of these two approaches.
projection p2 : Rn−1 × S 1 → S 1 onto the second between the period mappings J0 = J(·, 0) and
factor, p2 (x, θ) = θ, is also a homotopy equiva- J1 = J(·, 0) = J and therefore a deformation of
lence, since Rn is contractible. Consequently, Mc J0−1 (θ) ≃ Dn−1 into J1−1 (θ) ≃ S. The remainder of
is homotopy equivalent to S 1 . the proof in [5] uses the fruitful relationship be-
For n = 2, by the classification of surfaces tween homotopy and cobordism, as described
it then follows that Mc ≃ A, the standard two- in [14], to show that this deformation is a
dimensional annulus. For n = 3, the solution diffeomorphism.
by Perelman of the classical Poincaré conjecture
[15] implies that, up to diffeomorphism, D2 × S 1 Remark 4.3. In [5], Theorems 4.1 and 4.2 are
is the only 3-dimensional compact, orientable proven for the more general case in which Rn is
manifold that is homotopy equivalent to S 1 . Sim- replaced by an arbitrary orientable paracompact
ilarly, for n = 4, the solution by Freedman of manifold N of dimension n > 1.
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we assume that p(ξ) satisfies the QMF condition where for each j ≥ 1, dj is chosen from the set
Xm D = {d k , k = 0, 1, . . . , q−1} of coset representatives
(1) p(0) = k=1 p B −1 (ξ + d k ) = 1. of the group Zn /A(Zn ). These P sets are self-affine
in the sense that χT (t) = χT (At − dj ). This is
We always assume that p(ξ) is continuous in dj ∈D
the topology of the moment. At this moment it property (a) for indicator scaling functions.
is the usual topology. Later, it will be a totally P
Definition. A set T is a tile if j∈Zn χT (t − j) = 1
disconnected topology. In one dimension, for the almost everywhere. For indicators, this is prop-
dilation 2 with d 0 = 0, d 1 = 1, condition (1) is erty (b). The primary tile example is the Haar
simply p(ξ/2) + p((ξ + 1)/2) = 1, and p(0) = 1. scaling function: here T is the unit interval t =
P∞ −j
Two questions are addressed in this article: (1) j=1 2 dj , D = {0, 1}. In this case, T is self-affine;
How do we construct QMF functions? (2) What however, not every tile we will encounter is self-
are necessary and sufficient conditions for a given affine. (See the section “An Infinite Sequence of
function to generate a scaling function for an Games”.)
MRA in R1 and Rn ? We concentrate on two special The probability theory begins when we take the
cases: (a) one dimension, with dilation 2; (b) two squared modulus of the Fourier transform |ϕ̂(ξ)|2
dimensions, with a particular matrix B, det B = 2. of the scaling function ϕ(t) defined in (2). (For
The discussion of the general case of two-by-two functions n
R on R we write the Fourier transform
matrices B with det B = ±2 may be found in [13]. ϕ̂(ξ) = ϕ(t) exp(−2π iht, ξi)dt; for sequences
ck , k ∈ Zn , ĉ(ξ) = k∈Z n ck exp(−2π ihk, ξi).
P
a tile. This follows from two observations: (a) QMF condition. The foregoing sequence of partial
the Lebesgue measure of a tile is necessarily products defines probabilities associated with a
one (see the section “Coding R1 and R2 into 2Z : sequence of zero-sum games. The sequence of
Case 1; Z1 vs. Z2 ”); (b) a nonnegative function is payoffs for these games forms a Markov process
orthogonal to its translates only if the supports of the type mentioned in the Introduction. Let us
of the translates are disjoint. If ϕ(t) is a tile, it see how this works in a special case.
turns out that p(ξ) is the characteristic function
of the difference of two independent identically The Pascal-Fermat Correspondence
distributed random variables X − X 0 , where X Many historians use the date 1654 to mark the
is uniformly distributed over the digits d k , k = beginning of computational probability theory.
0, 1, . . . , q − 1. This observation will be used to It was during that year that Pascal and Fermat
good effect in the above-mentioned section. (For exchanged their thoughts on the “problem of points”
example, if ϕ(t) = χ(0,1) (t), we may take X − X 0 to in response to a question posed by the essayist
be two independent “fair coin” Bernoulli variables; and gambler Antoine Gombaud, aka Chevalier de
the characteristic function
X − X0
of the difference √ Méré. For the purpose of this discussion, let me
1
is given by p(ξ) = 2 |(1 + exp(−2π iξ))/ 2|2 = pose a particular form of his problem as follows:
|(1 + exp(−2π iξ)/2)|2 . The digits 0 1
√ are d = 0, d = Two players, Alice and Bob, of different skills, are
1, A = B = 2,Qand c0 = c1 = 1/ 2. The fact that playing a sequence of games. Each game represents
∞
|χ(0,1) (ξ)|2 = k=1 p(ξ/2k ) is classical. In general, an independent trial, resulting in a score of 1 for
the squared modulus of a low-pass filter is not the the winner, 0 for the loser. Let us assume that the
characteristic function of a random variable. probability that Alice wins an individual game is
On the other hand, the QMF condition does α, 0 ≤ α ≤ 1. In that case, the probability that Bob
suggest a different kind of probability construction. wins a single game is 1 − α. They play a sequence
If ϕ(t) is a scaling function, then p(ξ), as defined of games until one of the players has won a fixed
above, satisfies the QMF condition: to verify this, number of games. That number N is fixed at the
we write m ∈ Zn as m = Bm0 + d k . From conditions outset. Can we write a formula for the probability
(â), (b̂) we get P (α, N) that Alice is the overall winner? Without
2 any hard computation, a number of things are
X
ϕ̂(B −1 (ξ + m)) clear:
m∈Zn • The number of individual trials to
2
X
−1 k 0
determine a winner cannot exceed
= ϕ̂(B (ξ + d ) + m ) = 1
2N − 1.
m0 ∈Zn
• Since the trials are independent, the desired
for each fixed digit d k . probability may be computed using the
We 2 binomial expansion: simply sum over all
R take2 note of this and the fact that |ϕ̂(0)| = sequences of length 2N − 1 containing at
|ϕ(t)| dt = 1, together with (â), to obtain
X least N wins for Alice. These sequences have
1= |ϕ̂(ξ + k)|2 a total probability P (α, N), a polynomial in
k∈Zn α that is strictly positive if 0 < α ≤ 1.
• The degree of this polynomial is exactly
X
= p B −1 (ξ + d k ) = p(0),
dj ∈D
2N − 1, since there is a positive chance
that the winner will not be determined
as shown in (1). From (â) and the fact that p(ξ) is until trial 2N − 1. The only root of this
a QMF function, we see that this implies that the polynomial P (α, N) is at α = 0, and this
function |ϕ̂(ξ)|2 is a (formal) infinite product: root has multiplicity N. This is true be-
Y∞
(4) |ϕ̂(ξ)|2 = p(B −j ξ). cause we can compute P (α, N) in another
j=1 way: restrict the sum to sequences that
This infinite product version of (â) also suggests terminate with the Nth win for Alice on
two interpretations for the Fourier transform the kth game, where N ≤ k ≤ 2N − 1.
L
uc Illusie, an emeritus professor at the I was indeed looking for an Atiyah-Singer index
Université Paris-Sud, was a student of formula in a relative situation. A relative situation
Alexander Grothendieck. On the after- is of course in Grothendieck’s style, so Cartan
noon of Tuesday, January 30, 2007, Illusie immediately saw the point. I was doing something
met with University of Chicago mathe- with Hilbert bundles, complexes of Hilbert bundles
maticians Alexander Beilinson, Spencer Bloch, and with finite cohomology, and he said, “It reminds me
Vladimir Drinfeld, as well as a few other guests, of something done by Grothendieck, you should
at Beilinson’s home in Chicago. Illusie chatted by discuss it with him.” I was introduced to him by
the fireside, recalling memories of his days with the Chinese mathematician Shih Weishu. He was in
Grothendieck. What follows is a corrected and Princeton at the time of the Cartan-Schwartz semi-
edited version of a transcript prepared by Thanos nar on the Atiyah-Singer formula; there had been a
Papaïoannou, Keerthi Madapusi Sampath, and parallel seminar, directed by Palais. We had worked
Vadim Vologodsky. together a little bit on some characteristic classes.
And then he visited the IHÉS. He was friendly with
At the IHÉS Grothendieck and proposed to introduce me.
Illusie: I began attending Grothendieck’s semi- So, one day at two o’clock I went to meet
nars at the IHÉS [Institut des Hautes Études Grothendieck at the IHÉS, at his office, which is
Scientifiques] in 1964 for the first part of SGA now, I think, one of the offices of the secretaries.
5 (1964–1965).1 The second part was in 1965–1966. The meeting was in the sitting room which was
The seminar was on Tuesdays. It started at 2:15 adjacent to it. I tried to explain what I was do-
and lasted one hour and a half. After that we had ing. Then Grothendieck abruptly showed me some
tea. Most of the talks were given by Grothendieck. naïve commutative diagram and said, “It’s not lead-
Usually, he had pre-notes prepared over the sum- ing anywhere. Let me explain to you some ideas I
mer or before, and he would give them to the have.” Then he made a long speech about finiteness
potential speakers. Among his many students he
conditions in derived categories. I didn’t know any-
distributed the exposés, and also he asked his
thing about derived categories! “It’s not complexes
students to write down notes. The first time I
of Hilbert bundles you should consider. Instead,
saw him I was scared. It was in 1964. I had been
you should work with ringed spaces and pseu-
introduced to him through Cartan, who said, “For
docoherent complexes of finite tor-dimension.”
what you’re doing, you should meet Grothendieck.”
…(laughter)…It looked very complicated. But what
Luc Illusie is professor emeritus of mathematics at the he explained to me then eventually proved useful
Université Paris-Sud. His email address is luc.illusie@ in defining what I wanted. I took notes but couldn’t
math.u-psud.fr. Alexander Beilinson is the David and understand much.
Mary Winton Green University Professor at the University I knew no algebraic geometry at the time. Yet
of Chicago. His email address is sasha@math.uchicago. he said, “In the fall I am starting a seminar,
edu. Spencer Bloch is R. M. Hutchins Distinguished Ser-
vice Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago. His
1
email address is bloch@math.uchicago.edu. Vladimir Cohomologie `-adique et fonctions L, Séminaire de
Drinfeld is professor of mathematics at the University of Géométrie Algébrique du Bois-Marie 1965/66, dirigé par
Chicago. His email address is drinfeld@math. A. Grothendieck, Lecture Notes in Math. 589, Springer-
uchicago.edu. Verlag, 1977.
At Grothendieck’s Place
Photo courtesy of Friedrich Hirzebruch.
opposite sides of Westhamp- head and the Helen Day Gould Professor of Math-
ton Lake, and women were not ematics. In 1964, her alma mater, the University
allowed in the campus library. of Richmond, recognized Alice with an honorary
Female students had never D.Sc. degree.
enrolled in advanced math- Following her first retirement from teaching in
ematics classes there until a 1980, Alice stayed two more years at Wellesley,
dean advised Alice to “take serving as chair of its Affirmative Action Program.
mathematics courses on the She then resumed teaching at Simmons College
boys’ side of the lake”. No one and in the management program in the Radcliffe
Alice Schafer, Washington, could have predicted how sym- College Seminars. When Dick retired from MIT in
D.C., 1987. bolic and significant a crossing 1988, they moved to Arlington, Virginia, and for
that would be. the next seven years, Alice taught mathematics at
As a senior in college, Alice applied for a fellow- Marymount University until retiring for the final
ship to attend graduate school in mathematics at time at the age of eighty-one.
the University of Chicago, but despite her stellar In 1985 Alice Schafer was elected a fellow of
undergraduate record, her application was denied. the American Association for the Advancement
After receiving her undergraduate degree from the of Science. In 1990, to commemorate all she
University of Richmond’s Westhampton College in had done for the organization and for women in
1936, Alice taught secondary-school mathematics mathematics, AWM established its annual Alice T.
for three years to earn enough money to pursue Schafer Prize for Excellence in Mathematics by an
graduate study. It was at the University of Chicago Undergraduate Woman. The MAA honored Alice
in 1998 with its Yueh-Gin Gung and Dr. Charles Y.
Anne Leggett is associate professor at Loyola University Hu Distinguished Service to Mathematics Award,
Chicago. Her email address is amcdona@luc.edu.
Georgia Benkart is professor emerita at the University of *Revised versions of material from “President’s report”
Wisconsin-Madison. Her email address is benkart@math. and “A tribute to Alice Turner Schafer”, AWM Newsletter,
wisc.edu. Vol. 40, No. 1, January–February 2010.
Linda Rothschild
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Speaking with the Natives:
Reflections on
Mathematical
Communication
Gerald B. Folland
A
s an amateur student of both theo- though people of the latter persuasions might be
retical physics and languages, I have to claim their allegiance. They are formalists. For
had many occasions to contemplate them mathematics is the discipline of manipu-
the problems of transmission of math- lating symbols according to certain sophisticated
ematical information between people rules, and the external reality to which those sym-
in different disciplines. What follows is a loosely bols refer lies not in an abstract universe of sets
connected series of observations based on my but in the real-world phenomena that they are
experience—and a few other things. studying. As Dirac put it in the first edition of
It is a truth universally acknowledged that al- his classic book on the principles of quantum
most all mathematicians are Platonists, at least mechanics [5, §7], discussing the symbols that
when they are actually doing mathematics rather represent the states of a quantum system: “One
than philosophizing about it. As Hardy [8, §22] does not anywhere specify the exact nature of the
said, “I believe that mathematical reality lies out- symbols employed, nor is such specification at all
side us, that our function is to discover or observe necessary. They are used all the time in an abstract
it, and that the theorems which we prove, and way, the algebraic axioms that they satisfy and the
which we describe grandiloquently as our ‘cre- connexion between equations involving them and
ations’, are simply the notes of our observations.” physical conditions being all that is required.”2
One might maintain that mathematicians can cre- This point of view has consequences that can
ate new structures within mathematical reality cause some perplexity when mathematicians and
just as engineers can create new structures within scientists try to talk to one another. The alge-
the physical world, but most of us have no trouble braic axioms to which Dirac refers, for example,
with the idea that there is such a reality and that amount to the condition that the symbols repre-
our job consists of studying it. Moreover, we are senting states are the names of vectors in a Hilbert
all trained to believe that the universe that encom- space H and that other symbols representing ob-
passes this reality consists of sets, and that every servables are the names of self-adjoint operators
respectable mathematical object should possess a on H. Mathematicians would usually prefer to
precise definition as a set.1 have the state space for a specific quantum sys-
It can therefore take the working mathematician tem identified as a specific concrete Hilbert space,
by surprise to discover that most nonmathemati- with the important observables described by ex-
cians who use mathematics are not Platonists. plicit formulas, and they are disconcerted when
Nor are they intuitionists or constructivists, eager these ingredients are missing from the recipe.
Physicists, on the other hand, would maintain that
Gerald B. Folland is professor of mathematics at the Uni- committing oneself to such a specific choice at the
versity of Washington. His email address is folland@
math.washington.edu. 2
In later editions of [5] Dirac did not make the point
1
Some recent developments such as topos theory take quite so baldly. I imagine he had been softened up by
a broader view, but they are not part of the standard conversations with mathematicians, but his basic attitude
conceptual toolkit. remained unchanged.
From a marketing perspective, algebraic groups group over F, a Lie group, or a topological group is
are poorly named. They are not the groups you met a “group object” in the category of affine varieties
as a student in abstract algebra, which I will call over F, smooth manifolds, or topological spaces,
concrete groups for clarity. Rather, an algebraic respectively. For algebraic groups, this implies
group is the analogue in algebra of a topological that the set G(K) is a concrete group for each field
group (from topology) or a Lie group (from analysis K containing F.
and geometry).
Algebraic groups provide a unifying language Examples
for apparently different results in algebra and The basic example is the general linear group
number theory. This unification can not only sim- GLn for which GLn (K) is the concrete group of
plify proofs, it can also suggest generalizations invertible n-by-n matrices with entries in K. It is the
and bring new tools to bear, such as Galois co- collection of solutions (t, X)—with t ∈ K and X an
homology, Steenrod operations in Chow theory, n-by-n matrix over K—to the polynomial equation
etc. t · det X = 1. Similar reasoning shows that familiar
matrix groups such as SLn , orthogonal groups,
Definitions and symplectic groups can be viewed as linear
A linear algebraic group over a field F is a smooth algebraic groups. The main difference here is that
affine variety over F that is also a group, much instead of viewing them as collections of matrices
like a topological group is a topological space over F, we view them as collections of matrices
that is also a group and a Lie group is a smooth over every extension K of F.
manifold that is also a group. (For nonexperts: Roughly, the theory of linear algebraic groups
it is useful to think of an affine variety G as a generalizes that of linear Lie groups over the real
natural assignment—i.e., a functor—that takes any or complex numbers to give something that makes
field extension K of F and gives the set G(K) of sense over an arbitrary field. The category of linear
common solutions over K of some fixed family of algebraic groups over R contains a full subcategory
polynomials with coefficients in F.) equivalent to the compact Lie groups; see [3,
Properly speaking, for each of the three types §5]. And the parameterization of the irreducible
of groups in the previous paragraph, one needs to finite-dimensional representations of a complex
require that the group operations are morphisms reductive Lie group in terms of dominant weights
in the appropriate category, so, e.g., for a topo- holds more generally for so-called “split reductive”
logical group G, the multiplication G × G → G and groups over any field.
inversion G → G are required to be continuous. Algebraic groups allow one to deal system-
In more categorical language, a linear algebraic atically with familiar matrix groups and their
generalizations in a way that works over arbitrary
Skip Garibaldi is Winship Professor of Mathematics at fields, whether they are the rationals for number
Emory University. His email address is skip@member. theory, finite fields for finite group theory, or the
ams.org. real or complex numbers for geometry. This is not
The author thanks B. Conrad, G. McNinch, R. Parimala, just a language. There is enough theory available
G. Prasad, and J.-P. Serre for their valuable suggestions. that one can often avoid computing with actual
The Doctor Is In
Robert Borrelli
Until the late nineteenth century, mathematics was cal interns get practice treating patients in a con-
regarded as part of science and not as a separate trolled and supervised environment. Although the
discipline. Indeed, people such as Newton, Gauss, word “clinic” has a remedial connotation, our Clinic
and Poincaré were comfortable in using high-level program solicits real-world open-ended problems
mathematics to explain phenomena in science. (called projects) from industrial concerns or gov-
But eventually mathematics began to develop with ernment agencies that require hands-on teamwork
little regard for applications, and departments by faculty and students over an academic year.
of mathematics were founded at universities Projects are tasks that require modeling, analysis,
throughout the world. Mathematics returned to and validation and that offer significant educa-
more practical concerns in the 1970s when tra- tional value to students. Projects are assigned to
ditional academic jobs in mathematics declined a faculty member and a team of three or four stu-
precipitously and math grads turned more and dents. Students do the work; the faculty member
more toward jobs in industry. acts as an advisor. The “sponsor” is the industrial
Mathematicians in industry need skills differ- organization for whom we are consulting. A spon-
ent from those encountered in academia. Indeed, sor representative acts as liaison to the team. A
mathematicians in industry team member acts as the project manager, who
gives regular written and oral reports to the spon-
• rarely choose their own problems to
sor liaison. All Clinic project work takes place on
work on and are often not experts in
campus, but sometimes the team travels to visit
problems they are assigned;
the sponsor.
• almost always work in teams with
In 1974 the Claremont Graduate University
engineers and scientists not of their
(CGU) established a Mathematics Clinic program,
own choosing, and must communi-
and these two Claremont Clinic programs cooper-
cate across technical boundaries;
ate in many ways for the benefit of all students in
• are expected to take poorly defined
the Claremont Consortium. In the late 1970s the
problems and make sense out of
Mathematics Clinics were awarded a three-year NSF
them; and
grant to train twelve postdocs to do Clinic projects;
• never have the luxury of unlimited
they all found jobs at year’s end. Over two years
time to work on a problem because
in the mid-1980s, the Sloan Foundation supported
projects in industry always have
eleven liberal arts math professors for a year-long
deadlines.
Math Clinic experience. Currently, the norm is four
In 1973 the Mathematics Department at Harvey projects per year at HMC and two projects per year
Mudd College (HMC) started an academic program at CGU. Since my knowledge concerns HMC Clinic
to address the needs of industry-bound math operations, I will describe that program; CGU’s
grads. Its name, Mathematics Clinic, was borrowed program is similar.
from the HMC Engineering Department, which in Because “interns” in a Math Clinic project are
the early 1960s created a program they called the undergrads, work is spread over an academic
Engineering Clinic. The name was chosen because year—giving students time to learn the material
they imagined it to be like the one in which medi- required for their problem. Every Clinic project is
a course, so students earn academic credit (but no
Robert Borrelli is emeritus professor of mathematics at pay), and the faculty advisor receives release time.
Harvey Mudd College. His email address is borelli@ HMC math students are required to do a capstone
hmc.edu. course of either a Math Clinic project or a senior
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Meta-Morphism:
From Graduate Student
to Networked
Mathematician
Andrew Schultz
While the stereotypical mathematician is a hermit people whose professional experience, familial
locked alone in his office, the typical mathemati- status, or country of origin doesn’t match your
cian is far from a solitary explorer. A great amount own. Despite any differences you might notice at
of the mathematics produced today is created col- first, this group has a common bond with you
laboratively, spurred into existence during those that you’ve probably never experienced: shared
quintessentially mathematical social interactions: professional passion and the dedication to pursue
on chalkboards following a seminar talk, on nap- an advanced degree over the course of several
kins during a coffee break at a conference, on the years. Use this commonality to bridge social or
back of a coaster at a pub. Though it often isn’t cultural gaps that your classmates might settle
clear to those wading through graduate programs, into upon arrival. Fortunately your busy class
one of the key metamathematical skills one should schedule will leave you with plenty of excuses for
develop while working on a master’s or Ph.D. is the convening en masse: to tackle lengthy homework
ability to participate in this social network. What assignments, to review topics covered in class, to
follows is a rough guide to how you can use gradu- prepare for qualifying exams. As you work toward
ate school to build the professional relationships your degree, you will rely on the various skills
that will shape your career. and perspectives that your fellow classmates can
offer, so it is in your best interest to meet and
The Hungry Caterpillar spend some time with as many in your incoming
Stepping into the mathematical social network class as possible. As you progress through the
begins by getting to know your graduate student program, you might be surprised to find your
cohort. It’s likely that some of the friendships ideal study partner, your favorite office mates,
you form during graduate school will be among and your mathematical siblings aren’t the people
the closest in your life, and even those fellow you might have guessed when you first arrived.
students who aren’t your best friends are likely Although mathematics and the novelty of grad-
to be professional colleagues long after you’ve uate school are convenient starting points for
received your degree. It’s worth the investment of meeting other incoming graduate students, don’t
time and energy to foster these relationships as rely on math to be the only tie that binds you:
your first semester begins. meet people for pizza at the end of a long week;
When arriving on campus to start your graduate organize a hike at a local nature preserve; or set
career, you’ll likely convene with the new graduate up an informal, weekly grad student happy hour.
students in your department and a handful of the
Chances are good that graduate students who are
faculty for a kind of informal orientation. Ph.D.
further along in the program will be organizing
programs often draw students from a wide variety
various social events to which you’ll be invited,
of backgrounds, so don’t be surprised to find
and these will provide you with a good opportu-
Andrew Schultz is assistant professor of mathematics nity for meeting people whose experience can be
at Wellesley College. His email address is andrew.c. of great benefit to you, both within the program
schultz@gmail.com. and in your extra-mathematical life. Again, it is
Professor (W3) for Mathematics in the Professor (W3) for Mathematics in the research
research areas Numerical Analysis and areas Representation Theory and Geometry
Scientific Computing (Ref. No. 268) (in succession of Prof. K.-H. Neeb) (Ref. No. 270)
Applicants should have an outstanding research record in a current field The Department is looking for candidates with an outstanding research
of Scientific Computing and of Numerics of Partial Differential Equations. record in pure mathematics. His or her research should deal with
The successful candidate should be interested in a close co-operation with algebraic structures in Geometry and Analysis, for instance, in an active
the Excellence Cluster “Center of Smart Interfaces” or the Graduate area of Representation Theory, Complex Geometry, Lie Theory, or
School “Computational Engineering” as well as with the International Mathematical Physics. Connections to existing main research areas in
Research Training Group “Mathematical Fluid Dynamics”. Willingness to the department (e.g. to the International Research Training Group
co-operate with the other research groups in the department is essential. “Mathematical Fluid Dynamics”) are desirable. Willingness to participate
Experience with applied research projects and in the acquisition of third- in collaborative work and to attract third-party research funds is expected
party funding is desired. of the successful candidate.
Successful candidates are expected to teach classes in all mathematical Successful candidates are expected to teach classes in all mathematical
degree schemes. An adequate participation in the basic mathematical degree schemes. An adequate participation in the basic mathematical
training in the engineering and natural sciences is also required. There- training in the engineering and natural sciences is also required. There-
fore not only scientific qualifications but also didactic skills are seen as a fore not only scientific qualifications but also didactic skills are seen as a
basic requirement. basic requirement.
Professor (W3) for Mathematics in the Professor (W2) for Mathematics in the
research area Discrete Optimization research area Stochastics (Ref. No. 271)
Applicants should be qualified as university lecturers or have an case of equal qualifications severely disabled applicants will be given
equivalent scientific qualification. preference.
The position is tenured with a remuneration package commensurate Please send your full application, including ref. no., CV, certificates of
with experience and qualifications, following the German “W-Besoldung”. qualification, publication list, details of further scientific activities as well
The regulations for employment are specified under §§ 61 and 62 HHG as of previous teaching posts, including relevant teaching evaluations if
(Hessisches Hochschulgesetz). applicable, to: Dekan des Fachbereichs Mathematik, Schlossgartenstr. 7,
64289 Darmstadt, Germany.
The Technische Universität Darmstadt intends to increase the number of
female faculty members and encourages female candidates to apply. In Application deadline: 25. October 2010
Mathematics People
thirty-five years. When his wife died, the terms of her will
stipulated that funds should go toward a special prize in
her husband’s honor.
The American Mathematical Society was asked by Wells
Fargo Bank of California, the managers of the Bergman
Trust, to assemble a committee to select recipients of
the prize. In addition, the Society assisted Wells Fargo
in interpreting the terms of the will to assure sufficient
breadth in the mathematical areas in which the prize
may be given. Awards are made every one or two years in
the following areas: (1) the theory of the kernel function
and its applications in real and complex analysis and (2)
function-theoretic methods in the theory of partial dif-
ferential equations of elliptic type with attention to Berg-
man’s operator method.
—Allyn Jackson AMS Menger Award winners. Left to right: Ed Connors
(judge), Yale Fan, Almas Abdulla, Evgeniia Alekseeva,
Anirudha Balasubramanian, Joshua Pfeffer, Jacob
AMS Menger Awards at the Hurwitz, and Kate Geschwind.
2010 ISEF High School, Great Neck, New York; and “On the Lower
The 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Central Series Quotients of a Graded Associative Alge-
(ISEF) was held May 9–14, 2010, in San Jose, California. bra”, Anirudha Balasubramanian, Saint Albans School,
This was the sixtieth year of the ISEF competition. More Washington, DC.
than fifteen hundred students in grades 9 through 12 from Third-Place Awards (US$250): “Explaining Wind Farm
more than fifty countries participated in the fair. Student Output Using Regression Analysis”, Kate A. Geschwind,
finalists who competed at the ISEF went through a multi- Mayo High School, Rochester, Minnesota; “Universal Law
step process to qualify and won an all-expenses-paid trip for the Distribution of Odd Periodic Cycles within Chaos
to the fair. They qualified by winning local, regional, and in Nonlinear Dynamical Systems: A Fine Classification of
state fairs in the United States or national science fairs Odd Cycles (Year III)”, Almas Abdulla, West Shore Junior/
abroad. In addition to numerous grand awards presented Senior High School, Melbourne, Florida; “Decycling Den-
by the ISEF, sixty-seven federal agencies and professional sities of Tessellations”, Jacob B. Hurwitz, Montgomery
and educational organizations, including the American Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland; and “Hyperbolic
Mathematical Society (AMS), participated by giving special Triangles of the Maximum Area and Two Fixed Sides”,
awards. Prizes given by the AMS included cash, certifi- Evgeniia I. Alekseeva, GOU Lyceum “Vtoraiia shkola”,
cates, books, and tote bags. Moscow, Russia.
For the AMS, this was the twenty-third year of partici- Honorable Mention Awards: “Deligne Categories and
pation, and it was the twenty-first year of the presenta- Representation Theory in Complex Rank”, Akhil Mathew,
tion of the Karl Menger Awards. The members of the Madison High School, Madison, New Jersey; and “Effects
2009–2010 AMS Menger Prize Committee and AMS Special of Motility and Contact Inhibition on Tumor Viability:
Awards judges were Edward Connors, University of Mas- A Discrete Simulation Using the Cellular Potts Model”,
sachusetts (chair); Doron Levy, University of Maryland; Jonathan F. Li, Saint Margaret’s Episcopal School, San
and Greg Fasshauer, Illinois Institute of Technology. The Juan Capistrano, California.
panel of judges initially reviewed all sixty-nine projects The Society for Science and the Public (SSP), a nonprofit
in mathematics, as well as mathematically oriented proj- organization based in Washington, DC, owns and has
ects in computer science, physics, and engineering. From administered the ISEF since 1950. Intel became the title
these entries they interviewed several students selected sponsor of ISEF in 1996. The Intel ISEF is the premiere
for further consideration for a Menger Award. In the science competition in the world and annually provides a
mathematics category fifty-nine entries were submitted forum for more than fifteen hundred high school students
by individuals, and ten were submitted by teams of two from more than fifty countries.
or three students. The AMS gave awards to one first-place The panel of judges was impressed by the quality,
winner, two second-place winners, four third-place win- breadth, and originality of the work and by the dedication
ners, and honorable mentions to two others. and enthusiasm of the students. The projects covered a
The Karl Menger Memorial Prize winners for 2010 are wide range of topics, somewhat indicated by the titles of
as follows: the award-winning projects.
First-Place Award (US$1,000): “Adiabatic Quantum As mentioned, the classification of mathematics at-
Evolution for NP-Complete and Physical Problems”, Yale tracted fifty-nine individual entries and ten team entries.
Wang Fan, The Catlin Gabel School, Portland, Oregon. In all there were fifty-nine male and twenty-one female
Second-Place Awards (US$500): “Super Kähler-Ricci entrants. Of the monetary award winners (first, second,
Flow”, Joshua W. Pfeffer, North Shore Hebrew Academy and third place), three are female and six are male. Yale
Fan (first place) and Almas Abdulla (third place) were the Award in recognition of a lifetime of achievement in re-
only 2010 winners to have also placed in 2009. search. His research focuses on the mathematical fields of
The AMS’s participation in the Intel-ISEF is supported commutative algebra and algebraic geometry. He mainly
in part by income from the Karl Menger Fund, which was uses tools from homological algebra, which some describe
established by the family of the late Karl Menger. The as the most abstract form of pure mathematics. The
income from the donation by the Menger family covers prize, which is awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt
less than the amount of the awards. The balance, including Foundation, carries a cash prize of 60,000 euros (roughly
the travel expenses of the judges, comes from the AMS’s C$80,000) and the opportunity to spend up to one year co-
general fund. For more information about this program operating on long-term research projects with colleagues
or to make contributions to this fund, contact the AMS at German research institutes.
Development Office, 201 Charles Street, Providence, RI,
02904-2294; or send email to development@ams.org; or —From a University of Toronto announcement
phone 401-455-4103.
Martin Grötschel of the Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für butions to the field of numerical analysis of partial dif-
Informationstechnik Berlin, Germany, was awarded the ferential equations and its applications and for services
SIAM Prize for Distinguished Service to the Profession. to his discipline.
Bernd Sturmfels of the University of California, Jonathan Keating of the University of Bristol was
Berkeley, was named the John von Neumann Lecturer. This awarded the Fröhlich Prize in recognition of his seminal
lectureship is given for outstanding and distinguished work on the modeling of zeta functions via random matrix
contributions to the field of applied mathematical sciences theory.
and for the effective communication of these ideas to the Dusa McDuff of Barnard College was awarded the
community. It carries a cash award of US$5,000. Senior Berwick Prize for her papers “Symplectic em-
Dmitri Tymoczko of Princeton University was selected beddings of 4-dimensional ellipsoids” and “Some 6-
as the I. E. Block Community Lecturer. The lectureship is dimensional Hamiltonian S1-manifolds”, published in the
intended to encourage public appreciation of the excite- Journal of Topology, volume 2, 2009.
ment and vitality of science. Tymoczko’s lecture was Four Whitehead Prizes were awarded. Harald Helf-
titled “The Geometry of Music”. It carries an honorarium gott of the University of Bristol was honored for his
of US$1,500. varied contributions to number theory, including work on
John R. King of the University of Nottingham, United Möbius sums in two variables, integral points on elliptic
Kingdom, was honored with the Julian Cole Lectureship. curves, and, in particular, his groundbreaking work on
This lectureship is awarded for an outstanding contribu- growth and expansion of multiplication of sets in SL2(Fp).
tion to the mathematical characterization and solution of a Jens Marklof of the University of Bristol was recognized
challenging problem in the physical or biological sciences for his work on quantum chaos, random matrices and
or in engineering or for the development of mathematical number theory. Lasse Rempe of the University of Liver-
methods for the solution of such problems. It carries a pool was honored for his work in complex dynamics, in
cash award of US$1,000. particular his research on the escaping set for entire func-
Suzanne Lenhart of the University of Tennessee was tions. Françoise Tisseur of the University of Manchester
named the AWM-SIAM Sonia Kovalevsky Lecturer. This was recognized for outstanding research achievements in
lectureship highlights significant contributions of women numerical linear algebra, including polynomial eigenvalue
to applied or computational mathematics. and structured matrix problems.
The SIAM Student Paper Prizes were awarded to the fol-
lowing students: Bubacarr Bah, University of Edinburgh, —From an LMS announcement
for “Improved Restricted Isometry Constant Bounds for
Gaussian Matrices”; Russell Carden of Rice University for
“A Simple Algorithm for the Inverse Field of Values Prob-
lem”; and Karin Leiderman of the University of Utah for
Prizes of the Canadian
“Grow with the Flow: A Spatial-Temporal Model of Platelet Mathematical Society
Deposition and Blood Coagulation under Flow”. The prize
carries a cash award of US$1,000 per paper. The Canadian Mathematical Society has made several
The SIAM Awards in the Mathematical Contest in Model- awards for 2010.
ing were awarded to the following students: For Problem Bálint Virág of the University of Toronto has been
A, the Continuous Problem: The Sweet Spot, the awardees awarded the Coxeter-James Prize for outstanding research
were Zhe Xiong, Qipei Mei, and Fei Han of Huazhong by a young mathematician. The prize citation reads in
University of Science and Technology (HUST), PRC School part: “As a relatively young probabilist, Bálint Virág has
of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, for “An Optimal Model produced significant high quality research. This award
of the ‘Sweet Spot’ Effect”. Their faculty advisor was Liang recognizes the research excellence of his substantive early
Gao. For Problem B, the Discrete Problem: Criminology, the career research contribution to the area of probability.” He
awardees were Joseph H. Gibney, Emily P. Meissen, and is well known for his research on random walks, random
Yonatan Naamad of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for matrices, random polynomials, and probabilistic methods
“Following the Trail of Data”. Their faculty advisor was in group theory.
Peter Kramer. Each student member of the winning teams Vladimir Manuilov of Moscow State University and
receives a cash award of US$300. Klaus Thomsen of Aarhus University were awarded the
G. de B. Robinson Prize for their joint paper “On the lack
—From a SIAM announcement of inverses to C*–extensions related to property T groups”,
published in the Canadian Mathematical Bulletin 50, no. 2
(2007), pp. 268–283. The prize recognizes the publication
of excellent papers in the Canadian Journal of Mathemat-
Prizes of the London ics and the Canadian Mathematical Bulletin.
Mathematical Society Walter Whiteley of York University was honored
with the Adrien Pouliot Award for his “noteworthy and
The London Mathematical Society (LMS) has awarded sev- influential contribution to research and development of
eral prizes for 2010. tasks in visual reasoning (broadly and within mathematics)
Keith W. (Bill) Morton of Oxford University received as well as in the teaching and learning of geometry.” The
the DeMorgan Medal in recognition of his seminal contri- Pouliot Award is for individuals, or teams of individuals,
who have made significant and sustained contributions from the Army Research Office. Training for the team at
to mathematics education in Canada. the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, is aided by a grant
Jennifer Hyndman of the University of Northern Brit- from the Akamai Foundation. Additional support for the
ish Columbia received the Excellence in Teaching Award team is provided by the National Council of Teachers of
for her “proven excellence as a teacher, her unusual effec- Mathematics.
tiveness in the classroom, and her commitment and dedi-
cation to teaching and to students.” The award recognizes —Elaine Kehoe
sustained and distinguished contributions in teaching
at the undergraduate level at a Canadian postsecondary
education institution.
Christiane Rousseau of the University of Montreal
SIAM Fellows Elected
was awarded the Graham Wright Public Service award for The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
her “outstanding service to CMS and to world recognition has elected its class of fellows for 2010. Fellowship is
of Canadian mathematics; her numerous mathematical an honorific designation conferred on members distin-
outreach activities, ranging from delivering lectures in guished for their outstanding contributions to the fields
schools and CEGEPs, to organizing student conferences, of applied mathematics and computational science. The
math camps or public lectures, all of which aim to stimu- names, institutions, and brief citations of the new fellows
late public or student engagement with mathematics.” The follow.
award recognizes individuals who have made sustained Uri M. Ascher (University of British Columbia), for
and significant contributions to the Canadian mathemati- contributions to numerical solution of differential equa-
cal community and, in particular, to the Canadian Math- tions and numerical software; Andrea L. Bertozzi (Uni-
ematical Society. versity of California, Los Angeles), for contributions to
the application of mathematics in incompressible flow,
—From a CMS announcement thin films, image processing, and swarming; Susanne C.
Brenner (Louisiana State University), for advances in
finite element and multigrid methods for the numerical
2010 International solution of partial differential equations; John C. Butcher
(University of Auckland), for developing the founda-
Mathematical Olympiad tions of the modern theory of Runge-Kutta methods;
The fifty-first International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) Stephen L. Campbell (North Carolina State University),
was held July 2–14 in Astana, Kazakhstan. The IMO is the for contributions to analysis and algorithms for differ-
preeminent mathematical competition for high school-age ential algebraic equations; Carlos Castillo-Chavez
students from around the world. This year 517 young (Arizona State University), for contributions to the math-
mathematicians from 97 countries competed. The IMO ematical modeling of infectious diseases and for leader-
consists of solving six extremely challenging mathemati- ship as a mentor and teacher; Tony F. Chan (Hong Kong
cal problems in a nine-hour competition administered University of Science and Technology), for contributions to
over two days. numerical analysis and image processing and for service
The team from China finished first for the third straight to the mathematical community; Peter Constantin (Uni-
year, with 197 points out of a possible 252. Each team versity of Chicago), for contributions to the mathematical
member earned a gold medal. Russia finished second, with analysis of nonlinear partial differential equations, fluid
169 points. The team from the United States finished third dynamics, and turbulence; John E. Dennis Jr. (Rice Uni-
with 168 points and three gold medals. versity and University of Washington), for contributions
The U.S. team consisted of Calvin Deng, (William G. to the theory and applications of nonlinear optimization;
Enloe High School, Raleigh, North Carolina); Ben Gunby Iain S. Duff (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, United
(Georgetown Day School, Washington, D. C.); Xiaoyu He Kingdom, and CERFACS, France), for contributions to
(Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, Acton, Mas- sparse matrix computations; Paul Dupuis (Brown Univer-
sachusetts); In Sung Na (Northern Valley Regional High sity), for contributions to stochastics and control; Bjorn E.
School, Old Tappan, New Jersey); Evan O’Dorney (Berke- Engquist (University of Texas, Austin), for contributions
ley Math Circle, Berkeley, California); and Allen Yuan to numerical analysis and multiscale modeling; Donald
(Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, Michigan). Geman (Johns Hopkins University), for contributions to
Gunby, Na, and O’Dorney won gold medals; and Deng, Na, stochastic processes, image analysis, and statistical learn-
and Yuan won silver medals. O’Dorney, winner of the 2010 ing; John R. Gilbert (University of California, Santa Bar-
national Who Wants to Be a Mathematician competition, as bara), for contributions to the development and analysis
well as of the 2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee, finished of algorithms for sparse matrix problems; Michael T.
with a score of 39 (out of a possible 42 points), the second Heath (University of Illinois), for contributions in com-
highest individual score overall. Zipei Nie of China was the putational science and engineering, especially parallel
highest scoring individual, earning a perfect score of 42. computing; T. C. Hu (University of California, San Diego),
The Mathematical Association of America sponsors the for contributions to network flows, integer program-
U.S. team through its American Mathematics Competi- ming, and combinatorial algorithms; George Karnia-
tions program, with travel support provided by a grant dakis (Brown University), for contributions to stochastic
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For more details about these positions and require- this exciting endeavor. For details see www.ipam.ucla.edu/
ments for submission, see the website http://science. programs/ann2010/.
unitn.it/cirm/PosizPostDocEn.html. Winter 2011 Short Programs.
Algorithmic Game Theory. January 10–14, 2011.
—Fabrizio Catanese, Director, CIRM Efficiency of the Simplex Method: Quo Vadis Hirsch
Conjecture? January 18–21, 2011.
PIMS Call for Proposals Random Media: Homogenization and Beyond. January
24–28, 2011.
The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) Women in Mathematics Symposium. February 24–26,
welcomes applications for support of conferences, work- 2011.
shops, seminars, collaborative research groups, and Mathematics of Information—Theoretic Cryptography.
related activities in the mathematical sciences to occur February 28–March 4, 2011.
after April 1, 2011. Proposals may be made for general Navigating Chemical Compound Space for Materials
scientific activities and major education and industrial and Bio Design. March 14–June 17, 2011. This long pro-
outreach events. Letters of intent are required for collab- gram includes the following workshops that are also open
orative research groups; successful groups will be invited for participation. You may apply online for support to be
to submit full proposals. The deadline for submissions is core participants for the entire program or to attend any
October 1, 2010. Pacific Northwest Seminars are scientific of the following individual workshops.
meetings of one to two days in length. Funding of up to Tutorials. March 15–18, 2011.
US$1,000, together with administrative support, is avail- Workshop I: Design of Drugs and Chemicals That Influ-
able from PIMS. Proposals for these may be submitted to ence Biology. April 4–8, 2011.
the deputy director at any time. Workshop II: Optimization, Search and Graph-Theo-
For complete information and submission require- retical Algorithms for Chemical Compound Space. April
ments, see the website http://www.pims.math.ca/ 11–15, 2011.
scientific/call-proposals. Workshop III: Materials Design in Chemical Compound
Space. May 2–6, 2011.
—From a PIMS announcement Workshop IV: Physical Frameworks for Sampling Chemi-
cal Compound Space. May 16–20, 2011.
News from IPAM Mathematical and Computational Approaches in
High-Throughput Genomics. September 12–December 16,
The Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), 2011. This long program includes the following workshops
located at the University of California, Los Angeles, holds that are also open for participation. You may apply online
long- and short-term research programs and workshops for support to be core participants for the entire program
throughout the academic year for junior and senior or to attend any of the following individual workshops.
mathematicians and scientists who work in academia, Tutorials. September 13–16, 2011.
the national laboratories, and industry. IPAM sponsors Workshop I: Next-Generation Sequencing Technology
two summer programs. IPAM’s upcoming programs are and Algorithms for Primary Data Analysis. October 3–6,
listed below. See the website www.ipam.ucla.edu for 2011.
detailed information and to find online application and Workshop II: Transcriptomics and Epigenomics. October
registration forms. IPAM’s Science Advisory Board meets 25–28, 2011.
in November, when it considers workshop and program Mini-Workshop: Cancer Genomics. October 31–Novem-
proposals. Proposals from the community are encouraged; ber 1, 2011.
instructions are available on our website. Workshop III: Evolutionary Genomics. November 15–18,
Registration and applications for support for all pro- 2011.
grams are available at the website. Workshop IV: Coancestry, Association, and Population
Currently, IPAM is in the midst of its long program on Genomics. November 29–December 2, 2011.
optimization. Researchers from mathematics, computer Seventeenth Annual Conference for African American
science, operations research, engineering, and other fields Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences (CAARMS).
are in residence at IPAM this fall. A series of workshops June 1–4, 2011.
focus on current trends and applications of optimization. Computational Methods in High Energy Density Plas-
IPAM’s Tenth Anniversary Conference. November 2–4, mas. March 12–June 15, 2012. This long program will in-
2010. The conference will focus on the current state and the clude tutorials and four workshops. You may apply online
future of interdisciplinary mathematics and science. Speakers for support to be core participants for the entire program
from academia, government, and industry will present current or to attend individual workshops. See the website for
research results related to programs from IPAM’s first workshop titles and dates.
ten years. Two public lectures, given by Josh Tenenbaum IPAM will host a summer school in 2011 tentatively
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Tony Chan titled “Probabilistic Models of Cognition”. The dates and
(president, Hong Kong University of Science and Technol- more information will be announced soon.
ogy), and a panel discussion will provide an overview of
interdisciplinary mathematics and science and IPAM’s role in —From an IPAM announcement
To address these questions, two workshops were con- should be replaced by h(n, k), and G(n, L)
vened to identify and analyze the needs and opportuni- in condition (ii) should be replaced by
ties for innovative work. Participants included education G(n, −L).
futurists, researchers in the STEM content and education (2) In the last column
J of the article, the recur-
disciplines, and specialists in instructional technology, rence equation j=0 aj (n)S(n) = 0 should
cognitive psychology, policy, museum and educational J
be replaced by j=0 aj (n)S(n + j) = 0.
media. Workshop discussions provided a rich source of
ideas for examination by those interested in promoting —Akalu Tefera
and strengthening STEM learning. The Workshop Series
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Electromagnetics Information Processing and Fusion Signal Processing for Networked Sens-
Arje Nachman Liyi Dai, Program Manager ing
703-696-8427 919-549-4350 Rabinder Madan
arje.nachman@afosr.af.mil liyi.dai@arl.army.mil 703-696-4217
rabinder.madan@navy.mil
Multiscale Modeling Information and Software Assurance
Arje Nachman Cliff Wang, Acting Division Chief Software and Computing Systems
703-696-8427 919-549-4330 Ralph Wachter
arje.nachman@afosr.af.mil cliff.wang@arl.army.mil 703-696-4304
ralph.wachter@navy.mil
Sensing, Surveillance, and Navigation National Security Agency
Jon Sjogren Mathematical Sciences Program DoE Mathematics Program
703-696-6564 Attn: R1, Suite 6557 Office of Advanced Scientific Com-
jon.sjogren@afosr.af.mil Ft. George G. Meade, MD 20755-6557 puting Research
http://www.nsa.gov/research/ Office of Science
Army Research Office math_research/index.shtml U.S. Department of Energy
Mathematical and Information Sci- 301-688-0400 SC-21.1, Germantown Building
ences Directorate MSPgrants@nsa.gov 1000 Independence Avenue, SW
ATTN: RDRL-ROI-M Washington, DC 20585-1290
P.O. Box 12211 Office of Naval Research http://www.sc.doe.gov/ascr/
Research Triangle Park, NC Mathematics, Computer, and Infor- index.html
27709-2211 919-549-4206 mation Sciences Division
http://www.arl.army.mil/www/ Office of Naval Research Michael Strayer
default.cfm?Action=29&Page=216 One Liberty Center, Suite 1425 Associate Director
875 North Randolph Street 301-903-7486
Program in Mathematics Arlington, VA 22203-1995 michael.strayer@science.doe.
http://www.onr.navy.mil gov
Biomathematics
Virginia Pasour Computational Analysis Computational Science Research and
919-549-4254 Reza Malek-Madani Partnerships Division
703-696-0195 Walter M. Polansky, Acting Director
Modeling of Complex Systems reza.malekmadani@navy.mil 301-903-5800
John Lavery walt.polansky@science.doe.gov
919-549-4253 Command and Control
john.lavery2@arl.army.mil Gary Toth Computer Science
703-696-4961 Dan Hitchcock
Probability and Statistics gary.toth@navy.mil 301-903-9958
Mou-Hsiung (Harry) Chang, Acting daniel.hitchcock@science.doe.
Division Chief Image Analysis and Understanding gov
919-549-4229 Behzad Kamgar-Parsi
mouhsiung.chang@arl.army.mil 703-696-5754 Computer Science SciDAC Centers
behzad.kamgarparsi@navy.mil and Institutes
Numerical Analysis Osni Marques
Joe Myers Information Integration 301-903-9925
919-549-4245 Tristan Nguyen oamarques@ascr.doe.gov
josephd.myers@arl.army.mil 703-588-2360
tristan.nguyen@navy.mil Data and Visualization
Program in Computing Sciences Lucy Nowell
Intelligent and Autonomous Systems 301-903-3191
Computational Architectures and Behzad Kamgar-Parsi lucy.nowell@science.doe.gov
Visualization 703-696-5754
Joseph (Michael) Coyle, Program Man- behzad.kamgar-parsi@.navy.mil Barbara Helland
ager 301-903-3127
919-549-4256 Mathematical Optimization and Op- barbara.helland@science.doe.
joseph.michael.coyle@arl.army. erations Research gov
mil Donald Wagner
703-696-4313
don.wagner@navy.mil
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High Performance Computing (HPC) A K Peters, April 2010. ISBN-13: 978- July 2009. ISBN-13: 978-0-691-
Science and Applications 1-56881-476-6. 14041-4.
Sonia Sachs The Calculus of Friendship: What a Mathematics in Ancient Iraq: A
301-903-0060 Teacher and Student Learned about Social History, by Eleanor Robson.
sonia.sachs@science.doe.gov Life While Corresponding about Math, Princeton University Press, August
by Steven Strogatz. Princeton Uni- 2008. ISBN-13: 978-06910-918-22.
Network Research versity Press, August 2009. ISBN-13: (Reviewed March 2010.)
978-0-691-13493-2. (Reviewed June/ Mathematics in India, b y K i m
Thomas D. Ndousse-Fetter
July 2010.) Plofker. Princeton University Press,
301-903-9960
The Cult of Statistical Significance: January 2009. ISBN-13: 978-06911-
tndousse@ascr.doe.gov
How the Standard Error Costs Us 206-76. (Reviewed March 2010.)
Jobs, Justice, and Lives, by Stephen The Mathematics of Egypt, Meso-
Multiscale Mathematics T. Ziliak and Deirdre N. McCloskey,
Sandy Landsberg potamia, China, India, and Islam: A
University of Michigan Press, Febru-
301-903-8507 Sourcebook, by Victor J. Katz et al.
ary 2008. ISBN-13: 978-04720-500-79.
landsberg@ascr.doe.gov Princeton University Press, July 2007.
(Reviewed in this issue.)
ISBN-13: 978-0-6911-2745-3.
Duel at Dawn: Heroes, Martyrs,
Steven Lee The Millennium Prize Problems,
and the Rise of Modern Mathematics,
301-903-5710 edited by James Carlson, Arthur
by Amir Alexander. Harvard Univer-
Jaffe, and Andrew Wiles. AMS, June
slee@ascr.doe.gov sity Press, April 2010. ISBN-13: 978-
06740-466-10. 2006. ISBN-13: 978-08218-3679-8.
Here's Looking at Euclid: A Surpris- (Reviewed December 2009.)
Karen Pao
ing Excursion through the Astonish- More Mathematical Astronomy
301-903-5384
ing World of Math, by Alex Bellos. Morsels, by Jean Meeus. Willmann-
appliedmath@ascr.doe.gov Bell, 2002. ISBN 0-943396743.
Free Press, June 2010. ISBN-13: 978-
14165-882-52. Mrs. Perkins’s Electric Quilt: And
SciDAC Centers and Institutes Other Intriguing Stories of Mathemati-
Bill Spotz The Housekeeper and the Profes-
sor, by Yoko Ogawa. Picador, February cal Physics, Paul J. Nahin, Princeton
301-903-8268 University Press, August 2009. ISBN-13:
2009. ISBN-13: 978-03124-278-01. (Re-
wfspotz@ascr.doe.gov 978-06911-354-03.
viewed May 2010.)
How to Read Historical Mathematics, Naming Infinity: A True Story of
Book List Religious Mysticism and Mathemati-
by Benjamin Wardhaugh. Princeton
The Book List highlights books that University Press, March 2010. ISBN-13: cal Creativity, by Loren Graham and
have mathematical themes and are 978-06911-401-48. Jean-Michel Kantor. Belknap Press
aimed at a broad audience potentially Isaac Newton on Mathematical Cer- of Harvard University Press, March
including mathematicians, students, tainty and Method, by Niccolò Guic- 2009. ISBN-13: 978-06740-329-34.
and the general public. When a book ciardini. MIT Press, October 2009. ISBN- Numbers Rule: The Vexing Math-
has been reviewed in the Notices, a 13: 978-02620-131-78. ematics of Democracy, from Plato to the
reference is given to the review. Gen- Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth, Present, by George G. Szpiro. Princeton
erally the list will contain only books by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos University Press, April 2010. ISBN-13:
published within the last two years, Papadimitriou. Bloomsbury USA, Sep- 978-06911-399-44.
though exceptions may be made in tember 2009. ISBN-13: 978-15969-145- The Numerati, by Stephen Baker.
cases where current events (e.g., the 20. Houghton Mifflin, August 2008. ISBN-
death of a prominent mathematician, Logic’s Lost Genius: The Life of 13: 978-06187-846-08. (Reviewed
coverage of a certain piece of math- Gerhard Gentzen, by Eckart Menzler- October 2009.)
ematics in the news) warrant drawing Trott, Craig Smorynski (translator), Our Days Are Numbered: How
Edward R. Griffor (translator). AMS- Mathematics Orders Our Lives, by
readers’ attention to older books. Sug-
LMS, November 2007. ISBN-13: 978-0- Jason Brown. Emblem Editions, April
gestions for books to include on the list
8218-3550-0. 2010. ISBN-13: 978-07710-169-74.
may be sent to notices-booklist@
The Mathematical Mechanic: Using A Passion for Discovery, by Peter
ams.org.
Physical Reason to Solve Problems, by Freund. World Scientific, August
*Added to “Book List” since the 2007. ISBN-13: 978-9-8127-7214-5
Mark Levi. Princeton University Press,
list’s last appearance. Perfect Rigor: A Genius and the
2009. ISBN-13: 978-0691140209.
The Archimedes Codex: How a Mathematicians: An Outer View Mathematical Breakthrough of the
Medieval Prayer Book Is Revealing of the Inner World, by Mariana Cook. Century, by Masha Gessen. Houghton
the True Genius of Antiquity’s Great- Princeton University Press, June 2009. Mifflin Harcourt, November 2009.
est Scientist, by Reviel Netz and Wil- ISBN-13: 978-0-691-13951-7. (Reviewed ISBN-13: 978-01510-140-64.
liam Noel. Da Capo Press, October August 2010.) Pioneering Women in American
2007. ISBN-13: 978-03068-1580-5. Mathematicians Fleeing from Nazi Mathematics: The Pre-1940 Ph.D.’s,
(Reviewed September 2008.) Germany: Individual Fates and Global by Judy Green and Jeanne LaDuke.
Bright Boys: The Making of Infor- Impact, by Reinhard Siegmund- AMS, December 2008. ISBN-13:978-
mation Technology, by Tom Green. Schultze. Princeton University Press, 08218-4376-5.
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Officers and
Committee Members
4.8.2. Award for Distinguished Public Service, 4.8.12. National Awards and Public Representation
Committee to Select the Winner of the Chair George E. Andrews ex officio
Richard A. Askey 2013 Robert J. Daverman ex officio
C. Herbert Clemens 2013 Eric M. Friedlander ex officio
Richard A. Tapia 2011
Arthur M. Jaffe 2010
2014
2014 Richard M. Schoen 2011
4.8.3. The Stefan Bergman Trust Fund 4.8.13. David P. Robbins Prize
Carlos Kenig 2012 Louis J. Billera 2011
Linda Preiss Rothschild 2011 Carol E. Fan 2011
Chair Elias M. Stein 2010 David J. Saltman 2011
4.8.4. Bôcher Prize, Committee to Select the Winner John R. Stembridge 2011
of Peter Winkler 2011
Alberto Bressan 2010
Reese Harvey 2010 4.8.14. Satter Prize, Committee to Select the Winner
Chair David Jerison 2010 of the
Victor Guillemin 2013
4.8.5. Centennial Fellowships
Chair Jane M. Hawkins 2011
Terms expire on June 30.
Sijue Wu 2011
Adebisi Agboola 2010
Abel Klein 2011 4.8.15. Steele Prizes
Chair Peter B. Kronheimer 2011
Peter S. Constantin 2011
Loredana Lanzani 2011
Yakov Eliashberg 2012
David R. Larson 2010
Judith A. Packer 2010 John Erik Fornaess 2012
Zinovy Reichstein 2010 Barbara Keyfitz 2012
Chair Gregory F. Lawler 2010
4.8.6. Conant Prize, Committee to Select the
Richard M. Schoen 2010
Winner of the
Joel A. Smoller 2011
Chair Georgia Benkart 2010
Terence Chi-Shen Tao 2011
Jerry Bona 2012
Ronald M. Solomon 2011 Akshay Venkatesh 2012
4.9. Institutes and Symposia 4.10.3. AMS-ASA-MAA-SIAM Joint Policy Board for
Mathematics
ASA and SIAM members’ terms expire
Standing Committees December 31 of the year given.
4.10.7. AMS-MAA Committee on Teaching Assistants 4.10.13. AMS-MAA-SIAM Frank and Brennie Morgan
and Part-time Instructors (TA/PTI) Prize for Outstanding Research in
David C. Carothers (MAA) 2010 Mathematics by an Undergraduate Student
Delaram Kahrobaei (AMS) 2012 Georgia M. Benkart (MAA) 2010
Janet McShane (MAA) 2011 Anna L. Mazzucato (SIAM) 2011
Calvin C. Moore (AMS) 2010 Maeve L. McCarthy (SIAM) 2010
Dennis Pence (MAA) 2010 Chair Michael E. Orrison, Jr. (AMS) 2010
Stephen Robinson (AMS) 2010 Kannan Soundararjan (MAA) 2012
James Sellers (AMS) 2012 Sergei Tabachnikov (AMS) 2012
George T. Yates (MAA) 2010
Special Committees
4.10.8. AMS-MAA Joint Archives Committee
4.10.14. AMS-Chile Joint Program Committee,
Bruce C. Berndt (AMS) 2011 December 2010
William W. Dunham (MAA) 2011
C. Herbert Clemens
Thomas W. Hawkins (AMS) 2012
Gustavo Alberto Ponce
Chair Kenneth R. Meyer (AMS) 2010
Robert S. Rumely
James J. Tattersall (MAA) 2010
Steven Weintraub
David Zitarelli (MAA) 2012
4.10.15. AMS-South Africa Mathematical Society
4.10.9. AMS-MAA Joint Meetings Committee Joint Program Committee, November
All members of this committee serve ex officio. 29–December 3, 2011
Chair Robert J. Daverman Percy Deift
Donald E. McClure Chair Doron Lubinsky
Consultant Penny Pina Matthew Miller
Tina H. Straley Neville Robbins
Gerard Venema 4.10.16. Committee to Choose a Joint AMS-MAA
4.10.10. AMS-MAA Exhibits Advisory Subcommittee Invited Speaker for the 2011 MAA Mathfest
(August 4–6, 2011, Lexington, KY)
Robert J. Daverman
Bruce C. Berndt
Christine Davis
Jean Taylor
Rebecca Elmo
Robert Fathauer
Norma Flores
Elizabeth Huber
Linda Larusso 5. Representatives
Chair Penny Pina
Gale Portwine 5.0.1. American Association for the Advancement
Kady Safar of Science
Sandi Lynn Scherer Terms expire on February 21.
Inez van Korlaar
Section A Robert Calderbank 2013
Gerard Venema
Section Q Lawrence Firman Gray 2013
Audra Weaver
Joan Weiss 5.0.2. Canadian Mathematical Society
David Wright 2010
4.10.11. AMS-MAA Joint Program Committee for the
New Orleans, Meeting January 5–8, 2011 5.0.3. Conference Board of the Mathematical
Chair Scott Ahlgren (AMS) Sciences
Ronald L. Graham (MAA) George E. Andrews 2010
Jennifer J. Quinn (MAA)
Karen Vogtmann (AMS) 5.0.4. Delbert Ray Fulkerson Prize Selection
Committee
4.10.12. AMS-MAA-SIAM Joint Committee on Richard P. Stanley 2011
Employment Opportunities
AMS staff contact: Ellen Maycock.
5.0.5. MAA Committee on the American
Mathematics Competition
Thomas C. Craven (AMS) 2010 Term expires on June 30.
Sue Geller (MAA) 2011
Chair E. McKay Hyde (SIAM) 2010 Kiran S. Kedlaya 2012
Ellen Maycock (AMS) ex officio 5.0.6. MAA Committee on Undergraduate Program
Michael Pearson (MAA) ex officio in Mathematics (CUPM)
Margaret Robinson (MAA) 2012 Randy McCarthy 2011
Leon H. Seitelman (SIAM) 2011 Alan Tucker 2011
Sarah Ann Stewart (AMS) 2012
James Tattersall (MAA) 2010 5.0.7. Professionals in Science and Technology,
Linda Thiel (SIAM) ex officio Commission on
Dana P. Williams (AMS) 2011 Sam Rankin 2012
5.0.8. U.S. National Committee on Theoretical and Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences . . . . . 5.0.3
Applied Mechanics Conformal Geometry and Dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2.17
Term expires on October 31. Contemporary Mathematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2.5
Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Russel Caflisch 2012 Data Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.10.2
David P. Robbins Prize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8.13
October 2010
November 2010
* 21–22 Workshop on Algebra and Its Applications, Faculty of Basic
Sciences, Department of Pure Mathematics, Ardebil, Islamic Republic * 5–6 Current Topic Workshop: Blackwell-Tapia Conference, Math-
of Iran. ematical Biosciences Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus,
Description: The organizing committee cordially invite you to par- Ohio.
ticipate in the Workshop on Algebra and Its Applications which will Description: This is the sixth in a series of biannual conferences hon-
be held in Ardebil, Iran, from October 21–22, 2010. The primary goal oring David Blackwell and Richard Tapia, two seminal figures who in-
of this workshop is to bring together researchers from all fields of spired a generation of African-American, Native American and Latino/
algebra. Secondary goal is to provide graduate students and junior re- Latina students to pursue careers in mathematics. 2010 Blackwell-
searchers with a rich and interesting set of new problems to work on. Tapia Prize: The National Blackwell-Tapia Committee is pleased to
Information: http://www.uma.ac.ir/enalgwork. announce that the 2010 Blackwell-Tapia Prize will be awarded to Dr.
Trachette Jackson (Department of Mathematics, University of Michi-
* 25–29 Workshop 2: Circadian Clocks in Plants and Fungi, Math-
gan). This prize is awarded every second year in honor of the legacy
ematical Biosciences Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus,
of David H. Blackwell and Richard A. Tapia. Special Event: Dr. Rich-
Ohio.
ard Tapia will give a public lecture at the Columbus Science Museum
Description: Circadian (24-hour) rhythms control the timing of many
(COSI) on Thursday evening, November 4, at 7:00 pm. Admission is
biological processes including leaf movements in plants and sporula-
free and the public is welcome.
tion in fungi. Advances in understanding the biological mechanism
Information: h t t p : / / w w w . m b i . o s u . e d u / 2 0 1 0 /
of plant and fungal clocks have also helped inspire clock research
ctwdescription.html.
in higher organisms. This workshop brings together theorists and
experimentalists to better understanding timekeeping in plants and * 17–21 International conference on functional analysis dedicated
fungi and how they relate to clocks in higher organisms. to the 90th anniversary of Professor V. E. Lyantse, Lviv National
Information: h t t p : / / w w w . m b i . o s u . e d u / 2 0 1 0 / University, Lviv, Ukraine.
ws2description.html. Description: The conference will be focused on (but not limited to)
the following areas of functional analysis: Operator Theory, Methods
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of Nonstandard Analysis, Banach Space Theory, Infinite-Dimensional at CIRM, International Center for Mathematical Meetings, which of-
Holomorphy, Topological Methods in Functional Analysis. fers very comfortable facilities in a beautiful frame. Program: Week
Languages: The official languages of the conference are English, 1: Komplex Analysis Winterschool/Workshop & Applications. Week 2:
Ukrainian, and Russian. Extremal metrics: evolution equations and stability. Week 3: Analytic
Fee: The conference fee is UHR 150 for participants from Ukraine aspects of complex algebraic geometry. Week 4: Non Kählerian aspects
and the former CIS and EUR 100 for foreign participants, to be paid of complex geometry. Week 5: Geometric flows in finite or infinite di-
in cash upon registration. mension. In order to encourage Ph.D. students, postdocs and young
Deadline: For the registration form and abstract of report: October researchers to participate in these events, we have special fundings
1, 2010. for those who would like to attend several weeks of conferences. If
Information: Further particulars can be found on the web- you are interested in participating or wish to have more information,
pages: http://www.franko.lviv.ua/faculty/mechmat/ contact us using the link below.
Departments/cf/index.html or http://topos.if.ua/ Information: http://www.latp.univ-provence.fr/geom2011/
conference/index.html. index.php/welcome.
giving conference presentations, learn about disciplines not repre- program will include invited lectures, contributed presentation and
sented at their schools, learn about open problems in the field, and workshops.
meet a community of researchers. Information: http://seams2011.fmipa.ugm.ac.id/.
Complex Interpolation overview of the new and emerging field of quantum knot theory, an
interdisciplinary research field connecting quantum computation
between Hilbert, and knot theory. These two papers illustrate surprising connections
Banach and Operator with a number of other fields of mathematics.
In the appendix, an introductory survey article is also provided for
Spaces those readers unfamiliar with quantum mechanics.
Gilles Pisier, Texas A&M This item will also be of interest to those working in geometry and
University, College Station, TX, topology.
and Université Paris VI, France Contents: Quantum information science: P. Hayden, Concentration
of measure effects in quantum information; D. Gottesman, An
Contents: Introduction; Preliminaries.
introduction to quantum error correction and fault-tolerant
Regular operators; Regular and fully
quantum computation; Contributions to mathematics: H. E. Brandt,
contractive operators; Remarks on expanding graphs; A duality
Riemannian geometry of quantum computation; L. H. Kauffman
operators/classes of Banach spaces; Complex interpolation of
and S. J. Lomonaco, Jr., Topological quantum information theory;
families of Banach spaces; θ -Hilbertian spaces; Arcwise versus
S. J. Lomonaco, Jr. and L. H. Kauffman, Quantum knots and
not arcwise; Fourier and Schur multipliers; A characterization
mosaics; S. J. Lomonaco, Jr. and L. H. Kauffman, Quantum knots
of uniformly curved spaces; Extension property of regular
and lattices, or a blueprint for quantum systems that do rope
operators; Generalizations; Operator space case; Generalizations
tricks; Appendix: S. J. Lomonaco, Jr., A Rosetta Stone for quantum
(Operator space case); Examples with the Haagerup tensor product;
mechanics with an introduction to quantum computation.
References.
Proceedings of Symposia in Applied Mathematics, Volume 68
Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, Volume 208,
Number 978 November 2010, approximately 345 pages, Hardcover, ISBN:
978-0-8218-4828-9, LC 2010019765, 2000 Mathematics Subject
October 2010, 78 pages, Softcover, ISBN: 978-0-8218-4842-5, 2000
Classification: 81P15, 81P40, 81P45, 81P68, 68Q12, 57M25, 57M27,
Mathematics Subject Classification: 46B70, 47B10, 46M05, 47A80,
20C35, AMS members US$71.20, List US$89, Order code PSAPM/68
Individual member US$38.40, List US$64, Institutional member
US$51.20, Order code MEMO/208/978
December 2010, approximately 312 pages, Softcover, ISBN: October 2010, 62 pages, Softcover, ISBN: 978-0-8218-4635-3, 2000
978-0-8218-5245-3, LC 2010024820, 2000 Mathematics Subject Mathematics Subject Classification: 57S05, Individual member
Classification: 35Q53, 37K10, 14H70, 14M15, 15A75, AMS members US$34.80, List US$58, Institutional member US$46.40, Order code
US$36.80, List US$46, Order code STML/54 MEMO/208/979
Contents: Introduction; Bifurcation diagrams; Oscillation Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics, Volume 81
properties; Ground states; Stability of thermal structures; Proof November 2010, 249 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-0-8218-4887-6,
of main theorems; The degenerate case, k = −1; Appendix 1. LC 2010027233, 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 81-06,
The conservative case (N = 1); Appendix 2. Pohozaev identity; 55-06, 46-06, 46L87, 81T30, AMS members US$50.40, List US$63,
Bibliography.
Order code PSPUM/81
Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, Volume 208,
Number 976
New AMS-Distributed August 2010, 540 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-81-8487-085-5, 2000
Mathematics Subject Classification: 14C25, 14F42, 19E15, 14G35,
Publications 11G18; 14C30, 14C35, 19F27, 11F46, 11F41, AMS members US$40,
List US$50, Order code TIFR/16
Applications
Algebra and Algebraic
Geometry Tractability of
Multivariate Problems
Cycles, Motives and Volume II: Standard
Shimura Varieties Information for
Functionals
V. Srinivas, Tata Institute of
Fundamental Research, Mumbai, Erich Novak, University of
India, Editor Jena, Germany, and Henryk
Woźniakowski, Columbia
This is the proceedings of the international
colloquium organized by the Tata Institute
University, New York, NY
of Fundamental Research in January
This is the second volume of a three-volume set comprising a
2008, one of a series of colloquia going
comprehensive study of the tractability of multivariate problems.
back to 1956. It covers a wide spectrum
The second volume deals with algorithms using standard
of mathematics, ranging over algebraic geometry, topology,
information consisting of function values for the approximation of
automorphic forms, and number theory.
linear and selected nonlinear functionals. An important example is
Algebraic cycles form the basis for the construction of motives, numerical multivariate integration.
and conjectures about motives depend ultimately on important
The proof techniques used in volumes I and II are quite different. It
problems related to algebraic cycles, such as the Hodge and the
is especially hard to establish meaningful lower error bounds for
Tate conjectures. Shimura varieties provide interesting, nontrivial
the approximation of functionals by using finitely many function
instances of these fundamental problems. On the other hand, the
values. Here, the concept of decomposable reproducing kernels
motives of Shimura varieties are of great interest in automorphic
is helpful, allowing it to find matching lower and upper error
forms and number theory.
bounds for some linear functionals. It is then possible to conclude
This volume features refereed articles by leading experts in these tractability results from such error bounds.
fields. The articles contain original results as well as expository
Tractability results, even for linear functionals, are very rich in
material.
variety. There are infinite-dimensional Hilbert spaces for which
A publication of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. the approximation with an arbitrarily small error of all linear
Distributed worldwide except in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, functionals requires only one function value. There are Hilbert
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Contents: D. Arapura, Mixed Hodge structures associated to curse of dimensionality. This holds for unweighted spaces, where
geometric variations; M. Asakura and K. Sato, Beilinson’s Tate the role of all variables and groups of variables is the same. For
conjecture for K2 of elliptic surface: Survey and examples; weighted spaces one can monitor the role of all variables and groups
E. Ghate, On the freeness of the integral cohomology groups of variables. Necessary and sufficient conditions on the decay of the
of Hilbert-Blumenthal varieties as Hecke modules; P. Griffiths, weights are given to obtain various notions of tractability.
Singularities of admissible normal functions; G. Harder, Arithmetic The text contains extensive chapters on discrepancy and integration,
aspects of rank one Eisenstein cohomology; K. Kimura, A remark decomposable kernels and lower bounds, the Smolyak/sparse grid
on the second Abel-Jacobi map; A. Krishna and V. Srinivas, Zero algorithms, lattice rules and the CBC (component-by-component)
cycles on singular affine varieties; M. Levine, Tate motives and the algorithms. This is done in various settings. Path integration and
fundamental group; S.-J. Kang and J. D. Lewis, Beilinson’s Hodge quantum computation are also discussed.
conjecture for K1 revisited; S. Kimura and J. P. Murre, On natural
This volume is of interest to researchers working in computational
isomorphisms of finite dimensional motives and applications to
mathematics, especially in approximation of high-dimensional
the Picard motives; A. Miller, Chow motives of mixed Shimura
problems. It is also well suited for graduate courses and seminars.
varieties; A. Neeman, Dualizing complexes—the modern way;
There are 61 open problems listed to stimulate future research in
A. Rosenschon and V. Srinivas, The Griffiths group of the generic
tractability.
abelian 3-fold; R. Sreekantan, Non-Archimedean regulator maps
and special values of L-functions; T. Terasoma, The Artin-Schreier A publication of the European Mathematical Society (EMS).
DGA and the Fp -fundamental group of an Fp scheme. Distributed within the Americas by the American Mathematical
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Contents: Discrepancy and integration; Worst case: General linear
functionals; Worst case: Tensor products and decomposable
kernels; Worst case: Linear functionals on weighted spaces; Astérisque, Number 332
Average case setting; Probabilistic setting; Smolyak/Sparse grid
July 2010, 463 pages, Softcover, ISBN: 978-2-85629-291-4, 2000
algorithms; Multivariate integration for Korobov and related
spaces; Randomized setting; Nonlinear functionals; Further Mathematics Subject Classification: 11E99, 11G99, 11Gxx, 11R37,
topics; Summary: Uniform integration for three Sobolev spaces; 11R39, 14D24, 14E07, 14Exx, 14G25, 14H50, 14H52, 14K10, 20F55,
Appendices: List of open problems and Errata for volume I; 20F67, 20Fxx, 20G20, 20H15, 20J06, 22E40, 22E45, 30C65, 32H50,
Bibliography; Index. 35B65, 35B99, 35J60, 37A17, 37A45, 37D20, 37D40, 49Q20, 51M10,
EMS Tracts in Mathematics, Volume 12 51M25, 52A20, 52A38, 53A20, 53C20, 53C21, 53C23, 53C44, 53D10,
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CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF committed to the principles of Equal Op- demonstrated distinction in scholarship
TECHNOLOGY portunity and Affirmative Action. and teaching.
Department of Mathematics 000031 (1) E.R. Hedrick Assistant Professor-
The Division of Physics, Mathematics, ships. Salary is $61,200 and appointments
and Astronomy are for three years. The teaching load is
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS four-quarter courses per year.
The Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Department of Mathematics (2) Computational and Applied Math-
Astronomy at the California Institute of ematics (CAM) Assistant Professorships.
Technology invites applications for a pos- The Department of Mathematics at the Salary is $61,200, and appointments are
sible tenure-track position in Mathematics University of California, Davis, is soliciting for three years. The teaching load is nor-
at the assistant professor level. We are applications for the following positions to mally reduced by research funding to two
particularly interested in the following begin July 1, 2011. Applications will be quarter courses per year.
research areas: Algebraic Geometry/Num- accepted until the positions are filled. To (3) Program in Computing (PIC) As-
ber Theory, Analysis/Dynamics, Com- receive full consideration, the application sistant Adjunct Professorships. Salary
binatorics, Finite and Algebraic Groups, should be received by December 1, 2010. is $65,500. Applicants for these posi-
Geometry/Topology, Logic/Set Theory, To apply, submit the AMS Cover Sheet and tions must show very strong promise in
and Mathematical Physics, but other fields supporting documentation electronically teaching and research in an area related
may be considered. The term of the initial through: http://www.mathjobs.org/. to computing. The teaching load is four
appointment is normally four years for 1. An Assistant Professor in the area of one-quarter programming courses each
a tenure-track assistant professor (with Mathematical Biology. Applicants should year and one seminar every two years.
a possible to extension to as much as have demonstrated excellence in math- Initial appointments are for one year and
seven years). Appointment is contingent ematical modeling of biological phenom- possibly longer, up to a maximum service
upon completion of the Ph.D. Exceptional ena, and the ability to reach across tradi- of four years.
candidates may also be considered at the tional boundaries in the life sciences and (4) Assistant Adjunct Professorships
associate or full professor level. We are mathematics. Minimum qualifications for and Research Postdocs. Normally appoint-
seeking highly qualified applicants who this position include a Ph.D. degree or its ments are for one year, with the possibility
are committed to a career in research and equivalent in the Mathematical Sciences of renewal. Strong research and teaching
teaching. Applicants should apply online and great promise in research and teach- background required. The salary range is
ing. Duties include mathematical research, $53,200-$59,500. The teaching load for
at: http://mathjobs.org.
undergraduate and graduate teaching, and Adjuncts is six-quarter courses per year.
Caltech is an Affirmative Action/Equal departmental and university service.
Opportunity Employer. Women and mi- (5) Simons Postdoctoral Fellows. Salary
2. One or more Arthur J. Krener As- is $70,000 increased by 3% each year.
norities are encouraged to apply.
000053
sistant Professor positions, subject to Appointments are for three years. The
budgetary and administrative approval. teaching load is four courses over the
The Department seeks applicants with three year period. Candidates must show
excellent research potential in areas of exceptional research promise. Simons
MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH faculty interest and effective teaching Postdoctoral Fellowships will be restricted
INSTITUTE skills. The annual salary of this position to candidates who receive the Ph.D. in the
Berkeley, CA is $52,350. Applicants for the Krener As- academic year immediately preceding that
sistant Professorship are required to have in which they would become Simons Post-
MSRI invites applications for 40 Research completed their Ph.D. by the time of their doctoral Fellows. This position is funded
Professors, 200 Research Members, and appointment, but no earlier than July 1, by the Simons Foundation.
30 semester-long Post-Doctoral Fellows in 2007. The appointment is renewable for If you wish to be considered for any
the following programs: Quantitative Ge- a total of up to three years, assuming of these positions you must submit an
ometry (August 15 to December 16, 2011), satisfactory performance in research and application and supporting documen-
and Random Spatial Processes (January teaching. Additional information may be tation electronically via: http://www.
09, 2012 to May 18, 2012). In addition a found at: http://math.ucdavis.edu/. mathjobs.org.
very small number of positions may be Postal address: Department of Math- For fullest consideration, all application
available as part of our Complementary ematics, University of California, One materials should be submitted on or be-
Program. Research Professorships are Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8633. fore, December 8, 2010. Ph.D. is required
intended for senior researchers who will The University of California is an Af- for all positions.
be making key contributions to a program, firmative Action/Equal Opportunity Em- UCLA and the Department of Math-
including the mentoring of postdoctoral ployer. ematics have a strong commitment to the
fellows, and who will be in residence for 000044
achievement of excellence in teaching and
three or more months. Research Member-
research and diversity among its faculty
ships are intended for researchers who
and staff. The University of California is
will be making contributions to a program UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
and who will be in residence for one or
ANGELES Employer. The University of California
more months. Post-Doctoral Fellowships asks that applicants complete the Equal
Department of Mathematics
are intended for recent Ph.D.s. Interested Opportunity Employer survey for, Letters
individuals should carefully describe Faculty Positions Academic Year 2011-
2012 and Science, at the following URL: http://
the purpose of their proposed visit, and cis.ucla.edu/facultysurvey. Under Federal
indicate why a residency at MSRI will ad- law, the University of California may
The Department of Mathematics solicits
vance their research program. To receive employ only individuals who are legally
applications at the level of tenure-track/
full consideration, application must be authorized to work in the United States
tenure faculty with particular emphasis in
complete, including all letters of support applied mathematics. Salary is commensu- as established by providing documents
by the following deadlines: Research Pro- rate with the level of experience. specified in the Immigration Reform and
fessorships, October 01, 2010; Research Control Act of 1986.
We also plan to make temporary and
Memberships, December 01, 2010; Post- 000042
visiting appointments in the categories
doctoral Fellowships, December 01, 2010.
1-5 below. Depending on the level, candi-
Application information: http://www.
dates must give evidence of potential or
msri.org/propapps/applications/
application_material. The Institute is
CONNECTICUT September 1, 2010 through August 31, vitae, and four letters of recommendation,
2011. The duration of the fellowship is with one addressing the candidate’s teach-
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT three years, and the teaching obligation is ing qualifications. Applications received
four one-quarter courses during the three no later than January 1, 2011 will be
Department of Mathematics
year fellowship. This appointment would assured our fullest consideration. Please
Assistant Professor be at the University’s rank of Dickson submit all application materials through:
The Department of Mathematics at the Instructor but would also carry the title http://MathJobs.org.
University of Connecticut invites appli- of Simons Fellow within the Department Applicants may learn more about the
cants for a tenure-track position at the of Mathematics. 3. Assistant Professor: department, its faculty and its programs
Assistant Professor level starting in Fall This is open to mathematicians who are and about Boston College at http://www.
2011. Highly qualified candidates in all further along in their careers, typically two bc.edu/math. Email inquiries concerning
mathematical disciplines are encouraged or three years past the doctorate. These this position may be directed to: post-
to apply, but logic, geometry and topol- positions are intended for mathematicians doc-search@bc.edu. Boston College is
ogy, and numerical linear algebra and whose work has been of outstandingly an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity
numerical analysis are areas of particular, high caliber. Appointees are expected Employer. Applications from women, mi-
but not exclusive, focus of the search. to have the potential to become leading norities and individuals with disabilities
figures in their fields. The appointment is are encouraged.
Minimum Qualifications: A completed
generally for three years, with a teaching 000056
Ph.D. in Mathematics by August 23, 2011; obligation of three one-quarter courses
and demonstrated evidence of excellent per year. Applicants will be considered for
teaching ability and outstanding research any of the positions above which seem ap-
potential. BOSTON COLLEGE
propriate. Complete applications consist Department of Mathematics
Preferred Qualifications: Research focus of (a) a cover letter, (b) a curriculum vitae,
of logic, geometry and topology, and Tenure-Track Positions
(c) three or more letters of reference, at
numerical linear algebra and numerical least one of which addresses teaching
analysis; and the ability to contribute The Department of Mathematics at Bos-
ability, and (d) a description of previous ton College invites applications for four
through research, teaching and/or public research and plans for future mathemati-
engagement to the diversity and excel- tenure-track positions at the level of As-
cal research. Applicants are strongly en- sistant Professor beginning in September
lence of the learning experience. couraged to include information related to 2011, two in Number Theory or related
Position is at the Storrs campus. Candi- their teaching experience, such as a teach- areas, including Algebraic Geometry and
dates may have the opportunity to work ing statement or evaluations from courses Representation Theory; and two in Geom-
at the campuses at Avery Point, Hartford, previously taught, as well as an AMS cover etry/Topology or related areas. In excep-
Stamford, Torrington, Waterbury, and sheet. If you have applied for an NSF Math- tional cases, a higher level appointment
West Hartford. ematical Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship, may be considered. The teaching load for
Review of applications will begin on please include that information in your each position is three semester courses
November 15, 2010, and continue until the application, and let us know how you plan per year.
position is filled. Applications and at least to use it if awarded. If you are eligible Requirements include a Ph.D. or equiva-
3 letters of reference should be submitted for the Simons Fellowship and wish to lent in Mathematics awarded in 2009 or
online at: http://www.mathjobs.org/ be considered for it, please indicate this earlier, a record of very strong research
jobs. Questions or requests for further in your cover letter. Applications must combined with outstanding research po-
information should be sent to the Hir- be submitted online through: http:// tential, and demonstrated excellence in
ing Committee at: email: mathhiring@ www.mathjobs.org. Questions may be teaching mathematics.
uconn.edu. directed to: apptsec@math.uchicago.
A completed application should contain
The University of Connecticut is an edu. We will begin screening applications
a cover letter, a description of research
Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action on December 1, 2010. Screening will con-
plans, a statement of teaching philosophy,
Employer. We enthusiastically encour- tinue until all available positions are filled.
curriculum vitae, and at least four letters
age applications from underrepresented The University of Chicago is an Equal Op-
of recommendation. One or more of the
groups, including minorities, women, and portunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
letters of recommendation should directly
people with disabilities. 000041
comment on the candidate’s teaching
000062
credentials.
Applications completed no later than
MASSACHUSETTS November 1, 2010 will be assured our
ILLINOIS fullest consideration. Please submit all
BOSTON COLLEGE application materials through: http://
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO Department of Mathematics MathJobs.org.
Department of Mathematics Post-doctoral Position Applicants may learn more about the
department, its faculty and its programs,
The University of Chicago Department The Department of Mathematics at Boston and about Boston College at: http://
of Mathematics invites applications for College invites applications for a post- www.bc.edu/math. Electronic inquiries
the following positions: 1. L.E. Dickson doctoral position beginning September concerning these positions ma y be di-
Instructor: This is open to mathemati- 2011. This position is intended for a new rected to: math-search@bc.edu. Boston
cians who have recently completed or or recent Ph.D. with outstanding potential College is an Affirmative Action/Equal
will soon complete a doctorate in math- in research and excellent teaching. This Opportunity Employer. Applications from
ematics or a closely related field,and is a 3-year Visiting Assistant Professor women, minorities and individuals with
whose work shows remarkable promise position, and carries a 2-1 annual teaching disabilities are encouraged.
in mathematical research and teaching. load. Research interests should lie within 000055
The appointment typically is for two Number Theory or Representation Theory
years, with the possibility of renewal for or related areas. Candidates should expect
a third year. The teaching obligation is to receive their Ph.D. prior to the start of
up to four one-quarter courses per year. the position and have received the Ph.D.
2. Simons Fellow (at the rank of Dickson no earlier than Spring 2010.
Instructor): This is open to candidates Applications must include a cover letter,
who receive the Ph.D. within the period description of research plans, curriculum
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF interest will be the study of dynamics of Early applications will be regarded favor-
TECHNOLOGY area-preserving disk maps, the ramifica- ably. Cornell University is an Affirmative
Department of Mathematics tions of new symplectic techniques in Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and
Positions for Faculty and Instructors three-dimensional hydrodynamics, as Educator.
well as questions about the utility of the 000046
Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and of current and planned research. To be by calling (919) 515-2135. Applications
Educator. considered for this position please also received by November 15, 2010 will be
000045 go to: http://jobs.ncsu.edu/appli- given priority.
cants/Central?quickFind=87399 and 000060
complete a Faculty Profile for the position.
CORNELL UNIVERSITY Write to: email: math-jobs@math.
Department of Mathematics ncsu.edu for questions concerning this NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
Visiting Professor Positions position. Department of Mathematics
AA/EOE. In addition, NC State welcomes
The Department of Mathematics at Cor- all persons without regard to sexual ori- The Mathematics Department at North
nell University invites applications for entation. The College of Physical and Carolina State University invites applica-
possible visiting positions, academic year Mathematical Sciences welcomes the op- tions for the LeRoy Martin Professorship
or one semester teaching positions (rank portunity to work with candidates to in Mathematics. We are seeking excep-
based on experience) beginning August identify suitable employment opportu- tionally well-qualified individuals with
16, 2011. We are seeking candidates who nities for spouses or partners. For ADA research interests compatible with those
have excellent teaching skills. The teach- accommodations, please contact Human in the department. All areas of pure and
ing load varies from 1-4 courses per year, Resources by email at employment@ncsu. applied mathematics will be considered.
depending on the individual and the avail- edu or by calling (919) 515-2135. Applica- Candidates must have a Ph.D. in the
ability of courses. Candidates with teach- tions received by November 15, 2010 will mathematical sciences. The successful
ing and research interests compatible with be given priority. applicant will have an internationally rec-
current faculty are sought. The Depart- 000059 ognized research program, a commitment
ment actively encourages applications to effective teaching at the undergraduate
from women and minority candidates. and graduate levels, a strong record of
Applicants are strongly encouraged NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY mentoring PhD students, and demon-
to apply electronically at: http://www. Department of Mathematics strated ability to attract external fund-
mathjobs.org. ing. The Department of Mathematics has
For information about our positions The Mathematics Department at North strong research programs in both pure
and application instructions, see: http:// Carolina State University invites applica- and applied mathematics. Many members
www.math.cornell.edu/Positions/ tions for one or more tenure-track posi- of the department participate in interdis-
facpositions.html. Applicants will be tion beginning Fall 2011, depending on ciplinary programs and research groups
automatically considered for all eligible the availability of funding. We are seeking on campus and in the broader Research
positions. Deadline December 1, 2010. exceptionally well-qualified individuals Triangle community. More information
Early applications will be regarded favor- with research interests compatible with about the department can be found at:
ably. Cornell University is an Affirmative those in the department. All areas of http://www.math.ncsu.edu.
pure and applied mathematics will be To submit your application materials,
Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and
considered. Candidates must have a Ph.D. go to: http://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/
Educator.
000047
in the mathematical sciences, an outstand- ncsu. Include a vita, at least four letters
ing research program, a commitment to of recommendation, and a description of
effective teaching at the undergraduate current and planned research.
and graduate levels and demonstrated
Write to: email: math-jobs@math.
NORTH CAROLINA potential for excellence in both research
ncsu.edu for questions concerning this
and teaching. She or he will likely have had
position.
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY successful post-doctoral experience. The
Department of Mathematics has strong AA/EOE. In addition, NC State welcomes
Department of Mathematics
research programs in both pure and ap- all persons without regard to sexual orien-
The Mathematics Department at North plied mathematics. Many members of the tation. The College of Physical and Math-
Carolina State University invites applica- department participate in interdisciplin- ematical Sciences welcomes the opportu-
tions for a tenure-track position in applied ary programs and research groups on nity to work with candidates to identify
analysis beginning Fall 2011, depending campus and in the broader Research Tri- suitable employment opportunities for
on the availability of funding. We are seek- angle community. More information about spouses or partners. For ADA accommo-
ing an exceptionally well-qualified indi- the department can be found at: http:// dations, please contact Human Resources
vidual with research interests compatible www.math.ncsu.edu. by email at: employment@ncsu.edu or by
with those in the department. Candidates To submit your application materials, calling (919) 515-2135.
000061
must have a Ph.D. in the mathematical sci- go to: http://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/
ences, an outstanding research program, ncsu. Include a vita, at least three letters
a commitment to effective teaching at the of recommendation, and a description
undergraduate and graduate levels and of current and planned research. To be OREGON
demonstrated potential for excellence in considered for this position please also
both research and teaching. She or he will go to: http://jobs.ncsu.edu/appli- UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
likely have had successful post-doctoral cants/Central?quickFind=87396 and Department of Mathematics
experience. The Department of Mathemat- complete a Faculty Profile for the position.
ics has strong research programs in both Write to: email: math-jobs@math. The University of Oregon department of
pure and applied mathematics. Many ncsu.edu for questions concerning this mathematics seeks applicants for a full-
members of the department participate in position. time tenure-related position in the area
interdisciplinary programs and research AA/EOE. In addition, NC State welcomes of probability at the rank of Assistant
groups on campus and in the broader all persons without regard to sexual orien- Professor. Minimum qualifications are a
Research Triangle community. More in- tation. The College of Physical and Math- Ph.D. in mathematics or closely related
formation about the department can be ematical Sciences welcomes the opportu- field. An outstanding research record,
found at http://www.math.ncsu.edu. nity to work with candidates to identify and active participation and excellence
To submit your application materials, suitable employment opportunities for in teaching at the undergraduate and
go to: http://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/ spouses or partners. For ADA accommo- graduate levels will be the most important
ncsu. Include a vita, at least three letters dations, please contact Human Resources criteria for selection. Please see http://
of recommendation, and a description by email at: employment@ncsu.edu or hr.uoregon.edu/jobs/ for a full posi-
tion announcement. Applicants should purposes only, candidates must respond August 2010 and pending budgetary ap-
provide a standard AMS cover page, CV, yes or no to the Citizen/Residency field. proval. The position will be filled at the
research statement, and three letters of Additional information about the depart- rank of Associate or Professor based on
recommendation and apply online at: ment and its programs, including the experience. Candidates must have a Ph.D.
http://mathjobs.org. Deadline for ap- interdisciplinary Discovery Informatics in mathematics, Mathematics Education or
plications: December 15, 2010. Candidates program, is available at: http://math. Statistics and must demonstrate a history
should have the ability to work effectively cofc.edu and http://discovery.cofc. of excellence in teaching, scholarly re-
with a diverse community. The University edu. Review of applications for on-campus search and excellent English communica-
of Oregon is an EO/AA/ADA institution interviews will begin as applications are tion skills. Experience in academic admin-
committed to cultural diversity. received, and applications will be accepted
istration at the department level or higher
000063 until the position is filled. The College
is desirable. Review of applications will
of Charleston is an Equal Opportunity
begin December 1 2010, although applica-
/ Affirmative Action Employer and en-
courages applications from minority and tion will be accepted until the position is
PENNSYLVANIA filled. Submit letter of application, C.V.,
women candidates.
000054 statement of teaching and administrative
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY philosophy, research interests, graduate
Assistant Professor of Math Education transcripts and three letters of reference
online at: http://javjobs.tamuk.edu/
Penn State Lehigh Valley invites applica- TEXAS and to Wanda Badger, Administrative
tions for Assistant Professor of Math
Education (tenure-track). Teach three Assistant II, Department of Mathematics,
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
courses each semester, including math MSC 172, 700 University Blvd., Kingsville
The Department of Mathematics Tx. 78363. Inquiries can be made to 361-
methods course, for elementary education
majors, and lower level math courses for The Department of Mathematics antici- 593-3517 or w-badger@tamuk.edu. For
education majors, using traditional and pates up to six openings for postdoctoral review of application, applicants may
hybrid delivery modes. Publish in refereed positions at the level of Visiting Assistant submit unofficial transcripts to http://
journals. Participate in service activities. Professor, subject to budgetary approval. Javjobs. However, prior to issuing a letter
Ph.D./Ed.D. in mathematics, math educa- Our Visiting Assistant Professor positions of appointment, official transcripts must
tion, or related field (will consider ABD are three-year appointments and carry a be received directly from each regionally
candidates) and preschool, elementary, three-course-per-year teaching load. They accredited degree granting institution by
or middle school teaching experience are intended for those who have recently the office of the Provost. If transcripts are
required. Expect evidence of potential received their Ph.D.s and preference will from an international institution, it is the
in research and publication. To learn be given to mathematicians whose re- responsibility of the prospective faculty
more about the campus and Penn State, search interests are close to those of member to have the transcripts translated
visit http://www.psu.edu/ur/cmpcoll. our regular faculty members. We also and evaluated by an approved credential
html. To learn more about the position anticipate up to six short-term (semester evaluator (AACRAO). EEO/AA/ADA.
and how to apply, visitL http://www. or year-long) visiting positions at various 000066
psu.jobs/Search/Opportunities. ranks, depending on budget. A complete
html; follow “Faculty” link. AA/EOE. dossier should be received by December
000036 15, 2010. Early applications are encour-
aged since the department will start the TRINITY UNIVERSITY
review process in October 2010. Appli- Department of Mathematics
SOUTH CAROLINA cants should send the completed “AMS Chair and Tenured Faculty Appointment
Application Cover Sheet”, a vita, a sum-
mary statement of research and teaching The Department of Mathematics at Trinity
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON University in San Antonio, Texas invites
experience, and arrange to have letters of
Department of Mathematics applications for the position of depart-
recommendation sent to: Faculty Hiring,
Applications are invited for at least one Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M mental chair. Appointment will be at the
tenure-track position at the Assistant Pro- University, 3368 TAMU, College Station, rank of associate or full professor with
fessor level beginning August 16, 2011. Texas 77843-3368. Further information tenure in an area of applied mathematics.
The Mathematics Department at the Col- can be obtained from: http://www.math. The position requires extensive experi-
lege of Charleston when fully-staffed has tamu.edu/hiring. ence in undergraduate education, and a
34 full-time faculty members and offers Texas A&M University is an Equal Op- record of excellence in teaching, research
the B.S. and M.S. degrees in mathematics. portunity Employer. The university is ded- and service. We seek an individual with
Candidates must have a Ph.D. in one of the icated to the goal of building a culturally vision who is a skilled leader, a supportive
mathematical sciences, potential for con- diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff colleague and an accomplished educator/
tinuing research, and commitment to ex- committed to teaching and working in a scholar. Experience in fiscal affairs is de-
cellence in teaching. Some preference will multicultural environment, and strongly sirable. The department recently received
be given to individuals in the broad area encourages applications from women, an institutional five-year NSF-UBM grant
of analysis and who have the potential to minorities, individuals with disabilities, and an NIH research grant. For further
contribute to interdisciplinary offerings, and veterans. The university is responsive
information on our department, please
however exceptionally strong candidates to the needs of dual career couples.
000034
visit our web page at: http://www.trin-
in all areas will be considered. The normal ity.edu/math. Review of applications
teaching load is nine hours per week, and will begin October 15, 2010 and continue
the salary is competitive. A minimal ap-
until the position is filled.
plication will consist of a vita, narratives TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-KINGSVILLE
on research and teaching, and at least To apply, please submit curriculum vita
Department of Mathematics
three letters of recommendation which, and a letter addressing all desired attri-
Department Chair
combined, must address both teaching butes indicated in the paragraph above to:
and research. All materials should be The Department of Mathematics at Texas Trinity University
submitted to the College of Charleston at: A&M University-Kingsville invites appli- Department of Mathematics
http://mathjobs.org. For demographic cations for Department Chair, beginning Attn: Dr. Saber Elaydi
One Trinity Place complete applications, including recom- the Simons Foundation and the Brazilian
San Antonio, TX 78212 mendations, are received by December Ministry of Science and Technology. The
or: email: selaydi@trinity.edu. 15, 2010. first recruitment for these chairs will be
Trinity University is an Equal Opportu- The University of Washington is building in Differential Geometry as two tenure-
nity Employer. Women and minority can- a culturally diverse faculty and strongly track positions. Tenure will be considered
didates are strongly encouraged to apply. encourages applications from female and during the first four years. The monthly
000049 minority candidates. The University is an salary will be between R$ 11,300 and R$
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 15,000 (about US$ 6,250 and US$ 8,300
employer. respectively at the June 23, 2010 exchange
000043 rate). During the first four years there will
UTAH be also a monthly research allotment of
R$ 2,500 (about US$1,400). Applications
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH should be sent to: chair@impa.br until
Department of Mathematics
WISCONSIN October 31, 2010. The decisions will be
made by January 10, 2011. The appointees
The Department of Mathematics at the UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN–MADISON should begin their engagement at IMPA
University of Utah invites applications for Department of Mathematics any time between March 1, 2011 and Sep-
the following positions: tember 1, 2011. Further inquiries should
The Department of Mathematics is accept-
Full-time tenure-track or tenured ap- be addressed to the same e-mail address.
ing applications for an assistant professor
pointments at the level of assistant, as- For information on application submis-
(tenure-track) position beginning August
sociate, or full professor in all areas of sions, see: http://www.impa.br/opencms/
29, 2011. Applications are invited in all
mathematics and statistics. en/pesquisa/chairsopening.html.
areas of mathematics. Candidates should
Three-year Scott, Wylie, and Burgess exhibit evidence of outstanding research
Assistant Professorships. potential, normally including significant
Please see our website at: http:// contributions beyond the doctoral dis- INSTITUTO DE MATÉMATICA PURA E
www.math.utah.edu/positions for in- sertation. A strong commitment to ex- APLICADA
formation regarding available positions, cellence in instruction is also expected. IMPA
application requirements and deadlines. Additional departmental information is Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Applications must be completed through available on our website: http://www.
the website: http://www.mathjobs.org. math.wisc.edu. The Instituto de Matématica Pura e Apli-
The University of Utah is an Equal Op- An application packet should include cada (IMPA), invites applications for six
portunity, Affirmative Action Employer a completed AMS Standard Cover Sheet, two-year post-doctoral positions, with a
and encourages applications from women a curriculum vitae which includes a pub- monthly take-home salary of R$ 7.500
and minorities, and provides reasonable lication list, and brief descriptions of (about US$ 4,200 at the June 28, 2010 ex-
accommodation to the known disabilities research and teaching to. Application change rate). Two of these positions are a
of applicants and employees. packets should be submitted electroni- donation of João Moreira Salles and Pedro
The University of Utah values candidates cally to: http://www.mathjobs.org. Moreira Salles, and are open to candidates
who have experience working in settings Applicants should also arrange to have in mathematics. Two additional positions
with students from diverse backgrounds, sent, to the above URL address, three to are open to candidates in any field of
and possess a strong commitment to four letters of recommendation, at least mathematics. One position is reserved
improving access to higher education for one of which must discuss the applicant’s for candidates working on Mathemati-
historically underrepresented students. teaching experiences, capabilities and cal Economics, and the remaining one
000057 potential. To ensure full consideration, is targeted on candidates able to build
application packets must be received by a bridge between IMPA research and the
November 8, 2010. Applications will be industrial sector (this position is open to
accepted until the position is filled. The candidates with doctorates in fields other
WASHINGTON Department of Mathematics is commit- than mathematics). Candidates must have
ted to increasing the number of women obtained their Ph.D. degrees after March
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON and minority faculty. The University of 31, 2007. IMPA, located in Rio de Janeiro,
Department of Mathematics Wisconsin is an affirmative action, equal Brazil, is widely recognized as one of the
opportunity employer and encourages leading mathematical research centers
Applications are invited for a non-tenure- applications from women and minorities. worldwide. Its main goal is the generation
track Acting Assistant Professor position. Unless confidentiality is requested in writ- of high-level mathematical research. It of-
The appointment is for a period of up to ing, information regarding the applicants fers also graduate level programs at the
three years to begin in September 2011. must be released upon request. Finalists Ph.D. and MSc level. Currently, its faculty
Applicants are required to have a Ph.D. cannot be guaranteed confidentiality. A includes specialists in Real and Complex
by the starting date, and to be highly background check may be required prior Dynamical Systems, Analysis, Algebra,
qualified for undergraduate and graduate to employment. Geometry, Probability, Fluid Dynamics,
teaching and independent research. 000064 Optimization, Mathematical Economics
Applications should include should and Computer Graphics. Applications
include the American Mathematical Soci- should be sent to: pdopen@impa.br until
ety’s Cover Sheet for Academic Employ- December 31, 2010. Decision will be an-
ment, a curriculum vitae, statements of BRAZIL nounced around March 1, 2011. Accepted
research and teaching interests, and three candidates should start their activities at
letters of recommendation. We prefer ap- INSTITUTO DE MATÉMATICA PURA E IMPA between May 1, 2011 and September
plications and supporting materials to be APLICADA 1, 2011. Further inquiries should be ad-
submitted electronically via: http://www. IMPA dressed to the same e-mail address. For
mathjobs.org. Application materials may Rio de Janeiro, Brasil information on application submissions,
also be mailed to: Appointments Com- see: http://www.impa.br/opencms/en/
mittee Chair (AAP position), Department The Instituto de Matématica Pura e Apli- pesquisa/pdopen.html.
of Mathematics, Box 354350, University cada (IMPA), invites applications for the 000038
The Employment Center offers a convenient, safe, and delay appointment setting until late December, virtually
practical meeting place for employers and applicants at- all scheduling will be done before travel takes place, so
tending the Joint Meetings. The focus of the Employment applicants should expect few or no further appointments
Center is on Ph.D.-level mathematical scientists and those after arrival. Registering on site, for applicants, serves no
that seek to hire them from academia, business, and real purpose.
government. There will be no printed books or paper forms. Also,
there will be no paper message center since the new
Employment Center Web Services
electronic system allows for interview arrangements.
All resume and job forms will be submitted and accessed
Computer scheduling is no longer provided at the Employ-
electronically on the Web. In addition, registered attend-
ment Center.
ees will also be able to utilize a basic scheduling tool in
advance on the Web. The website and all information
will be available beginning in mid-August, 2010, and will 2011 Employment Center Schedule:
remain accessible through the period of the Employment November 1, 2010–Suggested deadline for electronic
Center. The same applicant and job information avail- forms submission to allow for advanced scheduling.
able on the Employment Center/EIMS website during
the months preceding the event in New Orleans will be December 15, 2010–Advance registration deadline for
accessible during the JMM on computer terminals avail- JMM. Meeting badge will be required for admittance.
able at the Employment Center. While some schools may After this date, meeting registration fees go up and
meeting registration may only happen on site in New
Orleans.
No Admittance Without a JMM Badge All fees are to be paid at the EIMS ad website; fees are no
All applicants and employers planning to enter the Em- longer paid through the JMM registration form. However,
ployment Center—even just for one interview—must pres- individual registration for the JMM is required for all inter-
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Employers: How to Register
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2011, at the following website: www.eims.ams.org. The
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• Use your existing EIMS account or create a new Em-
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ployer account at eims.ams.org. Look under “Career Fair”
Employers: Choose a Table to find the right table option and complete the purchase.
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(or never) and will run until late January.
on the number of interviewers who will be present at
• Each person who will need to enter the Employment
any one time:
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• one or two interviewers per table in the “Quiet Area”
tering for the JMM and paying a meeting registration fee).
(US$295), additional table (US$105).
Once registered, employers will gain access to applicant
• three to six interviewers per table in the “Committee
data as it is submitted to the site. There will be applicant
Table” area (US$400), additional table (US$105).
resumes on the site, but employers will want to notice
• If a table ONLY is desired, without an ad submission, especially the resumes marked “Employment Center”
just enter the Web system, look for pricing under “Career (EC logo). Also, employers can review the requests for
Fair”, purchase any table/ad combination, and then do interviews submitted by applicants on the system. To
not post the ad. Ad submission is not required, however, respond to a request, employers will be able to access the
prices are the same whether the ad is used or not. applicant’s pre-approved schedule and fill in the desired
• All tables include the option to set appointments on slot or slots. In this way, employers will build their own
the EIMS system where schools and employers can access schedule, which is also viewable on the system.
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The fee includes one ad, which will run in EIMS and services at all, submit your one page paper ad on site to the
serve as the Employment Center ad through January. Employment Center staff. There is no fee for this service.
Please note that the traditional advertising site on the AMS For complete information, visit http://www.ams.org/
website, EIMS, now also serves as the ad placement site emp-reg/.
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AMS Short Courses The lectures offer a menu whose main course is based
on deterministic and stochastic dynamics describing the
Two Short Course proposals have beeen selected for
evolution of frequencies of behavioral types, and whose
presentation just before the Joint Mathematics Meetings
side dishes consist of examples drawn from disciplines as
begin. These Short Courses will take place on January 4 diverse as microbiology, genetics, animal behavior, evolu-
and 5, 2011 (Tuesday and Wednesday). tionary psychology, route planning, e-auctions, common
The cost to participate is the same for both courses. resources management, or micro-economics.
Advance registration fees are: member of the AMS or MAA, An introductory part of the course is devoted to a brief
US$100; nonmembers are US$134; students, unemployed, sketch of the origins of the field, and in particular to the
or emeritus are US$48. These fees are in effect until De- examples that motivated evolutionary biologists to intro-
cember 15. If you choose to register at the meeting, the duce a population dynamical viewpoint into game theory.
fees are US$140 for members of the AMS or MAA, US$170 This leads to some of the main concepts: evolutionary
for nonmembers, and US$69 for students, unemployed, stability, replicator dynamics, invasion fitness, etc. Much
or emeritus. of it can be explained by means of simple examples such as
the Rock-Paper-Scissors game. It came as a surprise when
Evolutionary Game Dynamics childish games of that sort, intended only for the clari-
fication of concepts, were found to actually lurk behind
Karl Sigmund, University of Vienna, organizer important classes of real-life social and biological interac-
Evolutionary game theory studies basic types of social tions. The Ultimatum Game, the Prisoner’s Dilemma, or the
interactions in populations of players. It is the ideal Stag-hunt Game have been used in hundreds of economic
mathematical tool for methodological individualism, i.e., experiments, leading to fascinating insights into the role of
the reduction of social phenomena to the level of indi- fairness norms, moral emotions, unconscious motivations,
vidual actions. Evolutionary game dynamics combines and cultural differences. Behavioral economics promoted
the strategic viewpoint of classical game theory (inde- the design of efficient mechanisms for broadband auc-
pendent, rational players trying to outguess each other) tions or globalized e-commerce, but also led to hot debates
with population dynamics (successful strategies increase on the economic roles of punishment, inequity aversion,
beliefs in supernatural agents, or concerns for reputation.
their frequencies).
The transmission of successful strategies by genetic
A substantial part of the appeal of evolutionary game
and cultural means results in a rich variety of stochastic
theory comes from its highly diverse applications, such
processes and, in the limit of very large populations, deter-
as social dilemmas, evolution of language, or mating be-
ministic adjustment dynamics including differential inclu-
havior in animals. Moreover, its methods are becoming
sions and reaction-diffusion equations. Some economists
increasingly popular in computer science, engineering,
view these types of dynamics as basic tools for so-called
algorithmic game theory, network analysis, machine equilibrium refinement and equilibrium selection con-
learning, statistical procedures, and control theory. They cepts. (Indeed, most games have so many equilibria that
help to design and control multi-agent systems, often it is hard to select the “right one”). However, evolutionary
with large numbers of agents (for instance, when routing games have also permitted the move away from the equi-
drivers over highway networks, or data packets over the librium-centered viewpoint. Today, we understand that
Internet). While traditionally these fields have used a top it is often premature to assume that behavior converges
down approach, by directly controlling the behavior of to an equilibrium. In particular, an evolutionarily stable
each agent in the system, attention has recently turned strategy need not be reachable. Limit phenomena such as
to an indirect approach: allowing the agents to function periodic or heteroclinic cycles, or chaotic attractors, may
independently, while providing incentives that lead them be considered, perhaps not as “solutions of the game”, but
to behave in the desired way. Instead of the traditional as predictions of play. On the other hand, large classes of
assumption of equilibrium behavior, researchers opt in- games leading to global convergence are presently much
creasingly for the evolutionary paradigm, and consider the better understood.
dynamics of behavior in populations of agents employing The team for this AMS course consists of Ross
simple, myopic decision rules. Cressman, Wilfried Laurier University; Josef Hofbauer,
University of Vienna; Sabin Lessard, Université de Mon- 2. Theory for robust computation of features of spaces,
tréal; Bill Sandholm, University of Wisconsin, Karl Sig- such as persistent homology, multidimensional persis-
mund, University of Vienna; and Sylvain Sorin, Univer- tence
sité Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris. These speakers have 3. Data Structures for representing the underlying topol-
substantially contributed to the field. They will provide a ogy of sampled data, such as the witness complex.
thoroughly up-to-date introduction to evolutionary games
for mathematicians interested in the bottom-up analysis 4. Algorithms for computing robust invariants of spaces
efficiently, such the persistence algorithm.
of social behavior.
5. Software for analyzing sampled data, such as JPlex,
Relevant Literature mapper, and eucharis.
Cressman, R., Evolutionary Dynamics and Extensive Form 6. Applications of computational topology to real world
Games, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003. data, such as in computer vision, biophysics, and sensor
UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE
Persistence: Theory & Practice
Afra Zomorodian, Dartmouth College A (Terse) Introduction
Zomorodian will introduce persistence, a notion for iden- to Linear Algebra
tifying features of data robustly. He will then discuss Yitzhak Katznelson, Stanford University,
various computational theories of persistence for different CA, and Yonatan R. Katznelson,
classes of data, such as static and parameterized data. In University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
each case, he will describe the theoretical structure, algo-
Student Mathematical Library, Volume 44; 2008;
rithms for computation of invariants, their implementa- 215 pages; Softcover; ISBN: 978-0-8218-4419-9; List
tion, and application toward real world examples, such as US$35; AMS members US$28; Order code STML/44
in biophysics and computer vision.
Schedule GRADUATE
It is planned that each speaker will give a ninety-minute Partial Differential Equations
talk. Currently, there is one software session for examin- Partial
Differential Second Edition
ing three software programs described by the first three Equations
SECOND EDITION
Computational
Topology
An Introduction
Herbert Edelsbrunner, Duke University,
Durham, NC, and Geomagic, Research
Triangle Park, NC, and John L. Harer,
Duke University, Durham, NC
2010; 241 pages; Hardcover; ISBN: 978-0-8218-4925-5; List US$59; AMS
members US$47.20; Order code MBK/69
www.ams.org/bookstore
Special Sessions
Syracuse, New York Advances in Theory and Applications of Evolution Equa-
tions, Tokia Diagana, Howard University, and Gaston Ní
Syracuse University Guerekata, Alexander Pankov, Xuming Xie, and Guoping
Zhang, Morgan State University.
October 2–3, 2010
Analysis, Probability and Mathematical Physics on
Saturday – Sunday Fractals, Luke Rogers, University of Connecticut, Robert
Strichartz, Cornell University, and Alexander Teplyaev,
Meeting #1062
University of Connecticut.
Eastern Section Analytic Combinatorics, Miklos Bona, University of
Associate secretary: Steven H. Weintraub Florida, and Alex Iosevich, University of Rochester.
Announcement issue of Notices: June 2010 Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, An-
Program first available on AMS website: August 19, 2010 thony Geramita, Queen’s University, Graham Leuschke
Program issue of electronic Notices: October and Claudia Miller, Syracuse University, and Michael Still-
Issue of Abstracts: Volume 31, Issue 4 man, Cornell University.
Difference Equations and Applications, Michael Radin,
Deadlines Rochester Institute of Technology.
For organizers: Expired Geometric Analysis and Flows, William P. Minicozzi II,
For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- Johns Hopkins University, Xiaodong Cao, Cornell Univer-
sions: Expired sity, and Junfang Li, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
For abstracts: Expired Graphs Embedded in Surfaces, and Their Symmetries,
Jack E. Graver and Mark E. Watkins, Syracuse University.
Harmonic Analysis, Dmitriy Bilyk, University of South
The scientific information listed below may be dated.
Carolina, and Svitlana Mayboroda, Purdue University.
For the latest information, see www.ams.org/amsmtgs/
Lie Algebras and Representation Theory, David Hem-
sectional.html.
mer, State University of New York at Buffalo, and Emilie
Invited Addresses Wiesner, Ithaca College.
Mathematical Image Processing, Lixin Shen and Yuesh-
Alan Frieze, Carnegie-Mellon University, Hamilton
eng Xu, Syracuse University.
cycles in random graphs. Nonlinear Analysis and Geometry, Tadeusz Iwaniec,
Yan Guo, Brown University, Asymptotic stability in some Leonid V. Kovalev, and Jani Onninen, Syracuse University.
fluid problems. Quasiconformal Mappings, Riemann Surfaces, and Tei-
William Minicozzi, Johns Hopkins University, Generic chmüller Spaces (in honor of Clifford J. Earle), Yunping
singularities of mean curvature flow. Jiang, Queens College and The Graduate Center, City
Andrei Zelevinsky, Northeastern University, Cluster University of New York, and Sudeb Mitra, Queens College,
algebras via quivers with potentials. City University of New York.
Representations of Algebras, Ed Green, Virginia Poly- ETH Zurich, and Kimberly Hopkins, University of Cali-
technic Institute, Mark Kleiner and Dan Zacharia, Syra- fornia Los Angeles.
cuse University, and Andrei Zelevinsky, Northeastern Combinatorics and Probability on Groups, Jason Fulman
University. and Robert Guralnick, University of Southern California,
Several Complex Variables, Dan F. Coman and Evgeny and Igor Pak, University of California Los Angeles.
A. Poletsky, Syracuse University. Continuous and Discrete Dynamical Systems, Mario Mar-
Topology and Combinatorics, Laura Anderson, SUNY telli, Claremont Graduate University, and Robert Sacker,
Binghamton, and Patricia Hersh, North Carolina State University of Southern California.
University. Extremal and Probabilistic Combinatorics, Benny Su-
dakov, University of California Los Angeles, and Jacques
Prize, Euler Book Prize, Yueh-Gin Gung and Dr. Charles Boundary Control and Moving Interface in Coupled
Y. Hu Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics, Systems of Partial Differential Equations (Code: SS 53A),
Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Awards for Distin- Lorena Bociu, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Jean-
guished College or University Teaching of Mathematics, Paul Zolesio, CNRS-INLN and INRIA, Sophia Antipolis,
David P. Robbins Prize, and Certificates of Meritorious France.
Service. The AWM will present the Alice T. Schafer Prize for Centers for Teaching/Education/Outreach in Depart-
Excellence in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Woman ments of Mathematics (Code: SS 14A), Michael E. Mays,
and the Louise Hay Award for Contributions to Mathemat- West Virginia University (AMS-MAA).
ics Education. Combinatorial Algebraic Geometry (Code: SS 42A),
This session will also be the venue for the announce- Frank Sottile, Texas A&M University, and Alexander T.
ment of the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics Commu- Yong, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
nication Award. Commutative Algebra (Mathematics Research Commu-
nities session) (Code: SS 3A), Christine Berkesch, Stock-
holm University, Bhargav Bhatt, University of Michigan,
117th Meeting of the AMS Ann Arbor, Jason McCullough, University of California,
Riverside, and Javid Validashti, University of Kansas.
Completely Integrable Systems, Random Matrices, and
AMS Invited Addresses
the Bispectral Problem (Code: SS 28A), Bojko Bakalov,
Denis Auroux, University of California Berkeley, Title North Carolina State University, Michael Gekhtman,
to be announced. University of Notre Dame, Plamen Iliev, Georgia Institute
Andrea L. Bertozzi, University of California Los Ange- of Technology, and Milen T. Yakimov, Louisiana State
les, Title to be announced. University.
Alexander Lubotzky, The Hebrew University of Jeru- Computational Algebraic and Analytic Geometry for
salem, Expander graphs in pure and applied mathematics Low-Dimensional Varieties (Code: SS 47A), Mika K. Sep-
(AMS Colloquium Lectures). pala, Florida State University, Tanush Shaskas, Oakland
George Papanicolaou, Stanford University, Title to be University, and Emil Volcheck, National Security Agency.
announced (AMS Josiah Willard Gibbs Lecture). Continued Fractions (Code: SS 40A), James G. McLaugh-
Scott Sheffield, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, lin, West Chester University, and Nancy J. Wyshinski,
Title to be announced. Trinity College.
Tatiana Toro, University of Washington, Title to be Control and Inverse Problems for Partial Differential
announced. Equations (Code: SS 33A), Ana-Maria Croicu and Michele
Akshay Venkatesh, Stanford University, Title to be L. Joyner, Kennesaw State University (AMS-SIAM).
announced. Difference Equations and Applications (Code: SS 6A),
Michael A. Radin, Rochester Institute of Technology.
AMS Special Sessions Dirac Operators (Code: SS 61A), Craig A. Nolder, Florida
Some sessions are cosponsored with other organiza- State University, and John Ryan, University of Arkansas.
tions. These are noted within the parenthesis at the end Expander Graphs in Pure and Applied Mathematics
of each listing, where applicable. (Code: SS 66A), Alireza Salehi Golsefidy, Princeton Uni-
Analysis of Reaction-Diffusion Models (Code: SS 31A), versity, and Alexander Lubotzky, Hebrew University of
Junping Shi, College of William and Mary, and Xuefeng Jerusalem.
Wang, Tulane University. Formal Mathematics for Mathematicians: Developing
Large Repositories of Advanced Mathematics (Code: SS
Analytic and Geometric Methods in Representation
12A), Krystyna M. Kuperberg, Auburn University, and
Theory (Code: SS 38A), Leticia Barchini, Oklahoma State
Andrzej Trybulec, Artur Kornilowicz, and Adam Nau-
University, and Hongyu He, Louisiana State University.
mowicz, University of Bialystok.
Applications of Stochastic Processes in Neuroscience
Geometric Group Theory (Code: SS 46A), Joshua B.
(Code: SS 21A), Peter Thomas, Case Western Reserve Uni-
Barnard, University of South Alabama, and Pallavi Dani,
versity, Kreso Josic, University of Houston, and Carson C.
Louisiana State University.
Chow, Institutes of Health (AMS-SIAM). Global Dynamics of Discrete Dynamical Systems in the
Applied Optimization and Douglas-Rachford Splitting Plane with Applications (Code: SS 56A), M. R. S. Kulenovic
Methods for Convex Programming (Code: SS 15A), Ram U. and Orlando Merino, University of Rhode Island.
Verma, Seminole State College of Florida. Groups, Geometry, and Applications (Code: SS 7A), De-
Asymptotic Methods in Analysis with Applications (Code: laram Kahrobaei, City University of New York.
SS 10A), Diego Dominici, State University of New York at Harmonic Analysis and Partial Differential Equations
New Paltz, and Peter A. McCoy, U.S. Naval Academy. (Code: SS 65A), Svitlana Mayboroda, Purdue University,
Birational Geometry and Moduli Spaces (Mathemat- and Tatiana Toro, University of Washington.
ics Research Communities session) (Code: SS 1A), Kevin History of Mathematics (Code: SS 37A), Sloan E.
Tucker, University of Utah, Dawei Chen, University of Il- Despeaux, Western Carolina University, Craig G. Fraser,
linois at Chicago, Amanda Knecht, University of Michigan, University of Toronto, and Deborah Kent, Hillsdale Col-
and David Swinarski, University of Georgia. lege (AMS-MAA).
Hopf Algebras and Their Representations (Code: SS 4A), A. Hutz, CUNY Graduate Center, Jana Marikova, Western
M. Susan Montgomery, University of Southern California, Illinois University, Jerome Poineau, University of Stras-
Siu-Hung Ng, Iowa State University, and Sarah J. Wither- bourg, and Yimu Yin, University of Pittsburgh.
spoon, Texas A&M University (AMS-AWM). Multivariable Operator Theory (Code: SS 13A), Ronald
Integral Geometry: Analysis and Applications (Code: G. Douglas, Texas A&M University, and Gelu F. Popescu,
SS 20A), Gaik Ambartsoumian, University of Texas, University of Texas at San Antonio.
Arlington, Gestur Olafsson, Louisiana State University, New Topics in Graph Theory (Code: SS 9A), Ralucca
Eric Todd Quinto, Tufts University, and Boris S. Rubin, Gera, Naval Postgraduate School, and Eunjeong Yi, Texas
Louisiana State University. A&M University at Galveston.
Interactions of Inverse Problems, Signal Processing, New Trends in Theory and Applications of Evolution
and Imaging (Code: SS 54A), Zuhair Nashed, University Equations (Code: SS 34A), Guoping Zhang and Gaston
of Central Florida. N’Guerekata, Morgan State University, Wen-Xie Ma, Uni-
Knot Theory (Code: SS 63A), Tim D. Cochran and Shel- versity of South Florida, and Yi Li, University of Iowa.
ley Harvey, Rice University. Noncommutative Harmonic Analysis and Dynamic
Knots, Links, 3-Manifolds, and Physics (Code: SS 44A), Systems (Code: SS 41A), Tao Mei, University of Illinois,
Robert Kusner, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Urbana-Champaign, and Alan D. Wiggins, University of
Rafal Komendarczyk, Tulane University. Michigan at Dearborn.
Lie Algebras, Algebraic Groups, and Related Topics Nonlinear Evolution Equations, Analysis, and Geometry
(Code: SS 23A), Audrey L. Malagon and Julie C. Beier, (Code: SS 43A), Ralph Saxton, University of New Orleans,
Mercer University, and Daniel K. Nakano, University of and Feride Tiglay, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lau-
Georgia. sanne.
Local Commutative Algebra (Code: SS 5A), Paul C. Rob- Nonlinear Waves and Integrable Systems (Code: SS 55A),
erts and Anurag K. Singh, University of Utah, and Sandra Gino Biondini, State University of New York at Buffalo,
M. Spiroff, University of Mississippi. and Barbara Prinari, University of Colorado at Colorado
Logic and Analysis (Code: SS 36A), Jeremy Avigad, Springs (AMS-SIAM).
Carnegie Mellon University, Ulrich W. Kohlenbach, Tech- Quadratic Forms in Algebra and Geometry (Code: SS
nische Universität Darmstadt, and Henry Towsner, Uni- 16A), Jorge F. Morales, Louisiana State University, and
versity of California Los Angeles (AMS-ASL). Anne Queguiner-Mathieu, Université de Paris 13.
Mathematical Modeling in Environmental Economics Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates and
(Code: SS 49A), Natali Hritonenko, Prairie View A&M Uni- Students in Post-Baccalaureate Programs (Code: SS 22A),
versity, and Yuri Yatsenko, Houston Baptist University. Darren A. Narayan, Bernard Brooks, and Jobby Jacob,
Mathematical Techniques in Musical Analysis (Code: Rochester Institute of Technology; and Jacqueline A.
SS 19A), Robert W. Peck, Louisiana State University, and Jensen, Sam Houston State University (AMS-MAA-SIAM).
Thomas M. Fiore, University of Michigan at Dearborn. Self-Organization in Human, Biological, and Artificial
Mathematics Related to Feynman Diagrams (Code: SS Systems (Code: SS 64A), Andrea L. Bertozzi, University of
25A), Victor H. Moll, Tulane University, and Olivier Espi- California Los Angeles.
nosa, Universidad Santa Maria, Valparaiso. Set-Valued Optimization and Variational Problems
Mathematics and Education Reform (Code: SS 39A), Wil- (Code: SS 62A), Akhtar A. Khan, Rochester Institute of
liam H. Barker, Bowdoin College, William G. McCallum, Technology, and Miguel Sama, Universidad Nacional de
University of Arizona, and Bonnie S. Saunders, University Educacion a Distancia, Madrid.
of Illinois at Chicago (AMS-MAA-MER). Stochastic Analysis and Mathematical Physics: A Ses-
Mathematics of Computation: Algebra and Number sion in Honor of the 80th Birthday of Len Gross (Code:
Theory (Code: SS 11A), Gregor Kemper, Technische SS 18A), Bruce K. Driver, University of California at San
Universität München, Michael J. Mossinghoff, Davidson Diego, Maria Gordina, University of Connecticut, and
College, and Igor E. Shparlinski, Macquarie University Todd Kemp, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and
(AMS-SIAM). University of California at San Diego.
Mathematics of Computation: Differential Equations, Stochastic Analysis and Random Phenomena (Code: SS
Linear Algebra, and Applications (Code: SS 52A), Susanne 29A), Ambar N. Sengupta and P. Sundar, Louisiana State
C. Brenner, Louisiana State University, and Chi-Wang Shu, University.
Brown University (AMS-SIAM). Stochastic, Fractional, and Hybrid Dynamic Systems
(The) Mathematics of Modeling Multiscale Heterogeneous with Applications (Code: SS 17A), A. S. Vatsala, University
Media (Code: SS 51A), Robert P. Lipton and Tadele A. of Louisiana at Lafayette, and G. S. Ladde, University of
Mengesha, Louisiana State University. South Florida.
Measures of Entanglement of Macromolecules and Their Structure Theory for Matroids and Graphs (Code: SS
Applications (Code: SS 57A), Isabel K. Darcy, University of 45A), Bogdan Oporowski and James G. Oxley, Louisiana
Iowa, Kenneth C. Millett, University of California, Santa State University.
Barbara, Eric J. Rawdon, University of St. Thomas, and Structured Models in Ecology, Evolution, and Epidemi-
Mariel Vazquez, San Francisco State University. ology: Periodicity, Extinction, and Chaos (Code: SS 50A),
Model Theory of Fields and Applications (Mathematics Sophia R.-J. Jang, Linda J. S. Allen, and Lih-Ing W. Roeger,
Research Communities session) (Code: SS 2A), Benjamin Texas Tech University.
Theory and Application of Stochastic Differential Equa- to personally speak to interested students. Complimentary
tions and Stochastic Partial Differential Equations (Code: coffee will be served. Cosponsored by the AMS and MAA.
SS 27A), Armando Arciniega, University of Texas at San Committee on Science Policy Panel Discussion, Sat-
Antonio, Edward J. Allen, Texas Tech University, Siv- urday, 2:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
apragasam Sathananthan, Tennessee State University,
Congressional Fellowship Session, Saturday, 4:30
and Mahmoud Anabtawi, American University of Sharjah.
p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Time Scales: Theory and Applications (Code: SS 8A),
Billy Jackson, University of Northern Colorado, and Joan Committee on Education Panel Discussion, Sunday,
Hoffacker, Clemson University. 8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
Transseries and Ordered Exponential Fields (Code: SS
32A), Gerald A. Edgar and Ovidiu Costin, The Ohio State Other AMS Events
University, and Lou P. van den Dries, University of Illinois, Council: Wednesday, 1:30 p.m.
Urbana-Champaign. Business Meeting: Sunday, 11:45 a.m. The secretary
Wavelets, Tilings, and Iterated Function Systems (Code: notes the following resolution of the Council: Each
SS 26A), Palle E. Jorgensen, University of Iowa, David person who attends a business meeting of the Society
R. Larson, Texas A&M University, and Gestur Olafsson, shall be willing and able to identify himself as a mem-
Louisiana State University. ber of the Society. In further explanation, it is noted
von Neumann Algebras (Code: SS 48A), Richard D. that each person who is to vote at a meeting is thereby
Burstein, Vanderbilt University, and Remus Nicoara, identifying himself as and claiming to be a member of
University of Tennessee, Knoxville. the American Mathematical Society. The Society has a
Committee on the Agenda for Business Meetings. The
Other AMS Sessions purpose is to make business meetings orderly and effec-
What I Wish I Had Known before Applying for a Job, tive. The committee does not have legal or administrative
Thursday, 4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Sponsored by the Commit- power. It is intended that the committee consider what
tee on the Profession Panel Discussion. may be called “quasipolitical” motions. The committee has
Who Wants to Be a Mathematician—National Contest, several possible courses of action on a proposed motion,
organized by Michael A. Breen, AMS, and William T. But- including but not restricted to:
terworth, DePaul University; Friday, 9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m. (a) doing nothing,
See ten of the nation’s best high school students compete (b) conferring with supporters and opponents to arrive
for a US$5,000 first prize for themselves and US$5,000 for at a mutually accepted amended version to be circulated
their school’s math department. Semifinals are at 9:30 a.m. in advance of the meeting,
and finals at 10:30 a.m. You are invited to come and take (c) recommending and planning a format for debate to
part in this educational and fun presentation. suggest to a business meeting,
Current Events Bulletin, Friday, 1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m., (d) recommending referral to a committee, and
organized by David Eisenbud, University of California (e) recommending debate followed by referral to a
Berkeley. Speakers in this session follow the model of the committee.
Bourbaki Seminars in that mathematicians with strong There is no mechanism that requires automatic sub-
expository skills speak on work not their own. Written mission of a motion to the committee. However, if a
versions of the talks will be distributed at the meet- motion has not been submitted through the committee, it
ing and also be available on line at www.ams.org/ams/ may be thought reasonable by a business meeting to refer
current-events-bulletin.html after the conclusion it rather than to act on it without benefit of the advice of
of the meeting. the committee.
Proving Hardy Wrong: Math Research with Social In order that a motion for this business meeting
Justice Applications, organized by Eva Curry, Acadia receive the service offered by the committee in the most
University; Friday, 1:00 p.m.–2:15 p.m. effective manner, it should be in the hands of the AMS
Grad School Fair, Saturday, 8:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Here Secretary by December 9, 2010.
is the opportunity for undergrads to meet representatives
from mathematical sciences graduate programs from AMS Short Courses
universities all over the country. January is a great time There will be two, two-day Short Courses which will take
for juniors to learn more, and college seniors may still be place on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 4 and 5, before
able to refine their search. This is your chance for one-stop the meeting actually begins. Titles and organizers are
shopping in the graduate school market. At last year’s Computational Topology, organized by Afra Zomorodian,
meeting about 300 students met with representatives Dartmouth University, and Evolutionary Game Dynamics,
from 45 graduate programs. If your school has a graduate organized by Karl Sigmund, University of Vienna. There are
program and you are interested in participating, a table separate registration fees to participate in these courses. See
will be provided for your posters and printed materials for the complete article beginning on page 1185 of this issue or
US$60 (registration for this event must be made by a per- at www.ams.org/meetings/national/jmm/2125_amssc.
son already registered for the JMM), and you are welcome html.
Department Chairs Workshop from number theory (and combinatorics), which exude the
This annual one-day workshop for chairs and leaders beauty and power of number theory.
of departments of mathematical sciences will be held a Fish Tales: Stories from Mathematical Fluid Dynamics,
day before the start of the Joint Meetings on Wednesday, organized by Katherine Socha, St. Mary’s College of Mary-
January 5, 8:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m. The workshop format is land, Saturday, 9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Speakers will present
intended to stimulate discussion among attending chairs a range of examples from fluid mechanics, all motivated
and workshop leaders. Sharing ideas and experiences by real fluid motion or phenomena.
with peers provides a form of department chair therapy, On the Intersection of Graphs and Geometry, organized
creating an environment that enables attending chairs to by Edward Scheinerman, Johns Hopkins University, Sun-
address departmental matters from new perspectives. day, 9:00 a.m.–10:50 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.–3:20 p.m.
Past workshop sessions have focused on a range of is- Laplacian Growth: Visual Mathematics, organized by
sues facing departments today, including personnel issues Yuval Peres, Microsoft Research; Lionel Levine, Massa-
(staff and faculty), long-range planning, hiring, promotion chusetts Institute of Technology; and Alexander Holroyd,
and tenure, budget management, assessments, outreach, Microsoft Research, Thursday, 3:30 p.m.–6:20 p.m.
stewardship, junior faculty development, communication, The Rebirth of Special Functions, organized by Te-
and departmental leadership. wodros Amdeberhan and Victor Moll, Tulane Univer-
There is a separate registration fee of US$100 to sity, Thursday, 9:00 a.m.–11:50 a.m. The topic of special
participate. To register, visit http://www.ams.org/ functions was at the center of mathematics in the 19th
profession/leaders/ChairsWorkshop2011. century. The session will introduce the audience to six
RSVPForm.pdf. For further information please contact different areas in which this topic is making a comeback
the AMS Washington Office at 202-588-1100 or amsdc@ in the 21st century.
ams.org. Topics in Hopf Algebras, organized by Serban Raianu,
California State University, Dominguez Hills, and Davida
Fischman, California State University, San Bernardino,
Friday, 1:00 p.m–4:15 p.m. Hopf algebras were discovered
94th Meeting of the MAA in the early 1940s, were established as a separate field
in the late 1960s, and drew a lot of interest in the early
MAA Invited Addresses
1990’s, when quantum groups (which are examples of
Robert M. Bell, AT&T, Lessons from the Netflix Prize, 10:00 noncommutative and noncommutative Hopf algebras)
a.m. on Sunday. began playing a central role in mathematics and physics.
David M. Bressoud, Macalester College, Issues of the tran- One of the most striking aspects of Hopf algebras is their
sition to college mathematics (MAA Retiring Presidential ubiquity. They appear in virtually all branches of math-
Address), 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. ematics: topology, algebraic geometry, operator theory,
Yuval Peres, Microsoft Research, Laplacian growth and probability theory, number theory, representation theory,
the mystery of the abelian sandpile: A visual tour, 2:15 Lie theory, and combinatorics, to list just a few. With so
p.m. on Thursday. many fine locations, there is little wonder that Hopf alge-
bras continue to be a very active field, regardless of the
Edward R. Scheinerman, Johns Hopkins University, On
fluctuations in the mathematical real estate market during
the intersection of graphs and geometry, 3:20 p.m. on
the past seventy years.
Thursday.
Katherine Socha, Saint Mary’s College of Maryland, Sea MAA Minicourses
battles, Benjamin Franklin’s oil lamp, and jellybellies, Minicourses are open only to persons who register for
9:00 a.m. on Friday. the Joint Meetings and pay the Joint Meetings registra-
tion fee in addition to the appropriate minicourse fee.
Melanie Matchett Wood, Stanford University, Binary
The MAA reserves the right to cancel any minicourse
quadratic forms: From Gauss to algebraic geometry, 2:15
that is undersubscribed. Participants in minicourses #12
p.m. on Saturday.
and #13 are required to bring their own laptop computer
equipped with appropriate software. Instructions on how
Presentations by Teaching Award Recipients
to download any data files needed for those courses will
Saturday, 3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m., organized by MAA Secretary
be provided by the organizers. All minicourses will be held
Barbara J. Faires, Westminster College, and moderated
in the Ile de France rooms of the JW Marriott New Orleans
by MAA President, David M. Bressoud, Macalester Col-
Hotel. The enrollment in each minicourse is limited to 50;
lege. Winners of the Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo
the cost of a minicourse is US$75.
Awards for Distinguished College or University Teaching
Minicourse #1: Special relativity through a linear al-
will give presentations on the secrets of their success.
gebraic lens, organized by John de Pillis, University of
MAA Invited Paper Sessions California Riverside. Part 1: Friday, 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.;
The Beauty and Power of Number Theory, organized Part 2: Sunday, 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Do all moving clocks
by Thomas Koshy, Framingham State College, and Shan- run slow? Does a moving ruler actually shrink in the
non Lockard, Bridgewater State College, Friday, 9:00 direction of motion? Anyone familiar with the basics of
a.m.–11:55 a.m. This session focuses on delightful results matrix theory has all the tools necessary to explore the
ideas underlying the mysteries and paradoxes of special propriate problems, deciding how much help to provide,
relativity. As an example consider how we pass from and presenting and publishing the results. Similarities and
“reality” to a mathematical model. We see a real observer differences between research conducted during summer
on a train platform at point x and time t. This defines the programs and research that can be conducted during the
mathematical ordered pair (x, t) which, it turns out, is in- academic year will be discussed. Although the examples
vested with a full vector space structure. This is our link used will be primarily in the area of discrete mathemat-
between observed reality and the mathematical model. In ics, the strategies discussed can be applied to any area of
this minicourse we will investigate how this mathematical mathematics.
structure along with the standard tools of matrix theory Minicourse #5: A Game Theory path to quantitative
resolve several well-known paradoxes of special relativity. literacy, organized by David Housman, Goshen College,
Minicourse #2: Getting mathematics majors to think and Richard Gillman, Valparaiso University. Part 1. Friday,
outside the book: Course activities that promote exploration, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.; Part 2: Sunday, 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
discovery, conjecture, and proof, organized by Suzanne Game Theory, defined in the broadest sense, can be used
Dorée, Augsburg College; Jill Dietz, St. Olaf College; and to model many real-world scenarios of decision-making
Brian Hopkins, St. Peter’s College. Part 1: Thursday, 2:15 in situations involving conflict and cooperation. Further,
p.m.–4:15 p.m.; Part 2: Saturday, 2:15 p.m.–4:15 p.m. mastering the basic concepts and tools of Game Theory re-
Mathematics majors should explore, make and test con- quire only an understanding of basic algebra, probability,
jectures, and prove mathematics of their own creation. and formal reasoning. These two features of Game Theory
Discovery-based activities designed to develop these skills make it an ideal path to developing habits of quantitative
can enliven any mathematics course, deepen student literacy among our students. This audience-participation
understanding, and help students make the sometimes minicourse develops some of the material used by the
difficult transition from book-based learners to indepen- presenters in their general education courses on Game
dent investigators, especially in undergraduate research Theory and encourages participants to develop their own,
projects. In this minicourse we will work on sample activi- similar, courses.
ties from the undergraduate curriculum including discrete Minicourse #6: Green linear optimization, organized by
mathematics and other courses, discuss attributes of suc- Glenn Hurlbert, Arizona State University. Part 1: Friday,
cessful activities in any course, present curricular models 9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.; Part 2: Sunday, 9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
incrementally building these skills throughout the major, No, not environmental, just inexperienced. How does it
and help participants plan how to incorporate these ideas work? What is it good for? What are its big theorems? Can
in their own courses and program. I teach it? Turns out, most experts place the Simplex algo-
Minicourse #3: Geometry and algebra in mathematical rithm among the top ten algorithms of the 20th century,
music theory, organized by Thomas M. Fiore, University due to its nearly unrivalled impact on the last 50 years
of Michigan-Dearborn; Dmitri Tymoczko, Department of of business, engineering, economics, and mathematics.
Music, Princeton University; and Robert Peck, School of While it is regularly taught to undergraduates in those
Music, Louisiana State University. Part 1: Friday, 8:00 a.m.– other disciplines, it is a mystery why it is virtually miss-
10:00 a.m. Part 2: Sunday, 9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Mathemati- ing from mathematics departments. Needing little more
cal music theory is a treasure trove of ideas and examples, than the first few weeks of linear algebra, students can
especially for instructors looking to enhance their abstract experience connections with geometry, probability, combi-
algebra and topology courses. We will present two current natorics, algorithms, computing, game theory, economics,
areas, transformational theory and musical orbifolds, and graph theory, and modeling. Whether you’d like to offer a
provide mathematicians with musical examples that can course in your department, make connections with your
be easily incorporated into math courses. We will discuss own research, or just satisfy your curiosity, come see what
the structure of the neo-Riemannian group, how it trans- all the fuss is about. This will be a very hands-on experi-
forms chords, its geometric depictions, and recent results ence, with games, puzzles, and experiments motivating
on commuting groups. We will also describe how orbifolds main results and techniques. A laptop is not necessary,
provide a natural mathematical framework for modeling a but if you want to bring yours, you can download WebSim
range of musical problems. In these spaces points repre- from my homepage to use (http://mingus.la.asu.
sent individual musical objects, such as chords, while line edu~hurlbert/), and even run Maple if you like.
segments represent transitions between objects—called Minicourse #7: The mathematics of Islam and its use in
“voice leadings” by music theorists. Main topics are the the teaching of mathematics, organized by Victor J. Katz,
construction and interpretation of relevant geometries, University of the District of Columbia. Part 1: Thursday,
along with their analytical and theoretical applications. 9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.; Part 2: Saturday, 9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Successful REU projects will also be discussed briefly. In the current world situation, it is critical that American
Minicourse #4: Getting students involved in undergrad- students be exposed to some of the culture of Islam. Thus,
uate research, organized by Aparna Higgins, University this minicourse introduces college teachers to the math-
of Dayton, and Joseph Gallian, University of Minnesota- ematics of Islam and develops some ideas on using Islamic
Duluth. Part 1: Thursday, 9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.; Part 2: mathematical ideas in the teaching of mathematics. The
Saturday, 9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. This course will cover course will consider mathematical ideas taken from arith-
many aspects of facilitating research by undergraduates, metic, algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. Participants
such as getting students involved in research, finding ap- will read from some of the original sources and discuss the
ideas and their implications. In particular, we will consider by becoming involved in statistics education related con-
how some of the examples of Islamic mathematics can be ferences, newsletters, and groups.
used in modern courses in high school and college. Minicourse #11: Using video case studies in teaching
Minicourse #8: The ubiquitous Catalan numbers and a proof-based gateway course to the mathematics major,
their applications, organized by Thomas Koshy, Fram- organized by James Sandefur, Georgetown University;
ingham State College. Part 1: Thursday, 9:00 a.m.–11:00 Connie Campbell, Millsaps College; and Kay Somers,
a.m.; Part 2: Saturday, 9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Catalan num- Moravian College. Part 1: Thursday, 2:15 p.m.–4:15 p.m.;
bers are both fascinating and ubiquitous. They pop up in Part 2: Saturday, 2:15 p.m.–4:15 p.m. Many colleges and
quite unexpected places, such as triangulations of convex universities have a gateway course to help mathematics
polygons, correctly parenthesized algebraic expressions, students make the transition to more theoretical courses,
rooted trees, binary trees, full binary trees, trivalent binary with a goal of helping students learn how to understand
trees, latticewalking, Bertrand’s ballot problem, abstract and construct proofs. The organizers have been videotap-
algebra, linear algebra, chess, and the World Series, to ing students writing proofs for problems used in gateway
name a few. Beginning with a brief history of Catalan num- courses, and have been using these videos to expand their
bers, this minicourse presents numerous examples from understanding of students’ difficulties and to learn what
different areas. We will develop a number of combinatorial support helps the students. They have also been using
formulas for computing them, investigate their parity and these videos to help students learn to reflect on their own
their primality-link to Mersenne numbers, and present the approaches to writing proofs. In this minicourse we will
various ways they can be extracted from Pascal’s triangle view some of these videos and discuss strategies implied
and several Pascal-like triangles. We will investigate both by them, as well as help faculty learn how they might use
Lobb’s generalization of Catalan’s Parenthesization Prob- these videos in their own transition course.
lem and tribinomial coefficients, and show how Catalan
Minicourse #12: Concepts, data and models: College
numbers can be extracted from tribinomial coefficients.
algebra for the real world, organized by Sheldon P. Gor-
Minicourse #9: Learning discrete mathematics via
don, Farmingdale State College, and Florence S. Gordon,
historical projects, organized by Jerry Lodder, Guram
New York Institute of Technology. Part 1: Friday, 9:00
Bezhanishvili, and David Pengelley, New Mexico State
a.m.–11:00 a.m.; Part 2: Sunday, 9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
University; and Janet Barnett, Colorado State University,
Almost all students taking college algebra do so to fulfill
Pueblo. Part 1: Thursday, 2:15 p.m.–4:15 p.m.; Part 2: Sat-
requirements for other disciplines. The current math-
urday, 2:15 p.m.–4:15 p.m. This minicourse is aimed at
ematical needs of our partner disciplines, especially for
introducing curricular modules in discrete mathematics,
lab science and data-dependent social science courses
combinatorics, logic, abstract algebra, and computer sci-
ence based entirely on primary historical source material, are very different from courses that prepare students
developed by an interdisciplinary team of mathematics for calculus. Students need a focus on conceptual un-
and computer science faculty at New Mexico State Uni- derstanding, data and statistical analysis, and realistic
versity and Colorado State University at Pueblo. In the problem-solving via mathematical modeling to prepare
first session we plan to discuss the pedagogy behind our for the mathematical applications they will encounter in
approach, give a brief outline of the projects we have those courses. Families of functions and data are the two
developed, and provide snapshots and initial hands-on primary motivating themes around which this approach
participant work with four chosen projects. In the sec- is centered. A significant amount of statistical reasoning
ond session we will discuss the four projects in detail, and methods is integrated in natural ways as applications
including group discussions and more hands-on activity. of college algebra topics. All participants are expected to
The projects we have developed so far as well as our bring a laptop computer to the minicourse.
philosophy in teaching with historical sources can be Minicourse #13: Creating demonstrations and guided
found on our homepage: http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/ explorations for multivariable calculus using CalcPlot3D,
historical-projects/ organized by Paul Seeburger, Monroe Community College.
Minicourse #10: Teaching introductory statistics, or- Part 1: Friday, 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.; Part 2: Sunday, 1:00
ganized by Michael Posner, Villanova University, and p.m.–3:00 p.m. It is often difficult for students to develop
Carolyn Cuff, Westminster College. Part 1: Friday, 1:00 an accurate and intuitive understanding of the geometric
p.m.–3:00 p.m.; Part 2: Sunday, 3:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. This relationships of calculus from static diagrams alone. This
minicourse, intended for instructors new to teaching sta- course explores a collection of freely available Java applets
tistics, exposes participants to the big ideas of statistics designed to help students make these connections. Our
and the ASA-endorsed Guidelines for Assessment and primary focus will be visualizing multivariable calculus
Instruction in Statistics Education report. It considers ways using CalcPlot3D, a versatile new applet developed by the
to engage students in statistical literacy and thinking, and presenter through NSF-DUE-0736968. Participants will also
contrast conceptual and procedural understanding in the learn how to customize this applet to create demonstra-
first statistics course. Participants will engage in many of tions and guided exploration activities for student use. Im-
the classic activities that all statistics instructors should ages created in this applet can be pasted into participants’
know. Internet sources of real data, activities, and best documents. See http://web.monroecc.edu/calcNSF/.
practices articles will be examined. Participants will find Some basic HTML experience is helpful. All participants
out how they can continue to answer the three questions are expected to bring a laptop computer to the minicourse.
MAA Contributed Papers University; and Robert Perlis, Louisiana State University;
The MAA Committee on Contributed Paper Sessions so- Thursday afternoon.
licits contributed papers pertinent to the sessions listed Innovative and Effective Ways to Teach Linear Algebra,
below. Contributed Paper Session organizers generally David Strong, Pepperdine University; Gil Strang, Massa-
limit presentations to fifteen minutes. Each session room chusetts Institute of Technology; and David Lay, Univer-
is equipped with a computer projector, an overhead pro- sity of Maryland; Friday morning.
jector, and a screen. Please note that the dates and times Journals and Portfolios: Tools in Learning Mathemat-
scheduled for these sessions remain tentative. Full descrip- ics?, Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State College, Friday
tions of these sessions may be found at www.maa.org/ afternoon.
meetings/jmm.html or see the June/July issue of the The Mathematical Foundations for the Quantitative
Notices, p. 804. Disciplines, Yajun Yang, Farmingdale State College of
Alternative Approaches to Traditional Introductory Statis- SUNY; Laurette Foster, Prairie View A&M University; Ray
tics Courses, Brian Gill, Seattle Pacific University; Nancy Collings, Georgia Perimeter College; and K. L. D. Gunawar-
Boynton, SUNY Fredonia; and Michael Posner, Villanova dena, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh; Sunday afternoon.
The session is cosponsored by CRAFTY and the MAA Com-
University; Sunday afternoon. This session is sponsored
mittee on Two-Year Colleges.
by the SIGMAA STAT-ED. Presenters will be considered for
Mathematics Experiences in Business, Industry, and Gov-
the Dex Whittinghill Award for Best Contributed Paper.
ernment, Carla D. Martin, James Madison University; Phil
Cool Calculus: Lessons Learned Through Innovative and
Gustafson, Mesa State College; and Michael Monticino,
Effective Supplemental Projects, Activities, and Strategies
University of North Texas; Saturday morning. Sponsored
for Teaching Calculus, Jessica Deshler, West Virginia
by the BIG SIGMAA.
University; Friday morning.
The Mathematics of Games and Puzzles, Laura Taal-
Cryptology for Undergraduates, Robert Edward Le-
man, James Madison University, and Robin Blankenship,
wand, Goucher College, and Chris Christensen, Northern
Morehead State University; Thursday afternoon
Kentucky University; Thursday afternoon.
The Mathematics of Sustainability, Elton Graves, Rose-
Developmental Mathematics Education: Helping Under-
Hulman Institute of Technology, and Peter Otto, Willa-
Prepared Students Transition to College-Level Mathematics,
mette University; Friday afternoon.
Kimberly Presser and J. Winston Crawley, Shippensburg
Modeling in the ODE Driver’s Seat, Kurt Bryan, Rose-
University; Saturday afternoon.
Hulman Institute of Technology, and Brian Winkel, U.S.
Effective Teaching of Upper Level Mathematics to Sec-
Military Academy; Friday morning.
ondary Education Mathematics Majors, Joyati Debnath, New and Continuing Connections between Math and the
Winona State University; Sunday morning. Arts, Douglas E. Norton, Villanova University; Saturday
Fostering, Supporting and Propagating Math Circles for morning. Sponsored by SIGMAA ARTS.
Students and Teachers, Tatiana Shubin, San Jose State Uni- Philosophy of Mathematics in Teaching and Learning,
versity; Elgin Johnston, Iowa State University; and James Dan Sloughter, Furman University, and Martin Flashman,
Tanton, St. Mark’s Institute of Mathematics; Saturday Humboldt State University; Saturday afternoon. Sponsored
morning. Sponsored by SIGMAA MCST. by the POM SIGMAA.
Getting Students Involved in Writing Proofs, Aliza Steu- The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Collegiate
rer, Dominican University; Jennifer Franko-Vasquez, Mathematics, Jackie Dewar, Loyola Marymount University;
University of Scranton; and Rachel Schwell, Central Con- Tom Banchoff, Brown University; Pam Crawford, Jackson-
necticut State University; Thursday afternoon. ville University; and Edwin Herman and Nathan Wodarz,
Harnessing Mobile Communication Devices and Online University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; Thursday morning.
Communication Tools for Mathematics Education, Michael Treasures from the Past: Using Primary Sources in the
B. Scott, California State University Monterey Bay, and Classroom, Amy Shell-Gellasch, Beloit College; Danny
Jason Aubrey, University of Missouri; Thursday morning. Otero, Xavier University; and David Pengelley, New
This session is sponsored by the Committee on Technolo- Mexico State University; Friday afternoon. Sponsored by
gies in Mathematics Education (CTiME) and WEB SIGMAA. the HOM SIGMAA.
Humanistic Mathematics, Gizem Karaali, Pomona Trends in Undergraduate Mathematical Biology Educa-
College; Mark Huber, Claremont McKenna College, and tion, Timothy D. Comar, Benedictine University; Raina
Dagan Karp, Harvey Mudd College; Saturday afternoon. Robeva, Sweet Briar College; and Mike Martin, Johnson
This session is sponsored by the Journal of Humanistic County Community College; Sunday morning. This session
Mathematics. is sponsored by the BIO SIGMAA.
Influences of the Calculus Reform Movement on the Using Program Assessment to Improve Student Learn-
Teaching of Mathematics, Steve Benson, Lesley University; ing, Bonnie Gold, Monmouth University; William A. Mar-
Marilyn Carlson, Arizona State University; Ellen Kirkman, ion, Valparaiso University; and Jay Malmstrom, Oklahoma
Wake Forest University; and Joe Yanik, Emporia State City Community College; Sunday afternoon.
University; Sunday morning. Wavelets in Undergraduate Education, Organizers:
Innovations in Service-Learning at All Levels, Karl-Dieter Caroline Haddad, SUNY Geneseo; Catherine Beneteau,
Crisman, Gordon College; Rachelle Ankney, North Park University of South Florida; David Ruch, Metropolitan
State College of Denver; and Patrick Van Fleet, University chapter the best possible. Sponsored by the MAA Com-
of St. Thomas; Thursday morning. mittee on Undergraduate Student Activities and Chapters.
General Contributed Paper Session, Kristen Meyer, Mathematical Outreach Programs for Underrepre-
Wisconsin Lutheran College, and Thomas Hagedorn, The sented Populations Poster Session, organized by Betsy
College of New Jersey; Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Yanik, Emporia State University; Thursday, 9:00 a.m.–11:00
Sunday mornings and afternoons. Papers may be pre- a.m This session is designed to highlight special programs
sented on any mathematical topics. Papers that fit into which have been developed to encourage students from
one of the other sessions should be sent to that session, underrepresented populations to maintain an interest in
not to the general session. and commitment to succeeding in mathematics. These
programs might include such activities as after school
Submission Procedures for MAA Contributed clubs, weekend activities, one-day conferences, mentoring
Paper Abstracts opportunities, summer camps, etc. In particular, recipients
Abstracts must be submitted electronically at http:// of Tensor and Summa grants will find this an ideal venue
www.ams.org/cgi-bin/abstracts/abstract.pl. Sim- in which to share the progress of their funded projects.
ply select the New Orleans meeting, fill in the number of We encourage everyone involved with offering outreach
authors, and then follow the step-by-step instructions. The activities to consider submitting an abstract to the session
deadline for abstracts is Tuesday, September 22, 2010. organizer, Betsy Yanik, eyanik@emporia.edu. Sponsored
Participants may submit at most two abstracts for MAA by the Women and Mathematics Network (a subcommittee
contributed paper sessions at any one meeting. If your on the MAA Committee on the Participation of Women).
paper cannot be accommodated in the session in which Reporting Progress: A Minisymposium of Projects
it is submitted, it will automatically be considered for from the NSF Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Im-
provement Program, organized by Dennis Davenport,
the general session. Speakers in the general session are
Stephanie Fitchett, and Lee Zia, NSF DUE; Thursday, 2:15
limited to one talk.
p.m.–3:35 p.m. In this session selected projects from
The organizer(s) of your session will automatically re-
the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education’s Course,
ceive a copy of the abstract, so it is not necessary for you
Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Program will
to send it directly to the organizer. All accepted abstracts
provide project updates and present major outcomes.
are published in a book that is available to registered
A moderated discussion of common development and
participants at the meeting. Questions concerning the
implementation issues will follow.
submission of abstracts should be addressed to abs-
How to Interview for a Job in the Mathematical Sci-
coord@ams.org. ences, organized by David Manderscheid, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln.; Thursday, 2:15 p.m.–3:35 p.m. This
MAA Panels, Posters, and Other Sessions
session is aimed at Ph.D. students and at recent gradu-
National Science Foundation Programs Supporting ates. Panelists Michael Axtell, College of St. Thomas;
Learning and Teaching in the Mathematical Sciences, Allen Butler, Daniel H. Wagner Associates, Inc.; James
organizers/panelists are Lee Zia, NSF DUE; Hank Warchall, Freeman, Cornell College; David Manderscheid; and Sarah
NSF DMS; Dennis Davenport, NSF DUE; Stephanie Fitchett, Ann Stewart, Belmont University, will give an overview
NSF DUE; Thursday, 9:00 a.m.–10:20 a.m. A number of NSF of the employment process with ample opportunity for
divisions offer a variety of grant programs that support participants to ask questions. The emphasis will be on
innovations in learning and teaching in the mathematical the portion of the employment process from interviewing
sciences. These programs will be discussed along with through accepting an offer. Questions that will be ad-
examples of successful projects. Anticipated budget high- dressed include: How do employers conduct interviews?
lights and other new initiatives for the next fiscal year will How can you best prepare for these interviews? How do
also be presented. employers choose to whom they will make offers? How
For MAA Student Chapter Advisors: Dynamic An- do you negotiate once you have an offer? How do you
swers to Your Questions, organized by Jacqueline choose among competing offers? Sponsored by the MAA
Jensen, Sam Houston State University; Robert W. Vallin, Committee on Graduate Students and The Young Math-
Slippery Rock University, and Joyati Debnath, Winona ematicians Network.
State University; Thursday, 9:00 a.m.–10:20 a.m. We all Transition from High School to College: Should There
want the best for our student chapters: An excited and Be an Alternate to Calculus?, organized by Gail Burrill,
enthused group of involved students, a resource to find Michigan State University; Thursday, 3:50 p.m.–5:10 p.m.
meetings for students to attend, a place to exchange ideas Are we losing potential STEM students because they are
for events, and an understanding of what the MAA can reluctant to take calculus as a first course in mathemat-
do for your group. Panelists Bob Anastasio, MAA; Kay ics or because they have already taken calculus? Panelists
Somers, Moravian College; and Robert Vallin, Slippery Danny Kaplan, Macalester College; Gregory D. Foley,
Rock University, will answer questions that have come Ohio University; Thomas R. Butts, University of Texas at
up already involving the new changes in student member- Dallas; Al Cuoco, Education Development Center; Michael
ships, the MAA’s Math Club in a Box website, and Math Shaughnessy, Portland State University, NCTM president;
Horizons subscriptions. The panel will also take on any and Gail Burrill, will discuss issues related to students who
and all questions you have about making your student slip under the STEM recruitment radar because no one ever
told them math had alternatives to calculus or that they Corman, National Security Agency; Lee Seitelman, Univer-
might consider STEM careers. Panelists will offer some sity of Connecticut; David Manderscheid, University of
possible alternatives including linear algebra, dynamic Nebraska-Lincoln; and Fred Kluempen, Educational Test-
systems, and advanced quantitative reasoning, and open ing Service, will speak on their own experiences of finding
the floor for input from the audience related to the ques- a job and answer questions from the audience. Sponsored
tions: 1) Should alternative paths be created and why? by the MAA and the Young Mathematicians Network.
2) If so, what mathematical territory seems most promis- MAA Session for Chairs: The New MAA Curriculum
ing for such paths? And 3) What is the potential impact Guide—What Should It Be?, organized by Daniel Maki,
of the Common Core Standards on high school graduates, Indiana University, and Catherine M. Murphy, Purdue Uni-
mathematical knowledge and are the current entry-level versity Calumet; Friday, 9:00 a.m.–10:20 a.m. The current
courses for potential STEM majors the best ones for all Curriculum Guide appeared in 2004. CUPM is soliciting
students with this knowledge? Sponsored by the MAA/ suggestions for the next guide. This is your opportunity
NCTM Mutual Concerns Committee. as chairs of mathematics departments to influence the
Young Mathematicians Network/Project NExT Poster content and structure of the guide so it will be useful
Session, organized by Michael Axtell, University of St. for you as you review and possibly change curricula to
Thomas, and Kim Roth, Juniata College; Thursday, 4:00 meet the needs of tomorrow’s students. Panelists Carol
p.m.–6:00 p.m. This poster session is intended to highlight Schumacher, Kenyon College, and James Sellers, Penn-
the research activities, both mathematical and pedagogi- sylvania State University, two CUPM members, will lead
cal, of recent or future PhDs in mathematics and related this session. You will learn about some major themes
fields. The organizers seek to provide an open venue for that are under consideration, and have the opportunity
people who are near completion, or have finished their to participate in discussions of what should be kept,
graduate studies in the last five years to present their what needs to be improved, what is missing and should
work and make connections with other same-stage profes- be added. Some specific questions to think about are: (1)
sionals, in much the same spirit as the YMN and Project Does your department use the 2004 Curriculum Guide in
NExT. The poster size will be 48” by 36” (it is best to have such areas as curriculum planning, outcomes assessment,
the posters 36” high). Posters and materials for posting self-study, and evaluation? (2) Is there some aspect of the
pages on the posters will be provided on site. We expect Curriculum Guide you find especially useful? If so, what?
to accept about forty posters from different areas within Is there some way in which it might be improved so as to
the mathematical sciences. be more helpful? (3) Is there something you really hope
Current Issues in Actuarial Science Education, is considered for inclusion in the new guide that wasn’t
organized by Robert Buck, Slippery Rock University; in the previous guide? For reference the current guide is
Bettye Anne Case, Florida State University; Kevin Charl- at www.maa.org/cupm/curr_guide.html.
wood, Washburn University; and Steve Paris, Florida State Professional Science Masters Degrees in the Math-
University; Thursday, 5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. A diverse group ematical Sciences Poster Session, organized by David
of working actuaries, publishers, and actuarial educators Manderscheid, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Friday,
bring new information from professional society commit- 10:00 a.m.–noon. Professional Science Masters (PSM) De-
tees, specialized publications initiatives, and academic gree programs are a fast growing segment of academe. PSM
department experience. The pace of change is faster than programs provide students training in an area of science
in most academic areas, and the session helps faculty and also business with an eye toward employment in gov-
adjust as quickly as possible not only to educate their stu- ernment or industry. The MAA has appointed a task force
dents generally, but give the students good professional to identify the MAA niche in PSM programs. The purpose
information and to determine curriculum change that may of this poster session is for existing programs to provide
be necessary. Panelists include Steve Paris, Florida State information about their programs and their success. It is
University; Bettye Anne Case, Florida State University; anticipated that both undergraduate students interested in
and Robert Buck, Slippery Rock University. possibly enrolling in a PSM program and faculty interested
There will also be a discussion about organizing an in possibly starting a PSM program will attend. Sponsored
MAA Special Interest Group on Actuarial Education. Spon- by the MAA Committee on Graduate Students.
sored by the Actuarial Educators, Society of Actuaries, Proposal Writing Workshop for Grant Applications to
Casualty Actuarial Society, and ACTEX Publications. the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education, presented
Career Options for Undergraduate Mathematics by Dennis Davenport, Stephanie Fitchett, and Lee L. Zia,
Majors, organized by Ralucca Gera, Naval Postgraduate Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science
School, and Tom Wakefield, Youngstown State University; Foundation; Friday, 10:35 a.m.–11:55 a.m. The presenters
Friday, 9:00 a.m.–10:20 a.m. There are a vast amount of will describe the general NSF grant proposal process and
options available for students in today’s global market. A consider particular details relevant to programs in the
degree in mathematics continues to be a desirable asset, Division of Undergraduate Education. This interactive
yet a common question for students to ask is “what op- session will feature a mock panel review using a series of
tions are available for someone with a math degree?” short excerpts from sample proposals.
This panel showcases several options for career paths Writing the History of the MAA’s First 100 Years,
for students with an undergraduate degree in mathemat- organized by Victor J. Katz, University of the District of
ics. Panelists Emily Kessler, Society of Actuaries; Erin E. Columbia, and Janet Beery, University of Redlands; Friday,
10:35 a.m.–11:55 a.m. The centennial of the MAA will occur Carolina State University; Rhonda Hughes, Bryn Mawr
in 2015. In preparation for that event, the MAA plans to College; Philip Kutzko, The University of Iowa; and M.
record various aspects of its history, to appear either in Helena Noronha, California State University, Northridge,
electronic or in hardcopy form as articles or books. Two will discuss project design issues, both successes and fail-
of the panelists, Mary Gray, American University, and ures, they encountered when developing mentoring and
Warren Page, New York City College of Technology, CUNY, other program support structures for underrepresented
have already written articles on the history of women and students. Representatives from the NSF DMS workforce
journals in the MAA, respectively, while a third, David program will be in attendance.
Zitarelli, Temple University, has written the history of his Report from the International Conference on Teach-
section. They will discuss their procedures for preparing ing Statistics: A World View of Statistics Education, or-
those histories. The fourth panelist, Carol Mead, Archives ganized by John McKenzie, Babson College, and Michael
of American Mathematics, is the archivist in charge of the A. Posner, Villanova University; Friday, 1:00 p.m.–2:20
major collection of MAA records and will help prospective p.m. Panelists Rob Carver, Stonehill College; Katherine
researchers learn what is available and how to access it. Halvorsen, Smith College; John McKenzie; Milo Schield,
We hope that those attending this panel session will be Augsburg College; and Gail Burrill, Michigan State Univer-
motivated to do their own research, either at the section sity, will discuss the current state of statistical education
or national level, to help us complete the history of the around the world. Each of the panelists is actively involved
MAA. Sponsored by the Centennial History Subcommittee in statistics education and recently attended the Interna-
of the MAA Centennial Committee. tional Conference on Teaching Statistics in Slovenia. They
Assessment of Learning in an Age of Technology, will formally address a number of questions concerning
organized by Michael B. Scott, California State University statistical education at all levels (primary and secondary
Monterey Bay, and Jason Aubrey, University of Missouri;
schools, colleges and universities, the workplace). Each will
Friday, 1:00 p.m.–1:20 p.m. Mathematics educators often
identify differences in statistical instruction among coun-
use a variety of technologies to enhance student learn-
tries and provide reasons for such differences. The most
ing. For example, technology can provide opportunity for
appropriate type of statistics—statistical literacy, applied
students to investigate many examples of a particular
statistics, and mathematical statistics for different coun-
topic more easily or enhance visualization of a difficult
tries—will be discussed. Each panelist will explain what
concept. As technology becomes more integrated into
other countries can learn from the way statistics is taught
the learning experiences of students, one should expect
in the United States and what the United States can learn
that technology would become more integrated into as-
from other countries. The numerous advantages of attend-
sessment practices. Moreover, as teaching mathematics
using technology evolves, it is natural to ask whether the ing an international conference will also be presented. At
mathematics being assessed also changes. This session is the end of session there will be ample time for audience
designed to provide practical strategies and best practices participation. Sponsored by the SIGMAA Stat Ed and the
for assessment of learning when teaching with technology. ASA/MAA Joint Committee on Undergraduate Statistics.
Panelists Andrew G. Bennett, Kansas State University; Projects Supported by the NSF Division of Under-
Gavin LaRose, University of Michigan; and Alison Marble graduate Education Poster Session, organized by Jon
Ahlgren, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will W. Scott, Montgomery Community College; Friday, 2:00
describe their experiences integrating assessment of math- p.m.–4:00 p.m. This session will feature principal investi-
ematical proficiency with technology other than paper and gators (PIs) presenting progress and outcomes from vari-
pencil. Sponsored by the Committee on Technologies in ous NSF funded projects in the Division of Undergraduate
Mathematics Education (CTiME) and WEB SIGMAA. Education. The poster session format will permit ample
Good Intentions Are Necessary but Not Sufficient: opportunity for attendees to engage in small group dis-
Steps Toward Best Practices in Mentoring Underrepre- cussions with the PIs and to network with each other.
sented Students, organized by James H. Curry, University Information about presenters and their projects will ap-
of Colorado; Friday, 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Do you have pear in the program.
an idea for a program that will bring underrepresented Mathematical Culture and Mathematical Life, orga-
students into mathematics? Are you interested in devel- nized by Reuben Hersh and Vera John-Steiner, University
oping a proposal for an NSF Division of Mathematical of New Mexico; Friday, 2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. The emotional,
Sciences workforce program, such as Mentoring through social, and political sides of mathematical life are vitally
Critical Transition Points (MCTP), Research Experiences important yet seldom discussed publicly. How do people
for Undergraduates (REU), Interdisciplinary Training for survive the stresses of mathematical life? What does it
Undergraduates in Biological and Mathematical Sciences mean, personally, to be a “mathematician” nowadays?
(UBM), or another project under the unsolicited workforce In what ways are our personalities and problems “the
proposal format? This panel discussion will be led by same” as everybody else’s, and in what ways are they
NSF-supported principal investigators who developed pro- very different? How is mathematical life different from,
grams having strong mentoring components and who are and how is it similar to other lives in “academia”? How
experienced in working with undergraduate, graduate, and are our mathematical lives affected by our gender or our
postdoctoral scholars. Panelists Carlos Castillo-Chavez, ethnicity? Panelists include Lenore Blum, Carnegie-Mellon
Arizona State University; A. G. (Loek) Helminck, North University; Philip J. Davis, Brown University; Nathaniel
Dean, Texas State University San Marcos; Reuben Hersh; high school students, and lesson-designing sessions with
and Gizem Karaali, Pomona College. teachers and preservice students. Panelists Darryl Yong,
Creating/Improving the Biomathematics/Biostatis- Harvey Mudd University; Brian Hopkins, St. Peters College;
tics Course, organized by Michael A. Posner, Villanova James King; Harvey Keynes, University of Minnesota; and
University; Raina Robeva, Sweet Briar College; and Holly Brynja Kohler, Utah State University, will describe how
Gaff, Old Dominion University; Friday, 2:35 p.m.–3:55 their groups are organized, the impact on the teachers in
p.m. With the growing demand for quantitatively skilled their groups, and issues that emerge in making their PDO
biologists, the creation of new and update of previously es- groups valuable and continuing learning experiences for
tablished biomathematics, biostatistics, or bioinformatics the teachers. They will engage the audience in discussing
courses is a popular topic and necessary discussion. The the larger networking picture for mathematicians and
recommendations of the Bio 2010 report have proposed teachers and offer suggestions for those interested in
important modifications to these curricula. The faculty on starting their own PDO group.
this panel, including Pam Ryan, Truman University; Fred The Benefits of Hosting a Regional Undergraduate
Adler, University of Utah; Laurie Heyer, Davidson College; Mathematics Conference, organized by Doug Faires,
and Deborah Nolan, University of California, Berkeley, Youngstown State University, Saturday, 9:00 a.m.–10:20
have all been involved on their campuses in shaping these a.m. There are currently more than 40 conferences in the
courses. They will address questions like: What does this United States that receive funding to host conferences
course look like? What topics are covered? What are the under the Regional Undergraduate Mathematics Confer-
best practices? Who are the target audiences? What are the ences (RUMC) grant DMS-0846477. The intent of the grant
challenges of creating, marketing, getting such a course is to have a sufficient number of these conferences so that
approved? What are the future directions of these courses? every U.S. student can attend a mathematics conference
Ample time will be left for participant discussion. Spon- without extensive travel or outlay of funds. Many regions
sored by SIGMAA BIO, SIGMAA Stat Ed, and the ASA/MAA in the country now offer this opportunity, either through
Joint Committee on Undergraduate Statistics. this program, the MAA sections, or independently run
Calculus Reform: 25 Years Later, organized by Steve conferences. However there are still regions with large
Benson, Lesley University; Joe Yanik, Emporia State Uni- student populations that have not taken advantage of this
versity; Marilyn Carlson, Arizona State University; and opportunity. The panel will include the grant PI and four
Ellen Kirkman, Wake Forest University; Friday, 2:35 p.m.– other faculty members. All have directed conferences with
3:55 p.m. Twenty-five years ago, the Tulane Conference funds awarded by the grant. Two of the panelists will be
“kicked off” a nationwide discussion about the teaching directors of multiple conferences who can tell how the
of calculus that led to a dramatic, sometimes contentious, conference has progressed from year to year. The remain-
re-evaluation of the ways in which calculus was taught, a ing two will be relatively new to the program and give their
discussion that continues to this day. Our panelists, Steve impressions about what to consider when first designing
Benson; Tom Dick, Oregon State University; Deborah and hosting a conference. Panelists Doug Faires; Kendra
Hughes Hallett, University of Arizona; Judy Holdener, Kilpatrick, Pepperdine University; Laura Taalman, James
Kenyon College; and Paul Zorn, St. Olaf College, an eclectic Madison University; and Nathan Gibson, Oregon State
combination of “Tulane” participants, curriculum develop- University, will give advice for those interested in becom-
ers and adapters, and observers of, and participants in, ing part of the program, and describe the benefits that
the calculus reform movement, will look back on the last undergraduate conferences provide to both students and
25 years and share their personal reflections, providing the faculty involved in the program
important historical perspective and insight for those who Utilizing NSF ADVANCE to Promote the Success of
might wish to make similar contributions to the teaching Women Faculty in Mathematics, organized by Jenna
and learning of mathematics (calculus and otherwise). Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; Saturday, 9:00 a.m.–
Rather than to promote or (re)debate the issues, or bring 10:20 a.m. This panel features four funded NSF ADVANCE
back the artificial “us vs. them” distinctions, we wish to Programs and their impact on promoting the success of
look back on the last 25 years and use these lessons to women faculty in mathematics. Panelists Judith Silver,
inform the next 25 years (and beyond) of mathematics Marshall University; Brooke Shipley, University of Illinois
teaching. Sponsored by the MAA Committee on the Teach- at Chicago; Brenda Johnson, Union College; and Jenna
ing of Undergraduate Mathematics. Carpenter, are PIs/co-PIs on an existing NSF ADVANCE
Mathematicians and Teachers: Professional Develop- Project. Small, medium, and large institutions are repre-
ment and Outreach Groups, organized by James King, sented, as well as both larger institutional transformation
University of Washington and Gail Burrill, Michigan State and smaller adaptation and implementation projects. The
University; Friday, 2:35 p.m.–3:55 p.m. The Institute for goals of this session are to 1) increase awareness of NSF
Advanced Study's Park City Mathematics Institute (PCMI) ADVANCE in the mathematics community at large; 2)
is committed to networking mathematicians and teach- educate mathematics departments about key issues im-
ers. This commitment has resulted in the creation of pacting the success of women faculty; and 3) disseminate
Professional Development and Outreach (PDO) Groups, effective strategies to address these issues and promote
organized by mathematicians for local secondary teach- faculty success. Topics to be addressed include isolation,
ers. These programs include weeklong conferences, Math- high service and teaching loads, climate issues, faculty
ematics at the Jersey Shore workshops, math days for hiring, dual career issues, networking, university policies,
mentoring, professional development, and promotion of Tremendous mathematical talent exists in our popula-
research. Each panelist will highlight key aspects of their tion. The challenge to mathematicians is to engage that
program, followed by a general question-and-answer ses- population in mathematical studies and to nurture their
sion. Materials about ADVANCE and participating projects continued mathematical development. Many minority or-
will be available, as well. ganizations and minority mathematicians have accepted
Preparation and Recruitment of Future Mathematics this challenge, with the end result of increasing minority
Graduate Students, organized by Amy Cohen, Rutgers participation in mathematics-based fields. It is clear that
University; Saturday, 1:00 p.m.–2:20 p.m. A U.S. mathemat- programs aimed at minority populations will work with all
ics major typically studies mathematics about half-time students. Panelists Sylvia Bozeman; Michelle Craddock,
for two-and-a-half years after calculus. A mathematics U.S. Military Academy; Rebecca Garcia, Sam Houston
student outside the U.S. typically studies mathematics State University; and William Velez will highlight some of
full-time for three to five years after calculus before ap- the most successful efforts that have served to increase
plying to a U.S. doctoral program. Graduate admissions minority participation. Sponsored by MAA Committee on
committees often find it easier to see differences in prior Minority Participation, Society for the Advancement of
achievement than to discern differences in potential for Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), and
future achievement. Panelists John Meakin, University National Association of Mathematicians (NAM).
of Nebraska-Lincoln; Aloyisius (Loek) Helminck, North Inquiry-Proof Instructional Techniques, organized
Carolina State University; David M. Bressoud, Macalester by Tom Roby, University of Connecticut; Dev Sinha, Uni-
College; and Ruth Haas, Smith College, will stimulate dis- versity of Oregon; Glenn Stevens, Boston University; and
cussion of what is needed, what is already being done, and Ravi Vakil, Stanford University; Saturday, 2:35 p.m.–3:55
what more can be done to increase the number, diversity, p.m. There is a wealth of refined teaching techniques
and success of undergraduate mathematics students in which emphasize mathematical inquiry, but relatively
the U.S. going on to graduate study. Speakers will have little awareness of them even among practitioners with
experience with graduate programs in pure and applied similar philosophies but different methods. This situation
mathematics, with undergraduate programs, and with lies in contrast with the physical sciences, where scientific
transition programs. Sponsored by the MAA Committee inquiry including Web demonstrations and lab experiences
on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics. is becoming ingrained in the core of the undergraduate
Teaching Statistics Online, organized by Brian Gill, curriculum. We bring together panelists, including Keith
Seattle Pacific University; Saturday, 1:00 p.m.–2:20 p.m. Conrad, University of Connecticut; Ken Ono, University of
Recent years have seen a rapid expansion of the number Wisconsin; David Pengelley, New Mexico State University;
of courses taught online, and current budget pressures Margaret Robinson, Mount Holyoke College; Brad Shelton,
are leading more institutions to consider expanding their University of Oregon; and Michael Starbird, University of
online course offerings. However, effective instruction Texas, who have incorporated inquiry in their undergradu-
online requires a very substantial time commitment from ate classes in different ways, including experience-first
faculty, and involves much more than simply taking the methods, the discovery method, computer-based experi-
materials from a traditional classroom course and mak- mentation, worksheets, and working from historical texts.
ing them available online. Panelists Michelle Everson, We will compare these techniques with standard lecture
University of Minnesota; Patricia Humphrey, Georgia format and with each other, addressing what students
Southern University; Michael Miner, American Public retain, when such techniques are useful, and how they
University; and Sue Schou, Idaho State University, bring fit into the curriculum as a whole. By highlighting these
together statistics instructors and education researchers approaches together we hope audience members reflect
with experience teaching online and hybrid courses to on which aspects of these approaches might help improve
share advice and resources for teaching statistics online. their own teaching, rather than focusing on what they like
The American Statistical Association’s Guidelines for As- or do not like about a particular method.
sessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE) Derivative vs. Integral: The Final Slapdown, organized
Report strongly emphasizes the importance of fostering by Colin Adams and Thomas Garrity, Williams College;
active learning in the “classroom”; panelists will address Saturday, 6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. Ever since Newton and
strategies for implementing this guideline in an online Leibniz, the derivative and the integral have been locked
learning environment. Sponsored by SIGMAA Stat Ed. in mortal combat, doing whatever it takes to try to prove
The Role of Mentoring in Undergraduate Mathemat- which is the better, and in the process tearing equations
ics: Promising Recruitment and Retention Strategies, asunder and leaving broken and shattered math symbols
organized by William Velez, University of Arizona; Sylvia in their wake. Tonight we determine once and for all who
Bozeman, Spelman College; and Ken Millett, University will be crowned the victor, derivative or integral. And
of California-Santa Barbara; Saturday, 2:35 p.m.–3:55 mathematics can then revert once again to the bucolic
p.m. Without question, the United States can boast of the Garden of Eden, where students frolic with equations in
best system of higher education in the world. But that peace and harmony.
does not mean that this system is perfect. It has failed Publishing Mathematics on the Web, organized by
to meet our nation’s requirements for graduates trained Thomas E. Leathrum, Jacksonville State University; Sun-
in the STEM disciplines, a fact that is witnessed by our day, 9:00 a.m.–10:20 a.m. Emerging technologies, such
need to import large numbers of scientists and engineers. as browser support for MathML, are changing the ways
authors will be expected to present mathematical material Guest Lecture, Saturday, 5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m, Tony
in online documents. As academic journals move toward DeRose, Pixar Animation Studios, How mathematics is
online formats, and as libraries and archives digitize exist- changing Hollywood.
ing content, online presentation will become essential to Reception, Saturday, 6:15 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
the profession. Many useful tools have become available
recently, including visual editors and simplified embedded Mathematical and Computational Biology: BIO SIGMAA
mark-up. These tools raise a host of new issues, though, Trends in Undergraduate Mathematical Biology Educa-
such as how modern online search engines can find math tion, Sunday morning (see MAA Contributed Paper Ses-
content. Panelists Robert Miner, Design Science; Thomas sions).
E. Leathrum; and David Ruddy, Project Euclid/Cornell Creating/Improving the Biomathematics/Biostatistics
University, will provide a discussion of available and Course, Friday afternoon (see MAA Panels).
emerging tools, such as legacy format conversion, author- Business Meeting, Friday, 6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
ing tools for current standards including dynamic Web Guest Lecture, Friday, 7:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m., speaker and
pages, and future standards for presenting mathematics title to be announced.
in online documents. The panel will be moderated by
Lawrence Moore, Duke University. Sponsored by the MAA Environmental Mathematics: SIGMAA EM
Committee on Technology in Math Education (CTiME) Paper Session: Modeling the Oil Spill Disaster and Its
Maximize your Career Potential!, organized by Rachel Consequences, Saturday, 1:00 p.m.–4:20 p.m.
Esselstein, California State University Monterey Bay, and The Oil Volcano: Truth and Consequences, a dramatic
David Manderscheid, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; presentation on Saturday, 6:00–7:00 p.m.
Sunday, 9:00 a.m.–10:20 a.m. The past few years have Bus Trip, Sunday morning, exact time to be determined.
been some of the hardest for finding and keeping employ- We will visit the coastal areas with Dr. Paul Kemp of the
ment. What can you do to make yourself a stronger job National Audubon Society. His chief responsibility is work-
candidate? Speakers Geir Helleloid, Acuitus Inc., and Aba ing on coastal habitat for birds and other wildlife.
Mbrika, Bowdoin College, will focus on advice for current
graduate students and postdocs who are at least one year History of Mathematics: HOM SIGMAA
away from applying for jobs. We will discuss what you can Treasures from the Past: Using Primary Sources in the
do NOW to strengthen your application. Our panelists will Classroom, Friday afternoon (see MAA Contributed Paper
address topics such as what you can do in the classes you Sessions).
are teaching and in your research to help you stand out Reception and Business Meeting, Thursday, 5:30
amongst the crowd. We will also discuss internship op- p.m.–6:30 p.m.
portunities that can open new doors and provide valuable Guest Lecture, Thursday, 6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m., speaker
work experience. If you are planning on applying for a job and title to be announced.
in the next few years, you won’t want to miss this panel!
Sponsored by the MAA Committee on Graduate Students Math Circles for Students and Teachers: SIGMAA MCST
and the Young Mathematicians Network. Fostering, Supporting, and Propagating Math Circles
for Students and Teachers, Saturday morning (see MAA
Special Interest Groups of the MAA (SIGMAAs) Contributed Paper Sessions).
SIGMAAs are Special Interest Groups of the MAA. SIGMAAs Math Circles Demonstration, Sunday, 9:00 a.m.–11:00
will be hosting a number of activities, sessions, and guest a.m. Our mathematical circles are modeled after those in
lectures. There are currently twelve such focus groups in Eastern Europe and are as successful here as they were
the MAA offering members opportunities to interact, not there. Circles bring mathematicians into direct contact
only at meetings, but throughout the year, via newsletters with middle and high school students to work, through
and email-based communications. For more information the give and take of conversation, on problems that re-
visit http://www.maa.org/sigmaa/. quire deep thinking and creative exploration. Circles also
provide a social context for these students who enjoy
SIGMAA Officers Meeting, Friday, 10:30 a.m.–noon, studying mathematics. James Tanton will demonstrate a
chaired by Amy Shell-Gellasch, Beloit College. real math circle in action—with real students!
Mathematics and the Arts: SIGMAA ARTS Philosophy of Mathematics: POM SIGMAA
New and Continuing Connections between Math and Philosophy of Mathematics in Teaching and Learning,
the Arts, Saturday morning (see MAA Contributed Paper Saturday afternoon. (See MAA Contributed Paper Ses-
Sessions). sions.)
Business Meeting, Saturday, January 8, 6:00–7:00 p.m. Business Meeting, Saturday, 6:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Guest Lecture, Saturday, 6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m., by Keith
Mathematicians in Business, Industry and Government: Devlin, Stanford University, title to be announced.
BIG SIGMAA
Mathematics Experiences in Business, Industry and
Government, Saturday morning (See MAA Contributed
Paper Sessions.)
See also the session cosponsored by the ASL on Logic aud, SAMSI and North Carolina State University; T. Christine
and Analysis on Friday in the “AMS Special Sessions” list- Stevens, Saint Louis University, and Tad White, National
ings. Security Agency. All mathematicians (female and male) are
invited to attend the entire program. Departments are en-
Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) couraged to help graduate students and recent Ph.D.s who
In 2011 the Association for Women in Mathematics will do not receive funding to obtain some institutional support
celebrate its 40th anniversary. In honor of this special to attend the workshop and other meeting sessions. Up-
event, AWM plans to hold several activities in addition to dated information about the workshop is available at www.
its customary ones at the JMM. We hope you will join us awm-math.org/workshops.html. AWM seeks volunteers
during these celebrations. to lead discussion groups and act as mentors for workshop
Thirty-second Annual Emmy Noether Lecture, Fri- participants. If you are interested, please contact the AWM
day, 10:05 a.m., will be given by M. Susan Montgomery, office; inquiries regarding future workshops may be made
University of Southern California, Title to be announced. to the office at awm@awm-math.edu.
A luncheon will be given in honor of the lecturer on Reception, Thursday, 9:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m. See the list-
Friday; see the “Social Events” section for details. ing in the “Social Events” section of this announcement.
Also see the Special Session on Hopf Algebras and Their
Representations jointly sponsored by the AWM in the “AMS National Association of Mathematicians (NAM)
Special Session” listings. Granville-Brown-Haynes Session of Presentations by
AWM Business Meeting, Thursday, 2:15 p.m.–2:45 p.m. Recent Doctoral Recipients in the Mathematical Sciences,
Schafer Minisymposium, organized by Sami Assaf, Saturday, 1:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Patricia Hersh, Cox-Talbot Address, to be given Saturday after the
North Carolina State University, Thursday, 2:45 p.m.–6:15 banquet by Robert Bozeman, Morehouse College, Title to
p.m. The minisymposium will feature a retrospective on be announced.
the contributions of Alice T. Schafer and on the founding Panel Discussion, Sunday, 9:00 a.m.–9:50 a.m., NAM
of the AWM. It will be followed by five research talks by honors the life of Dr. David Harold Blackwell.
former Schafer Prize winners. Just before the minisympo- Business Meeting, Sunday, 10:00 a.m.–10:50 a.m.
sium begins, the AWM will recognize the honorees for the Claytor-Woodard Lecture: Sunday, 1:00 p.m., will be
Alice T. Schafer Prize for Excellence in Mathematics by an given by Edray Herbert Goins, Purdue University, Title to
Undergraduate Woman. Note that formal prizewinner an- be announced.
nouncements are made at the Joint Prize Session on Friday See details about the banquet on Saturday in the “Social
afternoon. Events” section.
Hay Minisymposium, organized by Cathy Kessel, Edu-
cation Consultant, and W. James Lewis, University of National Science Foundation (NSF)
Nebraska-Lincoln; Friday, 8:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. This ses- The NSF will be represented at a booth in the exhibit
sion brings together a group of distinguished mathemat- area. NSF staff members will be available to provide
ics education researchers and mathematicians involved counsel and information on NSF programs of interest to
in teacher education to discuss the education of teachers mathematicians. The booth is open the same days and
in light of the Common Core Standards Initiative of the hours as the exhibits. Times that staff will be available
National Governors’ Association and the Council of Chief will be posted at the booth.
State School officers,
Michler and Mentoring Minisymposium, organized by Pi Mu Epsilon (PME)
Georgia Benkart, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Council Meeting, Saturday, 8:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
J. Matthew Douglass, University of North Texas, Saturday,
1:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m. This session will highlight the research Rocky Mountain Mathematics Consortium
of AWM Michler Prize winners, and then be followed by a (RMMC)
panel discussion to address the critical junctures in re- Board of Directors Meeting, Saturday, 2:15 p.m.–4:10 p.m.
search careers in mathematics and on ways to establish,
sustain, and expand research, teaching, and service creden- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
tials for tenure and promotion. (SIAM)
Workshop, Sunday, 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. With funding This program consists of an Invited Address at 11:10 a.m.
from the Office of Naval Research and the National Secu- on Friday by William Cook, Georgia Institute of Technol-
rity Agency, AWM will conduct its workshop for women ogy, title to be announced, and a series of Minisymposia
graduate students and women who have received the Ph.D. scheduled Thursday through Sunday on Applications
within the last five years. Twenty women mathematicians of Difference and Differential Equations in Ecology and
are selected in advance of this workshop to present their Epidemiology, Zhilan Feng, Purdue University, and Yun
research: graduate students will present posters, and Kang, Arizona State University, Thursday morning and
recent Ph.D.s will give 20-minute talks. At 1:00 p.m. there afternoon; Combinatorial Optimization, David Hartvigsen,
is a panel discussion on Starting a Career in Mathematics, University of Notre Dame, and Donald Wagner, Office of
moderated by Susan Williams, University of South Alabama, Naval Research, Friday morning and afternoon; Education,
with panelists Sarah Frick, Furman University; Pierre Grem- Peter Turner, Clarkson University, Saturday morning;
Frontiers in Geomathematics, Willi Freeden, University statistics. “Connections” refers to exploiting research op-
of Kaiserslawtern, Zuhair Nashed, University of Central portunities at boundaries of the mathematical sciences to
Florida, Volker Michel, Universität Siegen, and Thomas promote the progress of science, to enhance national secu-
Soner, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany, rity, and to strengthen economic competitiveness. “Com-
Saturday afternoon; Vistas in Applied Mathematics, Maria- munity” refers to cultivating a community of researchers,
Carme Calderer, University of Minnesota, Zuhair Nashed, students, and professionals of sufficient breadth, depth,
University of Central Florida, Sunday morning; and Graph and diversity to sustain the nation’s mathematical sciences
Theory, Michael Ferrara, University of Colorado, Denver, enterprise in the twenty-first century. Please come to hear
and Stephen Hartke, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. more about our goals and to be part of a dialog with the
mathematical community.
Young Mathematicians Network (YMN) Summer Program for Women in Mathematics (SPWM)
Open Forum, Friday, 7:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m., organized by Reunion, Friday 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m., organized by Murli M.
Sarah Ann Stewart, Belmont University, and Joshua D. Gupta, George Washington University. SPWM participants
Laison, Willamette University. All meeting attendees, in- will describe their experiences from past programs. See
cluding undergraduates and graduate students, are invited http://www.gwu.edu/~spwm for more information.
to discuss topics and issues affecting young mathemati-
cians.
Also see details about other sessions cosponsored by
the YMN under these headings: MAA Panels, Posters,
Social Events
and Other Sessions: Project NExT-YMN Poster Session, All events listed are open to all registered participants.
Thursday at 4:00 p.m.; How to Interview…, Thursday at It is strongly recommended that for any event requiring
2:15 p.m.; Career Options for Students…, Friday at 9:00 a ticket, tickets should be purchased through advance
a.m. and MAA Sessions for Students: Graduate School: registration. Only a very limited number of tickets, if any,
Choosing One… Friday at 10:35 a.m.; This could be YOUR will be available for sale on site. If you must cancel your
Graduate Research…, Friday at 1:00 p.m.). participation in a ticketed event, you may request a 50%
refund by returning your ticket(s) to the Mathematics
Others Meetings Service Bureau (MMSB) by December 27. After
Mathematical Art Exhibition, organized by Robert that date no refunds can be made. Special meals are avail-
Fathauer, Tessellations Company, Nathaniel A. Friedman, able at banquets upon advance request, but this must be
ISAMA and SUNY Albany, Anne Burns, Long Island Uni- indicated on the Advance Registration/Housing Form.
versity, C. W. Post University, Reza Sarhangi, Towson Uni- Special meals may be subject to additional fees.
versity, and Nathan Selikoff, Digital Awakening Studios. AMS Banquet: As a fitting culmination to the meetings,
A popular feature at the last Joint Mathematics Meetings, the AMS banquet provides an excellent opportunity to
this exhibition provides a break in your day. On display socialize with fellow participants in a relaxed atmosphere.
are works in various media by artists who are inspired by The participant who has been a member of the Society for
mathematics and by mathematicians who use visual art to the greatest number of years will be recognized and will
express their findings. Fractals, symmetry, and tiling are receive a special award. The banquet will be held on Sunday,
some of the ideas at play here. Don’t miss this unique op- with dinner served at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are US$53 including
portunity for a different perspective on mathematics. The tax and gratuity. The banquet will be preceded by a recep-
exhibition will be open during the regular exhibit hours. tion at 6:30 p.m.
The Mathematical Sciences in 2025, organized by Mark Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sci-
L. Green, University of California Los Angeles, and Scott ences (ACMS) Reception and Banquet, Friday, 6:00
Weidman, National Academy of Sciences; Saturday, 4:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m. This annual dinner at 6:30 p.m. is preceded
p.m.-5:20 p.m. by a reception at 6:00 p.m. and will be followed by an after-
A study commissioned by the National Science Foun- dinner talk by Maria Zack. Tickets must be ordered by
dation and conducted by the National Academies under November 30; see www.acmsonline.org for details and
the auspices of the Board on Mathematical Sciences and cost.
Their Applications has begun that we hope will develop a Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgen-
strategic view that is useful to the NSF and other federal dered Mathematicians Reception, Friday, 6:00 p.m.–8:00
agencies; to chairs, deans, and academic administrators; p.m. All are welcome to attend this open reception cospon-
to the mathematics and statistics communities; to the sci- sored by NOGLSTP. Come and meet some old friends and
ence and engineering community more broadly; and to the allies, and make new friends, too!
leadership of business, industry, government laboratories, AWM Reception: There is an open reception on Thurs-
and federal mission agencies. day at 9:30 p.m. after the AMS Gibbs Lecture. This has been
This study will be a strategic examination of the mathe- a popular, well-attended event in the past.
matical sciences and how they can best position themselves AWM Luncheon to honor Noether Lecturer, M. Susan
to grow and contribute through 2025. It will cover three Montgomery, on Friday. Those interested may email awm@
aspects of the mathematical sciences enterprise: discovery, awm-math.org; a sign-up sheet for those interested will
connections, community. Here, “discovery” refers to basic also be located at the AWM table in the exhibit area and
research at the frontiers of knowledge in mathematics and also at the AWM Business Meeting on Thursday afternoon.
AWM 40th Anniversary Banquet and Jazz, Friday, 7:00 NAM Banquet, Saturday, 6:00 p.m.–8:40 p.m. The Na-
p.m.–10:00 p.m. Come celebrate the 40th anniversary of tional Association of Mathematicians will host a banquet
the AWM with your friends and colleagues with a few in- on Friday evening. A cash bar reception will be held at
vited toasts followed by some of New Orleans’ finest jazz. 6:00 p.m., and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. Tickets
Tickets are US$60, including tax and gratuity. are US$53 each, including tax and gratuity. The Cox-Talbot
Budapest Semesters in Mathematics Annual Alumni Invited Address will be given after the dinner.
Reunion, Saturday, 6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. All alumni, family, NSA Women in Mathematics Society Networking
and spouses are invited. Session, Thursday, 6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. All participants
Claremont Colleges Alumni Reception, Friday, 7:00 are welcome to this annual event. Please stop by the NSA
p.m.–9:00 p.m. All math faculty, alumni, students, and booth in the exhibit hall for the exact location.
friends are invited. H’ors d’oeuvres and drinks will be New Mexico State University Mathematics Asso-
served, and special guests are welcome! Please send your ciation Reception, Friday, 5:30 p.m.–7:00 p.m. Alumni,
RSVP to alumni@hmc.edu. faculty, and friends of the New Mexico State University
Reception for Graduate Students and First-Time Par- Department of Mathematical Sciences are cordially invited
ticipants, Thursday, 5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m. The AMS and the to this reception.
MAA cosponsor this social hour. Graduate students and Pennsylvania State University Mathematics Alumni
first-timers are especially encouraged to come and meet
Reception, Thursday, 6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Please join us
some old-timers to pick up a few tips on how to survive
for h’ors d’oeuvres and beverages, and mingle with math
the environment of a large meeting. Refreshments will
alumni, faculty, and College of Science representatives.
be served.
Student Hospitality Center, Thursday–Saturday,
Knitting Circle, Friday, 8:15 p.m.–9:45 p.m. Bring a
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., and Sunday, 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.,
project (knitting/crochet/tatting/beading/etc.) and chat
organized by Richard and Araceli Neal, American Society
with other mathematical crafters!
for the Communication of Mathematics.
MAA–Project NExT Reception, Saturday, 8:30 p.m.–10:30
p.m., organized by Judith Covington, Louisiana State Univer- Reception for Undergraduates, Thursday, 4:00 p.m.–
sity Shreveport; Joseph A. Gallian, University of Minnesota- 5:00 p.m.
Duluth; Aparna W. Higgins, University of Dayton; and Worship Service, Sunday, 7:00 a.m.–8:00 a.m. Begin the
P. Gavin LaRose All Project NExT Fellows, consultants, and final day of the joint meetings by attending a nondenomi-
other friends of Project NExT are invited. national service provided by members of the Association
MAA Two-Year College Reception, Thursday, 5:45 of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences.
p.m.–7:00 p.m., is open to all meeting participants, particu-
larly two-year faculty members. This is a great opportunity Other Events of Interest
to meet old friends and make some new ones. There will AMS Information Booth: All meetings participants are
be hot and cold refreshments and a cash bar. Sponsored invited to visit the AMS Information Booth during the
by Pearson Education. meetings. A special gift will be available for participants,
Mathematical Reviews Reception, Friday, 6:00 p.m.– compliments of the AMS. AMS staff will be at the booth to
7:00 p.m. All friends of Mathematical Reviews (MR) are
answer questions about AMS programs and membership.
invited to join reviewers and MR editors and staff (past
Book Sales and Exhibits: All participants are encour-
and present) for a reception in honor of all the efforts that
aged to visit the book, education media, and software
go into the creation and publication of the Mathematical
exhibits from 12:15 p.m.–5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 9:30
Reviews database. Refreshments will be served.
a.m.–5:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, and 9:00 a.m.–
Mathematical Institutes Open House, Wednesday, 5:30
noon on Saturday. Books published by the AMS and MAA
p.m.–8:00 p.m. Participants are warmly invited to attend
will be sold at discounted prices somewhat below the cost
this open house cosponsored by several North American
mathematical institutes. Come find out about the latest for the same books purchased by mail. These discounts
activities and programs at each of the institutes that may will be available only to registered participants wearing the
be suited to your own research interests. official meetings badge. Participants visiting the exhibits
MER Banquet: The Mathematicians and Education Re- are required to display their meetings badge in order to
form (MER) Forum welcomes all mathematicians who are enter the exhibit area.
interested in precollege, undergraduate, and/or gradu- The AMS and the MAA cordially invite all registered
ate educational reform to attend the MER banquet on participants to enjoy complimentary tea and coffee while
Friday evening. This is an opportunity to make or renew perusing the associations’ booths.
contacts with other mathematicians who are involved in Mathematical Sciences Employment Center: Those
education projects and to engage in lively conversation wishing to participate in the Mathematical Sciences Em-
about educational issues. The after-dinner discussion is ployment Center should read carefully the important
an open forum for participants to voice their impressions, article about the center beginning on page 1182 in this
observations, and analyses of the current education scene. issue of Notices or at www.eims.ams.org. Employers
There will be a cash bar beginning at 6:30 p.m. Dinner will should pay the appropriate fees; there are no fees for ap-
be served at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are US$55 each, including plicants to participate, except that all Employment Center
tax and gratuity. participants must also register for the Joint Mathematics
Meetings (JMM). Official meeting badges are required to Cancellation Policy: Those who cancel their advance
enter the Employment Center. registration for the meetings, minicourses, or short
Networking Opportunities: There are many opportu- courses by December 31 will receive a 50% refund of fees
nities to meet new friends and greet old acquaintances paid. Those who cancel their banquet tickets by December
in addition to the vast array of scientific sessions offered 27 will receive a 50% refund of monies paid. No refunds
at these meetings. These opportunities are listed on will be issued after these dates.
the newcomers page at www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2125_
Joint Mathematics Meetings Registration Fees
newcomers.html. Newcomers may want to investigate the
by Dec. 22 at meeting
many receptions listed in the “Social Events” section, the
Member of AMS, ASL, CMS,
Student Hospitality Center, and the Employment Center.
On site, a Networking Center featuring casual seating and MAA, SIAM US$224 US$294
lists of registered participants sorted by school and math Emeritus Member of AMS, MAA;
subject classification will be available for your perusal. Unemployed; High School Teacher;
This is a great place to relax between sessions and forge Developing Countries Special Rate;
new friendships. Librarian 49 59
Graduate Student Member of AMS, MAA 49 59
Registering in Advance and Obtaining Graduate Student Nonmember 76 86
Undergraduate Student 42 52
Hotel Accommodations High School Student 5 10
The AMS and MAA make every effort to keep participant Temporarily Employed 181 210
expenses at meetings and registration fees for meetings Nonmember 349 453
as low as possible. We work hard to negotiate the best One-Day Member
hotel rates and to make the best use of your registration of AMS, ASL, CMS, MAA, SIAM N/A 160
dollars to keep the meetings affordable for you. The AMS One-Day Nonmember N/A 250
and the MAA encourage all participants to register for Nonmathematician Guest 15 15
the meeting. When you pay the registration fee, you are
helping to support a wide range of activities associated MAA Minicourses 75 75*
with planning, organizing, and running a major meeting *if space is available
of this size.
Grad Student Fair US$60 N/A
How to Register in Advance: The importance of ad-
(table/posterboard/electricity)
vance registration cannot be overemphasized. Advance
registration fees are considerably lower than the fees AMS Short Course
that will be charged for registration at the meetings. Par- Member of AMS or MAA US$100 US$140
ticipants registering by November 19 may receive their Nonmember 134 170
badges, programs, and tickets (where applicable) in ad- Student/Unemployed/Emeritus 48 69
vance by mail approximately three weeks before the meet-
ings. Those who do not want their materials mailed should MAA Short Course
check the box on the form. Because of delays that occur MAA or AMS Member US$150 US$160
in U.S. mail to Canada, advance registrants from Canada Nonmember 200 210
must pick up their materials at the meetings. Because of Student/Unemployed/Emeritus 75 85
delays that occur in U.S. mail to overseas, materials are
never mailed overseas. There will be a special Registration Full-Time Students: Those currently working toward
Assistance Desk at the Joint Meetings to assist individu- a degree or diploma. Students are asked to determine
als who either did not receive this mailing or who have a whether their status can be described as graduate (work-
problem with their registration. Please note that a US$5 ing toward a degree beyond the bachelor’s), undergradu-
replacement fee will be charged for programs and badges ate (working toward a bachelor’s degree), or high school
that are mailed but not taken to New Orleans. Acknowledg- (working toward a high school diploma) and to mark the
ments of registrations will be sent by email to the email Advance Registration/Housing Form accordingly.
addresses given on the Advance Registration/Housing Graduate Student: Those currently working toward
Form. If you do not wish your registration acknowledged a degree or diploma. Students are asked to determine
by email, please mark the appropriate box on the form. whether their current status can be described as gradu-
Internet Advance Registration: This service is avail- ate (working toward a degree beyond the bachelor’s),
able for advance registration and hotel reservations at undergraduate (working towards a bachelor’s degree),
jointmathematicsmeetings.org/2125_reg.html. or high school (working toward a high school diploma).
VISA, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express are the The member status refers to any graduate student who
only methods of payment which are accepted for Internet is a member of the AMS or MAA. These students should
advance registration, and charges to credit cards will be check with their department administrator to check their
made in U.S. funds. All Internet advance registrants will membership status.
receive acknowledgment of payment upon submission of Emeritus: Any person who has been a member of the
this form. AMS or MAA for twenty years or more and who retired
because of age or long-term disability from his or her ORDINARY meetings advance registration
latest position. (hotel reservations, materials
Librarian: Any librarian who is not a professional mailed) November 19
mathematician. FINAL meetings advance registration
Unemployed: Any person currently unemployed, ac- (advance registration, short courses,
tively seeking employment, and not a student. It is not Employment Center, minicourses,
intended to include any person who has voluntarily re- banquets) December 15
signed or retired from his or her latest position.
Developing Country Participant: Any person employed Early Advance Registration: Those who register by the
in developing countries where salary levels are radically early deadline of November 5 will be included in a random
noncommensurate with those in the U.S. drawing to select winners of complimentary hotel rooms
Temporarily Employed: Any person currently em- in New Orleans. Multiple occupancy is permissible. The
ployed but who will become unemployed by June 1, 2011, location of rooms to be used in this drawing will be based
and who is actively seeking employment. on the number of complimentary rooms available in the
Nonmathematician Guest: Any family member or various hotels. Therefore, the free room may not necessar-
friend who is not a mathematician and who is accompa- ily be in the winner’s first-choice hotel. The winners will be
nied by a participant in the meetings. These official guests notified by mail prior to December 24. So register early!
will receive a badge and may attend all sessions and the Ordinary Advance Registration: Those who register
exhibits. after November 5 and by the ordinary deadline of No-
Participants Who Are Not Members of the AMS or vember 19 may use the housing services offered by the
MAA and register for the meetings as a nonmember will MMSB but are not eligible for the room drawing. You may
receive mailings after the meetings are over with a special also elect to receive your badge and program by mail in
membership offer. advance of the meetings.
Advance registration and on-site registration fees only Final Advance Registration: Those who register after
partially cover the expenses of holding meetings. All math- November 19 and by the final deadline of December 15
ematicians who wish to attend sessions are expected to must pick up their badges, programs, and any tickets for
register and should be prepared to show their badges if so social events at the meetings. Unfortunately, it is some-
requested. Badges are required to enter the exhibit area, times not possible to provide final advance registrants
to obtain discounts at the AMS and MAA Book Sales, and with housing, so registrants are strongly urged to make
to cash a check with the Joint Meetings cashier. their hotel reservations by November 19. Please note that
Advance registration forms accompanied by insuf- the December 15 deadline is firm; any forms received
ficient payment will be returned, thereby delaying the after that date will be returned and full refunds issued.
processing of any housing request, or a US$5 charge will To pick up your materials, please come to the Meetings
be assessed if an invoice must be prepared to collect the Registration Desk located on the second floor of the New
delinquent amount. Overpayments of less than US$5 will Orleans Marriott.
not be refunded.
For each invalid check or credit card transaction that Special Assistance
results in an insufficient payment for registration or hous- We strive to take the appropriate steps required to
ing, a US$5 charge will be assessed. Participants should ensure that no individual with a disability is excluded,
check with their tax preparers for applicable deductions denied services, segregated, or otherwise treated differ-
for education expenses as they pertain to these meetings. ently. Please tell us what you require to help make your
If you wish to be included in a list of individuals sorted participation more enjoyable and meaningful. If you
by mathematical interest, please provide the one math- require special assistance, auxiliary aids or other reason-
ematics subject classification number of your major area able accommodations to fully participate in this event,
of interest on the Advance Registration/Housing Form. please check off the appropriate box on the Registration/
(A list of these numbers is available by sending an empty Housing Form or email the MMSB at mmsb@ams.org. All
email message to abs-submit@ams.org; include the num- requests for special accommodations under the Americans
ber 1067 as the subject of the message.) Copies of this list with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) must be made allow-
will be available for your perusal in the Networking Center. ing enough time for evaluation and appropriate action by
If you do not wish to be included in any mailing list used the JMM. Any information regarding your disability will
for promotional purposes, please indicate this in the ap- remain confidential.
propriate box on the Advance Registration/Housing Form.
Hotel Reservations
Advance Registration Deadlines The AMS and MAA contract only with facilities who are
There are three separate advance registration deadlines, working toward being in compliance with the public ac-
each with its own advantages and benefits. commodations requirements of ADA. Participants requir-
ing hotel reservations should read the instructions on the
EARLY meetings advance registration following hotel pages. Participants who did not reserve
(room drawing) November 5 a room during advance registration and would like to
obtain a room at one of the hotels listed on the following
pages should call the hotels directly after December 17. Invited 50-minute speakers are automatically provided
However, the MMSB can no longer guarantee availability of with two overhead projectors and a laptop projector; AMS
rooms or special convention rates after that date. Special Sessions and Contributed Papers, and MAA Invited
Participants should be aware that most hotels are and Contributed Paper Sessions, are provided with the
starting to charge a penalty fee to guests for departure standard equipment and a laptop projector. Blackboards
changes made before or after guests have checked into are not available, nor are Internet hookups in session
their rooms. These hotels are indicated on the hotel page rooms. Any request for additional equipment should be
at jointmathematicsmeetings.org/2125_hotelpage. sent to meet@ams.org and received by November 1.
html. Participants should also inquire about this at check- Equipment requests made at the meetings most likely
in and make their final plans accordingly. will not be granted because of budgetary restrictions.
Participants should also be aware that it is general hotel Unfortunately no audio-visual equipment can be provided
practice in most cities to hold a nonguaranteed reservation for committee meetings or other meetings or gatherings
until 6:00 p.m. only. When one guarantees a reservation not on the scientific program.
by paying a deposit or submitting a credit card number Childcare: The American Mathematical Society and
as a guarantee in advance, however, the hotel will usually the Mathematical Association of America will again offer
honor this reservation until checkout time the following childcare services for the Joint Mathematics Meetings to
day. If the individual holding the reservation has not registered participants.
checked in by that time, the room is then released for The childcare will be offered through KiddieCorp
sale, and the hotel retains the deposit or applies a room Children’s Program. KiddieCorp is an organization that
charge to the credit card number submitted equivalent to has been providing high-quality programs for children
a one-night stay. of all ages at meetings throughout the United States
If you hold a guaranteed reservation at a hotel but are and Canada since 1986. Read all about them at www.
informed upon arrival that there is no room for you, there kiddiecorp.com/.
are certain things you can request the hotel do. First, they The childcare services provided at the JMM are for chil-
should provide for a room at another hotel in town for dren ages 6 months through 12 years old. Space per day
that evening at no charge. (You already paid for the first will be limited and is on a space available basis. The dates
night when you made your deposit.) Second, they should and times for the program are January 6–9, 2011, 8:00
pay for taxi fares to the other hotel that evening and back a.m.–5:00 p.m. each day. It will be located at the Sheraton
to the hotel the following morning, assuming a room is New Orleans. If you would like to know how many children
available. Third, they should pay for one telephone call so will be in the same age group as your child’s, please call
that you can notify people of where you are staying. The KiddieCorp. Parents are encouraged to bring snacks and
hotel should make every effort to find a room for you in beverages for their children but items such as juice boxes,
their hotel the following day and, if successful, pay your Cheerios, and crackers will be provided. KiddieCorp can ar-
taxi fares to and from the second hotel so that you can range meals for children at cost plus 15% or parents can be
pick up your baggage and bring it to the first hotel. Not responsible for meals for their children. Parents who have
all hotels in all cities follow this practice, so your request questions about specific programs that will be offered or
for these services may bring mixed results or none at all. special requests, rules, or needs for their children must call
If you did not receive satisfactory service in this regard, KiddieCorp ahead of time.
please inform the Housing Coordinator for the meeting. Registration starts on September 1. The registration
Importance of Staying in the Official Meetings Hotels: fee is US$30 per family (nonrefundable). Additional cost
Your patronage of the official Meetings hotels enables will be US$10 per hour per child or US$8 per hour per child
the JMM to secure the meeting space at a greatly reduced for graduate students. These reduced child care rates are
cost which helps to keep the cost of the meeting and your made possible to the meetings participant by the American
registration fees down. Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association
Room Drawing: Win FREE room nights at our official of America, who heavily subsidize the cost of this service,
hotels as listed on the hotel pages. Multiple winners! Par- thus keeping this program affordable for families. Parents
ticipants who register and reserve a room at any of the must be registered for the JMM to participate. Full payment
listed meetings hotels by November 5, will automatically is due at the time of registration with KiddieCorp. Deadline
be included in a random drawing to select a winner of free for registering is December 9, 2010.
room nights in that hotel. The number of drawings to be If parents do not pick up their children at the time sched-
made will be based on the number of complimentary room uled or by the end of the day (no later than 5:00 p.m.), they
nights available in the various hotels. Multiple occupancy will be charged a late fee of US$5 per child for every 15
is permissible. The winners will be drawn at random from minutes thereafter.
the hotel reservation lists and notified by email or phone Cancellations must be made to KiddieCorp prior to De-
prior to December 24. cember 9, 2010, for a full refund. Cancellations made after
that date will be subject to a 50% cancellation fee. Once the
program has begun, no refunds will be issued.
Miscellaneous Information To register, go to https://www.kiddiecorp.com/
Audio-Visual Equipment: Standard equipment in all jmmkids.htm or call KiddieCorp at 858-455-1718 to
session rooms is one overhead projector and screen. request a form.
OCTOBER 2010
hotel accommodations through the Mathematics Meetings
• Complimentary Room Drawing: November 5
Service Bureau (MMSB). Special rates have been negoti- Rates
• Reservations through MMSB: November 19
ated exclusively for this meeting at the following hotels: • Subject to a 13% tax/TID tax plus an additional occupancy
New Orleans Marriott, Sheraton New Orleans, JW Mar- • Changes/Cancellations through
MMSB: December 6 charge of US$3
riott New Orleans, and Astor Crowne Plaza New Orleans.
• Only certified students or unemployed mathematicians
Reservations must be made through the MMSB to receive
these rates. These hotels can ONLY accept reservations qualify for student rates.
directly after December 17, at which time rooms and rates Complimentary Room Drawing • See the Advanced Registration/Housing (ARH) Form for a
will be based on availability. Higher rates will be applied Anyone who reserves a room through the MMSB detailed breakdown of rates for each hotel.
to any rooms reserved directly with these hotels before by November 5 is eligible for a drawing to receive
December 17. complimentary room nights during the meeting. See Cancellation Policies
How to Register in Advance for details. • All four hotels: 72 hours prior to arrival, to avoid penalties
To reserve a room, please complete the housing section of
the Advanced Registration/Housing (ARH) Form (via pa- Guarantee Requirements
per or the web) by November 19. All reservations must be • One night deposit by check, or
guaranteed by either credit card or deposit by check in the Looking for a Roommate? • Credit cards (online only): Visa, MC, AMEX, Diners, and
total amount of first night stay. If you use the online form, For your convenience, a search board has been set
Discover. If you reserve a room by paper form, the MMSB
a credit card number will be required for guarantee. If you up at http://boards2go.com/boards/board.
will contact you at the phone number provided. For your se-
use the paper form, a credit card number or check may be cgi?user=webgoddess1 to help you find a
NOTICES
curity, we do not accept credit card numbers by postal mail,
given for guarantee. For your security, credit card num- roommate. Good Luck!
bers will not be accepted by postal mail, e-mail, or fax. If e-mail or fax.
you wish to guarantee your room by credit card and are
OF THE
submitting a paper form, the MMSB will call you at the Check-in/Check-out
tell us what you require to help make your participation
number provided. The online form is located at www.ams. more enjoyable and meaningful. If you require special Check-in at each hotel is 3:00 p.m. Check-out at each hotel
AMS
org/meetreg?meetnum=2125. The paper form is located assistance, auxiliary aids or other reasonable accom- is noon.
at the back of this announcement. Participants interested
modations to fully participate in this event, please check
in suites should contact the MMSB at mmsb@ams.org or
off the appropriate box on the Registration/Housing Internet Access/Wireless
1-800-321-4267 ext. 4137 or 4144 for further information.
Sorry, reservations cannot be taken over the phone. Form or e-mail the MMSB at mmsb@ams.org. All • Marriott New Orleans: Complimentary wireless in the
requests for special accommodations under the Ameri- lobby and public areas; wired ONLY in guest rooms for a
Confirmations cans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) must be made daily rate of US$14.95
All hotels will be sending out e-mail confirmations if an allowing enough time for evaluation and appropriate • Sheraton New Orleans: Complimentary wireless in the
e-mail address is provided. Please contact the MMSB action by the AMS and MAA. Any information regard- lobby and public areas to hotel guests ONLY; wired ONLY
after December 17 if you did not receive a confirmation ing your disability will remain confidential. in the guest rooms for a daily rate of US$14.95
number. • JW Marriott New Orleans: Complimentary wireless
Environmental Policies in the lobby and public areas to hotel guests ONLY; wired
ADA Accessibility The majority of the hotels have successful “green” ONLY in the guest rooms for a daily rate of US$14.95
We strive to take the appropriate steps required to ensure programs in place. Since 2004 Marriott has been • Astor Crowne Plaza New Orleans: Complimentary wire-
that no individual with a disability is excluded, denied awarded more ENERGY STAR labels than any other less in the lobby and public areas; wired ONLY in guest
services, segregated or otherwise treated differently. Please hotel company. In addition, the Sheraton has numerous rooms for a daily rate of US$9.95
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New Orleans Marriott Sheraton New Orleans JW Marriott New Orleans Astor Crowne Plaza New Orleans
1216
(Co Headquarters) (Co Headquarters) (~1 block from Marriott and Sheraton) (~1.5 blocks from Marriott and Sheraton)
555 Canal Street 500 Canal Street 614 Canal Street 739 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA 70130 New Orleans, LA 70130 New Orleans, LA 70130 New Orleans, LA 70130
504-581-1000 504-525-2500 504-525-6500 504-962-0500
Single US$158, Double: US$168 Main House: Single: US$158, Double: Single: US$148, Double: US$158 Single/Double: US$119
Student Single/Double: US$120 US$178 Student Single/Double: US$109
Club House: Single: US$189, Double: Smoke-free hotel. Restaurants: Shula’s
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Smoke-free hotel. Restaurants: 5 Fifty 5, 55 US$199 America’s Steak House, Shula’s Lounge Smoke-free hotel. Restaurant: Dickie Bren-
Fahrenheit, and Starbucks; Fitness center; Student Single/Double US$120 (Main (bar), and Lobby Lounge (bar); Spa ser- nan’s Bourbon House Restaurant & Seafood;
Outdoor pool; Spa services; Business center; House Only) vices; Business center; Full amenities in Fitness center; Spa services; Business center;
Full amenities in guest rooms; Safety deposit guest rooms; Safety deposit boxes available Full amenities in guest rooms; Safety deposit
boxes at front desk; Windows do not open in Smoke-free hotel. Restaurants: Pelican Bar, at front desk; Windows do not open in any boxes available at front desk; Windows do
any rooms, including suites; Children under Roux Bistro, and Starbucks; Fitness center; rooms, including suites; Children under 16 not open in any rooms, including suites;
15 free in room with an adult; Cribs available Outdoor pool; Spa services; Business center; free in room with an adult; Cribs available Children under 17 free in room with an adult;
upon request at no charge; No pets allowed Full amenities in guest rooms; In-room safe; upon request at no charge; Valet parking only Cribs available upon request at no charge;
except service animals; Valet parking only Windows do not open in any rooms, includ- for registered guests for US$32.00 + tax per Valet parking for registered hotel guests for
US$33.60 + tax per day; one vehicle allowed ing suites; Children under 18 free in room day with limited height restrictions. See the US$32.00 + tax per day with limited height
per room with limited height restrictions. See with an adult; Cribs available upon request travel section of this announcement for other restrictions. See the travel section of this
the travel section of this announcement for at no charge; Pets allowed (under 80 pounds parking options. Confirmations sent by announcement for other parking options.
NOTICES
other parking options. Confirmations sent only); Valet parking only for US$22.95 + tax e-mail only. Confirmations sent by e-mail only.
by e-mail only. per day (due to height restrictions, oversized
vehicles cannot be valet parked). See the
OF THE
travel section of this announcement for other
parking options. Confirmations sent by
AMS
e-mail only.
OCTOBER 2010
2. JW Marriott
3. New Orleans Marriott (Co-Headquarters)
4. Sheraton New Orleans (Co-Headquarters)
NOTICES
OF THE
AMS
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more information go to www.advancecheckin.com or passengers. Pickup is on the lower level, outside the bag-
call toll-free at 877-467-8898. Agents are available on the gage claim area. There may be an additional charge for
lower airport level next to Belt #1 in the baggage claim area extra baggage.
8:00 a.m.–midnight. The charge is US$25.00 for up to three Bus/Public Transit: The Airport-Downtown Express E-2
pieces of luggage. Additional bags can be included for Bus picks up outside airport Entrance #7 near the Delta
US$5.00 each. There may be additional charges for over- counter on the upper (second) level. In the median, look
weight bags. Hotel pick-up requests must be made online. for the sign and bench. Take the E-2 Bus to Carrollton at
Tulane. At Carrollton and Tulane, on the corner by the
Traveling from the Airport Burger King, transfer to the #39 Tulane Bus. The #39 will
To depart the New Orleans airport, head to the lower take you to Canal Street at Saratoga. Walk to the middle of
level baggage claim area, unless you are planning to take Canal Street and wait for the #47-48 Canal Streetcar going
the city bus which departs from upper level entrance #7. toward the river. The Marriott, the Sheraton, the JW Mar-
riott, and the Astor Crowne Plaza are all on Canal Street.
SPECIAL!! Motion Transportation LLC: Motion Trans- There is a streetcar stop about every other block on Canal
portation LLC is offering Joint Mathematics Meetings par- Street near the French Quarter; get off at Canal and Bour-
ticipants a special offer of US$30 per person round trip, and bon Street for the Astor Crowne Plaza, Canal and Chartres
US$15 per person one way from the Louis Armstrong New for the JW Marriott and at either Canal at Chartres or Canal
Orleans International Airport. Reservations can be made and Decatur for the New Orleans Marriott and the Sheraton
by going to their website, www.motiontransportation. New Orleans. For further information and schedules: E-2
com, or by calling 504-390-3567 and mentioning group Bus: www.jeffersontransit.org. New Orleans city bus
code JMM-2011. To reserve online, proceed as follows: routes: go to www.norta.com, call 504-248-3900 or send
• Go to www.motiontransportation.com email to rideline@norta.com . The current fare for the
• Click on “JMM” button Airport-Downtown Express (E-2) is US$2. The fareboxes
• Fill in information that is requested and if necessary will accept US$1, US$5, US$10, US$20 dollar bills and all
reference “JMM-2011” U.S. coins, and will provide change in the form of a value
• Once page is complete, hit the submit button. card that can be used for future fares. The New Orleans
• You will receive a confirmation page. city bus fares are currently US$1.25; senior citizens with
• Other information: For arrival, participants with reser- valid ID, US$0.40, transfers are 25 cents.
vations will be met by a greeter (holding a sign with “JMM”) Driving directions to the hotels: Go east on Jerome S.
in the baggage claim area. For departure, participants will Glazer Airport Access Road toward Airport Access Road
need to make arrangements to be picked up two hours (Jerome S. Glazer Airport Access Road turns into Airport
prior to their plane departures. Access Road). Take the ramp onto I-10 E. At exit 234
• If questions, call 504-390-3567. take the left lane toward Poydras Street/Superdome. Stay
Airport Shuttle: Airport Shuttle, (866-596-2699, 504- straight to go onto Poydras Street. Take a left on Camp
522-3500, www.airportshuttleneworleans.com) is the Street, and continue to Canal Street. To go to the Sheraton,
official ground transportation provider for the Louis Arm- take a right on Canal, the hotel is straight ahead on your
strong New Orleans International Airport. Shuttle service right. To go to the New Orleans Marriott, take a right on
is available from the airport to the hotels for US$20/per Canal Street; get into the left-hand lane and make a small
person, one-way, and US$38/per person, round-trip. The U-turn. You will be in front of the Marriott. Continue a few
first three bags per passenger are free. Travelers must blocks past the Marriott to get to the Astor Crowne Plaza at
provide their own child car seats or booster seats. Ad- Canal and Bourbon Street. To go to the JW Marriott, after
vance reservations are required 48 hours prior to travel you take a left on Camp Street, go three blocks to Common
for all ADA accessible transfers. Please call well enough in Street, and turn left again. The motor lobby entrance is
advance for the specially-equipped shuttle to be reserved. located on the right at 611 Common Street between Camp
Ticket desks are located on the lower level in the bag- Street and St. Charles Avenue.
gage claim area. After you have retrieved your luggage,
proceed to the Airport Shuttle Ticket Desk, across from Car Rental
baggage claim areas 3, 6, and 12. The desk is staffed from The car rental agencies are located on the lower level
8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. After 11:00 p.m. you can purchase of the airport. Avis is the official car rental company for
a one-way cash ticket from any driver on the loading the Joint Mathematics Meetings in New Orleans. All rates
dock outside of baggage claim area 6, and the driver will include unlimited free mileage. Rates do not include any
provide you with a receipt, if needed. Service is available state or local surcharges, tax, optional overages, or gas
on a continuous basis with vans departing approximately refueling charges. Renters must meet Avis’s age, driver,
every 30 minutes. Airport Shuttle vans are white with yel- and credit requirements. For the best available rate and
low lettering with “Airport Shuttle” and the phone number to make a reservation, please call Avis at 800-331-1600 or
522-3500 on the side. Return trips are best reserved at go online at http://www.avis.com. Please use the Avis
least 24 hours prior to your flight. Discount Number J098887.
Taxicabs: A cab ride to the Central Business District or
the French Quarter costs approximately US$33 for one or
two persons and US$14 (per passenger) for three or more
Parking Information
Valet parking only with some height restrictions is Statesboro, Georgia
available at the New Orleans Marriott, Sheraton New
Orleans, JW Marriott, and the Astor Crowne Plaza. Please
Georgia Southern University
see the hotel page for details. Some other options for
March 12–13, 2011
parking are:
• Premium Parking Service, Iberville Garage, 716 Saturday – Sunday
Iberville Street, New Orleans, LA 70130, 504-522-
Meeting #1068
5975, www.premiumparkingservice.com/index2.
shtml. Cost: 0–2 hours—US$9; 2–3 hours—US$11; 3–10 Southeastern Section
hours—US$13; 10–24 hours—US$20. Price includes Associate secretary: Matthew Miller
valet service and 24-hour access. See website for details. Announcement issue of Notices: January 2011
• Central Parking System, 365 Canal Street, New Or- Program first available on AMS website: January 27, 2011
leans, LA, (504) 525-7275, www.parking.com. 365 Canal Program issue of electronic Notices: March 2011
is a flat lot and there is a kiosk where you can purchase Issue of Abstracts: To be announced
parking. Cost: 3 hours—US$15; 12 hours—US$25. See
website for details. Deadlines
Please go to http://www.neworleansonline.com/ For organizers: Expired
tools/transportation/gettingaround/parking. For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses-
html for general information about parking in down- sions: November 23, 2010
town New Orleans. For abstracts: January 20, 2011
Public Transportation around New Orleans
The scientific information listed below may be dated.
Information on public transportation in New Orleans For the latest information, see www.ams.org/amsmtgs/
is at www.norta.com (see above for phone and email sectional.html.
contact information); check this site for the latest bus
and streetcar schedules, maps, and fares. New Orleans Invited Addresses
has three historic streetcar routes: the St. Charles Av-
Jason A. Behrstock, Lehman College (CUNY), Title to
enue Line, the Canal Street Line, and the Riverfront Line.
be announced.
The St. Charles Line (Rt. 12) runs down St. Charles
Gordana Matic, University of Georgia, Title to be an-
from Canal Street to Claiborne Avenue, going past Tu-
lane and Loyola Universities, the Garden District, and nounced.
Audubon Park. Canal Street has two lines. Rt. 47 Canal- Jeremy T. Tyson, University of Illinois at Urbana-
Cemeteries travels the length of Canal Street, starting Champaign, Title to be announced.
at the river and ending at City Park Avenue near Green- Brett D. Wick, Georgia Institute of Technology, Title to
wood Cemetery. Rt. 48 Canal-City Park/Museum starts be announced.
at the riverfront, travels up Canal Street, and ends near
the entrance of the New Orleans Museum of Art. The Special Sessions
Riverfront Line (Rt. 2) runs along the Mississippi River Advances in Biomedical Mathematics (Code: SS 4A),
starting at the French Market; it stops at the riverfront Yangbo Ye, University of Iowa, and Jiehua Zhu, Georgia
on Canal Street near the Aquarium, and ends near the Southern University.
New Orleans Convention Center. Algebraic and Geometric Combinatorics (Code: SS 13A),
For the best value, consider VisiTour Passes offer- Drew Armstrong, University of Miami, and Benjamin
ing unlimited rides. A one-day pass is US$5 and can be Braun, University of Kentucky.
purchased on a bus or streetcar. Three- and five-day Applied Combinatorics (Code: SS 2A), Hua Wang,
passes are also available. Georgia Southern University, Miklos Bona, University of
Florida, and Laszlo Szekely, University of South Carolina.
Weather
Categorical Topology (Code: SS 9A), Frederic Mynard,
New Orleans has a subtropical climate with pleasant Georgia Southern University, and Gavin Seal, EPFL, Lau-
year-round temperatures. In January, average temper- sanne.
atures range from a low of 43 degrees to a high of 63 Control Systems and Signal Processing (Code: SS 14A),
degrees. For up-to-the minute weather information, Zhiqiang Gao, Cleveland State University, Frank Goforth,
consult your favorite weather site or check http:// Georgia Southern University, Thomas Yang, Embry-Riddle
www.wunderground.com/US/LA/New_Orleans. Aeronautical University, and Yan Wu, Georgia Southern
html?bannertypeclick=big2. University.
Fractals and Tilings (Code: SS 3A), Ka-Sing Lau, The
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sze-Man Ngai, Georgia
Southern University, and Yang Wang, Michigan State
University.
The scientific information listed below may be dated. Extremal Combinatorics (Code: SS 6A), Jozsef Balogh,
For the latest information, see www.ams.org/amsmtgs/ University of California San Diego, and Ryan Martin, Iowa
sectional.html. State University.
Geometric PDEs (Code: SS 1A), Matthew Gursky, Notre
Invited Addresses Dame University, and Emmanuel Hebey, Université de
Vitaly Bergelson, Ohio State University, Title to be an- Cergy-Pontoise.
nounced. Multilevel Mesh Adaptation and Beyond: Computational
Kenneth M. Golden, University of Utah, Title to be an- Methods for Solving Complex Systems (Code: SS 4A), Peng-
nounced.
tao Sun, University of Nevada Las Vegas, and Long Chen,
Walter D. Neumann, Columbia University, Title to be
University of California Irvine.
announced.
Partial Differential Equations Modeling Fluids (Code:
Natasa Sesum, University of Pennsylvania, Title to be
SS 5A), Quansen Jiu, Capital Normal University, Beijing,
announced.
China, and Jiahong Wu, Oklahoma State University.
Special Sessions Recent Advances in Finite Element Methods (Code: SS
Complex Analysis and Banach Algebras (Code: SS 1A), 3A), Jichun Li, University of Nevada Las Vegas.
John T. Anderson, College of the Holy Cross, and Alex-
ander J. Izzo, Bowling Green State University.
Ithaca, New York
Las Vegas, Nevada Cornell University
Special Sessions
Advances in Modeling, Numerical Analysis and Compu-
tations of Fluid Flow Problems (Code: SS 2A), Monika Neda,
University of Nevada Las Vegas.
Deadlines
For organizers: March 14, 2011
For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses-
sions: June 28, 2011
For abstracts: August 23, 2011
Deadlines Deadlines
For organizers: April 1, 2011 For organizers: August 17, 2011
For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses-
sions: To be announced sions: To be announced
For abstracts: To be announced For abstracts: To be announced
Deadlines
Ames, Iowa
For organizers: To be announced Iowa State University
For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses-
sions: To be announced April 27–28, 2013
For abstracts: To be announced
Saturday – Sunday
Central Section
New Orleans, Associate secretary: Georgia Benkart
Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced
Tuesday, January 04
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. AMS SHORT COURSE ON EVOLUTIONARY GAME DYNAMICS, PART I
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. AMS SHORT COURSE ON COMPUTATIONAL TOPOLOGY, PART I
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. MAA SHORT COURSE ON WHAT IS A MATROID? THEORY AND APPLICATIONS, FROM
THE GROUND UP, PART I
Wednesday, January 05
8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. AMS DEPARTMENT CHAIRS WORKSHOP
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. AMS SHORT COURSE ON EVOLUTIONARY GAME DYNAMICS, PART II
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. AMS SHORT COURSE ON COMPUTATIONAL TOPOLOGY, PART II
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. MAA SHORT COURSE ON WHAT IS A MATROID? THEORY AND APPLICATIONS, FROM
THE GROUND UP, PART II
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. MAA BOARD OF GOVERNORS
1:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m. AMS COUNCIL
3:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. JOINT MEETINGS REGISTRATION, La Galerie Foyer, 2nd Floor, Marriott
Thursday, January 06
7:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. JOINT MEETINGS REGISTRATION, La Galerie Foyer, 2nd Floor, Marriott
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