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Contents of Today's Issue

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  1. Program Changes/Additions/Cancellations
  2. Key Locations
  3. Miscellaneous Information
  4. Informal Gatherings & Receptions
  5. Exhibitor Events
  6. Announcements
  7. Mobile App: See your program for instructions on how to download the new JMM app.
  8. Committee Meetings Schedule: See the list of meetings with links to members here.
  9. Directory of Participants: See the most updated list of participants at a) Alphabetical List, b) List by Mathematics Subject Code, and c) List by Affiliation.

Program Changes/Additions/Cancellations

View the most recent program changes here.

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Key Locations

Book Sales and Exhibits: Hall C, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center (HBGCC), Saturday, 12:15 p.m.–5:30 p.m.; Sunday and Monday, 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.; and Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.–noon. Go past the JMM Registration Desk, take a left before you enter Bridge Hall, and the Exhibits entrance is straight in front of you.

Email Access: JMM Registration Desk, East Registration area, HBGCC, street level, during various time frames, starting at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday until 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday.

Employment Center: Ballroom A, HBGCC, street level, across the river from the Lila Cockrell Theatre.

Joint Meetings Registration, MAA Minicourse Registration, Audiovisual Services, Banquet Ticket Sales, Abstracts: East Registration area, HBGCC; walk by the Lila Cockrell Theatre into the HGBCC and find the East Registration area on your left.

Networking Center and Message Board: Walk by the JMM registration area straight down the corridor and enter Bridge Hall.

Restaurants/Concierge Help:  Visit San Antonio has a Visitor Services Desk in the Convention Center located by the Lila Cockerall Theatre. They will be happy to help you with restaurant reservations, where to find a pharmacy, or other goods and services, and general advice about all that San Antonio has to offer. If they are closed, plase check with the concierge or the front desk at your hotel, who can best advise you.

Student Hospitality/Information Center: Bridge Hall, HBGCC.

Wireless (free!):  An Internet hotspot is located in the Networking Center in Bridge Hall, compliments of Maplesoft, and another is located on the second level of the HBGCC outside rooms 208–215, compliments of Springer.  Please stop by their exhibit booths to thank these sponsors for this valuable service. 

Complimentary basic Wi-Fi will also be available in the following public areas of the center: main entrance lobby, East and  West Registration, Fountain View, Parkview, Tower View, and the seating area outside rooms 1066, 1067, and the boardroom. The SSID or name of this wireless network is FREE INTERNET, no password needed. This free service is provided at 128K up and 256K down bandwidth and is suited for checking email and internet browsing, but does not support VPN (Virtual Private Networks) or video streaming. It is not uncommon for the Wi-Fi technologies included in many mobile devices to present compatibility issues with 802.11b and 802.11g Wi-Fi protocols. There are a number of additional factors which may also produce variances in service quality. Slower than expected performance may be experienced as a direct result of both the signal strength in the specific user location, as well as the number of other user sessions during that same time frame.  See page 237 in your program book for wireless options in the hotels.

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Informal Gatherings and Receptions

Hands-on Playing Card Construction Workshop, organized by George Hart: Tuesday, January 13, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Room 103, Convention Center. In this workshop, everyone will build a unique mathematical construction from playing cards that are joined using slots. It is rather challenging to assemble, but the symmetry of the structure will be a guide for finding the appropriate connections. Participants can each take home their own model.

Miscellaneous Information

Registration: There are 6,039 registered participants to date.

Contacts: The number for the JMM telephone message center is (410) 649-6042.  The number for the Employment Center is (410) 649-6070. 

Exhibitor Events

American Mathematical Society – Booths 802 - 813

  • Grand Opening Raffle: One lucky winner will receive a $100 AMS Bookstore Gift Certificate and a copy of our new children’s book, Really Big Numbers, with coordinating t-shirts (youth size small, adult size large). Drawing to be held at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 10th! Stop by early to enter the drawing—you do not need to be present to win.
  • Grad Students! Enter the MathSciNet Challenge: MathSciNet demonstrations will take place daily at 2:15 p.m. Demonstration attendees will get a MathSciNet t-shirt and can participate in a fun MathSciNet trivia game.  Three lucky winners will get $75 American Express gift cards!
  • Introducing The AMS Lens eReader: A new online reading experience for research mathematicians. AMS Lens will be available for select AMS journals in 2015; ask a booth representative for a preview!
  • Exhibit Discount (an all-day, everyday event!): AMS members enjoy a 40% discount on most AMS titles. Non-members receive a 25% discount on most AMS titles. Not a member? Stop by our booth to learn about the benefits of AMS membership.

Mathematical Association of America – Booths 816 – 836, even numbers

  • Visit the MAA Pavilion for the kickoff of our centennial celebration. Prizes! Puzzles! Food! Fun!

See additional Exhibitor Announcements on pp. 256-257 of your program booklet.
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Announcements

Congratulations to the Recipients of the 2015 Mathematical Art Exhibition Awards! The recipients are:

  1. Best photograph, painting, or print
    “Penrose Pursuit 2," by Kerry Michel                                             
  2. Best textile, sculpture, or other medium
    “Map Coloring Jewelry Set," by Susan Goldstine
  3.  Honorable Mention
    “15 Irregular Hexahedra," by Aaron Pfitzenmaier

See these and all the works in the Mathematical Art Exhibition in Booth 118 in the Exhibits.

The Mathematical Art Exhibition Award "for aesthetically pleasing works that combine mathematics and art" was established in 2008 through an endowment provided to the American Mathematical Society by an anonymous donor who wishes to acknowledge those whose works demonstrate the beauty and elegance of mathematics expressed in a visual art form. The awards are $400 for Best Photograph, Painting, or Print; $400 for Best Textile, Sculpture, or Other Medium; and $200 for Honorable Mention. The Mathematical Art Exhibition of juried works in various media is held at the annual Joint Mathematics Meetings of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) and Mathematical Association of America (MAA). These and other works in the 2014 exhibition will be in an album on Mathematical Imagery at http://www.ams.org/mathimagery

List of Speakers in "Minority Participation in Mathematics" can be found here.

Complimentary Souvenir Bag. If you received your registration packet in the mail, be sure to pick up your complimentary meeting bag at the station near the Meetings Registration Desk during the hours the desk is open. You should turn in the ticket included on your badge printout to get your bag. Be sure to thank our sponsors, Taylor and Francis for these handy items.

Congratulations to our room lottery winners! The following participants won free room nights: Matthew Burke, Leah Balay-Wilson, Scott Dillery, Anya Goldberg, Samuel Kaplan, Devon Martin, Ken McMurdy, Maria Muyot, Mike Nicholas, Huy Nguyen, Kim Pham, Donald Quiring, Lindsay Swift, Annett Warner, Tharanga Wijetunge, H. Alan Wilkins, and Zijian Yao. Submit your registration form by November 2, 2015 for the Seattle meetings and you could be a winner, too!

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