Joint Mathematics Meetings - January 6 - 9, 2008 - Sunday - Wednesday - San Diego Convention Center

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Registration Information

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Please send email to the MMSB at mmsb@ams.org to cancel registrations. Refunds cannot be issued for cancellations after December 28, 2007, 11:59 pm EST. If you are requesting a refund due to extenuating circumstances, please include details in your message. All requests will be reviewed and processed after the meeting.

All hotel changes and/or cancellations must be made directly with the hotels.

All other registration transactions must be made at the Registration Desk in San Diego. This includes picking up or replacing your badge and program. ALL CANCELLATIONS WILL BE PROCESSED AFTER THE MEETING.

The Joint Meetings Registration Desk (JMRD) will be located in Hall B1, San Diego Convention Center (SDCC). It will be open between 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Saturday (1/5); 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday (1/6), Monday (1/7), Tuesday (1/8); and 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday (1/9). Messages can be left at the desk starting on Saturday (1/5) WHEN IT OPENS. That number is 619-525-6205.

If you have a specific question or problem and the desk is not open, please call the Providence office at 401-455-4143 or 401-455-4144 (BEFORE 1/3/08) or 401-455-4138 (AFTER 1/3/08) or send email to mmsb@ams.org. Someone will respond as soon as possible.

The Registration Desk for the AMS and MAA Short Courses will be located on the upper level of the SDCC outside rooms 5A/5B. This desk will be open on Friday, January 4, from 8:00 am to Noon.

Special Notice: Minicourse #6 has been CANCELLED. If you have registered for this course, please contact the MMSB at mmsb@ams.org

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General

(Mailings, Insufficient Funds, Where Your Dollars Go)

General

The importance of advance registration cannot be overemphasized. Advance registration fees are considerably lower than the fees that will be charged for registration at the meetings.

Advance registration and on-site registration fees only partially cover the expenses of holding meetings. All mathematicians who wish to attend sessions are expected to register and should be prepared to show their badges if so requested. Badges are required to enter the exhibit area, to obtain discounts at the AMS and MAA Book Sales, and to cash a check with the Joint Meetings cashier.

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Other Mailings

Participants Who Are Not Members of the AMS and register for the meetings as a nonmember will receive mailings after the meetings are over with a special membership offer.

If you wish to be included in a list of individuals sorted by mathematical interest, please provide the one mathematics subject classification number of your major area of interest on the Advance Registration/Housing Form. (A list of these numbers is available by sending an empty email message to abs-submit@ams.org; include the number 1035 as the subject of the message.) Copies of this list will be available for your perusal in the Networking Center.

If you do not wish to be included in any mailing list used for promotional purposes, please indicate this in the appropriate box on the Advance Registration/Housing Form.

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Policy on Insufficient Funds

For each invalid check or credit card transaction that results in an insufficient payment for registration or housing, a US$5 charge will be assessed. Participants should check with their tax preparers for applicable deductions for education expenses as they pertain to these meetings. Overpayments of less than US$5 will not be refunded.

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Where Your Registration Dollars Go

The AMS and MAA make every effort to keep participant expenses at meetings and registration fees for meetings as low as possible. We work hard to negotiate the best hotel rates and to make the best use of your registration dollars to keep the meetings affordable for you. The AMS and the MAA encourage all participants to register for the meeting. When you pay the registration fee, you are helping to support a wide range of activities associated with planning, organizing, and running a major meeting of this size.

While the AMS and MAA work hard to make the best use of registration dollars and keep the meetings affordable, your suggestions on how to keep costs down are welcome. While at the meeting please enter your comments in the log at the Transparencies section of the Registration Desk. After the meeting is over, you may forward your suggestions to the Director of Meetings, AMS, P.O. Box 6887, Providence, RI 02940, or send email to meet@ams.org.

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Registration Fees & Categories

MEETING
Category Register by
December 14
Register at Mtg
Member
  (of AMS, ASL, CMS, MAA, or SIAM)
US $214 US $279
Nonmember US $332 US $431
Temporarily Employed US $172 US $200
Temporarily Employed: Any person currently employed but who will become unemployed by June 1, 2008, and who is actively seeking employment.
Emeritus Member
  AMS or MAA
US $43 US $53
Emeritus: Persons who qualify for emeritus membership in either the Society or the Association. The emeritus status refers to any person who has been a member of the AMS or MAA for twenty years or more and who retired because of age or long-term disability from his or her latest position.
Graduate Student US $44 US $54

Graduate Student: Those currently working toward a degree or diploma. Students are asked to determine whether their status can be described as graduate (working toward a degree beyond the bachelor's), undergraduate (working toward a bachelor's degree), or high school (working toward a high school diploma).

Unemployed US $43 US $53
Unemployed: Any person currently unemployed, actively seeking employment, and not a student. It is not intended to include any person who has voluntarily resigned or retired from his or her latest position
Librarian US $43 US $53
Librarian: Any librarian who is not a professional mathematician.
High School Teacher US $43 US $53
Developing Countries Special Rate US $43 US $53
Developing Countries: Any person employed in developing countries where salary levels are radically noncommensurate with those in the U.S.
Undergraduate Student US $23 US $29
High School Student US $5 US $10
One-Day Member (onsite only)
  (of AMS, ASL, CMS, MAA, or SIAM)
N/A US $153
One-Day Nonmember (onsite only) N/A US $238
Nonmathematician Guest US $15 US $15
Guest: Any family member or friend who is not a mathematician and who is accompanied by a participant of the meetings. These official guests will receive a badge and may attend all sessions and the exhibits.

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AMS SHORT COURSE: Applications of Knot Theory
Category Register by
December 14
Register at Mtg
AMS Short Course - member of AMS or MAA US $94 US $125
AMS Short Course - nonmember US $125 US $155

AMS Short Course - student, unemployed, emeritus

US $42 US $63
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MAA SHORT COURSE: Combinatorics: Past, Present, and Future
Category Register by
December 14
Register at Mtg
Member of MAA or AMS US $125 US $140
Nonmember US $175 US $190

Student, Unemployed, Emeritus

US $50 US $60
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EMPLOYMENT CENTER
Category Register by
December 14
Register at Mtg
1st Table (computer,self-scheduled, or combination interview) US $245 US $325
2nd Table (computer,self-scheduled, or combination interview) US $95 US $125
Posting Job Description Only US $50 N/A
Applicant (all services) US $44 US $82
Applicant (winter list & message center only) US $22 US $22
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MAA MINICOURSES
Fee for each course is US $60.
#1 TEACHING A GALOIS THEORY COURSE FOR UNDERGRADUATES

#2 SOME DETERMINISTIC MODELS IN MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY AND THEIR SIMULATIONS

#3 INTRODUCTION TO THE MATHEMATICS OF MODERN CRYPTOGRAPHY

#4 WAVELETS AND APPLICATIONS: A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY
UNDERGRADUATE COURSE WITH AN EMPHASIS ON SCIENTIFIC
COMPUTING

#5 VISUALIZING ABSTRACT MATHEMATICS WITH CELLULAR AUTOMATA

#6
CANCELLED - SONIFICATION FOR MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTION

#7 DIRECTING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH

#8 MATHEMATICS AND GEOMETRY OF VOTING

#9 CLASSROOM RESPONSE SYSTEMS: TEACHING WITH CLICKERS

#10 THE FIBONACCI AND CATALAN NUMBERS

#11 MORE MUSIC AND MATHEMATICS

#12 DEVELOPING DEPARTMENT SELF-STUDIES

#13 TEACHING AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS

#14 BEYOND FORMULAS AND ALGORITHMS: TEACHING A CONCEPTUAL/THEMATIC SINGLE VARIABLE CALCULUS COURSE

#15 EVALUATING STUDENT PRESENTATIONS IN MATHEMATICS

#16 A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO THE SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING AND LEARNING IN MATHEMATICS

Click here for details on each course.

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Cancellation Policy & Refunds

Those who cancel their advance registration for the meetings, MAA Minicourses, or Short Courses by December 28 (the deadline for refunds for banquet tickets is December 21) will receive a 50% refund* of fees paid. No refunds will be issued after this date. Please send email to the MMSB at mmsb@ams.org to cancel registrations and/or tickets.

*100% refund will be issued if a course is cancelled.

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