Joint Mathematics Meetings Timetable

Current as of Saturday, January 15, 2011 00:29:55


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Joint Mathematics Meetings
New Orleans, LA, January 6-9, 2011 (Thursday - Sunday)
Meeting #1067

Associate secretaries:
Steven H Weintraub, AMS shw2@lehigh.edu
Gerard A Venema, MAA venema@calvin.edu
Please note room assignments are subject to change right up until the meeting occurs.

Tuesday January 4, 2011
Wednesday January 5, 2011
Thursday January 6, 2011
Friday January 7, 2011
Saturday January 8, 2011
Sunday January 9, 2011

Tuesday January 4, 2011
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. AMS Short Course on Computational Topology, Part I
Rhythms II, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. AMS Short Course on Evolutionary Game Dynamics, Part I
Rhythms I, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
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
Rhythms III, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
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Wednesday January 5, 2011
8:00 a.m.-6:30 p.m. AMS Department Chairs Workshop
Bayside C, 4th Floor, Sheraton
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. AMS Short Course on Computational Topology, Part II
Rhythms II, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. MAA Ancillary Workshop on Statistics
Nottoway Room, 4th Floor, Sheraton
Teaching introductory statistics following GAISE and the Common Core.
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. AMS Short Course on Evolutionary Game Dynamics, Part II
Rhythms I, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
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
Rhythms III, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. WeBWork Consulting Training Session
Mardi Gras BC, 3rd Floor, Marriott
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. MAA Board of Governors
Mardi Gras D, 3rd Floor, Marriott
1:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m. AMS Council
Mardi Gras E, 3rd Floor, Marriott
3:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Joint Meetings Registration
Across from La Galerie 4, 2nd Floor, Marriott
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Thursday January 6, 2011
7:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Joint Meetings Registration
Across from La Galerie 4, 2nd Floor, Marriott
7:40 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Session on Harnessing Mobile Communication Devices and Online Communication Tools for Mathematics Education, I
Grand Couteau Room, 5th Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates and Students in Post-Baccalaureate Programs, I
Orleans, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS-MAA Special Session on History of Mathematics, I
Maurepas, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS-SIAM Special Session on Mathematics of Computation: Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, and Applications, I
Borgne Room, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS-SIAM Special Session on Nonlinear Waves and Integrable Systems, I
Napoleon B1, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematical Techniques in Musical Analysis, I
Napoleon B3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Theory and Application of Stochastic Differential Equations and Stochastic Partial Differential Equations, I
Maurepas Room, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Analytic and Geometric Methods in Representation Theory, I
Conde, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Geometric Group Theory, I
Napoleon C1, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Computational Algebraic and Analytic Geometry for Low-Dimensional Varieties, I
Napoleon D2, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematical Modeling in Environmental Economics, I
Napoleon D3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m. AMS Special Session on Expander Graphs in Pure and Applied Mathematics, I
Frontenac, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. MAA Invited Paper Session on The Rebirth of Special Functions
Rhythms II and III, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Session on Fluid Mechanics, I, and Mechanics
Balcony N, 4th Floor, Marriott
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Session on Combinatorics and Graph Theory, I
Southdown Room, 4th Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Session on Combinatorics and Graph Theory, II
Bayside B, 4th Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Session on Fostering, Supporting, and Propagating Math Circles for Students and Teachers, I
St. Jerome, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Session on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Collegiate Mathematics, I
Rhythms I, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Session on Wavelets In Undergraduate Education, I
Mardi Gras BC, 3rd Floor, Marriott
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session, I
St. Claude, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session, II
Great Ballroom E, 5th Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session, III
Grand Chenier Room, 5th Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. SIAM Minisymposium on Applications of Difference and Differential Equations in Ecology and Epidemiology, I
Bayside A, 4th Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Employment Center
Preservation Hall, 2nd Floor, Marriott
8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Quadratic Forms in Algebra and Geometry, I
Napoleon C2, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Integral Geometry: Analysis and Applications, I
Napoleon C3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:30 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Session on Number Theory, I
Napoleon D1, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:30 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Session on Mathematics Education, I
Cornet Room, 8th Floor, Sheraton
8:45 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Session on Logic and Algebraic Systems
La Galerie 5, 2nd Floor, Marriott
9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Transseries and Ordered Exponential Fields, I
Napoleon B2, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. MAA Minicourse #4: Part A
IIe de France I, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
Getting students involved in undergraduate research.
9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. MAA Minicourse #7: Part A
IIe de France III, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
The mathematics of Islam and its use in the teaching of mathematics.
9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. MAA Minicourse: #8: Part A
IIe de France II, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
The ubiquitous Catalan numbers and their applications.
9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m. MAA Panel Discussion
La Galerie 6, 2nd Floor, Marriott
For MAA Student Chapter advisors: Dynamic answers to your questions.
9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. MAA Committee on the Participation of Women/Women in Mathematics Network Poster Session
Napoleon A1-A3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
Mathematical outreach programs for underrepresented populations.
9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m. MAA Panel Discussion
La Galerie 2, 2nd Floor, Marriott
National Science Foundation programs supporting learning and teaching in the mathematical sciences.
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Student Hospitality Center
Gallier Room, 4th Floor, Sheraton
9:15 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Session on Mathematical Biology and Ecology, I
Rosalie, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. MAA Department Liaisons Meeting
Mardi Gras D, 3rd Floor, Marriott
10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Invited Address
Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
Denis Auroux
The symplectic geometry of symmetric products and invariants of 3-manifolds with boundary.
11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m. AMS-MAA Invited Address
Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
Chuu-Lian Terng
Curves, surfaces, and solitons.
12:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Exhibits and Book Sales
Grand Ballroom, 3rd Floor, Marriott
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. AMS Colloquium Lectures: Lecture I
Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
Alexander Lubotzky
Expander graphs in pure and applied mathematics, I.
2:15 p.m.-3:05 p.m. MAA Invited Address
Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
Yuval Peres
Laplacian growth and the mystery of the abelian sandpile: A visual tour.
2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m. AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates and Students in Post-Baccalaureate Programs, II
Orleans, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m. AMS-MAA Special Session on History of Mathematics, II
Maurepas, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m. AMS-SIAM Special Session on Mathematics of Computation: Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, and Applications, II
Borgne Room, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m. AMS-SIAM Special Session on Nonlinear Waves and Integrable Systems, II
Napoleon B1, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m. AMS Special Session on Quadratic Forms in Algebra and Geometry, II
Napoleon C2, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematical Techniques in Musical Analysis, II
Napoleon B3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m. AMS Special Session on Integral Geometry: Analysis and Applications, II
Napoleon C3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m. AMS Special Session on Theory and Application of Stochastic Differential Equations and Stochastic Partial Differential Equations, II
Maurepas Room, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m. AMS Special Session on Analytic and Geometric Methods in Representation Theory, II
Conde, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m. AMS Special Session on Geometric Group Theory, II
Napoleon C1, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m. AMS Special Session on Computational Algebraic and Analytic Geometry for Low-Dimensional Varieties, II
Napoleon D2, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
2:15 p.m.-5:00 p.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematical Modeling in Environmental Economics, II
Napoleon D3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m. AMS Special Session on Interactions of Inverse Problems, Signal Processing, and Imaging, I
Frontenac, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m. MAA Minicourse #11: Part A
IIe de France III, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
Using video case studies in teaching a proof-based gateway course to the mathematics major.
2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m. MAA Minicourse #2: Part A
IIe de France I, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
Getting mathematics majors to think outside the book: Course activities that promote exploration, discovery, conjecture, and proof.
2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m. MAA Minicourse #9: Part A
IIe de France II, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
Learning discrete mathematics via historical projects.
2:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m. AMS Session on Statistics
Balcony N, 4th Floor, Marriott
2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m. AMS Session on Topics in Algebra
La Galerie 5, 2nd Floor, Marriott
2:15 p.m.-5:40 p.m. AMS Session on Number Theory, II
Napoleon D1, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
2:15 p.m.-3:55 p.m. AMS Session on Mathematics Education, II
Cornet Room, 8th Floor, Sheraton
2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m. AMS Session on Combinatorics and Graph Theory, III
Southdown Room, 4th Floor, Sheraton
2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m. AMS Session on Combinatorics and Graph Theory, IV
Bayside B, 4th Floor, Sheraton
2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m. MAA Session on Cryptology for Undergraduates
Great Ballroom E, 5th Floor, Sheraton
2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m. MAA Session on The Mathematics of Games and Puzzles, I
Grand Chenier Room, 5th Floor, Sheraton
2:15 p.m.-6:30 p.m. MAA Session on Getting Students Involved in Writing Proofs
Grand Couteau Room, 5th Floor, Sheraton
2:15 p.m.-3:10 p.m. MAA Session on Harnessing Mobile Communication Devices and Online Communication Tools for Mathematics Education, II
Rhythms II and III, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
2:15 p.m.-5:10 p.m. MAA Session on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Collegiate Mathematics, II
Rhythms I, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m. MAA Session on Innovations in Service-Learning at All Levels
St. Jerome, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
2:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m. MAA Session on Wavelets In Undergraduate Education, II
Mardi Gras BC, 3rd Floor, Marriott
2:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session, IV
St. Claude, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m. SIAM Minisymposium on Applications of Difference and Differential Equations in Ecology and Epidemiology, II
Bayside A, 4th Floor, Sheraton
2:15 p.m.-3:35 p.m. MAA Committee on Graduate Students/Young Mathematicians Network Panel Discussion
La Galerie 6, 2nd Floor, Marriott
How to interview for a job in the mathematical sciences.
2:15 p.m.-3:35 p.m. MAA Panel Discussion
La Galerie 2, 2nd Floor, Marriott
Reporting progress: A minisymposium of projects from the NSF Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Program.
2:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. AWM Business Meeting
La Galerie 1, 2nd Floor, Marriott
2:30 p.m.-5:55 p.m. AMS Session on Differential Topology and Knot Theory
Rosalie, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
2:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. MAA Section Officers
Mardi Gras D, 3rd Floor, Marriott
2:45 p.m.-6:15 p.m. AWM Schafer Minisymposium
La Galerie 1, 2nd Floor, Marriott
3:15 p.m.-5:05 p.m. AMS Special Session on Transseries and Ordered Exponential Fields, I
Napoleon B2, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
3:20 p.m.-4:10 p.m. MAA Invited Address
Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
Edward R. Scheinerman
On the intersection of graphs and geometry.
3:30 p.m.-6:20 p.m. MAA Invited Paper Session on Laplacian Growth: Visual Mathematics
Rhythms II and III, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
3:50 p.m.-5:10 p.m. MAA-NCTM Mutual Concerns Committee Panel Discussion
La Galerie 6, 2nd Floor, Marriott
Transition from high school to college: Should there be an alternate to calculus?
4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. MAA Project NExT-Young Mathematicians' Network Poster Session
Napoleon A1-A3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Reception for Undergraduate Students
Gallery Ballroom, 1st Floor, Sheraton
5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. MAA Panel Discussion
Mardi Gras BC, 3rd Floor, Marriott
Current issues in actuarial science education.
5:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m. AWM Schafer Minisymposium Panel Discussion
La Galerie 1, 2nd Floor, Marriott
Getting started as a research mathematician.
5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. SIGMAA on Mathematicians in Business, Industry, and Government Business Meeting
Rhythms I, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. SIGMAA on the History of Mathematics Reception and Business Meeting
La Galerie 2, 2nd Floor, Marriott
5:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. SIGMAA on Quantitative Literacy Business Meeting
La Galerie 6, 2nd Floor, Marriott
5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Reception for Graduate Students and First-Time Participants
Armstrong Ballroom, 8th Floor, Sheraton
5:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Mathematical Institutes Open House
Mardi Gras EFGH, 3rd Floor, Marriott
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. SIGMAA on Quantitative Literacy Reception and Panel Discussion
La Galerie 6, 2nd Floor, Marriott
Mathematics and democracy ten years later.
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Pennsylvania State University Mathematics Reception for Alumni and Friends
Nottoway Room, 4th Floor, Sheraton
6:30 p.m.-7:15 p.m. SIGMAA on the History of Mathematics Guest Lecture
La Galerie 2, 2nd Floor, Marriott
8:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. AMS Josiah Willard Gibbs Lecture
Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
George C. Papanicolaou
Mathematical problems in systemic risk.
9:30 p.m.-11:00 p.m. AWM Reception
Great Ballroom Foyer, 5th Floor, Sheraton
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Friday January 7, 2011
7:20 a.m.-11:55 a.m. MAA Session on Innovative and Effective Ways to Teach Linear Algebra
Rhythms I, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Joint Meetings Registration
Across from La Galerie 4, 2nd Floor, Marriott
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates and Students in Post-Baccalaureate Programs, III
Orleans, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS-MAA-MER Special Session on Mathematics and Education Reform, I
Napoleon C1, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS-MAA Special Session on History of Mathematics, III
Maurepas, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS-SIAM Special Session on Mathematics of Computation: Algebra and Number Theory, I
Napoleon D2, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS-ASL Special Session on Logic and Analysis, I
Napoleon C2, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Birational Geometry and Moduli Spaces (Mathematics Research Communities session), I
Napoleon B1, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Wavelets, Tilings, and Iterated Function Systems, I
Napoleon C3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Stochastic Analysis and Random Phenomena, I
Maurepas Room, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m. AMS Special Session on Model Theory of Fields and Applications (Mathematics Research Communities session), I
Napoleon B2, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Commutative Algebra (Mathematics Research Communities session), I
Napoleon B3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Structured Models in Ecology, Evolution, and Epidemiology: Periodicity, Extinction, and Chaos, I
Napoleon D3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Boundary Control and Moving Interface in Coupled Systems of Partial Differential Equations, I
Conde, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Groups, Geometry, and Applications, I
Borgne Room, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. MAA Minicourse #3: Part A
IIe de France I, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
Geometry and algebra in mathematical music theory.
8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m. AMS Session on Optimization, Game Theory, and Applications of Mathematics
Cornet Room, 8th Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m. AMS Session on Combinatorics and Graph Theory, V
Southdown Room, 4th Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m. MAA Session on Alternative Approaches to Traditional Introductory Statistics Courses, I
Great Ballroom E, 5th Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-11:35 a.m. MAA Session on Cool Calculus: Lessons Learned Through Innovative and Effective Supplemental Projects, Activities, and Strategies for Teaching Calculus
Grand Chenier Room, 5th Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Session on Modeling in the ODE Driver's Seat
Grand Couteau Room, 5th Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session, V
St. Claude, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. SIAM Minisymposium on Combinatorial Optimization, I
Bayside A, 4th Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Employment Center
Preservation Hall, 2nd Floor, Marriott
8:15 a.m.-11:55 a.m. AMS Session on Geometry
Bayside B, 4th Floor, Sheraton
8:30 a.m.-11:15 a.m. AMS Special Session on Expander Graphs in Pure and Applied Mathematics, II
Frontenac, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
8:30 a.m.-11:55 a.m. AMS Session on Rings and Algebras
La Galerie 5, 2nd Floor, Marriott
8:30 a.m.-11:55 a.m. AMS Session on Numerical Analysis, I
La Galerie 1, 2nd Floor, Marriott
8:30 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Session on Partial Differential Equations, I
Balcony N, 4th Floor, Marriott
8:45 a.m.-11:55 a.m. AMS Session on Finite Differences and Functional Equations
Rosalie, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m. MAA Invited Address
Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
Katherine Socha
Sea battles, Benjamin Franklin's oil lamp, and jellybellies.
9:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m. MAA Invited Paper Session on The Beauty and Power of Number Theory
Rhythms II and III, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. MAA Minicourse #12: Part A
IIe de France III, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
Concepts, data, and models: College algebra for the real world.
9:00 a.m.-11:00 p.m. MAA Minicourse #6: Part A
IIe de France II, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
Green linear optimization.
9:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m. SIGMAA RUME Session on Research on the Teaching and Learning of Undergraduate Mathematics, I
St. Jerome, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m. MAA-Young Mathematicians' Network Panel Discussion
Mardi Gras D, 3rd Floor, Marriott
Career options for undergraduate mathematics majors.
9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m. MAA Session for Chairs
La Galerie 2, 2nd Floor, Marriott
The new MAA Curriculum Guide: What should it be?
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Student Hospitality Center
Gallier Room, 4th Floor, Sheraton
9:15 a.m.-11:55 a.m. AMS Session on Algebraic Geometry, I
Napoleon D1, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. AMS Special Presentation
Mardi Gras EFGH, 3rd Floor, Marriott
Who wants to be a mathematician---National contest.
9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Exhibits and Book Sales
Grand Ballroom, 3rd Floor, Marriott
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. MAA Committee on Graduate Students Poster Session
Napoleon A1-A3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
Professional science masters degrees in the mathematical sciences.
10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AWM Emmy Noether Lecture
Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
M. Susan Montgomery
Orthogonal Representations: From Groups to Hopf Algebras.
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. MAA Minicourse: #5: Part A
IIe de France I, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
A Game Theory path to quantitative literacy.
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. SIGMAA Officers Meeting
La Galerie 6, 2nd Floor, Marriott
10:35 a.m.-11:55 a.m. MAA Panel Discussion
Mardi Gras BC, 3rd Floor, Marriott
Writing the history of the MAA's first 100 years.
10:35 a.m.-11:55 a.m. MAA Committee on Graduate Students/Young Mathematicians' Network Panel Discussion
Mardi Gras D, 3rd Floor, Marriott
Graduate school: Choosing one, getting in, staying in.
10:35 a.m.-11:55 a.m. MAA Panel Discussion
La Galerie 2, 2nd Floor, Marriott
Proposal writing workshop for grant applications to the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education.
10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m. AMS Panel Discussion
Nottoway Room, 4th Floor, Sheraton
Proving Hardy wrong: Math research with social justice applications.
11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m. SIAM Invited Address
Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
William Cook
In Pursuit of the Salesman: Mathematics at the Limits of Computation.
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. AMS Colloquium Lectures: Lecture II
Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
Alexander Lubotzky
Expander graphs in pure and applied mathematics, II.
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates and Students in Post-Baccalaureate Programs, IV
Orleans, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS-MAA-MER Special Session on Mathematics and Education Reform, II
Napoleon C1, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS-MAA Special Session on History of Mathematics, IV
Maurepas, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS-SIAM Special Session on Mathematics of Computation: Algebra and Number Theory, II
Napoleon D2, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS-ASL Special Session on Logic and Analysis, II
Napoleon C2, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Birational Geometry and Moduli Spaces (Mathematics Research Communities session), II
Napoleon B1, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Lie Algebras, Algebraic Groups, and Related Topics, I
Conde, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Wavelets, Tilings, and Iterated Function Systems, II
Napoleon C3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Stochastic Analysis and Random Phenomena, II
Maurepas Room, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Model Theory of Fields and Applications (Mathematics Research Communities session), II
Napoleon B2, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Commutative Algebra (Mathematics Research Communities session), II
Napoleon B3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Knots, Links, 3-Manifolds, and Physics, I
Borgne Room, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Structured Models in Ecology, Evolution, and Epidemiology: Periodicity, Extinction, and Chaos, II
Napoleon D3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Interactions of Inverse Problems, Signal Processing, and Imaging, II
Frontenac, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. MAA Invited Paper Session on Topics in Hopf Algebras
Rhythms II and III, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. MAA Minicourse #10: Part A
IIe de France I, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
Teaching introductory statistics (for instructors new to teaching intro stats).
1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. MAA Minicourse #13: Part A
IIe de France III, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
Creating demonstrations and guided explorations for multivariable calculus using CalcPlot3D.
1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. MAA Minicourse #1: Part A
IIe de France II, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
Special relativity through a linear algebraic lens.
1:00 p.m.-3:25 p.m. AMS Session on Algebraic Geometry, II
Napoleon D1, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m. AMS Session on Numerical Analysis, II
La Galerie 1, 2nd Floor, Marriott
1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m. AMS Session on Partial Differential Equations, II
Balcony N, 4th Floor, Marriott
1:00 p.m.-3:40 p.m. AMS Session on Mathematical Biology and Ecology, II
Bayside B, 4th Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m. AMS Session on Combinatorics and Graph Theory, VI
Southdown Room, 4th Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m. MAA Session on Effective Teaching of Upper Level Mathematics to Secondary Education Mathematics Majors, I
Grand Couteau Room, 5th Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m. MAA Session on The Mathematics of Games and Puzzles, II
Grand Chenier Room, 5th Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m. MAA Session on Treasures from the Past: Using Primary Sources in the Classroom
Great Ballroom E, 5th Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. MAA Session on the Mathematics of Sustainability
Rhythms I, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session, VI
St. Claude, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m. SIAM Minisymposium on Combinatorial Optimization, II
Bayside A, 4th Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-4:55 p.m. SIGMAA RUME Session on Research on the Teaching and Learning of Undergraduate Mathematics, II
St. Jerome, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Joint Committee on Women in the Mathematical Sciences Panel Discussion
Oak Alley Room, 4th Floor, Sheraton
Women in the mathematical sciences: Looking back, looking forward.
1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. AMS Conversation on Nonacademic Employment
La Galerie 5, 2nd Floor, Marriott
1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. MAA Panel Dicussion
La Galerie 6, 2nd Floor, Marriott
Good intentions are necessary but not sufficient: Steps toward best practices in mentoring underrepresented students.
1:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m. MAA Panel Discussion
Mardi Gras D, 3rd Floor, Marriott
This could be YOUR graduate research!
1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. MAA Panel Discussion
Armstrong Ballroom, 8th Floor, Sheraton
Mathematical culture and mathematical life.
1:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m. SIGMAA on Statistics Education/ASA-MAA Joint Committee on Undergraduate Statistics Panel Discussion
Mardi Gras BC, 3rd Floor, Marriott
Report from the International Conference on Teaching Statistics: A world view of statistics education.
1:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m. MAA Committee on Technologies in Mathematics and Education/WEB SIGMAA Panel Discussion
La Galerie 2, 2nd Floor, Marriott
Assessment of learning in an age of technology.
1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Summer Program for Women in Mathematics (SPWM) Reunion
Gallery Ballroom, 1st Floor, Sheraton
1:15 p.m.-3:55 p.m. AMS Session on Fluid Mechanics, II, and Geophysics
Cornet Room, 8th Floor, Sheraton
2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. MAA Poster Session on Projects Supported by the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education
Napoleon A1-A3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
2:15 p.m.-3:05 p.m. AMS Invited Address
Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
Andrea L. Bertozzi
Self-organization in human, biological, and artificial systems.
2:15 p.m.-3:55 p.m. AMS Session on Differential Geometry
Rosalie, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
2:35 p.m.-3:55 p.m. MAA Committee on the Teaching of Undergraduate Mathematics Panel Discussion
La Galerie 2, 2nd Floor, Marriott
Calculus reform: 25 years later.
2:35 p.m.-3:55 p.m. MAA Panel Discussion
Mardi Gras D, 3rd Floor, Marriott
Mathematicians and teachers: Professional development and outreach groups.
2:35 p.m.-3:55 p.m. SIGMAA on Mathematical and Computational Biology-SIGMAA on Statistics Education-ASA/MAA Joint Committee on Undergraduate Statistics Panel Discussion
Mardi Gras BC, 3rd Floor, Marriott
Creating/improving the biomathematics/biostatistics course.
2:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m. AMS Committee on the Profession Panel Discussion
Mardi Gras EFGH, 3rd Floor, Marriott
What I wish I had known before applying for a job.
3:20 p.m.-4:10 p.m. AMS Invited Address
Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
Tatiana Toro
Potential Theory meets Geometric Measure Theory.
3:20 p.m.-4:15 p.m. MAA Session on Journals and Portfolios: Tools in Learning Mathematics?
La Galerie 6, 2nd Floor, Marriott
4:25 p.m.-5:25 p.m. Joint Prize Session
Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. SIGMAA on Environmental Mathematics Guest Lecture and Business Meeting
Great Ballroom E, 5th Floor, Sheraton
5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Joint Prize Session Reception
Armstrong Ballroom, 8th Floor, Sheraton
5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. MAA Reunion for Those Interested in Refocusing College Algebra
Grand Couteau Room, 5th Floor, Sheraton
5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. National Association of Math Circles
Bacchus Room, 4th Floor, Marriott
NAMC Website (http://mathcircles.org) Information Session
5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Hawkes Learning Systems Presentation
Cornet Room, 8th Floor, Sheraton
5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Maplesoft Special Presentation
Grand Chenier Room, 5th Floor, Sheraton
Become a clickable math expert: Maple training session for user community.
5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. CANCELLED - New Mexico State University Reception
5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Mathematics Alumni Reception
Bonaparte Room, 4th Floor, Marriott
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Mathematics Alumni Reception
5:45 p.m.-6:30 p.m. SIGMAA on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education Business Meeting
St. Jerome, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
5:45 p.m.-7:15 p.m. SIGMAA Statistics Education Business Meeting and Reception
La Galerie 6, 2nd Floor, Marriott
5:45 p.m.-7:00 p.m. MAA Two-Year College Reception
La Galerie 2, 2nd Floor, Marriott
5:45 p.m.-7:15 p.m. University of Kansas Math Alumni and Friends Reception
Edgewood AB, 4th Floor, Sheraton
5:45 p.m.-7:30 p.m. University of Wisconsin-Madison Mathematics Department Reception for Alumni & Friends
Balcony N, 4th Floor, Marriott
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. SIGMAA on Mathematical and Computational Biology Business Meeting
Rhythms I, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. SIGMAA on Teaching Advanced High School Mathematics Business Meeting
Mardi Gras BC, 3rd Floor, Marriott
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. NSA's Women in Mathematics Society Networking Session
6:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences Banquet
Nottoway Room, 4th Floor, Sheraton
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Budapest Semesters in Mathematics Reunion
Napoleon Suite, 41st Floor, Marriott
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. University of Chicago Mathematics Alumni Reception
Salon 828, 8th Floor, Sheraton
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Mathematicians Reception
Balcony L, 4th Floor, Marriott
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Reception for Alumni and Friends of the Department of Mathematics at North Carolina State University
Regent Room, 4th Floor, Marriott
6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. MER Banquet
Waterbury Ballroom, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
7:00 p.m.-7:45 p.m. SIGMAA on Mathematical and Computational Biology Guest Lecture
Rhythms I, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
7:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. AWM 40th Anniversary Banquet and Jazz
Mardi Gras E, 3rd Floor, Marriott
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Claremont Colleges Alumni Reception
La Galerie 1, 2nd Floor, Marriott
7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Young Mathematicians' Network Open Forum
Maurepas Room, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
All meeting participants, including undergraduates and graduate students, are welcome to discuss topics and issues affecting young mathematicians.
8:15 p.m.-9:45 p.m. Knitting Circle
IIe de France I, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
Bring a project (knitting/crochet/tatting/beading/etc.) and chat with other crafters.
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Saturday January 8, 2011
7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Joint Meetings Registration
Across from La Galerie 4, 2nd Floor, Marriott
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS-SIAM Special Session on Mathematics of Computation: Algebra and Number Theory, III
Napoleon D2, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS-AWM Special Session on Hopf Algebras and Their Representations, I
Nottoway Room, 4th Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Formal Mathematics for Mathematicians: Developing Large Repositories of Advanced Mathematics, I
Conde, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Multivariable Operator Theory, I
Maurepas, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Stochastic Analysis and Mathematical Physics: A Session in Honor of the 80th Birthday of Len Gross, I
Balcony N, 4th Floor, Marriott
8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematics Related to Feynman Diagrams, I
Frontenac, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Completely Integrable Systems, Random Matrices, and the Bispectral Problem, I
Rosalie, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Nonlinear Evolution Equations, Analysis, and Geometry, I
Maurepas Room, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m. AMS Special Session on Knots, Links, 3-Manifolds, and Physics, II
La Galerie 5, 2nd Floor, Marriott
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Boundary Control and Moving Interface in Coupled Systems of Partial Differential Equations, II
Napoleon D3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Self-Organization in Human, Biological, and Artificial Systems, I
Great Ballroom E, 5th Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Harmonic Analysis and Partial Differential Equations, I
Grand Couteau Room, 5th Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Groups, Geometry, and Applications, II
Borgne Room, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on New Topics in Graph Theory, I
Grand Chenier Room, 5th Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Session on Algebraic Topology and Global Analysis
Southdown Room, 4th Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Session on Mathematical Biology and Ecology, III
Bayside B, 4th Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Session on New and Continuing Connections between Math and the Arts, I
Rhythms I, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Session on Mathematics Experiences in Business, Industry, and Government
Mardi Gras BC, 3rd Floor, Marriott
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Session on Fostering, Supporting, and Propagating Math Circles for Students and Teachers, II
St. Jerome, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session, VII
St. Claude, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session, VIII
Orleans, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. AWM Hay Minisymposium
La Galerie 1, 2nd Floor, Marriott
8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. PME Council Meeting
Audubon Room, 5th Floor, Marriott
8:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Employment Center
Preservation Hall, 2nd Floor, Marriott
8:30 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Session on General Topology
Napoleon D1, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m. AMS Session on History of Mathematics
Cornet Room, 8th Floor, Sheraton
8:30 a.m.-10:55 a.m. SIAM Minisymposium on Education
Bayside A, 4th Floor, Sheraton
8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. AMS-MAA Graduate Student Fair
Napoleon A1-A3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
Undergrads! Take this opportunity to meet representatives from mathematical science graduate programs.
9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m. MAA Retiring Presidential Address
Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
David M. Bressoud
Issues of the transition to college mathematics.
9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m. ASL Invited Address
Bayside C, 4th Floor, Sheraton
Larry Moss
Final coalgebras: A survey.
9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. MAA Invited Paper Session on Fish Tales: Stories from Mathematical Fluid Dynamics
Rhythms II and III, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. MAA Minicourse #4: Part B
IIe de France I, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
Getting students involved in undergraduate research.
9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. MAA Minicourse #7: Part B
IIe de France III, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
The mathematics of Islam and its use in the teaching of mathematics.
9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. MAA Minicourse: #8: Part B
IIe de France II, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
The ubiquitous Catalan numbers and their applications.
9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m. MAA Panel Discussion
La Galerie 6, 2nd Floor, Marriott
Utilizing NSF ADVANCE to promote the success of women faculty in mathematics.
9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m. MAA Panel Discussion
La Galerie 2, 2nd Floor, Marriott
The benefits of hosting a regional undergraduate mathematics conference
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Student Hospitality Center
Gallier Room, 4th Floor, Sheraton
9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Exhibits and Book Sales
Grand Ballroom, 3rd Floor, Marriott
10:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. ASL Invited Address
Bayside C, 4th Floor, Sheraton
Monica VanDieren
Independence results in the model theory of infinitary logics.
10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. AWM Hay Minisymposium Panel Discussion
La Galerie 1, 2nd Floor, Marriott
The mathematical education of teachers and the common core.
10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Invited Address
Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
Akshay Venkatesh
Modular forms and the topology of certain hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m. AMS-MAA Invited Address
Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
Kannan Soundararajan
The Riemann zeta-function and related L-functions: A progress report.
1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. MAA Lecture for Students
Mardi Gras EFGH, 3rd Floor, Marriott
Steve Abbott
Turning theorems into plays.
Come and meet the speaker in the Student Hospitality Lounge, Gallier Room, 4th Floor, Sheraton.
1:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m. AMS Current Events Bulletin
Mardi Gras D, 3rd Floor, Marriott
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS-AWM Special Session on Hopf Algebras and Their Representations, II
Nottoway Room, 4th Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Stochastic Analysis and Mathematical Physics: A Session in Honor of the 80th Birthday of Len Gross, II
Balcony N, 4th Floor, Marriott
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Lie Algebras, Algebraic Groups, and Related Topics, II
Napoleon D3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Completely Integrable Systems, Random Matrices, and the Bispectral Problem, II
Rosalie, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on New Trends in Theory and Applications of Evolution Equations
Conde, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
1:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m. AMS Special Session on von Neumann Algebras
Frontenac, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Local Commutative Algebra
Napoleon D2, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Dirac Operators
Borgne Room, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Set-Valued Optimization and Variational Problems
Maurepas, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Knot Theory, I
La Galerie 5, 2nd Floor, Marriott
1:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Self-Organization in Human, Biological, and Artificial Systems, II
Great Ballroom E, 5th Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Harmonic Analysis and Partial Differential Equations, II
Grand Couteau Room, 5th Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Difference Equations and Applications
Maurepas Room, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on New Topics in Graph Theory, II
Grand Chenier Room, 5th Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-5:55 p.m. AMS Session on Ordinary Differential Equations
Southdown Room, 4th Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-5:10 p.m. AMS Session on Number Theory, III
Napoleon D1, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-5:55 p.m. AMS Session on Mathematical Biology and Ecology, IV
Bayside B, 4th Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-3:25 p.m. AMS Session on Topics in Mathematics
Cornet Room, 8th Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-5:35 p.m. MAA Session on Developmental Mathematics Education: Helping Under-Prepared Students Transition to College-Level Mathematics
St. Jerome, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. MAA Session on Humanistic Mathematics, I
Mardi Gras BC, 3rd Floor, Marriott
1:00 p.m.-5:25 p.m. MAA Session on Philosophy of Mathematics in Teaching and Learning
Rhythms I, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-5:10 p.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session, X
Orleans, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
1:00 p.m.-5:55 p.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session, IX
St. Claude, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
1:00 p.m.-6:25 p.m. SIAM Minisymposium on Frontiers in Geomathematics
Bayside A, 4th Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m. NAM Granville-Brown-Haynes Session of Presentations by Recent Doctoral Recipients in the Mathematical Sciences
Oak Alley Room, 4th Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. AWM Michler-Mentoring Minisymposium
La Galerie 1, 2nd Floor, Marriott
1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m. SIGMAA on Environmental Mathematics Session on the BP Oil Discharge, Energy, and the Environment
Rhythms II and III, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m. MAA Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics Panel Discussion
La Galerie 2, 2nd Floor, Marriott
Preparation and recruitment of future mathematics graduate students.
1:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m. SIGMAA on Statistics Education Panel Discussion
La Galerie 6, 2nd Floor, Marriott
Teaching statistics online.
1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. SIGMAA MCST Math Wrangle Exhibition Match
Balcony L, 4th Floor, Marriott
Come see this new type of competition: A combination of team problem solving, presentation, and analysis.
1:10 p.m.-2:00 p.m. AMS Invited Address
Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
Scott R. Sheffield
Conformal weldings in quantum gravity: Zippers, necklaces, and SLE.
2:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m. ASL Invited Address
Bayside C, 4th Floor, Sheraton
Samson Abramsky
Relational hidden variables and nonlocality.
2:15 p.m.-3:05 p.m. MAA Invited Address
Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
Melanie Matchett Wood
Binary quadratic forms: From Gauss to algebraic geometry.
2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m. MAA Minicourse #11: Part B
IIe de France III, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
Using video case studies in teaching a proof-based gateway course to the mathematics major.
2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m. MAA Minicourse #2: Part B
IIe de France I, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
Getting mathematics majors to think outside the book: Course activities that promote exploration, discovery, conjecture, and proof.
2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m. MAA Minicourse #9: Part B
IIe de France II, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
Learning discrete mathematics via historical projects.
2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Rocky Mountain Mathematics Consortium Board of Directors Meeting
Audubon Room, 5th Floor, Marriott
2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. AMS Committee on Science Policy Panel Discussion
Balcony M, 4th Floor, Marriott
A Conversation with Sastry Pantula, the New Director of the Division of Mathematical Sciences at the National Science Foundation.
2:35 p.m.-3:55 p.m. MAA Panel Discussion
La Galerie 6, 2nd Floor, Marriott
Inquiry-proof instructional techniques.
2:35 p.m.-3:55 p.m. MAA Committee on Minority Participation-Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science-National Association of Mathematicians
La Galerie 2, 2nd Floor, Marriott
The role of mentoring in undergraduate mathematics: Promising recruitment and retention strategies.
3:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. ASL Invited Address
Bayside C, 4th Floor, Sheraton
Juris Steprans
Maximal almost disjoint families.
3:20 p.m.-4:40 p.m. MAA Presentations by Teaching Award Recipients
Mardi Gras EFGH, 3rd Floor, Marriott
4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. MAA Poster Session on Research by Undergraduate Students
Napoleon Ballroom, Sheraton
All participants are invited to view the posters and speak with the presenters.
4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. AWM Michler-Mentoring Minisymposium Panel Discussion
La Galerie 1, 2nd Floor, Marriott
Mentors count!
4:10 p.m.-5:45 p.m. ASL Session for Contributed Papers, I
Bayside C, 4th Floor, Sheraton
4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. AMS Congressional Fellowship Session
Balcony M, 4th Floor, Marriott
4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. SIGMAA on Mathematics Instruction Using the Web Business Meeting and Open Discussion
La Galerie 6, 2nd Floor, Marriott
Come share your interests in teaching and learning mathematics online and discuss the direction of future WEB SIGMAA activities.
4:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m. National Academies/Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications Special Presentation
Balcony L, 4th Floor, Marriott
The Mathematical Sciences in 2025: A study commissioned by the National Science Foundation.
5:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m. SIGMAA on Mathematicians in Business, Industry, and Government Guest Lecture
Rhythms II and III, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. MAA Dramatic Presentation
Armstrong Ballroom, 8th Floor, Sheraton
Derivative vs. Integral: The final showdown.
6:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m. SIGMAA on the Philosophy of Mathematics Business Meeting
Rhythms I, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. SIGMAA on Mathematics and the Arts Business Meeting
La Galerie 2, 2nd Floor, Marriott
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. AMS Mathematical Reviews Reception
Oak Alley Room, 4th Floor, Sheraton
6:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m. NAM Reception and Banquet
Waterbury Ballroom, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
6:15 p.m.-7:30 p.m. SIGMAA on Mathematicians in Business, Industry, and Government Reception
Rhythms II and III, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
6:30 p.m.-7:15 p.m. SIGMAA on the Philosophy of Mathematics Guest Lecture
Rhythms I, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
7:30 p.m.-8:15 p.m. NAM Cox-Talbot Address
Waterbury Ballroom, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
Robert Bozeman
Increasing the pool of underrepresented mathematicians.
8:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m. MAA/Project NExT Reception
Gallery Ballroom, 1st Floor, Sheraton
All Project NExT Fellows, consultants, and other friends of Project NExT are invited.
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Sunday January 9, 2011
7:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Minority Chairs Breakfast
Edgewood AB, 4th Floor, Sheraton
7:00 a.m.-7:50 a.m. Association for Christians in the Mathematical Sciences Nondenominational Worship Service
Gallery Ballroom, 1st Floor, Sheraton
All participants are welcome.
7:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Joint Meetings Registration
Across from La Galerie 4, 2nd Floor, Marriott
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS-SIAM Special Session on Applications of Stochastic Processes in Neuroscience, I
La Galerie 5, 2nd Floor, Marriott
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS-SIAM Special Session on Control and Inverse Problems for Partial Differential Equations, I
Napoleon D2, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Asymptotic Methods in Analysis with Applications, I
Borgne Room, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Formal Mathematics for Mathematicians: Developing Large Repositories of Advanced Mathematics, II
Conde, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Multivariable Operator Theory, II
Maurepas, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematics Related to Feynman Diagrams, II
Frontenac, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Analysis of Reaction-Diffusion Models, I
Napoleon C3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m. AMS Special Session on Continued Fractions, I
Napoleon D3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Noncommutative Harmonic Analysis and Dynamic Systems, I
Napoleon B3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Combinatorial Algebraic Geometry, I
Napoleon B2, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Nonlinear Evolution Equations, Analysis, and Geometry, II
Maurepas Room, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Structure Theory for Matroids and Graphs, I
Napoleon C2, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Knot Theory, II
Napoleon C1, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Time Scales: Theory and Applications, I
Napoleon B1, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Session on Probability, I
Bayside B, 4th Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Session on Group Theory, I
Mardi Gras F, 3rd Floor, Marriott
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Session on Topics in Mathematical Physics
Cornet Room, 8th Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Session on Complex Analysis
Rosalie, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Session on New and Continuing Connections between Math and the Arts, II
Grand Chenier Room, 5th Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Session on Trends in Undergraduate Mathematical Biology Education, I
Rhythms I, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Session on Effective Teaching of Upper Level Mathematics to Secondary Education Mathematics Majors, II
Mardi Gras BC, 3rd Floor, Marriott
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Session on Influences of the Calculus Reform Movement on the Teaching of Mathematics, I
Grand Couteau Room, 5th Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session, XII
Orleans, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m. SIAM Minisymposium on Vistas in Applied Mathematics
Bayside A, 4th Floor, Sheraton
8:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m. AWM Workshop: Research Presentations by Recent Ph.D.s, I
Mardi Gras E, 3rd Floor, Marriott
8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. AWM Workshop
Mardi Gras E, 3rd Floor, Marriott
This session has several parts that will be listed separately by time in this program. All presentations are open to all JMM participants.
8:15 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Session on Number Theory, IV
Napoleon D1, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
8:15 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Session on Combinatorics and Graph Theory, VII
Southdown Room, 4th Floor, Sheraton
8:15 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session, XI
St. Claude, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
8:30 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Session on Partial Differential Equations, III
Balcony N, 4th Floor, Marriott
8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. AMS Committee on Education Panel Discussion
Balcony M, 4th Floor, Marriott
Teaching elementary math is not elementary: How mathematicians can help, and why?
8:45 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Session on Functional Analysis
Balcony L, 4th Floor, Marriott
8:50 a.m.-9:50 a.m. AMS Colloquium Lectures: Lecture III
Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
Alexander Lubotzky
Expander graphs in pure and applied mathematics, III.
9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m. ASL Invited Address
Bayside C, 4th Floor, Sheraton
Patrick Speissegger
O-minimality and Hilbert's 16th problem.
9:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Invited Paper Session on The Intersection of Graphs and Geometry, I
Rhythms II and III, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. MAA Minicourse #12: Part B
IIe de France III, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
Concepts, data, and models: College algebra for the real world.
9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. MAA Minicourse #3: Part B
IIe de France I, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
Geometry and algebra in mathematical music theory.
9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. MAA Minicourse #6: Part B
IIe de France II, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
Green linear optimization.
9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m. MAA Committee on Graduate Students-Young Mathematicians' Network Panel Discussion
Mardi Gras D, 3rd Floor, Marriott
Maximize your career potential!
9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m. MAA Committee on Technology in Math Education Panel Discussion
La Galerie 2, 2nd Floor, Marriott
Publishing mathematics on the Web.
9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. SIGMAA on Math Circles for Students and Teachers Special Presentation
Great Ballroom E, 5th Floor, Sheraton
Math Circles demonstration.
9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m. NAM Panel Discussion
Oak Alley Room, 4th Floor, Sheraton
NAM honors the life of Dr. David Harold Blackwell.
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Exhibits and Book Sales
Grand Ballroom, 3rd Floor, Marriott
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Employment Center
Preservation Hall, 2nd Floor, Marriott
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. HOTEL IS USING SPACE - OTHER EVENT
Bonaparte Room, 4th Floor, Marriott
9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Student Hospitality Center
Gallier Room, 4th Floor, Sheraton
9:15 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Session on Calculus of Variations, Optimal Control, and Optimization
La Galerie 1, 2nd Floor, Marriott
10:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. ASL Invited Address
Bayside C, 4th Floor, Sheraton
Alf Onshuus
Ordered groups definable in o-minimal theories.
10:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. NAM Business Meeting
Oak Alley Room, 4th Floor, Sheraton
10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Invited Address
Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
Robert M. Bell
Lessons from the Netflix Prize.
10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. AWM Workshop: Poster Session with Presentations from Women Graduate Students
Mardi Gras E, 3rd Floor, Marriott
11:10 a.m.-11:40 a.m. MAA Business Meeting
Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. AMS Business Meeting
Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-1:50 p.m. NAM Claytor-Woodard Lecture
Oak Alley Room, 4th Floor, Sheraton
Edray Herber Goins
Galois Representations and $L$-Series: A Tour Through Mathematics.
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS-MAA Special Session on Centers for Teaching/Education/Outreach in Departments of Mathematics
La Galerie 6, 2nd Floor, Marriott
1:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m. AMS-SIAM Special Session on Applications of Stochastic Processes in Neuroscience, II
La Galerie 5, 2nd Floor, Marriott
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS-SIAM Special Session on Control and Inverse Problems for Partial Differential Equations, II
Napoleon D2, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Asymptotic Methods in Analysis with Applications, II
Borgne Room, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m. AMS Special Session on Applied Optimization and Douglas-Rachford Splitting Methods for Convex Programming
Frontenac, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Stochastic, Fractional, and Hybrid Dynamic Systems with Applications
Conde, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Analysis of Reaction-Diffusion Models, II
Napoleon C3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m. AMS Special Session on Continued Fractions, II
Napoleon D3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Noncommutative Harmonic Analysis and Dynamic Systems, II
Napoleon B3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Combinatorial Algebraic Geometry, II
Napoleon B2, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Structure Theory for Matroids and Graphs, II
Napoleon C2, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on The Mathematics of Modeling Multiscale Heterogeneous Media
Maurepas, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Global Dynamics of Discrete Dynamical Systems in the Plane with Applications
Maurepas Room, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Measures of Entanglement of Macromolecules and Their Applications
Napoleon C1, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m. AMS Special Session on Time Scales: Theory and Applications, II
Napoleon B1, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m. MAA Invited Paper Session on The Intersection of Graphs and Geometry, II
Rhythms II and III, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. MAA Minicourse #13: Part B
IIe de France III, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
Creating demonstrations and guided explorations for multivariable calculus using CalcPlot3D.
1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. MAA Minicourse #1: Part B
IIe de France II, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
Special relativity through a linear algebraic lens.
1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. MAA Minicourse: #5: Part B
IIe de France I, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
A Game Theory path to quantitative literacy.
1:00 p.m.-5:25 p.m. AMS Session on Commutative Rings and Fields
Napoleon D1, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m. AMS Session on Systems Theory, Information, and Computer Science
Cornet Room, 8th Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m. AMS Session on Group Theory, II and Topological and Lie Groups
Mardi Gras F, 3rd Floor, Marriott
1:00 p.m.-4:25 p.m. AMS Session on Operator Theory
Balcony L, 4th Floor, Marriott
1:00 p.m.-5:55 p.m. MAA Session on Alternative Approaches to Traditional Introductory Statistics Courses, II
Great Ballroom E, 5th Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-2:55 p.m. MAA Session on Using Program Assessment to Improve Student Learning
La Galerie 2, 2nd Floor, Marriott
1:00 p.m.-5:35 p.m. MAA Session on Trends in Undergraduate Mathematical Biology Education, II
Rhythms I, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. MAA Session on Humanistic Mathematics, II
Mardi Gras GH, 3rd Floor, Marriott
1:00 p.m.-4:35 p.m. MAA Session on Influences of the Calculus Reform Movement on the Teaching of Mathematics, II
Grand Couteau Room, 5th Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-3:35 p.m. MAA Session on the Mathematical Foundations for the Quantitative Disciplines
Grand Chenier Room, 5th Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-4:40 p.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session, XIII
St. Claude, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
1:00 p.m.-5:10 p.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session, XIV
St. Jerome, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
1:00 p.m.-4:40 p.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session, XV
Orleans, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
1:00 p.m.-5:55 p.m. SIAM Minisymposium on Graph Theory
Bayside A, 4th Floor, Sheraton
1:00 p.m.-2:15 p.m. AWM Workshop Panel Discussion
Mardi Gras E, 3rd Floor, Marriott
Starting a career in mathematics.
1:15 p.m.-5:25 p.m. AMS Session on Probability, II
Bayside B, 4th Floor, Sheraton
1:15 p.m.-4:55 p.m. AMS Session on Dynamical Systems, and Topics in Analysis, II
Southdown Room, 4th Floor, Sheraton
1:15 p.m.-4:10 p.m. AMS Session on Partial Differential Equations, IV
Balcony N, 4th Floor, Marriott
1:15 p.m.-5:25 p.m. AMS Session on Topics in Analysis
La Galerie 1, 2nd Floor, Marriott
2:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m. ASL Invited Address
Bayside C, 4th Floor, Sheraton
Andreas Blass
Special ultrafilters, generic ultrafilters, and partitions.
2:30 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AWM Workshop: Research Presentations by Recent Ph.D.s, II
Mardi Gras E, 3rd Floor, Marriott
3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. AMS-MAA-SIAM Gerald and Judith Porter Public Lecture
Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
Robert J. Lang
From flapping birds to space telescopes: The mathematics of origami.
Light refreshments will be served after the lecture.
3:10 p.m.-4:20 p.m. ASL Session for Contributed Papers, II
Bayside C, 4th Floor, Sheraton
3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. MAA Minicourse #10: Part B
IIe de France I, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
Teaching introductory statistics.
4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. AMS-MAA Special Film Presentation
Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
\em{Between the Folds}: Watch ten artists and theoretical scientists fuse mathematics and sculpture in the medium of origami.
6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. AMS Banquet Reception
Mardi Gras Foyer, 3rd Floor, Marriott
7:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m. AMS Banquet
Mardi Gras ABCD, Marriott
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