Special Interest Groups of the MAA (SIGMAAs)
SIGMAAs will be hosting a number of activities, sessions, and guest lectures. There are currently twelve such focus groups in the MAA offering members opportunities to interact, not only at meetings, but throughout the year, via newsletters and email-based communications. For more information visit www.maa.org/community/sigmaas/.
SIGMAA Officers Meeting, Thursday, 10:30 a.m.–noon, chaired by Karen A. Marrongelle, Portland State University. Holiday Ballroom 6, 2nd Floor, Hilton
Mathematics and the Arts: SIGMAA ARTS
At the Intersection of Mathematics and the Arts, Thursday afternoon (See MAA Contributed Paper Sessions)
Art Award Ceremony, Thursday, 4:30 p.m., Adjacent to the Art Exhibit in Booth 114, Exhibit Hall F, Baltimore Convention Center
"Barn Raising" Participatory Sculpture Build, Friday, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Adjacent to the Art Exhibit in Booth 114, Exhibit Hall F, Baltimore Convention Center
Mathematical and Computational Biology: BIO SIGMAA
Reception, Thursday, 6:00 p.m.– 6:30 p.m.
Business Meeting, Thursday, 6:30 p.m.–6:50 p.m.
Guest Lecture, Thursday, 7:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m., Lisa Fauci, Tulane University, Explorations in phytoplankton fluid dynamics.
Trends in Undergraduate Mathematical Biology Education; Friday morning (See MAA Contributed Paper Sessions)
Mathematicians in Business, Industry and Government: BIG SIGMAA
Mathematics Experiences in Business, Industry, and Government; Friday afternoon (See MAA Contributed Paper Sessions)
Guest Lecture, Friday, 6:30 p.m.–7:20 p.m., William Noel, University of Pennsylvania, on Eureka! The Archimedes Palimpsest. (cosponsored by the SIGMAA on the History of Mathematics)
Reception, Friday, 7:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m. (cosponsored by the SIGMAA on the History of Mathematics)
Business Meeting, Friday, 8:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Nonacademic Career Paths for Mathematicians, Friday, 9:00 a.m.–10:20 a.m. (See MAA Panels, et al.)
History of Mathematics: HOM SIGMAA
Reading, Writing and Doing the History of Mathematics: Learning the Methods of Historical Research, Monday and Tuesday (See MAA Short Course)
The History of Mathematical Communities, Thursday afternoon (See MAA Contributed Paper Sessions)
Putting a Theme in a History of Mathematics Course, Saturday morning (See MAA Contributed Paper Sessions)
Business Meeting and Reception, Wednesday, 5:30 p.m.–6:20 p.m.
Guest Lecture, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.–7:20 p.m., V. Frederick Rickey, USMA, The notebooks of George Washington on arithmetic, geometry, trigonometry, logarithms and surveying
Math Circles for Students and Teachers (SIGMAA MCST)
Demonstration Math Circles, Saturday, 9:00 a.m.–9:50 a.m. (session 1) and Saturday, 1:00 – 1:50 p.m. (session 2) (see MAA panels, et al)
Weird Ways to Work with Pi: An Accessible and Interactive Workshop for Middle- and High-School Educators, Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–10:50 a.m. (see MAA panels, et al)
Math Wrangle, Saturday, 2:00 p.m.– 3:00 p.m. (see MAA panels, et al)
Philosophy of Mathematics: POM SIGMAA
Is Mathematics the Language of Science?, Wednesday morning (See MAA Contributed Paper Sessions)
Reception, Thursday, 5:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Business Meeting, Thursday, 6:00 p.m.– 6:30 p.m.
Guest Lecture, Thursday, 6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m., Steve Gimbel, Gettysburg College, Hermann Minkowski: The quiet genius.
Quantitative Literacy: SIGMAA QL
Assessing Quantitative Reasoning and Literacy. Wednesday morning (See MAA Contributed Paper Sessions)
Reception and Business Meeting, Thursday, 6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Guest Lecture, Thursday, 7:00 p.m.–7:50 p.m., Victor Donnay, Bryn Mawr College, Sustainability + Serendipity = Math Awareness Month 2013
Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education: SIGMAA RUME
Research on the Teaching and Learning of Undergraduate Mathematics, Thursday morning and afternoon (See MAA Contributed Paper Sessions)
Statistics Education: SIGMAA STAT-ED
Data, Modeling, and Computing in the Introductory Statistics Course, Friday afternoon (See MAA Contributed Paper Sessions)
Business Meeting, Friday, 6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Mathematics Instruction Using the Web: WEB SIGMAA
Business Meeting and Reception, Friday, 5:00 p.m.– 5:30 p.m.
Guest Lecture, Friday, 5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m., Doug Ensley, Shippensburg University, Mobile math apps.
Using Online Resources to Augment the Traditional Classroom, Friday morning (See MAA Contributed Paper Sessions)
Two Worlds Collide: MOOCs and the Ivory Tower, Saturday morning (See MAA Panels et al.)
Environmental Mathematics: SIGMAA EM
The Environment, Mathematics, and Community Engagement, Saturday afternoon (See MAA Panels et al.)
USE Math: Undergraduate Sustainability Experiences in the Introductory Mathematics Classroom, Saturday morning (See MAA Contributed Paper Sessions)