Activities of Other Organizations
This page includes scientific sessions. Several organizations or special groups are having receptions or other social events. Please see Social Events for those details.
Association for Symbolic Logic (ASL)
This two-day program on Monday and Tuesday will include sessions of contributed papers as well as Invited Addresses by Ekaterina Fokina, University of Vienna; Menachem Magidor, Einstein Institute of Mathematics; Rehana Patel, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Anand Pillay, University of Leeds; Robin Tuckerdrob, Rutgers University; Richard A. Shore, Cornell University; and Trevor Wilson, University of California, Irvine.
See also the session cosponsored by the ASL on Beyond First-Order Model Theory on Saturday and Sunday in the AMS Special Sessions listings.
Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
Thirty-Sixth Annual Noether Lecture, Sunday, 10:05 a.m., will be given by Wen-Ching Winnie Li, Pennsylvania State University, Modular forms for congruence and noncongruence subgroups
Also see the session on Recent Developments in Algebraic Number Theory, jointly sponsored by the AWM, in the AMS Special Sessions listings
Breaking the Glass Ceiling Permanently, organized by Bettye Anne Case, Florida State University; Deleram Kahrobaei, City University of New York, Graduate Center and New York City College of Technology; Kathryn Leonard, California State Channel Islands; and Christina Sormani, City University of New York, Graduate Center and Lehman College; Saturday, 2:15 p.m.–3:40 p.m. Over the past century, women mathematicians have achieved unprecedented success. Universities that never hired women before, now have women faculty in their ranks. Departments that rarely promoted women before, now have women who are tenured full professors. Institutes that didn't exist before are now being directed by women mathematicians. In every field of mathematics, there are key results, cited daily, that were proven by women. Despite these great strides, young women today encounter many of the same hurdles that the women before them had to face. In this panel we will discuss how successful women mathematicians, at all levels, can work to break through the glass ceiling and bring the next generation of women through with them. Panelists include Lenore Blum, Carnegie Mellon University; Estela Gavosto, Kansas University; Susan Hermiller, University of Nebraska; Megan Kerr, Wellesley College; Joan Leitzel, University of New Hampshire; and Jill Pipher, Director of ICERM. See https://sites.google.com/site/awmpanel2015/ for the latest information.
Business Meeting, Saturday, 3:45 p.m.–4:15 p.m.
Workshop Poster Presentations and Reception, Monday, 6:00 p.m.–7:15 p.m. With funding from the National Science Foundation, AWM will conduct its workshop poster presentations by women graduate students. Organizers for these presentations are Gizem Karaali, Pomona College; Lerna Pehlivan, York University; and Brooke Shipley, University of Illinois at Chicago.
AWM Workshop on Homotopy Theory, Tuesday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. With funding from the National Science Foundation, AWM will conduct its workshop with presentations by senior and junior women researchers. All mathematicians (female and male) are invited to attend the entire program. Departments are urged to help graduate students and recent Ph.D.’s who do not receive funding to obtain some institutional support to attend the workshop and other meeting sessions. Updated information about the workshop is available at www.awm-math.org/workshops.html. AWM seeks volunteers to serve as mentors for workshop participants. If you are interested, please contact the AWM office; inquiries regarding future workshops may be made to the office at awm@awm-math.org.
Reception, Saturday, 9:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m. See the listing in Social Events.
National Association of Mathematicians (NAM)
Granville-Brown-Hayes Session of Presentations by Recent Doctoral Recipients in the Mathematical Sciences, Monday, 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Cox-Talbot Address, to be given Monday after the banquet, Mathematics: an imitation of life, Jacqueline Brannon Giles, HCCS Central College/Texas Southern University
Panel Discussion, Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.–9:50 a.m.
Business Meeting, Tuesday, 10:00 a.m.–10:50 a.m.
Claytor-Woodard Lecture, Tuesday, 1:00 p.m., A statistician's guide to becoming your body's expert, Talitha Williams, Harvey Mudd College
See details about the banquet on Monday in Social Events.
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The NSF will be represented at a booth in the exhibit area. NSF staff members will be available to provide counsel and information on NSF programs of interest to mathematicians. The booth is open the same days as the exhibitis. Times that staff will be available will be posted at the booth.
Pi Mu Epsilon (PME)
Council Meeting, Monday, 8:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m., Independence, Grand Hyatt
Project NExT
Project NExT Workshop, Saturday - Tuesday, 8:00 a.m.– 6:00 p.m., Room 217D, Convention Center.
Project NExT Lecture, Ruminations on learning to teach; developing pedagogical intimacy, productive persistence, and other aspects of critical pedagogy, Uri Treisman, University of Texas at Austin, Sunday, 2:00 p.m. – 2:50 p.m., Room 217D, Convention Center.
Project NExT Panel Session, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: What is it and how does one do it?, Tharanga Wijetunge, Lyon College; Cory Previte-Johnson, California State University, San Bernardino; Amanda Harsy, Lewis University; and Thomas L. Madsen, Youngstown State University. Sunday, 3:15 p.m.-4:30 p.m., Room 217D, Convention Center.
Four panelists from varying research backgrounds will present insights and reflections on their transition to, and subsequent work in, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). Participants can expect to gain a better idea of what SoTL is, as well as what background is needed to become acquainted with the field. The goal of this panel is to provide attendees information about starting research in SoTL or expanding their current pedagogical research. Panelists are: Thomas Banchoff, Brown University; Jacqueline Dewar, Loyola Marymount University; Edwin Herman, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point; and Ann Stewart, Hood College.
Participants should leave with ideas of where to look for information on current topics and resources to begin their own research. Panelists will also discuss advice for incorporating SoTL into a department's current research interests along with addressing Institutional Review Board (IRB) requirements and approval.
Poster Session, Young Mathematicians Network – Project NExT Poster Session, Saturday, 2:15 p.m.– 4:15 p.m. Organizers for this session are Jonathan Needleman, Le Moyne College, and Kim Roth, Juniata College.
See details about the reception on Monday in Social Events.
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
This program consists of an Invited Address at 11:10 a.m. on Sunday given by Joel Tropp, California Institute of Technology, Concentration inequalities for random matrices, and a series of Minisymposia scheduled Saturday through Tuesday. The Minisymposia titles, organizers, and days of occurrence are Partial Differential Equations and Applications, Evelyn Lunasin, United States Naval Academy, and Edriss S. Titi, University of California, Irvine, Saturday morning and afternoon; Modeling Across the Curriculum, Rachel Levy, Harvey Mudd College; and Peter Turner, Clarkson University, Sunday morning; Matrix Concentration Inequalities, Joel Tropp, California Institute of Technology, Sunday afternoon; Advances in Continuous Optimization and Application, Dominique Orban, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, and Robert Vanderbei, Princeton University, Monday morning; Multivariate Signal Analysis and Inverse Problems, Carlo Bardaro, University of Perugia , Zuhair Nashed, University of Central Florida, and Gianluca Vinti, University of Perugia, Monday afternoon; and Analytical and Computational Methods in Mathematical Finance, Rafael Mendoza-Arriaga, McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin, Tuesday morning.
Others
Mathematical Art Exhibition, organized by Robert Fathauer, Tessellations Company; Nathaniel A. Friedman, ISAMA and SUNY Albany, Anne Burns, Long Island University C. W. Post Campus, Reza Sarhangi, Towson University, and Nathan Selikoff, Digital Awakening Studios. A popular feature at the Joint Mathematics Meetings, this exhibition provides a break in your day. On display are works in various media by artists who are inspired by mathematics and by mathematicians who use visual art to express their findings. Topology, fractals, polyhedra, and tiling are some of the ideas at play here. Don’t miss this unique opportunity for a different perspective on mathematics. The exhibition will be located inside the Joint Mathematics Meetings Exhibits and will be open during the same exhibit hours. NEW! The "Request for Art Submissions" is located at http://gallery.bridgesmathart.org/art-exhibit-submission-instructions.
Summer Program for Women in Mathematics (SPWM) Reunion, organized by Murli M. Gupta, George Washington University; Sunday, 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. This is a reunion of the summer program participants from the past 19 years (1995-2013) who are in various states of their mathematical careers: some are students (undergraduate or graduate), others are in various jobs, both in academia as well as government and industry. The participants will describe their experiences relating to all aspects of their careers. There will also be a presentation on the increasing participation of women in mathematics over the past two decades and the impact of SPWM and similar programs. See http://www.gwu.edu/~spwm.
Effective Self-Promotion to Advance Your Career in Mathematics, organized by Christine Guenther, Pacific University; Patricia Hale, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; and Tanya Leise, Amherst College; Sunday,1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m. Panelists Pam Cook , University of Delaware; Deborah Lockhardt , National Science Foundation; Dana Randall, Georgia Institute of Technology; and Sara Y. Del Valle, Los Alamos National Labs, will focus on how women (and men) pursuing mathematical careers can and should “lean in,” while recognizing that current cultural norms can pose obstacles that we must find ways to overcome. A persistent gender wage gap has been linked to, among other things, the greater competitiveness and confidence of men compared to women on average. A recent US Department of Education survey found that at doctoral universities women’s salaries are only 80% of men’s salaries. We will discuss how mathematicians can promote themselves: avoiding self-deprecation, actively applying for grants, pursuing opportunities for giving talks and getting nominated for prizes, and persisting past initial failures by resubmitting revised grants and papers. Issues of how to choose a mentor and how to be a good mentor will also be addressed, particularly with reference to learning how to successfully self-promote. The panelists’ advice will be beneficial to both men and women seeking to advance their mathematical careers. Sponsored by the Joint Committee on Women in the Mathematical Sciences
Expeditions in Training, Research, and Education for Mathematics and Statistics through Quantitative Explorations of Data (EXTREEMS-QED), organized by Tor A. Kwembe, Jackson State University; Sunday, 2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Presenters in this poster session will share their experiences under this new NSF program designed to promote the integration of computational and data-enabled science (CDS&E) in undergraduate mathematics and statistics curricula. Funded activities are expected to provide opportunities for undergraduate research and hands-on experiences centered on CDS&E, result in significant changes to the undergraduate mathematics and statistics curriculum, have broad institutional support and department-wide commitment that encourage collaborations within and across disciplines, and include professional development activities for faculty or for K–12 teachers.
Pure and Applied Talks by Women Math Warriors presented by EDGE (Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education), organized by Amy Buchmann, University of Notre Dame; and Candice Price, United States Military Academy, West Point; Tuesday, 1:00 p.m.–5:50 p.m. Since its beginning in 1998 nearly two hundred women have participated in the EDGE program. Approximately seventy are currently working towards a Ph.D., over one hundred have earned Masters and fifty-four have gone on to successfully complete Ph.D’s. This session will be comprised of research talks in a variety of different subdisciplines given by women involved with the EDGE program. For more information on the EDGE program see http://www.edgeforwomen.org/.