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
Sunday, 10:30 a.m.–noon. Lone Star Ballroom, Salons A & B, Grand Hyatt
SIGMAA on Mathematics and the Arts (SIGMAA ARTS)
Mathematics and the Arts, Saturday morning and afternoon (see MAA Contributed Paper Sessions)
Business Meeting, Saturday, 6:30 p.m.–7:00 p.m. Room 213B, Convention Center
SIGMAA on Business, Industry, and Government (BIG SIGMAA)
Mathematics Experiences in Business, Industry, and Government (see MAA Contributed Paper Sessions)
Guest Lecture, Sunday, 5:30 p.m.–6:15 p.m., Kyle Myers, Division of Imaging and Applied Mathematics, Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, US FDA, Mathematical challenges in the evaluation of medical imaging. Room 210A, Convention Center
Reception, Sunday, 6:15 p.m.–7:00 p.m. Room 210A, Convention Center
Business Meeting, Sunday, 7:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m. Room 210A, Convention Center
SIGMAA on Mathematical and Computational Biology (BIO SIGMAA)
Reception, Sunday, 6:00 p.m.–6:20 p.m. Room 210B, Convention Center
Business Meeting, Sunday, 6:30 p.m.–6:50 p.m. Room 210B, Convention Center
Guest Lecture, Sunday, 7:00 p.m.–7:50 p.m. Jim Cushing, University of Arizona, Can Cannibalism Save the Day? Dynamic Models for Adaptive Life History Strategies in Response to Climate Change. Room 210B, Convention Center
Trends in Undergraduate Mathematical Biology Education (see MAA Contributed Paper Sessions)
SIGMAA on Environmental Mathematics (SIGMAA EM)
USE Math: Undergraduate Sustainability Experiences in the Mathematics Classroom (see MAA Contributed Paper Sessions)
SIGMAA on the History of Mathematics (HOM SIGMAA)
Ethnomathematics (see MAA Contributed Paper Sessions)
Guest Lecture, Saturday, 5:00 p.m.–5:50 p.m. Kathy Clark, Florida State University, Mathematical problems in the "shoebox collection" of the Paul A.M. Dirac papers at Florida State University: Piecing together parts of the puzzle. Room 214C, Convention Center
Business Meeting and Reception, Saturday, 6:00 p.m.–6:20 p.m. Room 214C, Convention Center
Guest Lecture, 6:30 p.m.–7:20 p.m. Carl Pomerance, Dartmouth College, Letters from the master: My correspondence with Paul Erdős. Room 214C, Convention Center
SIGMAA on Math Circles for Students and Teachers (SIGMAA MCST)
What Makes a Successful Math Circle: Organization and Problems (see MAA Contributed Paper Sessions)
Math Circle Demonstration (see MAA Panels, Posters, Workshops and Other Sessions) Room 214C, Convention Center
Math Wrangle (see MAA Panels, Posters, Workshops and Other Sessions) Room 214C and Room 216B (parallel sessions), Convention Center
SIGMAA on the Philosophy of Mathematics (POM SIGMAA)
Discovery and Insight in Mathematics (see MAA Contributed Paper Sessions)
Reception, Monday, 5:30 p.m.–5:50 p.m. Room 210B, Convention Center
Business Meeting, Monday, 6:00 p.m.–6:20 p.m. Room 210B, Convention Center
Guest Lecture, Monday, 6:30 p.m.–7:20 p.m., Matt Jones, California State University Dominguez Hills, Mathematical authority and inquiry-based learning. Room 210B, Convention Center
SIGMAA on Quantitative Literacy (SIGMAA QL)
Business Meeting, Saturday, 6:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m., Room 213A, Convention Center
Infusing Quantitative Literacy into Mathematics and Nonmathematics Courses (see MAA Contributed Paper Sessions)
SIGMAA on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (SIGMAA RUME)
Research on the Teaching and Learning of Undergraduate Mathematics (see MAA Contributed Paper Sessions)
SIGMAA on Statistics Education (SIGMAA Stat Ed)
Statistics Education beyond the Introductory Statistics Course (see MAA Contributed Paper Sessions)
Reception, Sunday, 5:30 p.m.–5:50 p.m. Room 211, Convention Center
Business Meeting, Sunday, 6:00 p.m.–6:20 p.m. Room 211, Convention Center
Guest Lecture, Sunday, 6:30 p.m.–7:20 p.m., Hadley Wickham, RStudio and Rice University, Reactive documents for teaching. Room 211, Convention Center
Best Practices for Teaching the Introductory Statistics Course (see MAA Contributed Paper Sessions)
SIGMAA on the Teaching of Advanced High School Mathematics (SIGMAA TAHSM)
Creating a Course in Mathematical Modeling (see MAA panels, etc.) Room 214B, Convention Center
First-Year Calculus: Fresh Approaches for Jaded Students (see MAA Contributed Paper Sessions)
SIGMAA on Mathematics Instruction Using the Web (WEB SIGMAA)
Well-Designed Online Assessment: Well-formed Questions, Discovery-based Explorations, and their Success in Improving Student Learning (see MAA Contributed Paper Sessions)
Business Meeting, Monday, 5:30 p.m.–5:50 p.m. Room 212B, Convention Center
Guest Lecture, Monday, 6:00 p.m.–6:50 p.m., William Stein, University of Washington, SageMathCloud— integrated mathematical tools in the cloud. Room 212B, Convention Center
MOOCs and Me: Massive Online Materials for My Students (see MAA Panels, etc.)