Special Interest Groups of the MAA (SIGMAAs)


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SIGMAAs will be hosting a number of interesting activities, sessions, and guest lecturers. There are currently nine such focus groups 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/SIGMAA/SIGMAA.html.

SIGMAA on Business, Industry, and Government

Mathematics Experiences in Business, Industry, and Government, Wednesday morning (see the "MAA Contributed Paper Sessions" )

Guest Lecture, Wednesday, 5:00 p.m to 6:00 p.m., by Dan Kalman, American University, Calculus in Orbit

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SIGMAA on Circles (SIGMAA MCST)

Guest Lecture, Monday, 6:00 p.m. to 6:50 p.m., by Paul Zeitz, University of San Francisco, Theorems and Conjectures about Mathematical Circles

Business Meeting, Wednesday, 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

(See information on a reception in the "Social Events" section.)

SIGMAA on Environmental Mathematics

Environmental Mathematics, Monday afternoon (see the "MAA Contributed Paper Sessions" )

Guest Lecture and Business Meeting, Monday, 5:30 p.m to 7:30 p.m., speaker and title to be announced.

Environmental Mathematics--Getting It in the Curriculum, Wednesday, 9:00 a.m to 10:20 a.m. (see the "MAA Panels, Posters and Other Sessions")

Bus trip to the Conservatory of the U.S. Botanical Gardens, Thursday, 1:30 p.m to 4:30 p.m.

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SIGMAA on the History of Mathematics

Business Meeting and Reception, Monday, 5:30 p.m to 6:30 p.m.

Guest Lecture, Monday, 6:30 p.m to 7:30 p.m., by Chandler Davis, University of Toronto, The role of the untrue in mathematics. Cosponsored by the SIGMAA on the Philosophy of Mathematics

The Intersection of the History and Philosophy of Mathematics, Tuesday, 10:45 a.m. (see the "MAA Panels, Posters and Other Sessions")

Lewis Carroll in Numberland, Tuesday, 6:00 p.m. (see the "MAA Panels, Posters and Other Sessions")

SIGMAA on Mathematical and Computational Biology

Business Meeting, Tuesday, 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Undergraduate Mathematical Biology, Tuesday, morning and afternoon (see the "MAA Contributed Paper Sessions" )

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SIGMAA on Mathematics and the Arts

Art Exhibition in the Exhibit Hall, Monday - Thursday

Business Meeting, Tuesday, 7:00 p.m to 8:00 p.m.

Mathematics and Love: A Poetry Reading, Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. (see the "MAA Panels, Posters and Other Sessions")

Mathematics and the Arts, Thursday morning and afternoon (see the "MAA Contributed Paper Sessions")

SIGMAA Officers Meeting

Tuesday 10:00 a.m to 11:30 a.m., chaired by Amy Shell-Gellasch, Pacific Lutheran University

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SIGMAA on the Philosophy of Mathematics

The Intersection of the History and Philosophy of Mathematics, Tuesday, 10:45 a.m to 12:05 p.m. (See the (see the "MAA Panels, Posters and Other Sessions")

Guest Lecture, Monday, 6:30 p.m to 7:30 p.m., by Chandler Davis, University of Toronto, The role of the untrue in mathematics. Cosponsored by the SIGMAA on the History of Mathematics.

Business Meeting and Reception, Monday, 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

SIGMAA on Quantitative Literacy

Business Meeting, Tuesday, 5:45 p.m to 7:15 p.m.

Quantitative Literacy Across the Curriculum, Wednesday morning (see the "MAA Contributed Paper Sessions" )

SIGMAA on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics

Business Meeting, Tuesday, 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Guided Discovery in Mathematics Education, Thursday (see the "MAA Contributed Paper Sessions" )

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SIGMAA on Statistics Education

Business Meeting, Tuesday, 5:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.

Hiring, Tenuring, and Promoting Statisticians in a Mathematics or Mathematical Sciences Department, Tuesday, 2:30 p.m to 3:50 p.m., and

Technology in Statistics Education, Thursday, 9:00 a.m to 10:20 a.m. (see the "MAA Panels, Posters and Other Sessions")

Statistics in K-12 Education: How Will it Affect Statistics at the College Level?, Wednesday morning, and

Statistics Resources on the Web, Wednesday afternoon (see the ""MAA Contributed Paper Sessions" )

SIGMAA on the Teaching of Advanced High School Mathematics

Teaching Calculus in High School: Ideas that Work, Tuesday morning (See the "MAA Contributed Paper Sessions" )

Web SIGMAA

Business Meeting and Reception, Tuesday, 5:45 p.m to 7:15 p.m.

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