[Mathreu] Fwd: First announcement for SUMS Conference at JMU on Saturday, October 3

[Kevin James]

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From: Laura Taalman <laurataalman at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:11 AM
Subject: First announcement for SUMS Conference at JMU on Saturday, October 3
To: Laura Taalman <taal at math.jmu.edu>, EB <brownet at math.jmu.edu>


FIRST CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR UNDERGRADUATE PAPERS AND POSTERS

SUMS Conference
October 3, 2009
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, Virginia (about two hours west of D.C.)

The fifth annual Shenandoah Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics
(SUMS) Conference at James Madison University is a one-day
undergraduate research conference that will feature:

 * undergraduate contributed talks on their mathematical research
 * undergraduate and high school poster sessions on research and
expository topics
 * panel sessions on REU programs, graduate school, and industry
 * a special AMC workshop for high school students and faculty

OPENING ADDRESS
Dr. Doron Zeilberger, Board of Governors Professor of Mathematics at
Rutgers University
Title:  SUMS
Summary:  Some Sums sum, some do not seem to sum. Why?

CLOSING ADDRESS
Michael Starbird, Distinguished Teaching Professor of Mathematics at
The University of Texas at Austin
Title:  The Fourth Dimension
Abstract:  The fourth dimension sounds eerie, mysterious, and
exciting; and it is. Untying knots, stealing gold bricks from closed
iron safes, unfolding hypercubes and linking spheres are all part of
the journey. We are transported to this abstract domain by a powerful
method of creating ideas, namely, thinking insightfully about the
world that we know well.  A deep understanding of the simple and
familiar is the key to exploring the complex and mysterious, and the
fourth dimension illustrates that principal magnificently.

Since its inception in 2004, the SUMS conference has grown to include
about 200 participants annually. Most of these are college and
university students and faculty; there is also a high school
contingent.

Registration and lunch are free.  Limited travel funds are available
on a rolling application basis.  The deadline for registration with
lunch and abstract submission is September 18.

For more information, please see the conference web site,
www.math.jmu.edu/SUMS, or contact either of the SUMS Directors at the
email addresses below.  A poster for the conference will be sent with
the second conference announcment.   Visit www.math.jmu.edu/SUMS for
registration and scheduling information as it becomes available.

Sincerely,
Elizabeth Brown (brownet at math.jmu.edu)
Laura Taalman (taal at math.jmu.edu)
SUMS Directors

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--
Dr. Laura Taalman, JMU Department of Mathematics and Statistics
www.math.jmu.edu/~taal + integratedcalculus.com + brainfreezepuzzles.com



-- 
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